Imperialism in the Ancient World

The economics of imperialism, its political background and institutional frameworks, the material benefits it conferred, the ideologies of ruler and ruled - these are some of the more important aspects of imperialism discussed in this volume. In presenting the evidence for ancient imperialims and suggesting new concepts and methods of interpretation these articles, which are the work of the C. University Research Seminar in Ancient History, range from New Kingdom Egypt and Carthage, through the classical Greek world of Athens and Sparta, to Macedonia and Rome. This book will be particularly useful to ancient historians but should also interest historian of other periods as well as students of politics.

1. Introduction / P. D. A. Garnsey & C. R. Whittaker
2. Imperialism and Empire in New Kingdom Egypt (c. 1575-1087 B.C.) / B. J. Kemp
3. Carthaginian Imperialism in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries / C. R. Whittaker
4. Spartan Imperialism? / A. Andrews
5. The Fifth-Century Athenian Empire: A Balance-Sheet / M. I. Finley
6. Athens in the Fourth Century / G. T. Griffifth
7. The Antigonids and the Greek States, 276-196 B.C.
8. Laus Imperii / P. A. Brunt
9. Greek Intellectuals and the Roman Aristocracy in the First Century B.C. / M. H. Crawford
10. The Beneficial Ideology / V. Nutton
11. Rome's African Empire Under the Principate / P. D. A. Garnsey
12. Jewish Attitudes to the Roman Empire / N. R. M. de Lange