Mari / Wendt | Shaping Good Faith | Buch | 978-3-515-12468-3 | sack.de

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Gebunden, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

Reihe: Oriens et occidens

Mari / Wendt

Shaping Good Faith

Modes of Communication in Ancient Diplomacy
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-515-12468-3
Verlag: Franz Steiner

Modes of Communication in Ancient Diplomacy

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Gebunden, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

Reihe: Oriens et occidens

ISBN: 978-3-515-12468-3
Verlag: Franz Steiner


The instauration of a bond of good faith between the parties played a crucial role in ancient diplomatic agreements. On the one hand, ancient authors often highlight the multi-faceted character of good faith and the ambiguities that marked many of the ritual practices used to create it. Yet it is precisely this complexity of good faith that paves the road for modern historians to enquire on aspects such as its legal implementation, its effectiveness in creating lasting bonds or its moral implications. Forms of ancient diplomacy were often meaningful, and so were breaches of the diplomatic etiquette. The code of diplomatic communication was an extremely important channel for shaping policy (and good faith) and is therefore a fruitful heuristic tool for analysing interstate encounters in antiquity.

The contributions collected in this volume offer a multifaceted, if preliminary, illustration of ancient diplomatic good faith, focusing primarily on Greek, Persian-Achaemenid, and Roman cultures, but also on the Hellenistic kingdoms and the Parthian Empire.

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Wendt, Christian
Christian Wendt is Professor of Ancient History at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. His main research interests cover Ancient historiography (especially Thucydides), political thought in Antiquity, Ancient inter-State contact and the role of the sea in Ancient societies.

Mari, Francesco
Francesco Mari is a postdoctoral researcher in Ancient History. He has pursued his research in Jerusalem and Berlin and is particularly interested in social interaction in archaic and classical Greece and diplomatic rituals in ancient international relations.



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