Antiochos III and the cities of Western Asia Minor
"This work examines a test case for the relationship between the polis and the Hellenistic empires, focusing specifically on the interaction between Antiochos III and the cities of Western Asia Minor (226-188 B.C.). Dr. Ma approaches this material from a variety of angles: narrative history, structural analyses of imperial power, and analyses of the functions played by language and stereotypes in the interaction between rulers and ruled. The result is to further a nuanced appreciation of the relation between the Hellenistic king and the Hellenistic polis by drawing attention to the power of the Hellenistic empires, to the capacity of political language to modify power relations, and to the efforts of the Hellenistic polis to preserve its sense of identity and civic pride, and at times its political independence."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 1999
Oxford University Press, London, 1999