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Athenian Democracy at War
  • David M. Pritchard
  • Published online:
    08 November 2018
    Print publication:
    29 November 2018
  • Classical Athens perfected direct democracy. The plays of this ancient Greek state are still staged today. These achievements are rightly revered. Less well known is the other side of this success story. Democratic Athens completely transformed warfare and became a superpower. The Athenian armed forces were unmatched in size and professionalism. This book explores the major reasons behind this military success. It shows how democracy helped the Athenians to be better soldiers. For the first time David M. Pritchard studies, together, all four branches of the armed forces. He focuses on the background of those who fought Athens' wars and on what they thought about doing so. His book reveals the common practices that Athens used right across the armed forces and shows how Athens' pro-war culture had a big impact on civilian life. The book puts the study of Athenian democracy at war on an entirely new footing.

Maritime Networks in the Ancient Mediterranean World
  • Edited by Justin Leidwanger, Carl Knappett
  • Published online:
    05 November 2018
    Print publication:
    22 November 2018
  • This volume brings together scholars of Mediterranean archaeology, ancient history, and complexity science to advance theoretical approaches and analytical tools for studying maritime connectivity. For the coast-hugging populations of the ancient Mediterranean, mobility and exchange depended on a distinct environment and technological parameters that created diverse challenges and opportunities, making the modeling of maritime interaction a paramount concern for understanding cultural interaction more generally. Network-inspired metaphors have long been employed in discussions of this interaction, but increasing theoretical sophistication and advances in formal network analysis now offer opportunities to refine and test the dominant paradigm of connectivity. Extending from prehistory into the Byzantine period, the case studies here reveal the potential of such network approaches. Collectively they explore the social, economic, religious, and political structures that guided Mediterranean interaction across maritime space.

Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece
  • Selected Essays
  • Richard Seaford
  • Edited by Robert Bostock
  • Published online:
    02 November 2018
    Print publication:
    22 November 2018
  • Richard Seaford is one of the most original and provocative classicists of his age. This volume brings together a wide range of papers written with a single focus. Several are pioneering explorations of the tragic evocation and representation of rites of passage: mystic initiation, the wedding, and death ritual. Two papers focus on the shaping power of mystic initiation in two famous passages in the New Testament. The other key factor in the historical context of tragedy is the recent monetisation of Athens. One paper explores the presence of money in Greek tragedy, another the shaping influence of money on Wagner's Ring and on his Aeschylean model. Other papers reveal the influence of ritual and money on representations of the inner self, and on Greek and Indian philosophy. A final piece finds in Greek tragedy horror at the destructive unlimitedness of money that is still central to our postmodern world.

  • Chapter 8 - Dionysius on Regime Change

  • from Part 3 - Dionysius and Augustan Rome
  • Edited by Richard Hunter, University of Cambridge, Casper C. de Jonge, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Book:
    Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan Rome
    Published online:
    12 October 2018
    Print publication:
    01 November 2018, pp 203-220

  • Summary

    Dionysius can be seen as engaging with Polybius’ view of Roman constitutions, not least in insisting that a longer perspective, going right back to the origins, was necessary for understanding Rome’s success. He accepts that Rome learned gradually from experience, with careful reflection at several stages on the constitution to adopt; he also stresses continuities as much as differences. Constitutions do matter, but individuals matter more: thus the break between Servius Tullius and Tarquinius Superbus is the real moment of constitutional ‘change’. He is not blind to the unsavoury elements of Republican politics, but still puts weight on the value of debate and discussion in warding off bloodshed for so long. Many aspects have an Augustan ring, but Dionysius should be seen as echoing contemporary preoccupations rather than crudely pro- or anti-Augustan.

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