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Record Nr.

UNISA996204511403316

Titolo

Attalid Asia Minor [[electronic resource] ] : money, international relations, and the state / / edited by Peter Thonemann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-19-163010-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThonemannPeter

Disciplina

930

Soggetti

History - Bergama (Turkey)

Bergama (Turkey) History

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""1. The Attalid State, 188�133 BC""; ""2. The Attalids: A Military History""; ""3. The Attalids and the Seleukid Kings, 281�175 BC""; ""4. What Did the Attalids Ever Do for Us? The View from the Aerarium""; ""5. The Closed Currency System of the Attalid Kingdom""; ""6. The Coinages of the Attalids and their Neighbours: A Quantified Overview""; ""7. The Use of the Cistophoric Weight-Standard Outside the Pergamene Kingdom""

""8. War or Trade? Attic-Weight Tetradrachms from Second-Century BC Attalid Asia Minor in Seleukid Syria after the Peace of Apameia and their Historical Context""""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

A full-length study dedicated to the political economy of the Attalid kingdom of Pergamon, this book focuses in particular on its financial administration, international relations and the functioning of the state.