The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome
The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome

Author: Erich S. Gruen

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1986-09-25

Total Pages: 882

ISBN-13: 9780520057371

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In this revisionist study of Roman imperialism in the Greek world, Gruen considers the Hellenistic context within which Roman expansion took place. The evidence discloses a preponderance of Greek rather than Roman ideas: a noteworthy readiness on the part of Roman policymakers to adjust to Hellenistic practices rather than to impose a system of their own.

The Attalids of Pergamon and Anatolia
The Attalids of Pergamon and Anatolia

Author: Noah Kaye

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-02-23

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 1009279556

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Historians have long wondered at the improbable rise of the Attalids of Pergamon after 188 BCE. The Roman-brokered Settlement of Apameia offered a new map – a brittle framework for sovereignty in Anatolia and the eastern Aegean. What allowed the Attalids to make this map a reality? This uniquely comprehensive study of the political economy of the kingdom rethinks the impact of Attalid imperialism on the Greek polis and the multicultural character of the dynasty's notorious propaganda. By synthesizing new findings in epigraphy, archaeology, and numismatics, it shows the kingdom for the first time from the inside. The Pergamene way of ruling was a distinctively non-coercive and efficient means of taxing and winning loyalty. Royal tax collectors collaborated with city and village officials on budgets and minting, while the kings utterly transformed the civic space of the gymnasium. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus
The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus

Author: B.C. McGing

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-07-17

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9004328246

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This book is about the clash of the Hellenistic world with the Romans, about a late Hellenistic king, a dominant figure of the first century B.C., who refused to accept his inclusion in the Roman sphere of control, and attempted to assert his political independence. A subsidiary theme is the espousal of hellenism by a non-Greek dynasty. The work examines first the early history of Pontus, and then analyses carefully the events of Mithridates Eupator's reign for what they reveal of his foreign policy. Attention is focused on diplomacy, strategy, propaganda, support, rather than on military details. There is no substantial study of Mithridates in English, and really only one in any language - Reinach's famous work of 1890. Since then, new inscriptions and coins have come to light, new methods and approaches devised. This book is intended as a contribution to the filling of a large scholarly gap.

Attalid Asia Minor
Attalid Asia Minor

Author: Peter Thonemann

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-04-18

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 0199656118

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This book is the first full-length study to be dedicated to the political economy of the Attalid kingdom of Pergamon, focusing in particular on its financial administration, international relations, and the functioning of the state.

A History of Pergamum
A History of Pergamum

Author: Richard Evans

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-05-10

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1441117032

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The Kingdom of Pergamum emerged from the great period of instability which followed the death of Alexander the Great. Over the next century Pergamum was to become one of the wealthiest states in the eastern Mediterranean. The state of Pergamum was incorporated into the Roman Empire between 133/129 BCE and it eventually became Rome's wealthiest province. The whole of Asia Minor suffered in the civil wars which ended the Roman Republic, and Pergamum did not escape the exactions demanded of the Greek cities by Pompey, Caesar and Antony. In the subsequent peace, ushered in by Augustus, Pergamum regained its prosperity and became one of the cultural centres of the Roman Empire. Its ruling dynasty - the Attalids - were patrons of the arts and while in power were responsible for the remarkable embellishment of their capital at Pergamum. Other more ancient cities such as Ephesus and Miletus also benefited from their government. This volume surveys Pergamum's history from the late Third Century BCE to the Second Century CE.

The League of the Aitolians
The League of the Aitolians

Author: John D. Grainger

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-07-17

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 9004351213

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The Aitolians have had a bad press, regarded as pirates and brigands, and their state as a pirate state built on terrorist tactics. This book treats them as what they really were, a normal Hellenistic state. They constructed an original and successful polity which provided peace and prosperity for its inhabitants, and played a major part in Greek history for a century and a half. The approach is chronological, beginning with the origin and formation of the league and its early expansion, and then dealing with its long duel with Macedon, and concluding with its destruction by Rome. This is the first full account of the history of the league which approaches it as an independent state rather than as the enemy of other states and peoples. It complements the standard histories of the other Hellenistic states.

Studies in Greek Culture and Roman Policy
Studies in Greek Culture and Roman Policy

Author: Erich S. Gruen

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1996-02

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780520204836

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Gruen studies the Hellenization of Rome during the middle Republic years, where changes in arts, religion and philosophy, and politics altered Roman public life by introducing Greek learning.