The Controversy between Megalopolis and Messene in a New Inscription from Messene

2008 veröffentlichte P. Themelis ein Dekret der Stadt Messene, in dem ein Gebietsstreit zwischen Messene und Megalopolis aus den Jahren unmittelbar nach dem Krieg zwischen Messene und dem Achaierbund und dem Tod Philopoimens beschrieben wird. Das strittige Land schloss vier Gebiete ein, die meistens paarweise erwähnt werden, wovon eines das Territorium von Andania war. Der vorliegende Beitrag bietet einen revidierten Text mit Übersetzung und erläutert den historischen Hinter- grund des Dekrets sowie den Verlauf des Streits, in dem mehrere Schiedssprüche ergingen. Der Text wirft neues Licht auf die Rolle der Organe des Bundes, insbesondere der damiorgoi, bei Konflikten unter den Mitgliedstaaten, sowie auf die gemeinsamen Gesetze des Bundes.P. Themelis published in 2008 a decree of the polis of Messene that narrates a territorial controversy between Messene and Megalopolis from the years immediately after the war between Messene and the Achaian League and the death of Philopoimen. The land under dispute included four areas that tend to be mentioned in pairs, one of which was the territory of Andania. The present contribution offers a revised text with translation of the decree and discusses its historical background and the course of the dispute, which involved multiple arbitrations. The text sheds new light on the role of the organs of the League, especially the damiorgoi, in the resolution of disputes among member states, and on the common laws of the Achaian League.P. Themelis publia en 2008 un décret de la cité de Messène, qui fait état d’une contestation territoriale entre Messène et Mégalopolis dans les années suivant immédiatement la guerre entre Messène et la Ligue achéenne et la mort de Philopoimène. Le territoire disputé incluait quatre secteurs qui sont sou- vent mentionnés par paires, dont l’un était le territoire d’Andania. La présente étude offre une révision du texte avec traduction et expose le contexte historique du décret ainsi que le déroulement de la dis- pute qui fit l’objet de multiples arbitrages. Le texte éclaire d’une part le rôle des différents organes de la Ligue achéenne, notamment des damiorgoi, lors des conflits entre états membres et d’autre part les lois fédérales de la Ligue

Polieno come fonte per la storia di Dionisio il Vecchio

Analysis of Polyaen. 5.2.20-22, three stratagems ascribed to Dionysius I of Syracuse: the source of the first passage appears to be Aeneas Tacticus, while the other two can be traced back to Greek works, historical or not, of the 4th century BC. This shows that the widespread opinion about Polyaenus allegedly drawing on late, historically irrelevant authors is not so well founded as it once seemed to be

Herodot und das Ende der Perserkriege: Ein Beitrag zur Tendenz der Historien

Herodotus’ choice to conclude his narrative in 479 BCE is usually taken for granted. Other historians of the fifth and fourth centuries however, including Thucydides, chose the endpoints of their narratives with an eye to specific political interpretations, and this contribution argues that the same is true of Herodotus: by excluding further conflicts between Greeks and Persians after 479, he intended to present the victory of the Greeks as a result of the cooperation of Athenians and Spartans, a political message with a particular salience in the late ‘thirties.Herodotus’ choice to conclude his narrative in 479 BCE is usually taken for granted. Other historians of the fifth and fourth centuries however, including Thucydides, chose the endpoints of their narratives with an eye to specific political interpretations, and this contribution argues that the same is true of Herodotus: by excluding further conflicts between Greeks and Persians after 479, he intended to present the victory of the Greeks as a result of the cooperation of Athenians and Spartans, a political message with a particular salience in the late ‘thirties

Meeting Messenians in Pausanias’ Greece

During the Antonine age, only very few men in the province of Achaia could match the prestige and wealth of the Messenian Tiberius Claudius Saethida Caelianus. As we know from various inscriptions in his honor, he was Helladarch of the Achaean koinon and Grand Priest of the Imperial cult for the province, both honors he held for life, besides of course being a lavish benefactor of his hometown. His son, Tiberius Claudius Frontinus, reached the consulate, as suffectus to be sure, and his two g..