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Asylia: Territorial Inviolability in the Hellenistic World (Hellenistic Culture and Society Book 22)

Kent J. Rigsby

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Description:In the Hellenistic period certain Greek temples and cities came to be declared sacred and inviolable. Asylia was the practice of declaring religious places precincts of asylum, meaning they were immune to violence and civil authority. The evidence for this phenomenon--mainly inscriptions and coins--is scattered in the published record. The material has never been collected and presented in one publication until now.Kent J. Rigsby lays out these documents and discusses their historical implications in a substantial introduction. He argues that while a hopeful intention of military neutrality lay behind the institution of asylum, the declarations did not in fact change military behavior. Instead, declared inviolability became a civic and religious honor for which cities across the Greek world competed during the third to first centuries B.C.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Asylia: Territorial Inviolability in the Hellenistic World (Hellenistic Culture and Society Book 22). To get started finding Asylia: Territorial Inviolability in the Hellenistic World (Hellenistic Culture and Society Book 22), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In the Hellenistic period certain Greek temples and cities came to be declared sacred and inviolable. Asylia was the practice of declaring religious places precincts of asylum, meaning they were immune to violence and civil authority. The evidence for this phenomenon--mainly inscriptions and coins--is scattered in the published record. The material has never been collected and presented in one publication until now.Kent J. Rigsby lays out these documents and discusses their historical implications in a substantial introduction. He argues that while a hopeful intention of military neutrality lay behind the institution of asylum, the declarations did not in fact change military behavior. Instead, declared inviolability became a civic and religious honor for which cities across the Greek world competed during the third to first centuries B.C.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Asylia: Territorial Inviolability in the Hellenistic World (Hellenistic Culture and Society Book 22). To get started finding Asylia: Territorial Inviolability in the Hellenistic World (Hellenistic Culture and Society Book 22), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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