The Cambridge Ancient History

F. W. Walbank, A. E. Astin, M. W. Frederiksen

Cambridge University Press, Sep 6, 1984 - History - 655 pages

Published in 1928, Volume VII of the Cambridge Ancient History orginally covered both the history of the Hellenistic world from the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC down to the Peace of Naupactus and the battle of Raphia in 217 BC and the history of Rome from its foundation down to the same date. In the new edition the Greek and Roman sections have been assigned to two separate volumes. Of these, VII part I opens after the death of Alexander, in 323 BC, as being a more logical starting-point for Hellenistic history; but 217 has been retained as the terminal date since, as Polybius noted, it is from then onwards that Rome begins to play a substantial role in Greek affairs. The volume has been completely rewritten by specialists from Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Canada, and takes full account of the vast amount of new material that has become available in the last fifty years. Separate chapters deal with the main kingdoms - Ptolemaic Egypt, Seleucid Asia and Macedonia - and with mainland Greece, Sicily and the smaller states including Pergamum. Political events are fully described and assessed, but there is less emphasis on military detail than in the first edition. The space thus saved has been given over to chapters on the historical sources, on the institution of monarchy and the ideology surrounding it, on the main cultural, social and economic aspects of the Hellenistic world and on the development of Hellenistic science, especially in relation to its application in peace and war. This up-to-date and authoritative account of the early Hellenistic world is designed to serve both the student and the general reader of this and subsequent generations as the first edition has served those of the last fifty years.

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Contents

• Sources for the period f w walbank: 1
• The eastern Mediterranean c 275 B C: 2
• Hellenistic Asia: 4
• The Greek mainland and the Aegean: 5
• South Italy Sicily and North Africa: 6
• The SyrianEgyptian Wars: 7
• The succession to Alexander: 23
• The succession to Alexander edouard w1ll: 62
• v11 Rulercult: 87
• Dynastic cult: 96
• The formation of the Hellenistic kingdoms edouard w1ll: 101
• Ptolemaic Egypt e g turner: 118
• Syria and the East domen1co must1: 175
• Relations with Iran Retreat from further Asia Growth: 210
• v111 Conclusion: 216
• Macedonia and Greece f w walbank: 221
• Aratus of Sicyon and the Achaean League: 243
• Cultural social and economic features of the Hellenistic world: 257
• Mainland Greece: 260
• page 24: 276
• 1201: 280
• 1767: 306
• 2223 386: 318
• its application in peace and: 321
• Eccentric motion: 342
• The simplest case of the equivalence of eccentric and epicyclic motions: 343
• Heros dioptra: 344
• The armillary astrolabe: 345
• b War and siegecraft: 353
• Plan of the fort of Euryalus: 360
• Agriculture dorothy j Thompson: 363
• yd Building and townplanning: 371
• Restoration of Philos arsenal Piraeus: 374
• Restoration of the Hieron Samothrace: 376
• Restoration of the Bouleuterion Miletus: 378
• Restoration of the interior of the Bouleuterion Miletus: 379
• Agathocles: 384
• Developments in Sicily between 31615 and 310: 390
• 1v Events in Sicily 310304: 400
• v1 General assessment: 409
• Agathocles k m e 1 s t e: 412
• Macedonia and the Greek leagues F w walbank: 446
• Hellenistic dynasties: 482
• Chronological table 323217 B C: 493
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 513
• A General: 519
• The Diadochi and the establishment of the kingdoms: 535
• E The Seleucid kingdom Asia Minor the Middle East the Far East: 545
• F Egypt: 554
• H Social cultural and economic features: 577
• Monarchy: 587
• Index: 603
• PRINTED IN GREaT BRITaIN: 643
• Sources for the period F w walbank: 645

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Cambridge Ancient History; CAMBRIDGE ANCIENT HISTORY 3RD EDITION; Part 1 of The Cambridge Ancient History 14 Volume Set in 19 Hardback Parts; The Cambridge Ancient History, John Bagnell Bury; Part 1 of The Cambridge ancient history: The hellenistic world, Frank William Walbank
• Editors: F. W. Walbank, A. E. Astin, M. W. Frederiksen
• Contributor: F. W. Walbank
• Edition: 2, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1984
• ISBN: 052123445X, 9780521234450
• Length: 655 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / General; History / World