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Book SynopsisLocalism in Hellenistic Greece explores, in exemplary fashion, how ancient societies positioned themselves in a swiftly expanding world.
Table of ContentsPreface Sheila L. Ager and Hans Beck 1. Introduction: Localism in Hellenistic Greece Hans Beck 2. Localism and Environmental History in the Hellenistic Kopaic Basin Ruben Post 3. Healing a Battlefield: The Local World of Hellenistic Chaironeia Chandra Giroux 4. The Other Side of the Stone: Local Proxenia in the Hellenistic Euboian Gulf Alex McAuley 5. Notes on Matrimonial Strategies in Civic Contexts Sara Saba 6. Local Horizons for the Thessalian Eleutheria Denver Graninger 7. The Problematic Localism of the Hellenistic Aitolians Joseph B. Scholten 8. Aligning the Dots: Local Self-Assertion in a Politically Expanding World Peter Funke 9. The Local Voice of Enmity: Kleomenes III, Sparta, and Argos Elena Franchi 10. “Sparta is my country”: Competitive Localism in Hellenistic Sparta Sebastian Scharff 11. Shaping and Reshaping Local Memories in Megalopolis: The Case of the Tyrants Aristodamos and Lydiadas James Roy 12. Global Activities in a Localized Context: Mercenaries, Proxeny, and the Small Local World of Hellenistic Mani Chelsea A.M. Gardner 13. Being Syracusan in the Hellenistic World Mark Thatcher 14. Between the Local and the Global: Intersectional Elites at Antiochia ad Cragum in Roman Rough Cilicia Tim Howe 15. Afterword: Reflections on Hellenistic Localism Sheila L. Ager List of Contributors Index
