Aspects of Empire in Achaemenid Sardis
Aspects of Empire in Achaemenid Sardis
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GBPElspeth R. M. Dusinberre proposes a fresh approach to understanding the Achaemenid Empire based on her study of the regional capital, Sardis. This study uses archaeological, artistic and textual sources to demonstrate that the two-hundred-year Persian presence in this city had a profound impact on local social structures, revealing the region's successful absorption, both ideological and physical, into the Persian Empire. During this period, Sardis was a centre of burgeoning creativity and vitality, where a polyethnic elite devised a fresh culture - inspired by Iranian, Greek and local Lydian traditions - that drew on and legitimated imperial ideology. The non-elite absorbed and adapted multiple aspects of this culture to create a wholly different profile of what it meant to be Sardian. As well as successfully bringing together information on the Achaemenids, this book is also an excellent contribution to empire studies.
- A revolutionary take on the Achaemenid Persian Empire
- An excellent contribution to empire studies
- A comprehensive study of a city in the Achaemenid Empire
Product details
April 2003Hardback
9780521810715
342 pages
254 × 198 × 28 mm
0.9kg
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Table of Contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1. Sardis in the Achaemenid empire
- 2. Textual sources and the effects of empire
- 3. The urban structure of Achaemenid Sardis: monuments and meaning
- 4. The urban structure of Achaemenid Sardis: sculpture and society
- 5. Inscriptions: Sardians in their own words
- 6. Mortuary evidence: dead and living societies
- 7. Personal signifiers: Sealstones
- 8. Achaemenid bowls: ceramic assemblages and the non-elite
- 9. Conclusion: Imperialism and Achaemenid Sardis
- Appendices
- References
- Index.
