Università Roma Tre

The course aims to offer: (1) an introduction to the Hellenistic world, to the new phenomenon of royalty and to the world of the Greek poleis at that time: greek poleis’ political institutions (in the aspects of continuity and evolution), their relationship to the sovereigns, the role of the élite and the intense mutual relationship between them, made of diplomatic relations, exchange of honors and judges, recognition of syngeneia, common participation in cults. The topics will be addressed taking into account literary, epigraphic, archaeological and iconographic sources. (2) An introduction to the main databases of Greek literary texts and inscriptions and to the most important bibliographic research tools. (3) The presentation by the students of some topics related to the course and agreed with the teacher.

A) M. Mari (a cura di), L’età ellenistica. Società, politica, cultura, Roma, Carocci Editore, 2019 (entire volume).
B) J. Ma, “Peer Polity Interaction in the Hellenistic Age”, P&P, 180, 9-40.
C) Essays by John Ma, Riet van Bremen, Patrice Baker, David Potter, Angelos Chaniotis in A. Erskine (ed.), A Companion to the Hellenistic World, Oxford 2003.
D) L. Moretti, “La scuola, il ginnasio, l’efebia”, in R. Bianchi Bandinelli (dir.), Storia e civiltà dei Greci, 8. La società ellenistica. Economia, diritto, religione, Milano 1977, 469-490.
E) Chr. Müller, “Oligarchy and the Hellenistic City”, in H. Börm – N. Luraghi (eds.), The Polis in the Hellenistic World, Stuttgart, F. Steiner Verlag, 2018, 27-52.
F) Material provided by the teacher.