Spear-Won Land
Sardis from the King's Peace to the Peace of Apamea
Andrea M Berlin editor Paul J Kosmin editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Published:30th Jun '19
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Sardis, in western Turkey, was one of the great cities of the Aegean and Near Eastern worlds for almost a millennium—a political keystone with a legendary past. Recent archeological work has revealed how the city was transformed in the century following Alexander’s conquests from a traditional capital to a Greek polis, setting the stage for its blossoming as a Roman urban center. This integrated collection of essays by more than a dozen prominent scholars illuminates a crucial stage, from the early fourth century to 189 BCE, when it became one of the most important political centers of Asia Minor.
The contributors to this volume are members of the Hellenistic Sardis Project, a research collaboration between long-standing expedition members and scholars keenly interested in the site. These new discussions on the pre-Roman history of Sardis restore the city in the scholarship of the Hellenistic East and will be enlightening to scholars of classical archaeology.
“This provides an extraordinary overview of Sardis and the surrounding area during the Early Hellenistic period and will be in demand by archaeologists in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. I would say that all of us are indebted to the editors for their creativity.”
—C. Brian Rose, University of Pennsylvania
ISBN: 9780299321307
Dimensions: 279mm x 216mm x 16mm
Weight: 1350g
272 pages