Pyla-Vigla: A Case Study Assessing the Imperial Strategies of the Hellenistic Diadochoi in Cyprus

• Authors: Brandon R. Olson , R. Scott Moore , Thomas Landvatter , Justin Stephens

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the present study is to examine the mechanisms the Diadochoi implemented to gain and maintain control over Cyprus using Pyla-Vigla, a recently discovered fortified garrison, as a case study. Alexander the Great’s successors faced a seemingly insurmountable problem: How does one govern, control, and maintain the largest territorial empire the world had ever seen? Alexander’s imperial strategy was predicated upon maintaining native governing institutions of newly subjugated lands and appointing new leaders. This system could not work for the Diadochoi because without a clear path to succession, a twenty-nine-year period of incessant conflict ensued throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. The surviving successors adopted various strategies to exercise imperial authority over their rivals, which ultimately led to the creation of three ruling Hellenistic dynasties: Ptolemies, Seleucids, and Antigonids. Pyla-Vigla represents one of many such strategies.

Keywords

EN

Pyla-Vigla; Antigonus; Ptolemy; Diadochoi; Hellenistic Cyprus; imperialism; Pyla-Koutsopetria

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 34
• Pages: 287-306

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

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Brandon R. Olson

• Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado

• https://orcid.org/0000000330698406

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R. Scott Moore

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania

• https://orcid.org/0000000303207464

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Thomas Landvatter

• Reed College, Portland, Oregon

• https://orcid.org/000000026075810X

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Justin Stephens

• Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado

• https://orcid.org/0000000189851052

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/EtudTrav.34.013

Biblioteka Nauki

1968680