The Instruments of Power in the Hellenistic World [Dossier]

The journal Politica Antica 24 (2024) published a series of five articles on the subject of “The Instruments of Power in the Hellenistic World.” These studies were conducted as part of a broader research initiative, entitled “Mediterranean Multipolarity and Roman Unipolarity: Power Competition and Collaboration in the Graeco-Roman Geopolitics (3rd–2nd century BCE).” Money makes the world go round? Financial Resources as Instruments of Power in the Macedonia of Philip V by Monica D’Agostini – From Alexandria to Helikon: King, Queen, and Koinon in the Valley of the Muses by Alex McAuley – Antiochos III: soft power in war and diplomacy by Omar Coloru – Land-leasing in Mylasa: Civic resilience through public-private economic collaboration by Stefano Caneva – Redefinitions of Power Through Narrative: Aratus, Phylarchus, Polybius, and Plutarch by Emma Nicholson