Athenian Power in the Fifth Century BC
Regular price
€102.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Leah Lazar
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Leah Lazar
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=DSBB
Category=HBLA1
Category=HBTQ
Category=HDDK
Category=NHC
Category=NHTQ
Category=NKD
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€50 to €100
PS=Active
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9780198896265
- Weight: 690g
- Dimensions: 160 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 02 Feb 2024
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Athenian Power in the Fifth Century BC provides a new analysis of the fifth-century BC Athenian empire, a central topic in ancient Greek history. Challenging orthodox approaches, which have been mostly empirical, monolithic and focused on Athens, the book argues that Athenian power was flexible and a matter of negotiation between the Athenians and their allies. It brings the allies to centre stage as active agents, and considers how the Athenian empire operated in different regions. The first three chapters focus on political, fiscal and religious interactions between the Athenians and their allies in Athenian contexts. The subsequent three chapters then offer studies of the empire in three different regions - the North Aegean, Rhodes, and the straits between the Aegean and the Black Sea - showing how the empire employed overlapping but differentiated regional strategies. This book is distinct from previous contributions in three key ways. First, it offers new perspectives on well-known Athenian epigraphic and literary sources, while also utilising different categories of non-Athenian evidence, including varied forms of material culture. Second, it provides sophisticated economic analysis. Third, the monograph makes use of critical historical comparison: with other imperial powers, with later Athenian power, and with the operation of fifth-century Athenian power in different regions.
Leah Lazar is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents in the Classics Faculty, Oxford. Originally from London, she completed her doctoral thesis at New College, Oxford in 2019. She has taught at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and lectured at the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge. Her research focuses on the political and economic history of the Greek world, and she is particularly interested in Greek inscriptions and coinage.
