Noah Kaye Bücher

The book explores the influence of the Attalid Pergamon empire in the Hellenistic world, emphasizing how it shaped culture and identity through a strategic fiscal system. It delves into the mechanisms of control and the empire's role in establishing cultural dominance, offering insights into the intersection of economics and identity during this historical period.

Reveals how the iconoclastic Attalid dynasty of the ancient city of Pergamon ruled the Anatolian peninsula - and influenced our entire imagination of the Classical world - with only budgets, coins, and clever bureaucratic maneuvers, casting a single empire around Greek cities on the Aegean coast... číst celé