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Oxford
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Aneurin Ellis-Evans
University of Oxford, Classics, Faculty Member
- Ancient History, Classics, Greek History, Modern History, Early modern Ottoman History, Numismatics, and 63 moreOttoman Studies, Ottoman History, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Ottoman Empire, Lesbos, Greek Epigraphy, Achaemenid History, Troad, Archaeology of Northwestern Anatolia (Troad), Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Archaeology, Byzantine History, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Louis Robert, Hittite, Hittitology, Malaria, Hellenistic History, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Swahili Coast, Indian Ocean World, Indian Ocean Trade, Indian Ocean Archaeology, Indian Ocean History, Ancient Greek History, Structuralism/Post-Structuralism, Colonialism, Dialectology, Herodotus, History of Cyprus, Communitarianism, Athens, Athenian Imperialism, Georges Dumezil, Lemnos, Mytilene, History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Roman History, Economic History, Greek Literature, Latin Literature, Homer, Papyrology, Late Antiquity, Greek Lyric Poetry, Hellenistic Literature, Imperialism, Empire, Archaic Greece, History of Lesbos, Insular identity, Brill's New Jacoby, Greek Archaeology, Panionion, Gender Studies, Islands, Insularity, Gender History, Greek Federal States, Roman Athens, and Alexandria Troasedit
- I am the Cawkwell Fellow in Ancient History at University College, Oxford.edit
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How do regions form and evolve? What are the human and geographical factors which help to unify a region, and what are the political considerations which limit integration and curtail co-operation between a region's communities? Through a... more
How do regions form and evolve? What are the human and geographical factors which help to unify a region, and what are the political considerations which limit integration and curtail co-operation between a region's communities? Through a diverse series of case studies focusing on the regional history of Lesbos and the Troad from the seventh century BC down to the first century AD, The Kingdom of Priam offers a detailed exploration of questions about regional integration in the ancient world. Drawing on a wide range of evidence - from the geography of Strabo and the botany of Theophrastos, to the accounts of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century travellers and the epigraphy, numismatics, and archaeology of the region - these case studies analyse the politics of processes of regional integration in the Troad and examine the insular identity of Lesbos, the extent to which the island was integrated into the mainland, and the consequences of this relationship for its internal dynamic. Throughout it is argued that although Lesbos and the Troad became ever more economically well-integrated over the course of this period, they nevertheless remained politically fragmented and were only capable of unified action at moments of severe crisis. These regional dynamics intersected in complex and often unexpected ways with the various imperial systems (Persian, Athenian, Macedonian, Attalid, Roman) which ruled over the region and shaped its internal dynamics, both through direct interventions in regional politics and through the pressures and incentives which these imperial systems created for local communities.
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Research Interests: Hellenistic History, Sovereignty, Regionalism, Strabo, Alexander the Great, and 15 moreAthenian Imperialism, Ancient Greek History, Roman Empire, Local and regional history, Greek coinage, Imperialism, Lesbos, Theophrastus, Forests, Horses, Attalids, Insularity, Persian Empire, Troad, and Troy Studies
[Offprint available on request] 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... more
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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 early 2nd century which raises questions about how the production of these high-value series fits into the broader context of the Attalid kingdom.
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 early 2nd century which raises questions about how the production of these high-value series fits into the broader context of the Attalid kingdom.
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This article presents die studies of the tetradrachms minted by Parion and Lampsakos in the Hellenistic period. The Parion Group 1 tetradrachms date to the late 160s or 150s, whereas the Parion Group 2 and Lampsakos tetradrachms date not... more
This article presents die studies of the tetradrachms minted by Parion and Lampsakos in the Hellenistic period. The Parion Group 1 tetradrachms date to the late 160s or 150s, whereas the Parion Group 2 and Lampsakos tetradrachms date not to the second quarter of the second century as previously thought, but rather to the early first century. The overlooked evidence of IGCH 1322 (western Asia Minor, 1964/5) provides proof for this later date in the case of Lampsakos. New evidence about the composition of IGCH 1322 is presented which allows some progress to be made in identifying the contents of this hoard. The downdating of these two coinages has two broader consequences. Firstly, Lampsakos’s decision to depict Priapos on its coins for the first time with this series should be connected to an epiphany of Priapos which occurred during the war with Aristonikos and significantly altered the god’s status at Lampsakos for the rest of antiquity. Secondly, the downdating of the Parian and Lampsakene series to a period of direct Roman rule raises the question of the degree to which Rome was involved in the production of these coinages.
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This article publishes 83 coins from the Hatay Archaeological Museum in Antakya which derive from CH X 310 (Kırıkhan, Turkey, 1972). The existence of this packet has been known since the first notice of the hoard in CH I 87A, but the... more
This article publishes 83 coins from the Hatay Archaeological Museum in Antakya which derive from CH X 310 (Kırıkhan, Turkey, 1972). The existence of this packet has been known since the first notice of the hoard in CH I 87A, but the listing there and in subsequent publications has turned out to be inaccurate in several respects. The packet in Antakya includes a number of Seleucid and civic issues not previously listed for Kırıkhan and new dies and die links for the wreathed coinages of Cyme, Myrina, Heraclea, and Magnesia. The posthumous Lysimachus of Ilion and some of the wreathed tetradrachms of Cyme in the packet are of particular interest and provide an opportunity to revisit the dating and interpretation of these series.
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This article presents a small hoard group from the Troad which appeared on the London market in February 2016. The hoard group can be dated to the mid-350s when Memnon and Mentor of Rhodes were ruling the Troad on behalf of the Persian... more
This article presents a small hoard group from the Troad which appeared on the London market in February 2016. The hoard group can be dated to the mid-350s when Memnon and Mentor of Rhodes were ruling the Troad on behalf of the Persian authorities. This hoard group therefore provides a much-needed fixed point in the chronology of Troad coinages which allows us to re-date a number of other 4th century silver coinages from the Troad to the 350s/340s, thus producing a new picture of the region’s minting activity in this period. The hoard group contains one example of a rare anepigraphic series depicting an archaic cult statue of Athena Ilias on the reverse. This and other numismatic depictions of this cult statue can now be placed in the context of Memnon and Mentor’s rule of the Troad and provide an important precedent for the Hellenistic and Imperial-era koinon of Athena Ilias as an expression of regional identity.
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Two issues of bronze coinage from the Troad with the monogram AX (late 4th/early 3rd c. BC) have traditionally been attributed to Achilleion. However, excavations of Achilleion show that it was never more than a small fort. These coins... more
Two issues of bronze coinage from the Troad with the monogram AX (late 4th/early 3rd c. BC) have traditionally been attributed to Achilleion. However, excavations of Achilleion show that it was never more than a small fort. These coins should therefore be attributed to Achaiion, known to us from Strabo as the chief town of the nearby Tenedian peraia. In addition to the issues with the AX monogram, Achaiion also produced bronze coinage in the 2nd c. BC. It is argued that these two periods of minting probably represent periods of independence from Tenedos and thus prompt questions about the significance of the peraia to the Tenedian economy and the importance of bronze coinage in reconstructing the political history of the Hellenistic Troad.
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This article presents the first die study of the coinage of the koinon of Athena Ilias, the evidence for which has doubled since the series was last catalogued in Alfred Bellinger’s Troy: The Coins (1961). This new evidence confirms the... more
This article presents the first die study of the coinage of the koinon of Athena Ilias, the evidence for which has doubled since the series was last catalogued in Alfred Bellinger’s Troy: The Coins (1961). This new evidence confirms the longevity of the series (late 180s/early 170s – 60s/50s BC) and suggests that the series was minted continually but at a low level of production throughout this period. It also provides an opportunity to revisit the question of the identity of the magistrate named on the reverse of the coins and the length of time they were in office, questions which have primarily been discussed in relation to the epigraphic evidence. It is argued that the purpose of the coinage was two-fold: to provide the agonothetai who ran the festival with cash with which to make external payments and to act as a status symbol for the koinon’s festival. The early dating of the series proposed here contributes to our understanding of the development of the phenomenon of civic spread-flan coinages in the mid-2nd c., while the late end date combined with the results of the die study provide an opportunity to look at the impact of the Mithridatic Wars on the finances of the koinon’s cities.
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The unique electrum stater of Mytilene in the British Museum is usually thought to be imitating Kyzikene electrum and to belong to the context of the Mytilenaean revolt of 428/7. However, it should instead be compared to certain issues of... more
The unique electrum stater of Mytilene in the British Museum is usually thought to be imitating Kyzikene electrum and to belong to the context of the Mytilenaean revolt of 428/7. However, it should instead be compared to certain issues of electrum staters from Lampsakos and Chios. Hoard evidence in the case of Lampsakos and detailed knowledge of the series in the case of Chios mean that we can date these issues (and therefore that of Mytilene) to the last decade of the 5th century. A unique silver tetradrachm of Chios and an associated issue of drachms which came to light in 2001 can also be associated with the Chian issue of electrum staters. Several passages of Xenophon provide likely contexts from 406/5 for all five issues and illustrate how Spartan efforts to finance their fleet grew in sophistication over the course of the Ionian War.
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"The so-called Tyrants Dossier from Eresos (IG XII, 2, 526) is a collection of Eresian decrees and royal letters produced over the course of the last three decades of the fourth century BC which collectively re-affirm the right of the... more
"The so-called Tyrants Dossier from Eresos (IG XII, 2, 526) is a collection of Eresian decrees and royal letters produced over the course of the last three decades of the fourth century BC which collectively re-affirm the right of the Eresian demos not to reconcile with their exiles. Contrary to the arguments of Andrew Heisserer, the inscription’s two parts do not represent two separate monuments, but rather a single monument which was inscribed not over the course of three decades, but all at once ca. 306-301. The decision of the Eresian demos to re-publish these documents in a monumental format several decades after the events these texts describe therefore provides important insights into the political culture of Eresos in the early Hellenistic period and invites reflection on the long-term impact of exile on a political community, the nature of the relationship between city and king, the uses which cities made of royal documents, and the politics of epigraphic publication.
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Eresos – Alexander the Great – tyranny – stasis – exile – autonomy – re-publication – memory."
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Eresos – Alexander the Great – tyranny – stasis – exile – autonomy – re-publication – memory."
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A reappraisal of the dialect of three curse tablets from Mytilene (SEG 48.1055-7) suggests that the curser had a Cypriot 'accent'. We discuss the socio-linguistic implications of bi-dialectism for the identity of the curser and the kind... more
A reappraisal of the dialect of three curse tablets from Mytilene (SEG 48.1055-7) suggests that the curser had a Cypriot 'accent'. We discuss the socio-linguistic implications of bi-dialectism for the identity of the curser and the kind of community to which he/she may have belonged on Lesbos.
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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... more
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 document’s language and attention to the visual impact of the inscription and its text. This idealized image had the self-serving motive of encouraging subscribers to behave compliantly and suggesting that to do otherwise was aberrant. However, the reality which we can reconstruct from the epigraphic and literary evidence suggests that exactly the kind of behaviour which this ideology most abhorred was in fact highly prevalent. A far broader spectrum of motives, many incompatible with the institution’s view of itself, was at work in public subscriptions. Organizers of subscriptions were compelled to stage public subscriptions in order to make them more closely resemble the ideal, an effort the inscribed record continued by presenting an account of the event which passed off the ideal as the reality. Careful attention to the ideology of public subscriptions saves us from complicity in this process, while also helping us better understand the motives of all parties involved.
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Lecture delivered at the American Numismatic Society on 15th September 2017 presenting work in progress on the history and coinage of Alexandreia Troas in the Hellenistic period.
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The title is taken from G. Woolf in 'Introduction: approaching the ancient library' in J. Konig et al. (eds.), Ancient Libraries (Cambridge 2013) 5ff.
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Oxford Ancient History Seminar, Trinity Term 2019.
Research Interests: Hellenistic History, Roman Empire, Seleucid Empire, Josephus, Roman provinces, and 13 moreGreek coinage, Parthian Empire, Commagene, Bosporan Kingdom, Herod The Great, Hellenistic Kingship, Nicolaus of Damascus, Roman Judaea, Client Kings, Pontus, Hasmoneans, Arsacids, and Judaea In Hellenistic Times
Aneurin ELLIS-EVANS, Lecturer in Ancient History, Oriel and Jesus Colleges, Faculty of Classics (Oxford University), interviendra dans mon séminaire le jeudi 2 décembre 2021. Thème de la conférence, à l'INHA et en ligne : « Alexandreia... more
Aneurin ELLIS-EVANS, Lecturer in Ancient History, Oriel and Jesus Colleges, Faculty of Classics (Oxford University), interviendra dans mon séminaire le jeudi 2 décembre 2021. Thème de la conférence, à l'INHA et en ligne : « Alexandreia Troas and its Past in the Time of Commodus ».
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