Abstract
Referring to the years following Alexander’s death, Diodorus, who
is our main source, often uses the expression αἱ ἄνω σατραπεῖαι to talk
about the most eastern territories of Alexander’s empire. This paper analyzes
the history of this expression, its translation into modern languages, its use
in the ancient historiography. At the end of this analysis, it seems possible
that the historian Hieronymus of Cardia first inserted the expression αἱ ἄνω
σατραπεῖαι in the geopolitical lexicon of Greek historiography, in direct connection
with the ambitions of Antigonus Monophthalmus in the last
twenty years of the 4th century BC.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] The higher satrapies after Alexander (323-315 BC) |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | EstOvest. Confini e conflitti tra Vicino Oriente e mondo Greco-Romano |
Pagine | 167-183 |
Numero di pagine | 17 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2019 |
Keywords
- Diodorus
- Hellenism
- Near-East