Studies in Hellenistic Civilization

One of the most beautiful of cities, founded more than 2,400 years ago, Rhodes had a profound influence on the Roman, and subsequent western, civilization. This book introduces the latest research by modern Europeans.

The contributors to this volume seek to decipher the Hellenistic citizens' views on vital elements of their society: the city, the ruler, religion, magic and astrology, everyday life and social relations (family and gender), morality, uses of the past, and …

"This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the political, social, and economic history of Hellenistic Rhodes in particular and the Eastern Mediterranean in general. It is an excellent addition to the Aarhus series of Studies in Hellenistic …

Kingship was probably the most important institution in the Hellenistic world. The enormous territories conquered by Alexander the Great were not organized as democratic republics or a Greek type of "tyranny", but as monarchies inspired by the Macedonian kingdom and …