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The Roman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean


The Roman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean

From Alexander to Caesar
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von: Joel Allen

34,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 15.04.2019
ISBN/EAN: 9781118959350
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 280

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<p><b>Presents a history of the Roman Republic within the wider Mediterranean world, focusing on 330 to 30 BCE</b></p> <p>Broad in scope, this book uniquely considers the history of the Roman Republic in tandem with the rich histories of the Hellenistic kingdoms and city-states that endured after the death of Alexander the Great. It provides students with a full picture of life in the ancient Mediterranean world and its multitude of interconnections—not only between Rome and the Greek East, but also among other major players, such as Carthage, Judaea, and the Celts. Taking a mostly chronological approach, it incorporates cultural change alongside political developments so that readers get a well-balanced introduction to the era.</p> <p><i>The Roman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean: From Alexander to Caesar </i>offers great insight into a momentous era with chapters on Alexanders in Asia and Italy; Mediterranean Cosmopolitanism; The Path of Pyrrhus; The Three Corners of Sicily; The Expanding Roman Horizon; Hercules and the Muses; The Corinth-Carthage Coincidence; The Movements of the Gracchi; The New Men of Rome and Africa; The Conspiracies of Cicero and Catiline; The World According to Pompey; Roman Alexanders; and more. It also looks at the phenomenon of excessive violence, particularly in the cases of Marius, Sulla, and Mithridates. The final chapter covers the demise of Cleopatra and examines how the seeds planted by Octavian, Octavia, and Antony sprouted into full Hellenistic trappings of power for the centuries that followed.</p> <ul> <li>Situates the development of Rome, after the death of Alexander the Great, in the context of significant contemporaneous regimes in Asia Minor, the Levant, and Egypt</li> <li>Provides students with insight into how various societies respond to contact and how that contact can shape and create larger communities</li> <li>Highlights the interconnectedness of Mediterranean cultures</li> <li>Strikes a balance between political, geopolitical, and cultural inquiries</li> <li>Considers how modes of international diplomacy affect civilizations</li> <li>Includes helpful pedagogical features, such as sources in translation, illustrations, and further readings</li> </ul> <p><i>Roman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean</i> is an excellent book for undergraduate courses on the Roman Republic, the Hellenistic World, and the ancient Mediterranean. </p>
<p>Preface and Acknowledgments <i>xiii</i></p> <p>List of Credits <i>xv</i></p> <p><b>1 To 336: Four Peninsulas and a Delta 1</b></p> <p>Timeline 1</p> <p>Principal Themes 1</p> <p>1.1 Introduction 2</p> <p>1.2 Bronze Age Connections and Dark Age Divisions 4</p> <p>1.3 Resurgences of the Early Archaic Age 7</p> <p>1.4 Political Innovations of the Archaic Age 8</p> <p>1.5 Greeks vs. “Barbarians” 11</p> <p>1.6 Athenian Prosperity and its Discontents 12</p> <p>1.7 The Rise of Macedonia 15</p> <p>1.8 Conclusions 16</p> <p>Further Reading 17</p> <p><b>2 To 336: Roman Origins and Institutions 19</b></p> <p>Timeline 19</p> <p>Principal Themes 19</p> <p>2.1 Introduction 20</p> <p>2.2 Italy in the Bronze and Dark Ages 20</p> <p>2.3 The Roman Monarchy 21</p> <p>2.4 The so‐called Struggle of the Orders 25</p> <p>2.5 Roman Diplomacy and Empire in the Early Republic 28</p> <p>2.6 Early Roman Society 31</p> <p>2.7 Conclusion 33</p> <p>Further Reading 33</p> <p><b>3 To 321: Alexanders in Asia and Italy 35</b></p> <p>Timeline 35</p> <p>Principal Themes 35</p> <p>3.1 Introduction 36</p> <p>3.2 The Ascent of Olympias and her Family 36</p> <p>3.3 One Alexander, in Asia 37</p> <p>3.4 Another Alexander, in Italy 41</p> <p>3.5 In Egypt and Mesopotamia 43</p> <p>3.6 Absolute Power 45</p> <p>3.7 The Second Samnite War 48</p> <p>3.8 Imperial Styles: Persia, Rome, and Macedonia 49</p> <p>3.9 Conclusions 50</p> <p>Further Reading 50</p> <p><b>4 To 295: An Elusive Equilibrium 51</b></p> <p>Timeline 51</p> <p>Principal Themes 51</p> <p>4.1 Introduction 52</p> <p>4.2 The Limits of Alexander’s Mystique 52</p> <p>4.3 The Infrastructure of Conquest in Roman Italy 56</p> <p>4.4 Athens under Demetrius of Phaleron 57</p> <p>4.5 Other Western Powers: Syracuse and Carthage 59</p> <p>4.6 Political Epiphanies 60</p> <p>4.7 New Philosophies of Politics and Participation 63</p> <p>4.8 The Battle of Ipsus and its Aftermath 64</p> <p>4.9 Rome vs. Italy at the Battle of Sentinum 65</p> <p>4.10 Conclusions 67</p> <p>Further Reading 67</p> <p><b>5 To 264: The Path of Pyrrhus 69</b></p> <p>Timeline 69</p> <p>Principal Themes 69</p> <p>5.1 Introduction 70</p> <p>5.2 The Education of Pyrrhus 70</p> <p>5.3 The Collapse of Demetrius Poliorketes 71</p> <p>5.4 Pyrrhus and Rome 74</p> <p>5.5 Pyrrhus and Sicily 79</p> <p>5.6 Celtic Migrations to Asia Minor 79</p> <p>5.7 Alexandrian Erudition 80</p> <p>5.8 The Mediterranean Without Pyrrhus 81</p> <p>5.9 Conclusions 83</p> <p>Further Reading 84</p> <p><b>6 To 238: The Three Corners of Sicily 85</b></p> <p>Timeline 85</p> <p>Principal Themes 85</p> <p>6.1 Introduction 86</p> <p>6.2 The Origins of the First Punic War 87</p> <p>6.3 The New Roman Navy 89</p> <p>6.4 The Emergence of Minor Kingdoms in the Hellenistic East 90</p> <p>6.5 Romans in North Africa 93</p> <p>6.6 Boxing Matches, Part 1: The Ptolemies and the Antigonids 94</p> <p>6.7 Boxing Matches, Part 2: Rome and Carthage 94</p> <p>6.8 Boxing Matches, Part 3: The Ptolemies and the Seleucids 96</p> <p>6.9 No Peace 97</p> <p>6.10 Rome’s Cultural Melange 98</p> <p>6.11 Conclusions 100</p> <p>Further Reading 100</p> <p><b>7 To 201: The Expanding Roman Horizon 101</b></p> <p>Timeline 101</p> <p>Principal Themes 101</p> <p>7.1 Introduction 102</p> <p>7.2 Historicism in Literature: Naevius and Apollonius of Rhodes 102</p> <p>7.3 Rome’s New Neighbors 104</p> <p>7.4 Successors to the Successors 105</p> <p>7.5 The Origins of the Second Punic War 107</p> <p>7.6 Rome’s Initial Failures 109</p> <p>7.7 Adolescent Kings in Syria and Egypt 110</p> <p>7.8 The Five Fronts of the Second Punic War 111</p> <p>7.9 Rome, Triumphant and Transformed 113</p> <p>7.10 An Imperial Culture 116</p> <p>7.11 The End of the Second Punic War 117</p> <p>7.12 Antiochus III Becomes “Great” 117</p> <p>7.13 Conclusions 118</p> <p>Further Reading 118</p> <p><b>8 To 186: Hercules and the Muses 119</b></p> <p>Timeline 119</p> <p>Principal Themes 119</p> <p>8.1 Introduction 120</p> <p>8.2 Philip V Faces East, Then West 120</p> <p>8.3 “Freedom of the Greeks” 122</p> <p>8.4 Romans in Spain 124</p> <p>8.5 The Roman Wars with Antiochus III and Aetolia 124</p> <p>8.6 Rome and the Other: Embrace and Rejection 129</p> <p>8.7 Conclusions 131</p> <p>Further Reading 131</p> <p><b>9 To 164: Hostages of Diplomacy 133</b></p> <p>Timeline 133</p> <p>Principal Themes 133</p> <p>9.1 Introduction 134</p> <p>9.2 Rome as Referee 134</p> <p>9.3 The Power of Pergamon 135</p> <p>9.4 A New Balance of Power in the East 137</p> <p>9.5 Spain as the Laboratory of Empire 138</p> <p>9.6 The Plight of Perseus 138</p> <p>9.7 The Sixth Syrian War and the “Day of Eleusis” 140</p> <p>9.8 The Year 167 141</p> <p>9.9 Three Celebrations 143</p> <p>9.10 Outsiders Regarding Rome 146</p> <p>9.11 Conclusions 148</p> <p>Further Reading 148</p> <p><b>10 To 133: The Price of Empire 149</b></p> <p>Timeline 149</p> <p>Principal Themes 149</p> <p>10.1 Introduction 150</p> <p>10.2 Internationalized Family Networks in Rome 150</p> <p>10.3 Royal Pretenders 154</p> <p>10.4 The Morality of Empire 156</p> <p>10.5 The Carthage‐Corinth Coincidence 157</p> <p>10.6 The Roman Reorganization of Egypt, 145–139 159</p> <p>10.7 Economic Crisis and the Rise of the Tribunate 161</p> <p>10.8 The Reforms of Tiberius Gracchus 163</p> <p>10.9 Conclusions 164</p> <p>Further Reading 165</p> <p><b>11 To 101: The “New Men” of Rome and the Mediterranean 167</b></p> <p>Timeline 167</p> <p>Principal Themes 167</p> <p>11.1 Introduction 168</p> <p>11.2 Aristonicus and the People of Pergamon 168</p> <p>11.3 Paos, Harsiese, and the People of Egypt 169</p> <p>11.4 Gaius Gracchus and the People of Italy 171</p> <p>11.5 Adherbal vs. Jurgurtha, in Numidia and in the Roman Senate 173</p> <p>11.6 Marius and the People of Rome 175</p> <p>11.7 A Celtic Resurgence 176</p> <p>11.8 Shifts Among the Ptolemo‐Seleucids 176</p> <p>11.9 Mithridates VI 177</p> <p>11.10 So‐called Pirates and Bandits 179</p> <p>11.11 Conclusions 179</p> <p>Further Reading 180</p> <p><b>12 To 79: Boundless Violence 181</b></p> <p>Timeline 181</p> <p>Principal Themes 181</p> <p>12.1 Introduction 182</p> <p>12.2 Marius and Saturninus, Cornered by/in the Senate 182</p> <p>12.3 The Cappadocian Throne: Mithridates VI vs. Rome 183</p> <p>12.4 The Origins of the Social War 184</p> <p>12.5 Attempts to Recover Asia Minor 186</p> <p>12.6 The Conclusion of the Social War 186</p> <p>12.7 The Resurgence of Mithridates 187</p> <p>12.8 Sulla Seizes Command 188</p> <p>12.9 Genocide, of a Form, in Asia Minor 189</p> <p>12.10 The Sack of Athens 190</p> <p>12.11 Sulla’s Dictatorship 192</p> <p>12.12 Conclusions 196</p> <p>Further Reading 196</p> <p><b>13 To 63: Extraordinary Commands 199</b></p> <p>Timeline 199</p> <p>Principal Themes 199</p> <p>13.1 Introduction 200</p> <p>13.2 Sertorius, Mithridates, and the “Pirates” 200</p> <p>13.3 Spartacus 202</p> <p>13.4 Rome Steadily Consolidates 204</p> <p>13.5 The Consulship of Crassus and Pompey 205</p> <p>13.6 Lucullus and the Origins of the Third Mithridatic War 206</p> <p>13.7 Tribunes and Imperial Commands 207</p> <p>13.8 Pompey Becomes “Great” 209</p> <p>13.9 Rome in the Absence of Pompey 211</p> <p>13.10 The Conspiracies of Catiline and Cicero 213</p> <p>13.11 Conclusions 214</p> <p>Further Reading 215</p> <p><b>14 To 52: The World According to Pompey 217</b></p> <p>Timeline 217</p> <p>Principal Themes 217</p> <p>14.1 Introduction 218</p> <p>14.2 Pompey<b><i>’</i></b>s <i>Pompa </i>218</p> <p>14.3 The so‐called “First” Triumvirate 220</p> <p>14.4 Clodius<b><i>’</i></b>s Imperial Tribunate 222</p> <p>14.5 Poets and Politicians 224</p> <p>14.6 The Scandal of the Alexandrian Embassy 226</p> <p>14.7 Caesar in Gaul 226</p> <p>14.8 The Return of Cicero 227</p> <p>14.9 Displaying the “Exotic” 229</p> <p>14.10 Challenges to the Triumvirate 231</p> <p>14.11 Conclusions 232</p> <p>Further Reading 233</p> <p><b>15 To 44: Roman Alexanders 235</b></p> <p>Timeline 235</p> <p>Principal Themes 235</p> <p>15.1 Introduction 236</p> <p>15.2 Pompey’s Sole Consulship 236</p> <p>15.3 A Planned Eastern Mission, Divisive and Unrealized 238</p> <p>15.4 The Start of a New Civil War 239</p> <p>15.5 Siege and Sojourn in Alexandria 241</p> <p>15.6 Caesar in Asia, Then Africa 242</p> <p>15.7 A Month‐Long Triumph 244</p> <p>15.8 Caesar’s Hellenistic Capital 246</p> <p>15.9 Conclusion: Caesar Exits a World 248</p> <p>Further Reading 248</p> <p><b>Epilogue: Not the End 249</b></p> <p>Ep.1. New “Funeral Games” 249</p> <p>Ep.2. The Second Triumvirate 251</p> <p>Ep.3. The Return of Cleopatra and the Ptolemies 252</p> <p>Ep.4. The End of the Roman Republic, but Not of the Hellenistic Mediterranean 254</p> <p>Index 257 </p>
<p><b>JOEL ALLEN, P<small>H</small>D,</b> is Associate Professor of History and Classics at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, and Executive Officer of History at the Graduate Center.</p>

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