Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon Volume 55

by Emily Mackil

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520272501
• ISBN13: 9780520272507
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"