Siege Warfare in Fifth-Century Greece

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Bellshaw
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Century ◽  
Siege Warfare

The Peloponnesian War and Its Sieges

2013 ◽  
pp. 641-656
Author(s):  
Michael Seaman
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Century ◽  
Peloponnesian War ◽  
Siege Warfare ◽  
Dramatic Rise ◽  
The Town

This chapter discusses the sieges of cities, wanton plunder, and massacres in the period of the Peloponnesian War, which contributed more misery to the Greeks than all previous wars and saw an increase in the number of cities taken and Greeks killed or exiled. It can often be seen in Greek siege warfare that a city surrendered after internal ideological strife brought about a betrayal of the town. The Greeks experienced a dramatic rise in the number of sieges during the Peloponnesian War, but sieges and the atrocities that often accompanied them were experienced by Greek poleis before the Peloponnesian War and long before the late fifth century BC. They made assaults on cities throughout the Peloponnesian War.

Un intricato processo ad Atene: Eufileto uccide Eratostene, seduttore della moglie (Lysias, Or. I: De Eratosthenis caede apologia)

Vox Patrum ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 449-464
Author(s):  
Orazio Antonio Bologna
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Century ◽  
Don Juan ◽  
Young Wife

In Athens in the late and early fifth century B.C. Eratosthenes, a well-known real Don Juan was killed. He sets his eyes on a young wife and seduces her, she is the wife of Euphiletus, a modest farmer, who spent a lot of time in countryside, away from his wife. Euphiletus, after the birth of his (first) son, places full faith in his wife. Having been in­formed about the affair, he catches her in adultery and, in front of some witnesses, kills Eratosthenes. The victim’s relatives hold a trial against the murderer, who before the Court gives a brilliant oration, written by Lysia one of the greatest orators of Athens.

Late roman pottery : a fifth century deposit from Carthage

1980 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucinda Neuru ◽  
D. Kyle ◽  
A. Demers ◽  
John Walker Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Century ◽  
Late Roman

A Buddhist Image of (Im)Perfect Rule in Fifth-Century China

1995 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-153
Author(s):  
Charles D. Orzech
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Century

Copper-based alloys of the fifth century

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (34) ◽  
pp. 54-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.E. King ◽  
D. M. Metcalf ◽  
J.P. Northover
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Century

Islamic Law and Society

1990 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-191
Author(s):  
Louay M. Safi
Keyword(s):  
Composite System ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Social Growth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
Law And Morality ◽  
The Impact

Shari'ah (Islamic law) has been the dominant moral and legal code ofMuslim societies for the gnxter part of their history. During the early centuriesof Islam, Shari'ah hcilitated the social growth and develojment of the Muslims,growth that culminaa in the establishment of a vast emph and an outstandmgcivilization. By the close of the fifth century of Islam, however, Shari'ahbegan to lose its role as the guiding force that inspired Muslim creativityand ingenuity and that nurtured the growing spirit of the Muslim community(Ummah). Consequently, the Ummah entered a period of stagnation thatgradually gave way to intellectual decline and social decadence. Regrettably,this painful trend continues to be more or less 'part of the individualconsciousness and collective experience of Muslims.This paper attempts to trace the development of the principles of Islamicjurisprudence, and to assess the impact of Shari'ah on society. It argues thatthe law ceased to grow by the sixth century of Islam as a result of thedevelopment of classical legal theory; more specifically, law was put on hold,as it were, after the doctrine of the infallibility of ijma' (juristic consensus)was articulated. The rigid principles of classical theory, it is contended, havebeen primarily induced by the hulty epistemology employed.by sixth-centuryjurists.Shari'ah, or Islamic law, is a comprehensive system encompassing thewhole field of human experience. It is not simply a legal system, but rathera composite system of law and morality. That is, Islamic law aspires to regulateall aspects of human activities, not only those that may entail legalconsequences. Hence, all actions and relationships are evaluated in accordancewith a scale of five moral standards.According to Shari'ah, an act may be classified as obligatory (wajib),recommended (mandub), permissible (mubah), reprehensible (makruh), orprohibited (haram). These five categories reflect the varying levels of moral ...

A Wolf in the City

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cinzia Arruzza
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Athenian Democracy ◽  
The City ◽  
Shed Light

A Wolf in the City is a study of tyranny and of the tyrant’s soul in Plato’s Republic. It argues that Plato’s critique of tyranny is an intervention in an ancient debate concerning the sources of the crisis of Athenian democracy and the relation between political leaders and the demos in the last decades of the fifth century BCE. The book shows that Plato’s critique of tyranny should not be taken as a veiled critique of the Syracusan tyrannical regime but, rather, as an integral part of his critique of Athenian democracy. The book also offers an in-depth and detailed analysis of all three parts of the tyrant’s soul, and contends that this approach is necessary to both fully appraise the complex psychic dynamics taking place in the description of the tyrannical man and shed light on Plato’s moral psychology and its relation with his political theory.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Heim
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Century

This opening chapter introduces the fifth-century CE Buddhist scholar Buddhaghosa, and suggests how he can be read for his theory of text, his philological practice, and his distinctive philosophical contributions. Buddhaghosa was the chief commentator of the Pali tradition, and also composed his own substantial volume, the Visuddhimagga. Buddhaghosa’s theory of scripture and exegesis has different assumptions and aspirations than modern historicist philology, and the Introduction shows several examples of how these work. Canonical praises of the Buddha’s words (buddhavacana) were often taken by Buddhaghosa to indicate interpretative cues that commentators could use to draw out meaning. The Introduction also discusses the commentarial theory of the Buddha’s omniscience and its implications for interpreting scriptural infinity.

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