Rhodes in the Hellenistic Age / / Richard M. Berthold.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Berthold, Richard M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 p.) :; 2 maps, 1 chart
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; 1. The Fourth Century --; 2. The Rhodian State --; 3. The Diadochi and the Great Siege --; 4. The Third Century --; 5. Philip V and the Appeal to Rome --; 6. Rome and the Second Macedonian War --; 7. The War with Antiochus III --; 8. The Lycian Revolt and a Bride for Perseus --; 9. The Third Macedonian War --; 10. The End of Rhodian Independence --; 11. The Long Twilight --; APPENDIX I. The First Contact with Rome --; APPENDIX 2. Rhodian Fleet Strength in 190 --; APPENDIX 3. Q. Marcius Philippus and the Rhodians --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501722172; 9783110536157
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501722172
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard M. Berthold.

This book offers a detailed political history of Rhodes from the foundation of the Rhodian republic in the fifth century B.C. to the conclusions of Rhodes' alliance with Rome in the second, a period in which Rhodes was a major Mediterranean power. Richard M. Berthold provides a complete account of Rhodian foreign affairs, exploring the principles and reasons behind Rhodes' foreign policy decisions. He traces Rhodes' history through the stormy years of the fourth century to the independence and prosperity of the third, arguing that Rhodes achieved economic and political success by pursuing a course of studied neutrality. Berthold maintains that Rhodes did not willfully abandon its neutral stance during the second century, but rather was forced by events to support Rome, a posture that ultimately led to Rhodes' loss of independence.