The Hellenistic Period : historical sources in translation / / edited by Roger S. Bagnall and Peter Derow

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827653003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-19946-6; 9786610199464; 0-470-79401-1; 0-470-75276-9; 1-4051-4344-4
• Edizione: [New ed., 2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (350 pages)
• Collana: Blackwell sourcebooks in ancient history
• Altri autori (Persone): BagnallRoger S; DerowPeter
• Disciplina: 938/.08
• Soggetti: Hellenism; Mediterranean Region History To 476 Sources; Greece History Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C Sources; Greece History 281-146 B.C Sources
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: The Hellenistic Period: Historical Sources in Translation; Contents; Table of Documents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Note on Editorial Practice; Abbreviations; Note on Reading Documents; The Texts; I Political History; II The Foreign Possessions of the Ptolemies; III Life in Greek Cities; IV The Bureaucracy of Ptolemaic Egypt; V The Royal Economy of Egypt; VI The Military and Police of Ptolemaic Egypt; VII The Ptolemaic Legal and Judicial System; VIII Social Relations and Private Life; IX Religion; Appendix: Ptolemaic Administration; Tables and Charts; I Ptolemaic Kings; II Seleucid Kings to 96 BC III Antigonid Kings; IV Attalid Rulers; V Months; VI Currency; Glossary and Index of Greek Terms; Concordance: Papyri; Concordance: Inscriptions; Concordance between Editions; Index of Persons, Places and Subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents in translation 175 of the most revealing documents ; that have survived on stone and papyrus from the Hellenistic period. Presents over 150 sources in translation. Captures the political, social, economic and religious dynamism of the Hellenistic kingdoms and cities. Covers the entire Hellenistic world, with extensive coverage of the Ptolemaic kingdom.