In 347/6 BC,the Athenian demos published an honourific decree for the Bosporan kings Spartocus II and Paerisades I,as well as their brother Apollonius,when Athens was in deep financial difficulties due to struggles wi...
From April to May of 2022,in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and Greece and deepen cooperation during the China-Greek Year of Culture and Tourism,...
At the beginning of 2021,the Bureau of International Exchanges and Cooperation,Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China and the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games l...
This article uses Athens in the early Roman Empire,the province of Achaia,and the political culture behind it as a research environment.Then focuses on two public spaces in Athens:Classic Agora and Roman Forum,which a...
We have been here before.In 430 BCE,a plague struck Athens,killing as much as 25%of the population.In 1347 CE,the bubonic plague afflicted western Europe for 4 years,killing as much as 50%of the population.The plague ...
In this article,I present an interpretation in religious terms of what Athenians were doing when they went to Delphi as representatives of their city.I begin by briefly outlining the key moments of Athenian involvemen...
Scholars have criticized the capacity of playgrounds to support children’s participation in public life.Fences of childhood,such as walls,fences,and enclosures,dominate children’s"public”spatial experiences in the ...
The setup and narratives of finance-related administrative documents and powers tell the story and fate of the Athenian democracy.On the one hand,one can see the permanently repeated and impressive statement of stabil...
This article challenges the famous argument of Lisa Kallet that the Athenian people did not understand public finance.It argues that the dēmos(“people”)had the necessary general knowledge and the necessary understa...