Aneurin Ellis-Evans
Biographic Data
| ID | 1429392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aneurin Ellis-Evans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aneurin |
| FAMILY NAME | Ellis-Evans |
| SIGNATURE | ELLIS-EVANS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5076-0575 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Athenian Archon Dates in Arrian
This article examines Arrian’s decision to date events in the Anabasis and Indica by eponymous archon of Athens and Athenian month. In the past, scholars have only been concerned with whether the dates are correct rather than with why Arrian is using them in the first place. His sources Ptolemy and Aristoboulus did not use this dating system, so Arrian must have converted the dates he found in his sources to this format, and he must have done so …
Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion
This article presents the text of a neglected inscription from Skepsis in the Troad. Walther Judeich published a drawing of the text in 1898, but did not provide a text. Louis Robert recognised it to be an honorific decree for a phrourarch, but otherwise it has attracted very little interest. It is here proposed that a Seleucid regnal dating formula can be restored in lines 2-3 and a reference to ‘barbarians’, which here must refer to Galatians, …
Satire and the Polis in Lucian’s Timon or The Misanthrope
This chapter argues that Lucian’s dialogue Timon is best understood as responding to and critiquing polis politics in the Imperial period. Through a number of thinly veiled references to contemporary honorific culture, and in particular to the controversial super-benefactor Herodes Atticus, Lucian makes clear that the target of his satire is not Roman rule itself, but rather the behaviour of the citizens within the Greek cities who were the great…
Bimetallism, Coinage, and Empire in Persian Anatolia
A re-examination of the numismatic, epigraphic, and literary evidence suggests that the silver/gold exchange rate in Persian-controlled Asia Minor fluctuated downwards in the late fifth and fourth centuries b.c.e. in response to the supply of gold and silver in neighbouring Greece. This has consequences for the economic and political history of this region. Abstract: Une réévaluation des sources numismatiques, épigraphiques et littéraires suggère…
The Alexanders of Assos and Phokaia
There has been considerable uncertainty in the attribution of Alexanders to Assos and Phokaia because both cities used a griffin as their civic badge. This article attempts to resolve these uncertainties by providing a die study of the Alexanders attributed to Assos and Phokaia and combining the results of this study with the available hoard evidence. This produces a new picture of the minting activity of Assos and Phokaia in the late 3rd and ear…
The Hellenistic Koinon of the Lesbians
This chapter considers what kind of collective identity was fostered by the insular location of the Lesbian cities. It is usually assumed that the cities of Lesbos were particularly inclined to cooperate with one another because of their insular geography, and as a result the treaty refounding the Lesbian koinon from c .200 BC should be interpreted as evidence that the island’s cities were headed for political unification. Here it is instead argu…
Aiolian Land
This chapter examines the role which Mytilene’s peraia in coastal Aiolis played in shaping elite Mytilenaian identity in the first century BC/AD. It is argued that, in this period, Mytilenaian elites began to privilege the Aiolian aspect of their identity over the Lesbian aspect in response to a long-running dispute over Mytilene’s right to its peraia in Aiolis (disputed by neighbouring cities on the mainland) and the tax status of this territory…
Horse Husbandry and Empire in the Middle Scamander Valley
This chapter examines the power dynamics which can exist in processes of regional integration. While regional integration can be pursued in such a way that it is mutually beneficial to all participants, economies of scale and political unification can equally be achieved at the expense of the political sovereignty, economic advantage, and communal identity of less powerful communities. This was the case with the communities of the middle Scamande…
The Mytilenaian Peraia and the Aktaian Cities
This chapter explores the relationship between Lesbos and Anatolia by examining Mytilene’s relationship with communities in the coastal Troad and Aiolis before and after Athens confiscated its mainland territorial possessions (the peraia ) in 427 BC. It is argued that Mytilene, like many other Aegean islands with peraiai , actively suppressed polis status in these off-island territories in the Troad and Aiolis so as to extract greater profit from…
Ilion and its Contexts
This chapter considers the human factors which promote regional integration by examining the regional identity of Hellenistic Ilion from three distinct perspectives. Firstly, I consider the narrative of the city’s history embedded in Strabo’s account of the Troad. This has been highly influential on modern scholarship, but needs to be treated with considerable scepticism given Strabo’s intellectual priorities in the Geography . Secondly, I look a…
The Kingdom of Priam
This book is a regional history of Lesbos and the Troad from the seventh century BC to the first century AD which examines the extent to which this geographical region became politically, economically, and culturally integrated over this extended timeframe. The case studies in each chapter examine the various human and geographical factors which promoted regional integration, but also consider the political and identity-based considerations which…
The Ideology of Public Subscriptions
Previous studies of public subscriptions (epidoseis) have focused on the economic and social data they provide for the post-classical polis. Less attention has been paid to what these documents tell us about the ideology of the institution. Subscription lists make it seem as if subscribers were always willing, subscriptions always popular, and that the promises made were never reneged upon. This impression was achieved through careful drafting of…
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The Ideology of Public Subscriptions
Previous studies of public subscriptions (epidoseis) have focused on the economic and social data they provide for the post-classical polis. Less attention has been paid to what these documents tell us about the ideology of the institution. Subscription lists make it seem as if subscribers were always willing, subscriptions always popular, and that the promises made were never reneged upon. This impression was achieved through careful drafting of…
The Hellenistic Koinon of the Lesbians
This chapter considers what kind of collective identity was fostered by the insular location of the Lesbian cities. It is usually assumed that the cities of Lesbos were particularly inclined to cooperate with one another because of their insular geography, and as a result the treaty refounding the Lesbian koinon from c .200 BC should be interpreted as evidence that the island’s cities were headed for political unification. Here it is instead argu…
Aiolian Land
This chapter examines the role which Mytilene’s peraia in coastal Aiolis played in shaping elite Mytilenaian identity in the first century BC/AD. It is argued that, in this period, Mytilenaian elites began to privilege the Aiolian aspect of their identity over the Lesbian aspect in response to a long-running dispute over Mytilene’s right to its peraia in Aiolis (disputed by neighbouring cities on the mainland) and the tax status of this territory…
Horse Husbandry and Empire in the Middle Scamander Valley
This chapter examines the power dynamics which can exist in processes of regional integration. While regional integration can be pursued in such a way that it is mutually beneficial to all participants, economies of scale and political unification can equally be achieved at the expense of the political sovereignty, economic advantage, and communal identity of less powerful communities. This was the case with the communities of the middle Scamande…
The Mytilenaian Peraia and the Aktaian Cities
This chapter explores the relationship between Lesbos and Anatolia by examining Mytilene’s relationship with communities in the coastal Troad and Aiolis before and after Athens confiscated its mainland territorial possessions (the peraia ) in 427 BC. It is argued that Mytilene, like many other Aegean islands with peraiai , actively suppressed polis status in these off-island territories in the Troad and Aiolis so as to extract greater profit from…
Ilion and its Contexts
This chapter considers the human factors which promote regional integration by examining the regional identity of Hellenistic Ilion from three distinct perspectives. Firstly, I consider the narrative of the city’s history embedded in Strabo’s account of the Troad. This has been highly influential on modern scholarship, but needs to be treated with considerable scepticism given Strabo’s intellectual priorities in the Geography . Secondly, I look a…
The Kingdom of Priam
This book is a regional history of Lesbos and the Troad from the seventh century BC to the first century AD which examines the extent to which this geographical region became politically, economically, and culturally integrated over this extended timeframe. The case studies in each chapter examine the various human and geographical factors which promoted regional integration, but also consider the political and identity-based considerations which…
The Alexanders of Assos and Phokaia
There has been considerable uncertainty in the attribution of Alexanders to Assos and Phokaia because both cities used a griffin as their civic badge. This article attempts to resolve these uncertainties by providing a die study of the Alexanders attributed to Assos and Phokaia and combining the results of this study with the available hoard evidence. This produces a new picture of the minting activity of Assos and Phokaia in the late 3rd and ear…
Bimetallism, Coinage, and Empire in Persian Anatolia
A re-examination of the numismatic, epigraphic, and literary evidence suggests that the silver/gold exchange rate in Persian-controlled Asia Minor fluctuated downwards in the late fifth and fourth centuries b.c.e. in response to the supply of gold and silver in neighbouring Greece. This has consequences for the economic and political history of this region. Abstract: Une réévaluation des sources numismatiques, épigraphiques et littéraires suggère…
Satire and the Polis in Lucian’s Timon or The Misanthrope
This chapter argues that Lucian’s dialogue Timon is best understood as responding to and critiquing polis politics in the Imperial period. Through a number of thinly veiled references to contemporary honorific culture, and in particular to the controversial super-benefactor Herodes Atticus, Lucian makes clear that the target of his satire is not Roman rule itself, but rather the behaviour of the citizens within the Greek cities who were the great…
Skepsis in the Troad and the Galatian Invasion
This article presents the text of a neglected inscription from Skepsis in the Troad. Walther Judeich published a drawing of the text in 1898, but did not provide a text. Louis Robert recognised it to be an honorific decree for a phrourarch, but otherwise it has attracted very little interest. It is here proposed that a Seleucid regnal dating formula can be restored in lines 2-3 and a reference to ‘barbarians’, which here must refer to Galatians, …
The Athenian Archon Dates in Arrian
This article examines Arrian’s decision to date events in the Anabasis and Indica by eponymous archon of Athens and Athenian month. In the past, scholars have only been concerned with whether the dates are correct rather than with why Arrian is using them in the first place. His sources Ptolemy and Aristoboulus did not use this dating system, so Arrian must have converted the dates he found in his sources to this format, and he must have done so …
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