Author: Henry Dickinson WestlakePublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Timoleon and His Relations with Tyrants
Author: Henry Dickinson WestlakePublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Timoleon and His Relations with Tyrants, by H. D. Westlake,...
Author: Henry Dickinson WestlakePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Timoleon and His Relations with Tyrants
Author: Henry Dickinson WestlakePublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Dionysius I of Syracuse and Greek Tyranny (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Lionel Jehuda SandersPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317808304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Professor Sanders’ full-length study of Dionysius I, one of the most powerful figures of fourth-century BC Greece, is the first to appear in English, and marks an important reassessment of the ‘tyrant’ of Syracuse. Dionysius I regularly appears in the surviving historical accounts as a tyrant in the worst – modern – sense of the word: cruelty, intransigence, arrogance are all part of this stereotype. Yet here is a ruler who, according to the ancient testimony, was deeply concerned with the establishment of a just regime and to whom Plato turned to found the ideal Republic. The hostile picture of Dionysius that has come down to us is basically Athenian, Sanders argues, deriving from political circles engaged in propaganda aimed at tarnishing the tyrant’s reputation. Dionysius I of Syracuse and Greek Tyranny will be of interest to those engaged with the history, historiography and political practice of the ancient world.
War, Warlords, and Interstate Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004354050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
During the final four centuries BC, many political and stateless entities of the Mediterranean headed towards anarchy and militarism, while stronger powers -Carthage, the Hellenistic kingdoms and Republican Rome- expanded towards State formation, forceful military structures and empire building. Edited by T. Ñaco del Hoyo and F. López Sánchez, this volume presents the proceedings from an ICREA Conference held in Barcelona (2013), addressing the connection between war, warlords and interstate relations from classical studies and social sciences perspectives. Some twenty scholars from European, Japanese and North American Universities consider the scope of ‘multipolarity’ and the usefulness of ‘warlord’, a modern category, in order to feature some ancient military and political leaderships.
Who's Who in the Greek World
Author: John HazelPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134802234
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Was there such a person as Homer? Who were the key figures in the first democracy of the Western World? Who is the father of tragedy? Who is the father of history? Of all the world's ancient civilisations, it is perhaps the Ancient Greece that has the strongest hold over the modern imagination. The history, philosophy and literature continue to intrigue and enthral. Now John Hazel has compiled the definitive biographical guide to the Greek and Hellenistic world from 750 BC to the end of the Roman Empire. The lives of Alexander the Great, Socrates and Plato are opened up, but so too are those of lesser-known figures: Bacchylides the lyric poet; Chares the general; and the traitor Ephialtes, giving a thorough and fascinating overview of life in Ancient Greece.
The Tyrants of Syracuse Volume II
Author: Jeff ChampionPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 184468296X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This is the story of one of the most important classical cities, Syracuse, and its struggles (both internal and external) for freedom and survival. Situated at the heart of the Mediterranean, Syracuse was caught in the middle as Carthage, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Athens and then Rome battled to gain control of Sicily. The threat of expansionist enemies on all sides made for a tumultuous situation within the city, resulting in repeated coups that threw up a series of remarkable tyrants, such as Gelon, Timoleon and Dionysius. In this first volume Jeff Champion traces the course of Syracuse's wars under the tyrants from the Battle of Himera (480 BC) against the Carthaginians down to the death of Dionysius I (367 BC), whose reign proved to be the high tide of the city's power and influence. One of the highlights along the way is the city's heroic resistance to, and eventual decisive defeat of, the Athenian expeditionary force that besieged them for over two years (415-413 BC), an event with massive ramifications for the Greek world. This is the eventful life story of one of the forgotten major powers of the ancient Mediterranean world.
Essays on the Greek Historians and Greek History
Author: Henry Dickinson WestlakePublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719003660
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times: From the tyranny of Dionysis to the death of Agathoklès; ed. from posthumous mss. with supplements and notes by Arthur J. Evans
Author: Edward Augustus FreemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sicily (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Archaic and Classical Greece
Author: Michael H. CrawfordPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139935623
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
The aim of this book is to collect in one comprehensive volume a representative selection of ancient sources in translation, with commentary, on the history, institutions, society and economy of the Greek world from c. 750 to 338 BC - that is, the period best known and most important for the evolution of the polis, a form of political community which combined the aspects of city and state in a physical and psychological unity unparalleled either before or since. For us, the inheritors of much that the Greeks created, there is an inherent interest in the way in which they organised their society during these centuries. Although this book assumes no knowledge of Greek, the reader is introduced to a range of key Greek words and concepts which offer a direct insight into the mentality, both collective and individual, of the times. The sources themselves (all of which have been translated by the authors) are supported by introductory commentary, notes, bibliographies, chronological tables and maps. All students and teachers of the history of ancient Greece or of classical civilisation generally will find this book an invaluable tool.