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Byzantium and the Bosporus : a historical study, from the seventh century BC until the roundation of Constantinople / Thomas Russell.
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Russell, Thomas James, 1988-
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Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Description
xvii, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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Available Online
Oxford Scholarship - Oxford University Press: Classical Studies
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DR729 .R87 2017
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Subject(s)
Bosporus (Turkey)
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History
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Istanbul (Turkey)
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Social conditions
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Istanbul (Turkey)
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Economic conditions
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Istanbul (Turkey)
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Antiquities, Byzantine
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Bosporus (Turkey)
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Antiquities, Byzantine
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Black Sea Coast (Turkey)
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Antiquities, Byzantine
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Related work(s)
Dionysius, of Byzantium.
De Bospori navigatione.
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Series
Oxford classical monographs
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Summary note
"In AD 330 the Emperor Constantine consecrated the new capital of the eastern Roman Empire on the site of the ancient city of Byzantium. Its later history is well known, yet comparatively little is known about the city before it became Constantinople and then Istanbul. Although it was just a minor Greek polis located on the northern fringes of Hellenic culture, surrounded by hostile Thracian tribes and denigrated by one ancient wit as the 'armpit of Greece', Byzantium did nevertheless possess one unique advantage--control of the Bosporus strait. This highly strategic waterway links the Aegean to the Black Sea, thereby conferring on the city the ability to tax maritime traffic passing between the two. Byzantium and the Bosporus is a historical study of the city of Byzantium and its society, epigraphy, culture, and economy, which seeks to establish the significance of its geographical circumstances and in particular its relationship with the Bosporus strait. Examining the history of the region through this lens reveals how over almost a millennium it came to shape many aspects of the lives of its inhabitants, illuminating not only the nature of economic exploitation and the attitudes of ancient imperialism, but also local industries and resources and the genesis of communities' local identities."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and indexes.
Contents
1. The land of Inachus
2. Taxation and extortion: The Bosporus and the Delian League
3. Common benefactors of all
4. The bounty of the Bosporus
5. 'The first Greek city to which we have come'
6. Explaining Byzantium.
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ISBN
9780198790525 ((hardcover))
019879052X ((hardcover))
LCCN
2016937256
OCLC
966883066
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