Antiochus III and the Cities of Western Asia Minor
This work examines a test case for the relationship between the polis and the Hellenistic empire focusing specifically on the interaction between Antiochus III and the cities of Western Asia Minor (226-188 BC). Such a study is possible thanks to a rich epigraphical documentation which has been reproduced extensively and translated in an appendix to this book. Dr Ma approaches this material from a variety of angles: narrative history, structural analyses of imperial power, and analyses of the...
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This work examines a test case for the relationship between the polis and the Hellenistic empire focusing specifically on the interaction between Antiochus III and the cities of Western Asia Minor (226-188 BC). Such a study is possible thanks to a rich epigraphical documentation which has been reproduced extensively and translated in an appendix to this book. Dr Ma approaches this material from a variety of angles: narrative history, structural analyses of imperial power, and analyses of the functions played by language and stereotype in the interaction between rulers and ruled. The result is to further a nuanced appreciation of the relation between the Hellenistic king and the Hellenistic polis by drawing attention to the power of the Hellenistic empires, to the capacity of political language to modify power relations, and to the efforts of the Hellenistic polis to preserve its sense of identity and civic pride, if not its political independence.
List of Documents in Epigraphical DossierAbbreviationsMapsIntroduction: The Great King and the Cities1Ch. 1The Seleukid Past in Asia Minor (281-223 B.C.)261In all the Land beyond the Taurus, Just as under our Grandfather262Seleukid Asia Minor333A Seleukid Past?394Seleukid Collapse in Anatolia435P. Sulpicius Galba's History Lesson50Ch. 2The Reconquest of Asia Minor: A Narrative (226-192 B.C.)531Achaios (223-213 B.C.)542After the Expedition to the Upper Regions (204-202 B.C.)633Philip V, the Rhodians, Attalos I, and the Romans (201-200 B.C.)744Constructing a Seleukid Space (197-192 B.C.)825Contesting the Seleukid Space (197-192 B.C.)946Beyond Narrative102Ch. 3Empire as Structures1061Conquest and Control1082Officials and Administration1223City Statuses: The Typology of Subordination1504Beyond Structures174Ch. 4Empire as Interaction1791The Language of Euergetism1822Talking to: Instrumental Functions1943Local Meanings and the Self-Identity of the Polis2144The Successes of Royal Discourse2285Conclusion: Language and Power in the Hellenistic Age235Conclusion, Epilogue, Envoi: 'Once there was a King, Antiochos the Great ...'243App. 1The Date of OGIS 219254App. 2The Date of the Documents from Teos260App. 3Dubia266App. 4[Megas] and [Basileus megas]272App. 5Stratonikeia277App. 6An Invasion of the Attalid kingdom in 198 B.C.?279App. 7The Settlement of 188 B.C.282Epigraphical Dossier284Bibliography373Index of Primary Sources393General index396
