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Author Eckstein, Arthur M.

Title Mediterranean anarchy, interstate war, and the rise of Rome / Arthur M. Eckstein
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 370 pages)
Series Hellenistic culture and society ; 48
The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Hellenistic culture and society ; 48.
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Contents Political science and Roman history -- Realist paradigms of interstate behavior -- The anarchic structure of interstate relations in classical Greece -- The anarchic structure of interstate relations in the Hellenistic Age -- Terrores multi : the rivals of Rome for power in the western Mediterranean -- Rome and Roman militarism within the anarchic interstate system -- Roman exceptionalism and nonexceptionalism
Summary Employs modern international relations theory to place Roman militarism and expansion of power within the broader Mediterranean context of interstate anarchy. This study challenges claims that Rome was an exceptionally warlike and aggressive state, by arguing that intense militarism and aggressiveness were common among all Mediterranean polities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-342) and index
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Subject Anarchism.
War.
International relations.
Armed Conflicts
anarchism.
international relations.
HISTORY -- Ancient.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Diplomatic relations
Anarchism
International relations
War
Expansionspolitik
Anarchie
Internationale betrekkingen.
Imperialisme.
SUBJECT Rome -- History -- Republic, 510-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115114
Rome -- Foreign relations -- 510-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115105
Subject Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Mittelmeerraum
Middellandse-Zeegebied.
Romeinse rijk.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021696668
ISBN 9780520932302
0520932307
128235888X
9781282358881