Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The planned, designed, institutional reorganization of urban populations, together with a systematic and rationally-articulated thinking about cities, were, for whatever reason, characteristic of the Greek world since the archaic period. But nothing matches the royal synoikisms of the early Hellenistic period for scale of ambition, coherence of vision, and on-the-ground disruption. In this impressive and considered book, Ryan Boehm investigates such consolidations of existing Greek
poleis into new or expanded mega-cities by the warlords, kings, and dynasts of the early Hellenistic period. . . . Boehm splendidly makes the case for his topic." * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations
Introduction
PART ONE. URBANIZATION AND THE IMPERIAL FRAMEWORK
1. Imperial Geographies: City, Settlement, and Ideology in the Formation of the Hellenistic Kingdoms
2. Urbanization and Economic Networks
PART TWO. CULT, POLIS, EMPIRE: THE RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SYNOIKISM
3. Civic Cults between Continuity and Change
4. Consensus, Community, and Discourses of Power
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
