The Piraeus: From the Fifth to the First Century BC - Brossura

Garland, Robert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 185399622X ISBN 13: 9781853996221

Casa editrice: Bristol Classical Press, 2001

Riassunto

The Piraeus was one of the largest and most impressive ancient ports in the Mediterranean. During the fifth century B.C. it was laid out on a grid pattern by the urban planner Hippodamos and linked by the Long Walls with the city of Athens, some 8km away. It served as headquarters for the Athenian navy during the time of Athens' Aegean empire. Its emporion or commercial sector handled the bulk of Athenian imports, especially the grain on which the Athenians were wholly dependent.
In conventional histories the story of the Piraeus is mostly hidden amidst material centered almost exclusively on Athens herself. Here Garland treats the Piraeus in its own right as an integral yet idiosyncratic component of Attica - one which exercised a decisive influence on Athenian history: its demographic profile linked it indissolubly with radical democracy; its Long Walls enabled Athenian leaders to pursue a policy which abandoned the Attic countryside in favour of a predominantly maritime strategy; later its Macedonian garrison could exercise control over Athens by threatening to cut off her essential imports. Garland analyses the demography of the Piraeus, its separate administrative organisation, its crucial economic and commercial importance, its key strategic and naval role, and its distinctive religious identity. He also traces the layout of the ancient town which lies largely buried beneath its no less vital modern successor.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Robert Garland is Wooster Professor of Classics at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Bristol Classical Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 185399622X
• ISBN 13: 9781853996221
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 292