Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome (Hellenistic Culture and Society)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 13, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780520246188
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; International relations; History: World; History; History - General History; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient / General; Europe - General; Ancient - General; History & Theory - General; Anarchism; War
First sentence: International politics in the ancient Mediterranean world was long a multipolar anarchy-a world containing a plurality of powerful states, contending with each other for hegemony, within a situation where international law was minimal and in any case unen