Eckstein Rome Enters the Greek East

From Anarchy to Hierarchy in the Hellenistic Mediterranean, 230-170 BC
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-29354-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 456 Seiten, E-Book

This volume examines the period from Rome's earliest involvement inthe eastern Mediterranean to the establishment of Romangeopolitical dominance over all the Greek states from the AdriaticSea to Syria by the 180s BC.
* Applies modern political theory to ancient Mediterraneanhistory, taking a Realist approach to its analysis of Romaninvolvement in the Greek Mediterranean
* Focuses on the harsh nature of interactions among states underconditions of anarchy while examining the conduct of both Rome andGreek states during the period, and focuses on what the concepts ofmodern political science can tell us about ancient internationalrelations
* Includes detailed discussion of the crisis that convulsed theGreek world in the last decade of the third century BC
* Provides a balanced portrait of Roman militarism andimperialism in the Hellenistic world

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eckstein, Arthur M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vi
List of Maps vii
Part I Rome in Contact with the Greek East, 230-205BC 1
1 Roman Expansion and the Pressures of Anarchy 3
2 Rome and Illyria, ca. 230-217 bc 29
3 Rome, the Greek States, and Macedon, 217-205 bc 77
Part II The Power-Transition Crisis in the GreekMediterranean, 207-200 BC 119
4 The Pact Between the Kings and the Crisis in the EasternMediterranean State-System, 207-200 bc 121
5 Reaction: Diplomatic Revolution in the Mediterranean,203/202-200 bc 181
6 Diplomatic Revolution in the Mediterranean, II: The RomanDecision to Intervene, 201/200 bc 230
Part III From Hegemonic War to Hierarchy, 200-170BC 271
7 Hegemonic War, I: Rome and Macedon, 200-196 bc 273
8 Hegemonic War, II: Rome and Antiochus the Great, 200-188bc 306
9 Hierarchy and Unipolarity, ca. 188-170 bc 342
Bibliography 382
Index 402

Über Autor(innen)

Arthur M. Eckstein is a specialist in the history of Roman imperialism. He has published three books, Senate and General: Individual Decision-Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264-194 BC (1987), Moral Vision in the Histories of Polybius (1995), Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War and the Rise of Rome (2006), and 50 major scholarly articles. He is also co-editing an edition of Polybius' Histories.