Sicily in the Mediterranean ca. 540-30: Evidence from coin circulation
(2023)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (2023). Sicily in the Mediterranean ca. 540-30: Evidence from coin circulation. In D. Rosenbloom, A. Pomery, & J. Armstrong (Eds.), Money, Warfare and Power in the Ancient World: Studies in Honour of Matthew Freeman Trundle. Bloomsbury
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Crystalising Initiation: The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens (2023)
Book Chapter
Christopher, D. L. (in press). Crystalising Initiation: The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens. In J. H. Vennebusch (Ed.), Inscribing Initiation: Written Artefacts in Rites of Passage. Franz Steiner VerlagThe ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens were annually erected honorific monuments commemorating young Athenian men’s completion of the ephebate, a year-long training programme that initiated them into public life. These monuments, composed of... Read More about Crystalising Initiation: The ephebic inscriptions of Hellenistic Athens.
The Autocratic Theatre of Hieron II (2022)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (2022). The Autocratic Theatre of Hieron II. In E. Csapo, H. R. Goette, J. R. Green, B. Le Guen, E. Paillard, J. A. A. Stoop, & P. Wilson (Eds.), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World (55-70). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110980356-004Hieron II of Syracuse reigned for fifty-four years, from 269 to 215 BC – longer than any other Hellenistic monarch. His kingdom was relatively small and always required the support of external powers: first the Ptolemies and then the Romans. It survi... Read More about The Autocratic Theatre of Hieron II.
Kingship and Religion in Hellenistic Sicily: Balancing the Global and the Local (2022)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (in press). Kingship and Religion in Hellenistic Sicily: Balancing the Global and the Local. In S. Kravaritou, & M. Stamatopoulou (Eds.), Religious Interactions in the Hellenistic World. Brill Academic PublishersThe relationship between religion and royal power is one of the central focuses of scholarship on the Hellenistic period. A key theme of this research has been the way ideas and practices that had global recognition throughout the Hellenistic world i... Read More about Kingship and Religion in Hellenistic Sicily: Balancing the Global and the Local.
Coinage and the Creation of the Seleukid Kingdom (2022)
Book Chapter
Trundle, M., & de Lisle, C. (2022). Coinage and the Creation of the Seleukid Kingdom. In E. Anagnostou-Laoutides, & S. Pfeiffer (Eds.), Culture and Ideology under the Seleukids: Unframing a Dynasty (57-76). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110755626-007
The Western Greek Slogan of Freedom (2021)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (2021). The Western Greek Slogan of Freedom. In G. Masalcı-Şahin, & A. Doğan (Eds.), War and Diplomacy in Ancient Times: Eskiçağda Savaş ve Diplomasi (163-198). Zero BooksIn this paper, I argue that the western Greek adoption and adaptation of a key Greek diplomatic slogan – the ‘freedom of the Greeks’ – is central to understanding how that slogan developed from the fifth century BC to the Roman conquest. The western... Read More about The Western Greek Slogan of Freedom.
The Punic Wars (264–146 BCE) (2019)
Book Chapter
de Lisle, C. (2019). The Punic Wars (264–146 BCE). In B. R. Doak, & C. López-Ruiz (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean (168-180). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190499341.013.13