[Antiquitas] Guest lecture by Prof. Champion: "Empire, Colonies, and Democracy in Classical Athens" 28 April

[Svärd, Saana S]

Dear all,

Prof. Craige B. Champion is giving a guest lecture: "Empire, Colonies, and Democracy in Classical Athens"

When: Tuesday 28 April, 14.15-16

Where: in the Theology faculty hall (Fabianinkatu 24, room 524, access from the inner courtyard of Vuorikatu 3)

Organized by: Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires (www.helsinki.fi/anee)

At the height of its fifth-century empire, Athens established numerous colonies, or cleruchies, among its subjects. As widely recognized, the expropriated lands served to deter revolt. This paper focuses on the colonies' domestic effects. It is likely that cleruchies enriched some elite Athenians, provided land for non-elite Athenians, and took these citizens out of political processes in Athens. The phenomenon of the cleruchy, therefore, tested egalitarian political institutions in the imperial democracy.

Craige B. Champion is Professor of Ancient History in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is the author of Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories and The Peace of the Gods: Elite Religious Practices in the Middle Roman Republic; editor of Roman Imperialism: Readings and Sources; and one the founding general editors of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Ancient History.

Welcome!

Saana






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Dr. Saana Svärd
Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Director of the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires
(https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/ancient-near-eastern-empires)
Department of Cultures
P.O. Box 4 (Fabianinkatu 24 A, room 138)
00014 University of Helsinki
FINLAND
phone: +358-(0)2941 22683
email: saana.svard at helsinki.fi
https://tuhat.halvi.helsinki.fi/portal/en/person/steppo
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