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Greek History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2017

Kostas Vlassopoulos
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Three cities dominated the late antique eastern Mediterranean: Constantinople, Alexandria, and Antioch. Constantinople was the late Roman re-foundation of an archaic Greek apoikia, Byzantion; Alexandria and Antioch were cities created by Alexander and his Hellenistic successors. This review includes two important books that examine the long-term history of two of these cities: Byzantion and Antioch. Both books stress the need to situate these cities within the landscapes and territories from which they drew their economic, political, and spiritual sustenance; both also adopt a long-term perspective, covering roughly a millennium each, which makes it possible to trace wider continuities, trends, and changes.

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Greece & Rome , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , October 2017 , pp. 193 - 198
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Copyright © The Classical Association 2017 

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