Peace and Reconciliation in the Classical World

8vo, br. ed. 360pp. Warfare has long been central to a proper understanding of ancient Greece and Rome, worlds where war was, as the philosopher Heraclitus observed, ëboth king and father of allí. More recently, however, the understanding of Classical antiquity solely in such terms has been challenged; it is recognised that while war was pervasive, and a key concern in the narratives of ancient historians, a concomitant desire for peace was also constant. This volume places peace in the prime position as a panel of scholars stresses the importance of ëpeaceí as a positive concept in the ancient world (and not just the absence of, or necessarily even related to, war), and considers examples of conflict resolution, conciliation, and concession from Homer to Augustine. Comparing and contrasting theories and practice across different periods and regions, this collection highlights, first, the open and dynamic nature of peace, and then seeks to review a wide variety of initiatives from across the Classical world. contents: 1 Introduction: Imagining, Establishing, and Instituting Peace E. P. Moloney and Michael Stuart Williams PART I IMAGINING PEACE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 2 Solon the Peacemaker William Allan 3 Aristotle on Peace: Biological, Political, Ethical, and Metaphysical Dimensions William Desmond 4 (Whatís so Funny íbout) Peace, Love, and Understanding? Imagining Peace in Greek Comedy Ian Ruffell 5 Reconciliation in Later Classical and Post-Classical Greek Cities: a Question of Peace and Peacefulness? Benjamin Gray 6 Negotiating Ideas of Peace in the Civic Conflicts of the late Republic Hannah Cornwell 7 Peace and Empire: Pacare, Pacatus and the Language of Roman Imperialism Myles Lavan 8 Blessed are the Peacemakers: Visions of Christian Peace from Christ to Constantine David M. Gwynn PART II ESTABLISHING PEACE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 9 Cyrus the Great: an Unconventional Peacemaker Selga Medenieks 10 International Arbitration in Archaic Greece Aideen Carty 11 Once an Ally, Always an Ally: Spartaís Approach to Policing the Oaths of her Allies in the late-Fifth and early-Fourth Centuries Andrew Bayliss 12 The Compromise of Kings: Philip II and Macedonian Peace E. P. Moloney 13 Deditio in the Second Century BC: Subjugation and Reconciliation John Richardson 14 How Wars End: Three Thoughts on the Fall of Jerusalem John Curran PART III INSTITUTING PEACE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 15 Identity Building as a Means of Conflict Resolution, or: Thucydidesí Struggle with Hellenic Discourses Christoph Ulf 16 Monuments to Victory and Symbols of Peace and Reconciliation? Re-viewing Post-War Building in Classical Athens and Achaemenid Persia Janett Morgan 17 Peace and Reconciliation, Athenian-Style M. J. Edwards 18 Beyond War, Imperialism, and Panhellenism: Xenophonís Eirenic Thought Joseph Jansen 19 Punishment and Reconciliation: Augustine P. I. Kaufman 20 Reading Reconciliation in Late Antique Altercationes Michael Stuart Williams