The Greek Slogan of Freedom and Early Roman Politics in Greece

Dmitriev, Sviatoslav

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“…101 Eleutheria became a pivotal phrase especially in the later relationship between Rome and the Greek cities, e.g. the 'slogan of freedem' , Dmitriev (2011). 102 Discussed in detail in Boffo (1985), 174-185, esp.…”

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Urban Rituals in Sacred Landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor

Williamson¹

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Urban Rituals in Sacred Landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor

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“…107 Bell (2004)115;Bevan (1902) 1.100. 108 My presentation here is a middle ground between Bevan (1902) 1.150, for whom -[Asia Minor] was the part of their dominions to which the Seleukid kings attached the greatest value‖ and Sherwin-White & Kuhrt, for whom Asia Minor while not minor, but had no special value to the Seleukid kings: (1993) 1 109 Dmitriev (2005) 291. 110 Idem.…”

Section: The Autonomy Of the αὐτόνομοι And The Freedom Of The ἐλευθέριαιmentioning

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Royal Polis Policy in the Seleukid Heartland

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In the Hellenistic Period most of the Greek poleis (city-states) came under the control of the Greco-Macedonian kings. The ideology of the poleis, which stressed the importance of autonomy, conflicted with the reality of royal domination. In Western Asia Minor, this conflict was resolved by presenting the relationship between king and polis as one of free association, in which the poleis were allowed a large amount of autonomy. The kings used ideas of reciprocity to tie the poleis to them and worked to make their rule as amenable as possible, while the poleis of Western Asia Minor continued to aspire to complete independence. This was not the only possible resolution of the conflict between polis autonomy and royal dominance, however. In the Seleukid heartland of Syria and Mesopotamia the Seleukids founded and maintained new poleis. By means of names, myths, and symbols, the identities of these poleis were closely linked to the Seleukid dynasty. As a result, expressions of polis identity were expressions of loyalty to the dynasty, rather than of opposition. Their internal structures were based around an alliance between the royally-appointed epistatēs and the magistrates of the city, who represented a small civic elite. Royal support was thus important to the internal power structure of these poleis. The poleis of the Seleukid heartland did not pursue full independence, even when the Seleukid royal power collapsed at the end of the Hellenistic period because, entirely unlike the poleis of Western Asia Minor, submission to a higher power was a central part of their identities and internal structures.

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“…The peace of 362/1 had no single sponsor. On the 'problem' of the Common Peace: Dmitriev 2011, 54-66. 34 Perlman 1976, 3, with Hornblower 1991Green 2004, 105;andMitchell 2007, 10-9.…”

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“…Once again, especially in the 266 So Gruen 1984, 323, 355, Waterfield 2014cf. Pedech 1964, 280-2;Eckstein 2002;Dmitriev 2011, 147-51. 267 Gruen 1984Waterfield 2014, 58, who reduces the speeches to Polybian "spin".…”

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“…See also Dmitriev 2011, 150. 272 Studies of Panhellenic attitudes in this period which focus exclusively on Rome and subordinate Chlaeneas: Gruen 1984, 321-5;Champion 2004, 30-63;Dmitriev 2011, 147-51. 273 Davidson 1991 The speech of Chlaeneas is less than half the length of that of Lyciscus: Walbank 1967, 162-3, contra Eckstein 2013.…”

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“They Had, They Thought, Their Champion of Freedom”: Social Constructivism and Greek Politics, 217-199.

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International Relations theories colour modern approaches to political history and, hence, to classical studies. Since the Second World War, Realism and Neorealism have been amongst the most pervasive, portraying the international process as something inherently anarchical and self-interested, animated by acontextual variables of power and security. But such approaches leave little room for social, cultural, and ideational variables in the international process; and we know that Greek culture, like others, exerted a powerful influence in the social, political, and economic spheres. This thesis accordingly uses a more recent IR paradigm, Social Constructivism, to challenge Realism, by accounting for things like rational choice and the role of ideas. It specifically appraises the period of Greek history marked by its early engagements with Rome (217-199), in order to explore the roles of Greek ideas, identities, and agents in animating interstate behaviour. Through this lens, it can be argued that the Greeks’ conceptions of interest, whether we deem them to have been upright or cynical, were shaped as much by human variables as by structural ones. Ideas like Panhellenism, barbarism, and the freedom of the Greeks galvanised interstate action; and they militated Greek poleis, federal states, Hellenistic kings, and, later, Roman commanders towards acting (or wishing to be seen as acting) in accordance with popular conceptions of the ‘Hellenic’ interest.

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The Greek Slogan of Freedom and Early Roman Politics in Greece

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Urban Rituals in Sacred Landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor

Urban Rituals in Sacred Landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor

Royal Polis Policy in the Seleukid Heartland

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