LEADER 03718nam 22006732 450 001 9910786555703321 005 20151002020704.0 010 $a1-4744-0080-9 010 $a0-7486-9127-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748691272 035 $a(CKB)3710000000117451 035 $a(EBL)1698595 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001288547 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11769950 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288547 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11294485 035 $a(PQKB)10459460 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780748691272 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1698595 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001193133 035 $a(DE-B1597)616451 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748691272 035 $a(PPN)26286567X 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000117451 100 $a20140603d2014|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCourts and elites in the Hellenistic empires $ethe Near East after the Achaemenids, c. 330 to 30 BCE /$fRolf Strootman$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 0 $aEdinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-7486-9126-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: pt. I SETTING THE SCENE -- 1. The Court as an Instrument of Power -- 2. The Theatre of Royalty -- 3. The Royal Palace: A Stage for Royal Rituals -- pt. II THE COURT AS A SOCIO-POLITICAL SYSTEM -- 4. The Royal Household -- 5. Court Society -- 6. Royal Pages -- 7. Social Dynamics -- 8. Hierarchy and Conflict -- pt. III CEREMONIAL AND RITUAL -- 9. Ceremonial and Protocol -- 10. Death and Resurrection: Inauguration Ritual -- 11. The Royal Entry -- 12. Royal Processions: Enacting the Myth of Empire. 330 $aRolf Strootman brings together various aspects of court culture in the Macedonian empires of the post-Achaemenid Near East. During the Hellenistic Period (c. 330-30 BCE), Alexander the Great and his successors reshaped their Persian and Greco-Macedonian legacies to create a new kind of rulership that was neither 'western' nor 'eastern' and would profoundly influence the later development of court culture and monarchy in both the Roman West and Iranian East. Drawing on the socio-political models of Norbert Elias and Charles Tilly, After the Achaemenids shows how the Hellenistic dynastic courts were instrumental in the integration of local elites in the empires, and the (re)distribution of power, wealth, and status. It analyses the competition among courtiers for royal favour and the, not always successful, attempts of the Hellenistic rulers to use these struggles to their own advantage. 410 0$aEdinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia 517 3 $aCourts & Elites in the Hellenistic Empires 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zMiddle East 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zMacedonia 607 $aMiddle East$xCourts and courtiers$xHistory 607 $aMacedonia$xCourts and courtiers 607 $aMiddle East$xHistory$yTo 622 607 $aMacedonia$xHistory 607 $aMiddle East$xCivilization$yTo 622 607 $aMacedonia$xCivilization 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 676 $a939.404 700 $aStrootman$b Rolf$0781051 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786555703321 996 $aCourts and elites in the Hellenistic empires$91668326 997 $aUNINA