Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires (eBook, ePUB)

Integration, Communication, and Resistance
Redaktion: Fischer-Bovet, Christelle

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Produktbeschreibung

The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of the roles of local elites and local populations in the construction, negotiation, and adaptation of political, economic, military and ideological power within these states in formation. The two states, conceived as multi-ethnic empires, are sufficiently similar to make comparisons valid, while the process of comparison highlights and better explains differences. Regions that were successively incorporated into the Ptolemaic and then Seleucid state receive particular attention, and are understood within the broader picture of the ruling strategies of both empires. The book focusses on forms of communication through coins, inscriptions and visual culture; settlement policies and the relationship between local and immigrant populations; and the forms of collaboration with and resistance of local elites against immigrant populations and government institutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108809962
• Artikelnr.: 66182931

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Christelle Fischer-Bovet and Sitta von Reden; Part I. Cities,
Settlement and Integration: 1. Imperial Metropoleis and foundation myths:
Ptolemaic and Seleucid capitals compared Sitta von Reden and Rolf
Strootman; 2. Reassessing Hellenistic settlement policies: the Seleucid Far
East, the Ptolemaic Red Sea basin and Egypt Rachel Mairs and Christelle
Fischer-Bovet; 3. The integration of indigenous elites and the development
of Poleis in the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires Philippe Clancier and
Gilles Gorre; 4. Contextualizing a Ptolemaic solution: the institution of
the ethnic Politeuma Patrick Sänger; Part II. Communication and Exchange:
5. Imperial and indigenous temporalities in the Ptolemaic and Seleucid
dynasties: a comparison of times Paul Kosmin and Ian Moyer; 6. The visual
representation of Ptolemaic and Seleucid kings: media and messages Ralf von
den Hoff; 7. Monetary policies, coin production and currency supply in the
Seleucid and Ptolemaic empires Panagiotis Iossif and Catharine Lorber; Part
III. Collaboration, Crisis, and Resistance: 8. Legitimizing the foreign
king in the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires: the role of local elites and
priests Stefan Pfeiffer and Hilmar Klinkott; 9. Antiochus III, Ptolemy IV
and local elites: deal-making politics at its peak François Gerardin and
Boris Dreyer; 10. Regional revolts in the Seleucid and Ptolemaic empires
Sylvie Honigman and Anne-Emmanuelle Veïsse.