Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon

Mackil, Emily ; ;

ISBN 10: 0520290836 / ISBN 13: 9780520290839

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, California / London, England, 2016

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Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature. xxvii, 593 pp. Hellenistic Culture and Society. Volume LV. LCC: 2012012446 Very good condition; small black marking on bottom edges of papers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon
• Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, California / London, England
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520290836
• ISBN 13: 9780520290839
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
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Synopsis

In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their autonomy to join the larger political entities called koina. In the first book in fifty years to tackle the rise of these so-called Greek federal states, Emily Mackil charts a complex, fascinating map of how shared religious practices and long-standing economic interactions faciliated political cooperation and the emergence of a new kind of state. Mackil provides a detailed historical narrative spanning five centuries to contextualize her analyses, which focus on the three best-attested areas of mainland Greece―Boiotia, Achaia, and Aitolia. The analysis is supported by a dossier of Greek inscriptions, each text accompanied by an English translation and commentary.

About the Author

Emily Mackil is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.