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OverviewWarfare has long been central to a proper understanding of ancient Greece and Rome, worlds where war was, as the philosopher Heraclitus observed, ‘both king and father of all’. More recently, however, the understanding of Classical antiquity solely in such terms has been challenged; it is recognised that while war was pervasive, and a key concern in the narratives of ancient historians, a concomitant desire for peace was also constant. This volume places peace in the prime position as a panel of scholars stresses the importance of ‘peace’ as a positive concept in the ancient world (and not just the absence of, or necessarily even related to, war), and considers examples of conflict resolution, conciliation, and concession from Homer to Augustine. Comparing and contrasting theories and practice across different periods and regions, this collection highlights, first, the open and dynamic nature of peace, and then seeks to review a wide variety of initiatives from across the Classical world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: E. P. Moloney , Michael Stuart WilliamsPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9781472466358ISBN 10: 1472466357 Pages: 358 Publication Date: 22 February 2017 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Introduction: Imagining, Establishing, and Instituting Peace E. P. Moloney and Michael Stuart Williams PART I IMAGINING PEACE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 2 Solon the Peacemaker William Allan 3 Aristotle on Peace: Biological, Political, Ethical, and Metaphysical Dimensions William Desmond 4 (What’s so Funny ’bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding? Imagining Peace in Greek Comedy Ian Ruffell 5 Reconciliation in Later Classical and Post-Classical Greek Cities: a Question of Peace and Peacefulness? Benjamin Gray 6 Negotiating Ideas of Peace in the Civic Conflicts of the late Republic Hannah Cornwell 7 Peace and Empire: Pacare, Pacatus and the Language of Roman Imperialism Myles Lavan 8 Blessed are the Peacemakers: Visions of Christian Peace from Christ to Constantine David M. Gwynn PART II ESTABLISHING PEACE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 9 Cyrus the Great: an Unconventional Peacemaker Selga Medenieks 10 International Arbitration in Archaic Greece Aideen Carty 11 Once an Ally, Always an Ally: Sparta’s Approach to Policing the Oaths of her Allies in the late-Fifth and early-Fourth Centuries Andrew Bayliss 12 The Compromise of Kings: Philip II and Macedonian Peace E. P. Moloney 13 Deditio in the Second Century BC: Subjugation and Reconciliation John Richardson 14 How Wars End: Three Thoughts on the Fall of Jerusalem John Curran PART III INSTITUTING PEACE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 15 Identity Building as a Means of Conflict Resolution, or: Thucydides’ Struggle with Hellenic Discourses Christoph Ulf 16 Monuments to Victory and Symbols of Peace and Reconciliation? Re-viewing Post-War Building in Classical Athens and Achaemenid Persia Janett Morgan 17 Peace and Reconciliation, Athenian-Style M. J. Edwards 18 Beyond War, Imperialism, and Panhellenism: Xenophon’s Eirenic Thought Joseph Jansen 19 Punishment and Reconciliation: Augustine P. I. Kaufman 20 Reading Reconciliation in Late Antique Altercationes Michael Stuart WilliamsReviewsAuthor InformationE. P. Moloney is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the University of Winchester. Specializing in classical Greek culture and history, with a focus on ancient Macedon, Dr Moloney has published recently on the early history of that kingdom. Building on that work, a monograph on the cultured courts of the Argead kings is now near completion. Michael Stuart Williams is lecturer in the Department of Ancient Classics at Maynooth University. His primary research interest is the intellectual history of Christianity, and he has published on ancient biography and hagiography in his book Authorised Lives in Early Christian Biography (2008). He has also edited two volumes under the title Unclassical Traditions (2010 and 2011). He is currently completing a book entitled The Politics of Heresy in Ambrose of Milan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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