Wandering Greeks Robert Garland 2014 HC DJ Princeton Ancient Coins Sparta Map

by Robert Garland

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Wandering Greeks Robert Garland 2014 HC DJ Princeton Ancient Coins Sparta Map Wandering Greeks: The Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great Robert Garland 2014 Hardcover Dust Jacket Princeton University Press Rethink the traditional static view of ancient Mediterranean civilization with this landmark 2014 first edition published by Princeton University Press. Authored by renowned classicist Robert Garland, Wandering Greeks explores the massive human movement, exile, and forced migrations that defined Greek culture between 700 and 325 BCE. Rather than focusing solely on static city-states, Garland investigates the lives of displaced persons, refugees, asylum-seekers, fugitives, mercenaries, overseas settlers, and economic migrants who carried Greek culture across the ancient world (the "portable polis"). Specialized Reference Features: Includes 16 ancient coin illustration plates depicting silver tetrobolons, drachmas, staters, and Alexander the Great tetradrachms (courtesy of private numismatic archives). 7 historical regional maps covering Western Phocaean migrations, Sicily, Spartan containment, Epidamnus, the evacuation of Attica prior to the Battle of Salamis, and Themistocles' flight to Persia. Detailed catalog appendices covering Athenian Cleruchies, colonies, exiles, deportees, and the enslaved. An essential reference text for classical historians, ancient numismatists, coin collectors, and university academic collections. Condi

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2014
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780691161051
• Condition: Good

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