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Hellenistic and Roman Greece. From Alexander to Hadrian. 336 BC–138 AD.
HOCHARD P.-O., CHANDEZON C., BOUYSSOU G.-S., GRANDJEAN C.

Hellenistic and Roman Greece. From Alexander to Hadrian. 336 BC–138 AD.

Belin
€51,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 30769
Format 17 X 24
Détails 815 p., numerous maps, figures, photographs, paperback.
Publication Paris, 2024
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782410025521
During the Hellenistic period, the Greek world reached its greatest extent: Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, the Iranian plateau, and Central Asia, extending to the gates of India. In the wake of Alexander's conquest and an active foundation policy pursued by the great kingdoms that emerged from the breakup of the Empire, the traditional model of the Greek city experienced remarkable diffusion. This movement, at the local level, accompanied the widespread spread of democracy. However, at a higher level, it was the monarchy that prevailed. As absolute sovereigns living in sumptuous palaces in the midst of their courts, the Hellenistic kings disposed of their territories, their subjects, and the cities established there as they saw fit. Even the system of the principate, established for several centuries by Augustus, was inspired by the Hellenistic monarchy. The factors of continuity with the classical period are, however, evident: Greek societies remained founded on slavery and united, despite political fragmentation and successive dominations, by common values and a common way of life, which distinguished them in their eyes from those they called "barbarians" - the Persians simply giving way to the Galatians. This history ends with Hadrian, whose reign marked a golden age of the Greek East and provided incontestable proof of the role played by the Romans in transmitting the Hellenistic heritage to the present day. With the support of magnificent iconography, original cartography and remarkably rich sources, discovered as far as the confines of Alexander's Empire and even beyond, the authors retrace, with detail and nuance, the history of the Hellenistic Greek and Roman world.
During the Hellenistic period, the Greek world reached its greatest extent: Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, the Iranian plateau, and Central Asia, extending to the gates of India. In the wake of Alexander's conquest and an active foundation policy pursued by the great kingdoms that emerged from the breakup of the Empire, the traditional model of the Greek city experienced remarkable diffusion. This movement, at the local level, accompanied the widespread spread of democracy. However, at a higher level, it was the monarchy that prevailed. As absolute sovereigns living in sumptuous palaces in the midst of their courts, the Hellenistic kings disposed of their territories, their subjects, and the cities established there as they saw fit. Even the system of the principate, established for several centuries by Augustus, was inspired by the Hellenistic monarchy. The factors of continuity with the classical period are, however, evident: Greek societies remained founded on slavery and united, despite political fragmentation and successive dominations, by common values and a common way of life, which distinguished them in their eyes from those they called "barbarians" - the Persians simply giving way to the Galatians. This history ends with Hadrian, whose reign marked a golden age of the Greek East and provided incontestable proof of the role played by the Romans in transmitting the Hellenistic heritage to the present day. With the support of magnificent iconography, original cartography and remarkably rich sources, discovered as far as the confines of Alexander's Empire and even beyond, the authors retrace, with detail and nuance, the history of the Hellenistic Greek and Roman world.