Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome

Zusatztext "As a classicist! I read [Eckstein's] book with delight. . . . I hope that this book will stimulate the production of other similarly sophisticated studies." Informationen zum Autor Arthur M. Eckstein is Professor of History at the University of Maryland! College Park! and the author of Moral Vision in the Histories of Polybius and Senate and General: Individual Decision Making and Roman Foreign Relations! 264-194 B.C.! both from UC Press. Klappentext "A major contribution to the study of Roman imperialism and ancient international relations."-John Rich! University of Nottingham Zusammenfassung A study that employs modern international relations theory to place Roman militarism and expansion of power within the broader Mediterranean context of interstate anarchy. It challenges claims that Rome was an exceptionally warlike and aggressive state - not merely in modern but in ancient terms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Abbreviations Maps 1. Political Science and Roman History 2. Realist Paradigms of Interstate Behavior 3. The Anarchic Structure of Interstate Relations in Classical Greece 4. The Anarchic Structure of Interstate Relations in Hellenistic Age 5. Terrores Multi: The Rivals of Rome for Power in Italy and the Western Mediterranean 6. Rome and Roman Militarism within the Anarchic Interstate System 7. Roman Exceptionalism and Nonexceptionalism Appendix to Chapter 6: Roman Commanding Generals Killed in Battle with Foreign Enemies! 340s-140s BC Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Arthur M. Eckstein, Eckstein Arthur M.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2009
• EAN: 9780520259928
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25992-8
• No. of pages: 394
• Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society; Hellenistic Culture and Society; Hellenistic Culture & Society (CAUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, military history, Ancient World, Ancient History, Political science and theory