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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
March 2023
Print publication year:
2023
Online ISBN:
9781009279567
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Book description

Historians have long wondered at the improbable rise of the Attalids of Pergamon after 188 BCE. The Roman-brokered Settlement of Apameia offered a new map – a brittle framework for sovereignty in Anatolia and the eastern Aegean. What allowed the Attalids to make this map a reality? This uniquely comprehensive study of the political economy of the kingdom rethinks the impact of Attalid imperialism on the Greek polis and the multicultural character of the dynasty's notorious propaganda. By synthesizing new findings in epigraphy, archaeology, and numismatics, it shows the kingdom for the first time from the inside. The Pergamene way of ruling was a distinctively non-coercive and efficient means of taxing and winning loyalty. Royal tax collectors collaborated with city and village officials on budgets and minting, while the kings utterly transformed the civic space of the gymnasium. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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‘… this book should be of interest for readers familiar with Hellenistic history, for it illuminates the political situation in both the Greek periphery and the non-Greek interior of Anatolia.’

Owain Williams Source: Ancient History

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Contents

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  • The Attalids of Pergamon and Anatolia
    pp i-ii
  • The Attalids of Pergamon and Anatolia - Title page
    pp iii-iii
  • Money, Culture, and State Power
  • Copyright page
    pp iv-iv
  • Dedication
    pp v-vi
  • Contents
    pp vii-vii
  • Figures
    pp viii-ix
  • Graphs
    pp x-x
  • Maps
    pp xi-xi
  • Acknowledgments
    pp xii-xiv
  • List of Abbreviations
    pp xv-xviii
  • Introduction
    pp 1-33
  • 1 - Eating with the Tax Collectors
    pp 34-73
  • 2 - The Skeleton of the State
    pp 74-128
  • 3 - The King’s Money
    pp 129-187
  • 4 - Cities and Other Civic Organisms
    pp 188-233
  • 5 - Hastening to the Gymnasium
    pp 234-282
  • 6 - Pergamene Panhellenism
    pp 283-353
  • Conclusion
    pp 354-363
  • Appendix of Epigraphical Documents
    pp 364-369
  • Bibliography
    pp 370-424
  • Index Locorum
    pp 425-432
  • Subject Index
    pp 433-444

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