Epirus
A Study in Greek Constitutional Development

This book contains the text of the Prince Consort Prize Essay for 1930 on the subject of Epirus.

Geoffrey Neale Cross (Author)

9781107458673, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 January 2015

152 pages
19.8 x 12.9 x 0.8 cm, 0.16 kg

Originally published in 1932, this book contains the text of the Prince Consort Prize Essay for 1930 on the subject of Epirus, the region on the periphery of the ancient Greek world and mostly remembered for their king Pyrrhus of Epirus. Cross examines the presentation of Epirus in historical and literary records from elsewhere in Greece, and traces its development as a region from its early status as a collection of tribes until its conquest by the Romans in 146 BC. Several appendices containing family trees of the Epirote rulers and the text of certain inscriptions pertaining to the region are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in this often overlooked region of the ancient world.

Introduction
List of abbreviations
Map
1. Epirus and the Epirots
2. The unification of Epirus
3. The Hellenistic prince
4. Monarchy and republic
Appendices: I. The descendants of Achilles
II. Dionysius and Alcetas
III. King Neoptolemus, son of Alexander
IV. Some inscriptions from Dodona
V. The negotiations for a peace between Pyrrhus and Rome
VI. The date of the death of King Acrotatus of Sparta
VII. King Alexander II and the later Aeacids
VIII. Epirus and Acarnania
Index
Pedigree.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]