Title Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean world : economy and administration during the reign of Hieron II / D. Alex Walthall, University of Texas at Austin

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024 ©2024

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 398 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) Contents From general to king -- Fashioning kingship -- Cities in the kingdom -- Seeing the Hieronian state -- Standards & the state -- Monumental granaries -- The Hieronian mint -- Institutions and markets in Hieronian Sicily Summary "This book investigates the royal administration of Hieron II (r. 269-215 BCE), the Syracusan monarch who leveraged Sicily's agricultural resources to build a flourishing kingdom that played an outsized role in the political and cultural affairs of the Western Mediterranean"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indices Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 19, 2024) Subject Hieron II, Tyrant of Syracuse, -215 B.C.? SUBJECT Hieron II, Tyrant of Syracuse, -215 B.C.? fast Subject Hellenism. Agriculture, Ancient -- Italy -- Syracuse Hellenism. Agriculture, Ancient Civilization -- Greek influences Economic history Hellenism Kings and rulers Politics and government SUBJECT Syracuse (Italy) -- Kings and rulers Syracuse (Italy) -- Politics and government Syracuse (Italy) -- Economic conditions Sicily (Italy) -- Civilization -- Greek influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122235 Sicily (Italy) -- History -- To 800. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122246 Subject Italy -- Sicily Italy -- Syracuse Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2023020304 ISBN 9781009036474 1009036475

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