Federalism in Greek Antiquity

636 Pages·2015·4.33 MB·English

by  Hans Beck

FEDERALISM IN GREEK ANTIQUITY
The world of ancient Greece witnessed some of the most sophisti-
catedandvariedexperimentswithfederalisminthepre-modernera.
In the volatile interstate environment of Greece, federalism was a
creativeresponsetothechallengeofestablishingregionalunity,while
atthesametimepreservingadegreeoflocalautonomy.Toreconcile
the forces of integration and independence, Greek federal states
introduced, for example, the notion of proportional representation,
thestratificationoflegalpractice,andafederalgrammaroffestivals
and cults. Federalism in Greek Antiquity provides the first compre-
hensivereassessmentofthetopic.Itcomprisesdetailedcontributions
on all federalstates in AegeanGreece and its periphery. With every
chapterwrittenbyaleadingexpertinthefield,thebookalsoincor-
poratesthematicsectionsthatplacethetopicinabroaderhistorical
andsocial-scientificcontext.
hans beck is Professor of Ancient History, John MacNaughton
ChairofClassics,andDirectorofClassicalStudiesintheDepartment
ofHistoryandClassicalStudies,McGillUniversity.Heisco-author,
with John Buckler, of Central Greece and the Politics of Power in the
Fourth Century bc (2008), editor of A Companion to Ancient Greek
Government(2013)andco-editor,withAntonioDuplá,MartinJehne,
and Francisco Pina Polo, of Consuls and Res Publica: Holding High
OfficeintheRomanRepublic(2011).
peterfunkeisProfessorandChairofAncientHistory,andDirector
of the Institute for Ancient History, the Institute for Epigraphy, and
the Institute for Interdisciplinary Cypriot Studies at Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität in Münster. He is co-editor, with Nino
Luraghi,ofThePoliticsofEthnicityandtheCrisisofthePeloponnesian
League (2009) and, with MatthiasHaake,of GreekFederal States and
TheirSanctuaries.IdentityandIntegration(2013).

FEDERALISM IN GREEK
ANTIQUITY
editors
HANS BECK AND PETER FUNKE
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Contents
Listofmaps pageviii
Listofcontributors ix
Preface xiii
AnoteonthetransliterationofancientGreek xvi
Listofabbreviations xvii
Maps xxi
1. AnintroductiontofederalisminGreekantiquity 1
HansBeckandPeterFunke
2. Federalismandethnicity 30
JonathanM.Hall
3. ThecommunityoftheHellenes 49
LynetteG.Mitchell
4. AkarnaniaandtheAkarnanianLeague 66
KlausFreitag
5. AitoliaandtheAitolianLeague 86
PeterFunke
6. TheAchaianLeague 118
AthanasiosRizakis
7. BoiotiaandtheBoiotianLeagues 132
HansBeckandAngelaGanter
8. TheEuboianLeague–an‘irregular’koinon? 158
DenisKnoepfler
9. TheLokriansandtheirfederalleagues 179
GiovannaDaverioRocchi
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10. Phokis 199
JeremyMcInerney
11. MicrofederalisminCentralGreece:theDoriansandOitaians 222
DenisRousset
12. TheThessalianLeague 231
RichardBouchonandBrunoHelly
13. TheArkadianConfederacy 250
ThomasHeineNielsen
14. Elis(withAkroriaandPisatis) 269
JamesRoy
15. TracesoffederalisminMessenia 285
NinoLuraghi
16. MolossiaandEpeiros 297
ElizabethA.Meyer
17. FederalMakedonia 319
MiltiadesHatzopoulos
18. TheChalkidikeandtheChalkidians 341
MichaelZahrnt
19. Federalismandthesea.ThekoinaoftheAegeanislands 358
KostasBuraselis
20. FederalismonCrete:TheCretanKoinonandtheKoinon
oftheOreioi 377
AngelosChaniotis
21. TheItalioteLeagueandsouthernItaly 386
MichaelP.Fronda
22. TheLykianLeague 403
RalfBehrwald
23. FederalismintheKyrenaïka? 419
AlexMcAuley
24. Forerunnersoffederalstates:collaborationandintegration
throughallianceinArchaicandClassicalGreece 434
KurtA.Raaflaub
Contents vii
25. TheHellenicleaguesoflateClassicalandHellenistic
timesandtheirplaceinthehistoryofGreekfederalism 452
BernhardSmarczyk
26. Peacefulconflictresolutionintheworldofthefederalstates 471
SheilaAger
27. TheeconomicsoffederationintheancientGreekworld 487
EmilyMackil
28. Ancienttheoreticalreflectionsonfederalism 503
CinziaBearzot
29. Greekfederalism,therediscoveryofPolybius,and
theframingoftheAmericanconstitution 512
GustavAdolfLehmann
Bibliography 524
Index 590
Maps
1: NorthernandCentralGreece pagexxi
2: CentralGreeceandthePeloponnese xxii
3: CreteandthecentralAegean xxiii
4a: Lesbosandsurroundings xxiv
4b: LykiaandRhodes xxv
5: SouthernItalyandSicily xxvi
6: TheKyrenaïka xxvii
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