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Federalism in Greek Antiquity

  • Editors:
  • Hans Beck, McGill University, Montréal
  • Peter Funke, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
Hans Beck, Peter Funke, Jonathan M. Hall, Lynette G. Mitchell, Klaus Freitag, Athanassios Rizakis, Angela Ganter, Denis Knoepfler, Giovanna Daverio Rocchi, Jeremy McInerney, Denis Rousset, Richard Bouchon, Bruno Helly, Thomas Heine Nielsen, James Roy, Nino Luraghi, Elizabeth A. Meyer, Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos, Michael Zahrnt, Kostas Buraselis, Angelos Chaniotis, Michael P. Fronda, Ralf Behrwald, Alex McAuley, Kurt A. Raaflaub, Bernhard Smarczyk, Sheila Ager, Emily Mackil, Cinzia Bearzot, Gustav Adolf Lehmann
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  • Date Published: November 2015
  • availability: Available
  • format: Hardback
  • isbn: 9780521192262

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  • The world of ancient Greece witnessed some of the most sophisticated and varied experiments with federalism in the pre-modern era. In the volatile interstate environment of Greece, federalism was a creative response to the challenge of establishing regional unity, while at the same time preserving a degree of local autonomy. To reconcile the forces of integration and independence, Greek federal states introduced, for example, the notion of proportional representation, the stratification of legal practice, and a federal grammar of festivals and cults. Federalism in Greek Antiquity provides the first comprehensive reassessment of the topic. It comprises detailed contributions on all federal states in Aegean Greece and its periphery. With every chapter written by a leading expert in the field, the book also incorporates thematic sections that place the topic in a broader historical and social-scientific context.

    • The first comprehensive study for half a century
    • Integrates all the available bodies of evidence into an accessible account
    • Combines scholarly trends and approaches from diverse fields, including classics, history, political science, cultural studies and law
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    • Date Published: November 2015
    • format: Hardback
    • isbn: 9780521192262
    • length: 634 pages
    • dimensions: 235 x 160 x 38 mm
    • weight: 1kg
    • contains: 6 maps
    • availability: Available

  • Table of Contents

    1. Introduction to federalism in Greek antiquity Hans Beck and Peter Funke
    2. Federalism and ethnicity Jonathan M. Hall
    3. The community of the Hellenes Lynette G. Mitchell
    4. Akarnania and the Akarnanian League Klaus Freitag
    5. The Aitolian League Peter Funke
    6. The Achaian League Athanassios Rizakis
    7. Boiotia and the Boiotian Leagues Hans Beck and Angela Ganter
    8. The Euboia League - an 'irregular' koinon? Denis Knoepfler
    9. The Lokrians and their federal leagues Giovanna Daverio Rocchi
    10. Phokis Jeremy McInerney
    11. Microfederalism in Central Greece: the Dorians and Oitaians Denis Rousset
    12. The Thessalian League Richard Bouchon and Bruno Helly
    13. The Arkadian Confederacy Thomas Heine Nielsen
    14. Elis (with Akroria and Pisatis) James Roy
    15. Traces of federalism in Messenia Nino Luraghi
    16. Molossia and Epeiros Elizabeth A. Meyer
    17. Federal Makedonia Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos
    18. The Chalkidike and the Chalkidians Michael Zahrnt
    19. Federalism and the sea: the koina of the Aegean Islands Kostas Buraselis
    20. Federalism on Crete: the Cretan koinon and the koinon of the Oreioi Angelos Chaniotis
    21. The Italiote League and Southern Italy Michael P. Fronda
    22. The Lykian League Ralf Behrwald
    23. Federalism in the Kyrenaïka? Alex McAuley
    24. Forerunners of federal states: collaboration and integration through alliance in Archaic and Classical Greece Kurt A. Raaflaub
    25. The Hellenic Leagues of late Classical and Hellenistic times and their place in the history of Greek federalism Bernhard Smarczyk
    26. Peaceful conflict resolution in the world of the federal states Sheila Ager
    27. The economics of federation in the ancient Greek world Emily Mackil
    28. Ancient theoretical reflections on federalism Cinzia Bearzot
    29. Greek federalism, the rediscovery of Polybius, and the framing of the American constitution Gustav Adolf Lehmann.

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  • Editors

    Hans Beck, McGill University, Montréal
    Hans Beck is Professor of Ancient History, John McNaughton Chair of Classics, and Director of Classical Studies in the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University, Montréal. He is co-author, with John Buckler, of Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the Fourth Century BC (2008), editor of A Companion to Ancient Greek Government (2013) and, co-editor with Antonio Duplá, Martin Jehne and Francisco Pina Polo, of Consuls and Res Publica: Holding High Office in the Roman Republic (2011). In 2015 he won the Anneliese Maier Research Award for his contribution to the internationalisation of the humanities and social sciences in Germany.

    Peter Funke, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
    Peter Funke is Professor and Chair of Ancient History and Director of the Institute for Ancient History, the Institute for Epigraphy, and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Cypriote Studies at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster. He is co-editor, with Nino Luraghi, of The Politics of Ethnicity and the Crisis of the Peloponnesian League (2009) and, with Matthias Haake, of Greek Federal States and Their Sanctuaries: Identity and Integration (2013).

    Contributors

    Hans Beck, Peter Funke, Jonathan M. Hall, Lynette G. Mitchell, Klaus Freitag, Athanassios Rizakis, Angela Ganter, Denis Knoepfler, Giovanna Daverio Rocchi, Jeremy McInerney, Denis Rousset, Richard Bouchon, Bruno Helly, Thomas Heine Nielsen, James Roy, Nino Luraghi, Elizabeth A. Meyer, Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos, Michael Zahrnt, Kostas Buraselis, Angelos Chaniotis, Michael P. Fronda, Ralf Behrwald, Alex McAuley, Kurt A. Raaflaub, Bernhard Smarczyk, Sheila Ager, Emily Mackil, Cinzia Bearzot, Gustav Adolf Lehmann

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