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Agathokles of Syracuse - Sicilian Tyrant and Hellenistic King (Hardcover)
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Agathokles of Syracuse - Sicilian Tyrant and Hellenistic King (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Classical Monographs
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Agathokles of Syracuse ruled large areas of Sicily and southern
Italy between 317 and 289 BC. In this book, Christopher de Lisle
argues that Agathokles was an important player in the Mediterranean
world at a key moment in its history. Agathokles' career has
important implications for our definition of the Hellenistic world
and its relationship to both the western Mediterranean and earlier
Greek history. However, he has tended not to feature in studies of
the Hellenistic world or of ancient Sicily. In ancient discourse
about him, in the coins he issued, in his interactions with the
world around him, and in the way he ruled, Agathokles is
simultaneously heir to a long tradition and actively engaged in his
contemporary world. The failure to place Agathokles in both of
these contexts up till now has contributed to the development of an
excessively deep separation between the western and eastern
Mediterranean and between the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
This work - the first book-length study of Agathokles in English in
over a century - places him in the context of both the earlier
history of Sicily, and the developments in the eastern
Mediterranean that mark the start of the Hellenistic era. The
volume includes a narrative of his career, studies of his coinage
and his representation in literary sources, and a series of
explorations of important themes and regions.
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