The Origin of Tyranny (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Macready, William N.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440038082 ISBN 13 : 9781440038082

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

How coinage and commerce shaped early Greek tyrants—and why that matters today.

This exploration looks at how Greece’s seventh and sixth centuries B.C. saw money and markets powerfully reshape politics. It argues that rulers who rose as tyrants often did so not just through force, but by exploiting new coinage and commercial opportunities that altered city-state power. The book surveys major cities like Athens, Samos, Lydia, Corinth, and beyond, tying together economic change with political shift. It shows how merchants, bankers, and minting practices helped some leaders gain influence that became outright tyranny, while painting a broader picture of an era where trade and industry drove political innovation.

• How the invention of metal coinage created new political leverage for rulers.
• Connections between commerce, industry, and the rise of tyrants across multiple Greek cities.
• Examples of early trade networks and their influence on wealth and power.
• Context for understanding the economic forces behind political change in archaic Greece.

Ideal for readers of ancient history and economic history who want a clear, accessible view of how money and markets shaped early tyrannies in Greece.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Journal of Hellenic Studies for 1906 in a short paper which gave a few pages each to Samos and A thens and a few sentences each to Lydia, Miletus, Ephesus, A rgos, Corinth, and Megara. The chapters on A rgos, Corinth, and Rome are based on papers read to the Oxford Philological Society in 1913 and to the Bristol branch of the Classical Association in 1914. As regards the presentation of my material here, it has been my endeavour to make the argument intelligible to readers who are not classical scholars and archaeologists. The classics have ceased to be a water-tight compartment in the general scheme of study and research, and my subject forms a chapter in general economic history which might interest students of that subject who are not classical scholars. On the other hand classical studies have become so specialised and the literature in each department has multiplied so enormously that unless monographs can be made more or less complete in themselves and capable of being read without referring to a large number of large and inaccessible books, it will become impossible for classical scholars to follow the work that is being done even in their own subject beyond the limits of their own particular branch. For these reasons ancient authorities have been mainly given in literal English translations, and when, as happens in almost every chapter, information has to be sought from vases, coins, or inscriptions, I have tried to elucidate my point by means of explanatory descriptions and illustrations. The Work has involved me in numerous obligations which I gladly take this opportunity of acknowledging. In 1907 I received grants from the Worts travelling bachelors fund of Cambridge University and from Gonville and Caius College to visit Greece for the purpose of collecting archaeological evidence upon the history of the early tyranny. This purpose was partially
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440038082
• ISBN 13: 9781440038082
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 388
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