Athenaeus Mechanicus, On machines (Peri mēchanēmatōn): translated with introduction and commentary
In: Historia
In: Einzelschriften 182
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In: Historia
In: Einzelschriften 182
In: Tarsie 1
In: École Pratique des Hautes Études, IVe Section, Sciences Historiques et Philologiques
In: III, Hautes études du monde gréco-romain 31
In: Gūjarāta Vidyāpīṭha saṃśodhana śreṇī pu. 81
In: Biblical and Judaic studies from the University of California, San Diego volume 10
Lisbeth S. Fried's insightful study investigates the impact of Achaemenid rule on the political power of local priesthoods during the 6th-4th centuries B.C.E. Scholars typically assume that, as long as tribute was sent to Susa, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, subject peoples remained autonomous. Fried's work challenges this assumption. She examines the inscriptions, coins, temple archives, and literary texts from Babylon, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Judah and concludes that there was no local autonomy. The only people with power in the Empire were Persians and their appointees, and this was true for Judah as well. The Judean priesthood achieved its longed-for independence only much later, under the Maccabees
In: Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien 65
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