Diplomats and Diplomacy in the Roman World (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)

269 Pages·2009·2.11 MB·English

by  Claude Eilers (ed.)

Diplomats and Diplomacy in the Roman World
Mnemosyne
Supplements
History and Archaeology
of Classical Antiquity
Edited by
Susan E. Alcock, Brown University
Thomas Harrison, Liverpool
Willem M. Jongman, Groningen
H.S. Versnel, Leiden
VOLUME 304
Diplomats and Diplomacy in the
Roman World
Edited by
Claude Eilers
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2009
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Diplomats and diplomacy in the Roman world / edited by Claude Eilers.
p. cm. — (Mnemosyne. Supplements ; v. 304)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-90-04-17098-8 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Rome—Foreign relations. 2. Diplomats—Rome—History. 3. Rome—History. I. Eilers,
Claude. II. Title.
DG214.5.D56 2008
327.0937—dc22
2008047449
ISSN 0169-8958
ISBN 978 90 04 17098 8
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ..................................................... vii
ListofAbbreviations................................................... ix
Introduction............................................................ 1
ClaudeEilers
RomanPerspectivesonGreekDiplomacy ........................... 15
SheilaL.Ager
Public Opinion,ForeignPolicyand‘JustWar’intheLate
Republic............................................................. 45
Alexander Yakobson
Rome,KinshipandDiplomacy....................................... 73
FilippoBattistoni
DiplomacyandIdentityamongJewsandChristians ................ 99
James B.Rives
AftertheEmbassytoRome:PublicationandImplementation......127
Jean-LouisFerrary
DiplomacyinItalyintheSecondCenturyBC ......................143
MartinJehne
EmbassiesGoneWrong:RomanDiplomacyintheConstantinian
ExcerptadeLegationibus ...............................................171
T.CoreyBrennan
DiplomacyasPartoftheAdministrative ProcessintheRoman
Empire ..............................................................193
WernerEck
NotOfficial,butPermanent:RomanPresenceinAlliedStates—
TheExamplesofChersonesusTaurica, theBosporan
Kingdom andSumatarHarabesi ..................................209
RudolfHaensch
vi contents
Maps ...................................................................227
Map1.#Arab........................................................227
Map2.Sumatar ....................................................228
Map3.Pognon’sCave..............................................229
Bibliography ...........................................................231
Index ...................................................................249
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ThefollowingvolumeistheresultoftheSixthE.TogoSalmonConfer-
ence, which was held in Hamilton in September 2004. This conference
was made possible through the generosity of the E. Togo Salmon Fund
of McMaster University, and this support is gratefully acknowledged,
as is that of the University, the Faculty of Humanities, and the Depart-
mentofClassics.Mrs.CarmenCamilleriprovidedindispensiblehelpin
the organization of the conference. Finally, the editor wishes to thank
thecontributorsfortheircooperationandpatience.

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