THE STRAIT OF MESSINA IN HISTORY: Poros e Porthmos. Lo Stretto al tempo di Anassilao. (Studi di Storia Greca e Romana 18.) Pp. 230, map. Alessandria: Edizioni dell'Orso, 2020. Paper, €20. ISBN: 978-88-3613-073-3

The first part concerns the political crisis of Zankle, at first occupied by Hippocrates of Gela, then reduced to a sort of ‘puppet state’ run by a group of Samians after the battle of Lade (494 bc). [...]the last section of the chapter refers to the battle of Himera (480 bc) and its significance fo...

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Published in:The Classical review 2021, Vol.71 (1), p.143-145
Main Author: Maltese, Sebastiano Paolo
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
6th century
Politics
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Summary:The first part concerns the political crisis of Zankle, at first occupied by Hippocrates of Gela, then reduced to a sort of ‘puppet state’ run by a group of Samians after the battle of Lade (494 bc). [...]the last section of the chapter refers to the battle of Himera (480 bc) and its significance for Anaxilas’ tyranny. Chapter 5, ‘Tra Himera e il koinon dogma del 461/0: la fine del “regno dello Stretto”’, analyses continuity and discontinuity between Anaxilas’ rule and the period following his death. [...]most of B.'s comments are dedicated to Micitus’ regency and the subsequent end of the tyrannical regime in the Strait.
ISSN:0009-840X
1464-3561
DOI:10.1017/S0009840X21000226