CLST 335 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Tegea, Chalcis, Boeotia
15 Mar 2017
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On the eve of the gauls: a political topography of the southern balkans. Final failure of independent city-states of greek mainland (particularly athens and. Sparta) as points of resistance to macedonian hegemony emerges as major theme. Fundamental socio-economic unit, extended family and its dependents, had long since become building block of larger and increasingly formalized local and district groups such as the clan and the tribe in the southern balkans. Through synoikismos we achieved the independent city-state: achieved by means of a cult or sanctuary as central site frequented by members of different territories (chora) such that they formed a city. Ethnos became fundamental unit in greater entities, like the amphictyonic council that regulated regional sanctuaries of panhellenic importance. Tension remained between regional and local identity, interests, and loyalty. In late 280s and early 270s a series of celtic war parties moved into southern balkans.
