Enduring empire [Texte imprimé] : ancient lessons for global politics / edited by David Edward Tabachnick and Toivo Koivukoski

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In the mirror of antiquity : the problem of American empire / David C. Hendrickson -- Democracy and empire : the case of Athens / Laurie M. Johnson Bagby -- Empire by invitation of domination? : The difference between Hegemonia and Arkhē / David Edward Tabachnick -- The freedom to rule : Athenian imperialism and democratic masculinity / Ryan K. Balot -- Liberty and empire, with the benefit of limited hindsight--or, what Herodotus of Halicarnassus saw / Clifford orwin -- Empire and the eclipse of politics / Leah Bradwhaw -- Imperial compulsions / Toivo Koivukoski -- Rome and the Hellenistic world : masculinity and militarism, monarchy and republic / Arthur M. Eckstein -- Imperial power in the Roman Republic / Susan Mattern -- The rise of global power and the music of the spheres : philosophy and history in Cicero's De re publica / Geoffrey Kellow -- Machiavelli's model of a liberal empire : the evolution of Rome / Waller R. Newell -- Post-9/11 evocations of empire in light of Eric Voegelin's political science / John von Heyking -- Athens as Hamlet : the irresolute empire / Barry Strauss

Explores ways in which ancient theories of empire can inform our understanding of present-day international relations