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Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome

Name: Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome
Author: Arthur M. Eckstein
ISBN: 9780520259928

by Arthur M. Eckstein, A. M. Eckstein

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Overview

This ground-breaking study is the first to employ modern international relations theory to place Roman militarism and expansion of power within the broader Mediterranean context of interstate anarchy. Arthur M. Eckstein challenges claims that Rome was an exceptionally warlike and aggressive state-in ancient as well as modern terms-by arguing that intense militarism and aggressiveness were common among all Mediterranean polities from ca. 750 B.C. onward.

Synopsis

"A major contribution to the study of Roman imperialism and ancient international relations."—John Rich, University of Nottingham

About the Author, Arthur M. Eckstein

Arthur M. Eckstein is Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the author of Moral Vision in the Histories of Polybius and Senate and General:
Individual Decision Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264-194 B.C., both from UC Press.