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  The Hellenistic Peloponnese
by Ioanna Kralli
ISBN 9781910589601 Hardback, 2017
 

Modern treatments of Peloponnesian history are often fragmented by poleis and period. This book offers a comprehensive narrative of the political history of the entire Peloponnese from 371 to 146 bc, using both literary and epigraphic evidence. In the Hellenistic Peloponnese a long shadow was cast by the great changes of the 4th century. After Sparta’s long-invincible army had been defeated at the battle of Leuktra (371), internal divisions and alliances were patterned by the interventions of external powers: Thebans, Macedonian rulers, and finally the Romans.

The author’s findings reveal remarkable consistencies in the history of the Peloponnese. Sparta’s confidence and ambition refused to die; other Peloponnesian states conducted foreign policies in reaction initially to Sparta’s decline but, later, to her resurgence – and to the prospect of further resurgence still. The book reveals continuity as regards Sparta in the foreign policies of Elis, most of Arkadia, Messenia, and the Achaian Confederacy. These definite patterns formed Peloponnesian history far beyond the narrow relation of each community to Sparta: they also shaped the relation of most major Peloponnesian states to each other and to external powers.
 


The author
IOANNA KRALLI is Assistant Professor at the Ionian University (Corfu, Greece).
In earlier publications she has studied the political relations of Athens with various kings during the Hellenistic period, mainly from epigraphic testimonia; continuity and change in Athenian political and military practices and organization; images of Hellenistic Athens in the historiographic tradition; and the political exploitation of the Panhellenic Games by Hellenistic rulers.

 

Contents

List of Tables
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

Introduction

1. From Leuktra to Mantineia (371–362)

2. In the Arms of The Argeads: The Beginnings of the Hellenistic Period for the Peloponnese

3. How Did the Peloponnesians Fare with The Diadochoi and Without the Spartans? (323–280)

4. The Spartans Return – Macedon and Sparta Bring Peloponnesians Together

5. The Emergence and Expansion of The Achaian Confederacy: The Political Unification of The North –Eastern and Central Peloponnese (251–229)

6, ‘ The Spartans Weren’t to Be Led and Ordered around’: The Peloponnesian Poleis between the Achaian Confederacy and Kleomenes III

7. The Social War: Philip V Bearing Gifts to the Achaian Confederacy and Reshaping Intra-Peloponnesian Relations

8. The Disastrous Unification of the Peloponnese

9. Aspects of Friendly Intra-Peloponnesian Relations: Participation in Festivals and Awarding of Honours

CONCLUSIONS

Bibliography
Indices
- Index of inscriptions
- Index
 

Choice, vol.55.9, May 2018.

"Kralli correctly stresses Sparta's astonishing recuperative powers, which made reactions to Spartan power and leadership key to the history of this period, but she also shows the passivity and military incompetence of much of the Peloponnese, and the counterproductive results of often vicious and/or treacherous actions of the Achaean League. Experts in the Hellenistic world should read this book. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." J.M. Williams,

Classical Journal.

"There is no denying that K. knows the material like no other scholar of the Peloponnese currently publishing, and she has a deft command of the most important historical schol_x0002_arship in Greek, French, English and German. The fact that she brings together this material in English is reason enough to recommend the book, and her interpretations of the literary sources and her reading of the epigraphic material are also impressive." Dan Stewart, Classical Review 2018, 201-3. "...Kralli's book is a commendable achievement and a valuable contribution to our understanding of Peloponnesian politics in the Hellenistic period." --Carol J. King,

Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2019.07.25

"Ioanna Kralli hat somit insgesamt betrachtet ein sehr zu empfehlendes Buch vorgelegt, das eindrucksvoll belegt, wie ergiebig es sein kann, sich mit einem frischen Blick einer scheinbar wohlbekannten Thematik zuzuwenden. Vermutlich betrachten wir die politisch-militärische Geschichte immer noch viel zu häufig aus Sicht einzelner meist größerer Akteure, wodurch die Gefahr besteht, im Detail wichtige Nuancen zu übersehen. Was die hellenistische Peloponnes angeht, ist unser Bild jetzt jedenfalls dank Krallis Studie um einiges ausgewogener." --Michael Kleu, Universität zu Köln,