{"product_id":"the-roman-republic-and-the-hellenistic-mediterranean-isbn-9781118959343","title":"The Roman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresents a history of the Roman Republic within the wider Mediterranean world, focusing on 330 to 30 BCE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBroad in scope, this book uniquely considers the history of the Roman Republic in tandem with the rich histories of the Hellenistic kingdoms and city-states that endured after the death of Alexander the Great. It provides students with a full picture of life in the ancient Mediterranean world and its multitude of interconnections—not only between Rome and the Greek East, but also among other major players, such as Carthage, Judaea, and the Celts. Taking a mostly chronological approach, it incorporates cultural change alongside political developments so that readers get a well-balanced introduction to the era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Roman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean: From Alexander to Caesar \u003c\/i\u003eoffers great insight into a momentous era with chapters on Alexanders in Asia and Italy; Mediterranean Cosmopolitanism; The Path of Pyrrhus; The Three Corners of Sicily; The Expanding Roman Horizon; Hercules and the Muses; The Corinth-Carthage Coincidence; The Movements of the Gracchi; The New Men of Rome and Africa; The Conspiracies of Cicero and Catiline; The World According to Pompey; Roman Alexanders; and more. It also looks at the phenomenon of excessive violence, particularly in the cases of Marius, Sulla, and Mithridates. The final chapter covers the demise of Cleopatra and examines how the seeds planted by Octavian, Octavia, and Antony sprouted into full Hellenistic trappings of power for the centuries that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates the development of Rome, after the death of Alexander the Great, in the context of significant contemporaneous regimes in Asia Minor, the Levant, and Egypt\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides students with insight into how various societies respond to contact and how that contact can shape and create larger communities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights the interconnectedness of Mediterranean cultures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStrikes a balance between political, geopolitical, and cultural inquiries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders how modes of international diplomacy affect civilizations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes helpful pedagogical features, such as sources in translation, illustrations, and further readings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent book for undergraduate courses on the Roman Republic, the Hellenistic World, and the ancient Mediterranean. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments \u003ci\u003exiii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Credits \u003ci\u003exv\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 To 336: Four Peninsulas and a Delta 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Bronze Age Connections and Dark Age Divisions 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Resurgences of the Early Archaic Age 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Political Innovations of the Archaic Age 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Greeks vs. “Barbarians” 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Athenian Prosperity and its Discontents 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 The Rise of Macedonia 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8 Conclusions 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 To 336: Roman Origins and Institutions 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Italy in the Bronze and Dark Ages 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 The Roman Monarchy 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 The so‐called Struggle of the Orders 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Roman Diplomacy and Empire in the Early Republic 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Early Roman Society 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Conclusion 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 To 321: Alexanders in Asia and Italy 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The Ascent of Olympias and her Family 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 One Alexander, in Asia 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Another Alexander, in Italy 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 In Egypt and Mesopotamia 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Absolute Power 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 The Second Samnite War 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Imperial Styles: Persia, Rome, and Macedonia 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Conclusions 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 To 295: An Elusive Equilibrium 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The Limits of Alexander’s Mystique 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The Infrastructure of Conquest in Roman Italy 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Athens under Demetrius of Phaleron 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Other Western Powers: Syracuse and Carthage 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Political Epiphanies 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 New Philosophies of Politics and Participation 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 The Battle of Ipsus and its Aftermath 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 Rome vs. Italy at the Battle of Sentinum 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10 Conclusions 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 To 264: The Path of Pyrrhus 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 The Education of Pyrrhus 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 The Collapse of Demetrius Poliorketes 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Pyrrhus and Rome 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Pyrrhus and Sicily 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Celtic Migrations to Asia Minor 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Alexandrian Erudition 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 The Mediterranean Without Pyrrhus 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9 Conclusions 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 To 238: The Three Corners of Sicily 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 The Origins of the First Punic War 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 The New Roman Navy 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 The Emergence of Minor Kingdoms in the Hellenistic East 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Romans in North Africa 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Boxing Matches, Part 1: The Ptolemies and the Antigonids 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Boxing Matches, Part 2: Rome and Carthage 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Boxing Matches, Part 3: The Ptolemies and the Seleucids 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 No Peace 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.10 Rome’s Cultural Melange 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.11 Conclusions 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 To 201: The Expanding Roman Horizon 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Historicism in Literature: Naevius and Apollonius of Rhodes 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Rome’s New Neighbors 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Successors to the Successors 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 The Origins of the Second Punic War 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Rome’s Initial Failures 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Adolescent Kings in Syria and Egypt 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 The Five Fronts of the Second Punic War 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.9 Rome, Triumphant and Transformed 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.10 An Imperial Culture 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.11 The End of the Second Punic War 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.12 Antiochus III Becomes “Great” 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.13 Conclusions 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 To 186: Hercules and the Muses 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Philip V Faces East, Then West 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 “Freedom of the Greeks” 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Romans in Spain 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 The Roman Wars with Antiochus III and Aetolia 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Rome and the Other: Embrace and Rejection 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Conclusions 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 To 164: Hostages of Diplomacy 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Rome as Referee 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 The Power of Pergamon 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 A New Balance of Power in the East 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Spain as the Laboratory of Empire 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 The Plight of Perseus 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 The Sixth Syrian War and the “Day of Eleusis” 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 The Year 167 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.9 Three Celebrations 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.10 Outsiders Regarding Rome 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.11 Conclusions 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 To 133: The Price of Empire 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Internationalized Family Networks in Rome 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Royal Pretenders 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 The Morality of Empire 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 The Carthage‐Corinth Coincidence 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 The Roman Reorganization of Egypt, 145–139 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 Economic Crisis and the Rise of the Tribunate 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.8 The Reforms of Tiberius Gracchus 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.9 Conclusions 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 To 101: The “New Men” of Rome and the Mediterranean 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Aristonicus and the People of Pergamon 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Paos, Harsiese, and the People of Egypt 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Gaius Gracchus and the People of Italy 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Adherbal vs. Jurgurtha, in Numidia and in the Roman Senate 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Marius and the People of Rome 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 A Celtic Resurgence 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 Shifts Among the Ptolemo‐Seleucids 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9 Mithridates VI 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.10 So‐called Pirates and Bandits 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.11 Conclusions 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 To 79: Boundless Violence 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Introduction 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Marius and Saturninus, Cornered by\/in the Senate 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 The Cappadocian Throne: Mithridates VI vs. Rome 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 The Origins of the Social War 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Attempts to Recover Asia Minor 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 The Conclusion of the Social War 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 The Resurgence of Mithridates 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.8 Sulla Seizes Command 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.9 Genocide, of a Form, in Asia Minor 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.10 The Sack of Athens 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.11 Sulla’s Dictatorship 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.12 Conclusions 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 To 63: Extraordinary Commands 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Introduction 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Sertorius, Mithridates, and the “Pirates” 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Spartacus 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Rome Steadily Consolidates 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 The Consulship of Crassus and Pompey 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Lucullus and the Origins of the Third Mithridatic War 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Tribunes and Imperial Commands 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.8 Pompey Becomes “Great” 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.9 Rome in the Absence of Pompey 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.10 The Conspiracies of Catiline and Cicero 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.11 Conclusions 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 To 52: The World According to Pompey 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Introduction 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Pompey\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003es \u003ci\u003ePompa \u003c\/i\u003e218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 The so‐called “First” Triumvirate 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Clodius\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003es Imperial Tribunate 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Poets and Politicians 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 The Scandal of the Alexandrian Embassy 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.7 Caesar in Gaul 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.8 The Return of Cicero 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.9 Displaying the “Exotic” 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.10 Challenges to the Triumvirate 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.11 Conclusions 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 To 44: Roman Alexanders 235\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Themes 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Introduction 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Pompey’s Sole Consulship 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 A Planned Eastern Mission, Divisive and Unrealized 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 The Start of a New Civil War 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Siege and Sojourn in Alexandria 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6 Caesar in Asia, Then Africa 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.7 A Month‐Long Triumph 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.8 Caesar’s Hellenistic Capital 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.9 Conclusion: Caesar Exits a World 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpilogue: Not the End 249\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEp.1. New “Funeral Games” 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEp.2. The Second Triumvirate 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEp.3. The Return of Cleopatra and the Ptolemies 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEp.4. The End of the Roman Republic, but Not of the Hellenistic Mediterranean 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 257 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOEL ALLEN, P\u003csmall\u003eH\u003c\/small\u003eD,\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History and Classics at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, and Executive Officer of History at the Graduate Center.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990332719333,"sku":"NP9781118959343","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118959343.jpg?v=1761787393","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-roman-republic-and-the-hellenistic-mediterranean-isbn-9781118959343","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}