New Perspectives on the Hellenistic Peloponnese

History, Politics and Material Culture

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New Perspectives on the Hellenistic Peloponnese

History, Politics and Material Culture

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This volume fills a gap in current research on the Hellenistic Peloponnese, complementing and challenging traditional interpretations by adopting new perspectives on its complex social and political history. The resurgence of interest in the Hellenistic period brings the Peloponnese to the front in response to emerging trends in research. By examining aspects of the region's interstate relations, contemporary politics, and modes of representation, this volume explores current research on the region, creating a much more well-rounded picture of the Hellenistic Peloponnese and a rich basis for invigorating scholarly debate and inspiring further research.

The chapters adopt interdisciplinary approaches, analysing a wide array of ancient evidence and material culture. As a result, the volume offers a renewed understanding of how socio-political transformations unfolded within the region. The contributors illuminate critical agents of the period, their interactions, material evidence, and political history both in and beyond the Peloponnese: from the Macedonian influence over the region since the 3rd century BCE and the rise of the Achaian Koinon to strategies of identity construction and memory politics wielded by local elites, and their manifestation in the material evidence. This volume will be a crucial reference point for graduate students and scholars interested in the region.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
A Short Note on Names and Abbreviations
General Map
Preface: Towards New Perspectives on the Hellenistic Peloponnese


Introduction: Inventing the Hellenistic Peloponnese (Daniel R. Stewart, University of Leicester, UK)


Part I. Sparta's Internal and External Relations
1. A De Facto King: Kleonymos (Andrea Scarpato, De Montfort University, UK)
2. Hellenistic Perioikoi: From the Perioikic Poleis to the Koinon of the Lakedaimonians (Roumpini-Ioanna Charami, University of Nottingham, UK)
3. Hellenistic Generals? Spartan Military Leaders Abroad (Charlotte van Regenmortel, University of Liverpool, UK)


Part II. Structures and Narratives of Power

4. Spartan Plans for the Peloponnese in the Third Century BCE (Krzysztof Zimny, University of Warsaw, Poland)
5. The Ends Justify the Means: Unpacking Polybios' Construction of the Mantineian Genocide (Richard J. G. Evans, University of Leicester, UK)
6. The Histories of the Achaian Koinon: Constructing Identities in the Early Hellenistic Peloponnese (Manolis E. Pagkalos, Zhejiang A&F University, PRC)
7. Garrisons and 'Tyrants': Notes on the Antigonid Peloponnese (295-196 BCE) (Charalampos I. Chrysafis, University of Augsburg, Germany)


Part III. Archaeology and Local Perspectives
8. 'No Figures Warranted Absolutely Accurate': The Final Phases of the Lead Votives at the Sanctuary of Orthia (James T. Lloyd-Jones, University of Reading, UK)
9. The Gens Magna of Epidaurus from the 2nd Century BCE to the 1st Century CE (David Weidgenannt, University of Vienna, Austria)
10. Society and Culture in Hellenistic Patras: A View from the Tombs (Tamara M. Dijkstra, University of Groningen, the Netherlands)
11. Making Change: Civic Coinages of the Early Hellenistic Peloponnese (Stelios Damigos, KIKPE Numismatic Collection, Greece)

The Present in the Past: By Way of Afterword (D. Graham J. Shipley, University of Leicester, UK)
Bibliography

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Published Nov 14 2024
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9781350228900
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 26 bw illus
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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