The Last Tyrants of Athens
This paper deals with the complex situation that lived Athens at the first decades of the Ist Century BC. Between the good and advantageous relations with Rome, that led Athens to big benefits from the control of the Delian markets, and the hard sack of the city by the troops of Sulla in March 86, t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:214767 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/214767 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/karanos.34 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mithridatic Athens Medeios of the Piraeus Athenion Aristion Delian business Social conflict Economic crisis Atenas mitridática Medeo del Pireo Atenión Aristión Negocios Delios Conflicto social Crisis económica |
| Sumario: | This paper deals with the complex situation that lived Athens at the first decades of the Ist Century BC. Between the good and advantageous relations with Rome, that led Athens to big benefits from the control of the Delian markets, and the hard sack of the city by the troops of Sulla in March 86, the city suffered an economical crisis that derived in political instability. The government of Athens finally was hold by some persons who acted like tyrants, in a moment when events and historical context (social conflict and economical crisis) seems to remember the situation that produced the historical phenomenon of the Greek Tyranny. |
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