Identity, Repatriation, and Justice: International Relations Among Greek Cities 700 BCE - 90…

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We study diplomatic documents, mainly in epigraphical sources, from all parts of the Greek world especially from the 5th to 2nd centuries BCE Alliances, international arbitrations, and decisions of foreign judges will be major concerns; we shall be particularly interested in agreements that are composed after wars or major disputes among citizens (staseis) are ended, especially in arrangements that are made to foster harmony between citizens who have remained in a polis with fellow citizens who have returned from exile; and also in arrangements to solve disputes over land ownership and to promote economic growth. Our texts are not only diplomatic instruments (treaties, arbitrations, etc.) but also letters of monarchs and dynasts and honorary decrees. As a final project, students are to prepare a dossier of texts relating to one particular polity, documenting its relations with another city or cities, or to divisions within its own population.