Destruction of Cities in the Ancient Greek World (eBook, ePUB)

Integrating the Archaeological and Literary Evidence
Redaktion: Fachard, Sylvian

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Produktbeschreibung

From the Trojan War to the sack of Rome, from the fall of Constantinople to the bombings of World War II and the recent devastation of Syrian towns, the destruction of cities and the slaughter of civilian populations are among the most dramatic events in world history. But how reliable are literary sources for these events? Did ancient authors exaggerate the scale of destruction to create sensational narratives? This volume reassesses the impact of physical destruction on ancient Greek cities and its demographic and economic implications. Addressing methodological issues of interpreting the archaeological evidence for destructions, the volume examines the evidence for the destruction, survival, and recovery of Greek cities. The studies, written by an international group of specialists in archaeology, ancient history, and numismatic, range from Sicily to Asia Minor and Aegean Thrace, and include Athens, Corinth, and Eretria. They highlight the resilience of ancient populations and the recovery of cities in the long term.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108851466
• Artikelnr.: 66183635

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: destruction, survival, and recovery in the ancient Greek
world Sylvian Fachard and Edward M. Harris; 2. Destruction, abandon,
reoccupation: What Microstratigraphy and Micromorphology tell us Panagiotis
Karkanas; 3. Miletus after the disaster of 494 B.C.: Refoundation or
recovery? Hans Lohmann; 4. The Persian destruction of Athens: Sources and
Archaeology John Mckesson Camp; 5. The Carthaginian conquest and
destruction of Selinus in 409 B.C.: Diodorus and archaeology Clemente
Marconi; 6. Ancient methone (354 B.C.): Destruction and abandonment Manthos
Bessios, Athina Athanassiadou, and Konstantinos Noulas; 7. The destruction
of cities in Northern Greece during the Classical and Hellenistic periods:
The numismatic evidence Christos Gatzolis and Selene Psoma; 8. Eretria's
"destructions" during the Hellenistic period and their impact on the city's
development Guy Ackermann (translated by E. M. Harris and S. Fachard); 9.
Rhodes ca. 227 B.C.: Destruction and recovery Alain Bresson; 10.
Destruction, survival and colonisation: Effects of the Roman arrival to
Epirus Björn Forsén; 11. From the destruction of Corinth to Colonia Laus
Iulia Corinthiensis Charles K. Williams, Nancy Bookidis, Kathleen W. Slane,
and with Stephen Tracy; 12. Sulla and the siege of Athens: Reconsidering
crisis, survival, and recovery in the 1st B.C. Dylan K. Rogers; 13. The
Herulian invasion in Athens (A.D 267): The archaeological evidence Lamprini
Chioti; 14. Epilogue. The survival of cities after military devastation:
Comparing the classical Greek and Roman experience John Bintliff; 15.
Appendix. The destruction and survival of cities.