Transitions to Empire

by Robert W. Wallace

These essays on Greco-Roman history of the period 360-146 BC are by students and colleagues of Ernst Badian, forming a personal tribute. There are nine chapters on the `Early Imperial History of Macedon, 360-300 BC' ( Peter Green, Julia Heskel, Edward Harris, John Buckler, George Cawkwell, Eugene Borza, A. B. Bosworth, William Calder, Thomas Martin ); five chapters on `Cultural Transitions in Athens and the Eastern Mediterranean in the Hellenistic Age' ( Mogens Herman Hansen, Mortimer Chambers, Robert Wallace, Sarah Pomeroy, Erich Gruen ); and seven chapters on `The Rise of Rome' ( Kurt Raaflaub, Corey Brennan, William Loomis, Valerie Warrior, Jerzy Linderski, Judith Hallett, Walter Eder ).

Genres: Ancient History

498 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

Robert Wallace, Professor of Classics at Northwestern University

Robert Wallace is the author of some fifty articles on various aspects of Greek history, intellectual history, law, numismatics, and music theory. His books include The Areopagos Council, to 307 BC (1989) which was awarded the Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities by the Council of Graduate Schools and Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece, co-authored with Josiah Ober and Kurt A. Raaflaub (2007). He has co-edited four volumes: Harmonia Mundi: Musica e filosofia nel'antichità, Poet, Public, and Performance in Ancient Greece, Transitions to Empire 360-146 BC, and Symposion 2001 (on Greek law). His current projects include two books, Reconstructing Damon: Music, Wisdom Teaching, and Politics in Ancient Athens and Freedom and Community in Democratic Athens. He has lectured widely in the United States and in Europe. He is an affiliate of the Classical Traditions Initiative.