Popular Political Participation from Archaic Greece to the Late Hellenistic Period

Thierry Oppeneer is a Senior Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Ghent University, Belgium. His work focuses on ancient forms of democracy and political communication. He has published several articles and book chapters on public discourse and the assemblies of the Greek cities under Rome.Arjan Zuiderhoek is Full Professor of Ancient History at Ghent University, Belgium. His publications include The Politics of Munificence in the Roman Empire: Citizens, Elites and Benefactors in Asia Minor (2009), The Ancient City (2017) and Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity (2021, co-edited with M. Domingo Gygax).

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsList of MapsList of FiguresList of TablesArjan Zuiderhoek and Thierry Oppeneer, Political inclusivity in the ancient Greek world and beyondKurt A. Raaflaub†, From hamlet to polis: Equality and participation in early Greek communities Daniela Cammack, Why popular participation? Collective action, majoritarianism and solidarity in ancient GreeceEric W. Robinson, Assembly size and democracy in classical Greek city-statesChristel Müller, Representative or not? Councils and assemblies at federal and civic levels in Classical and Hellenistic BoiotiaMatt Simonton, Non-democratic assemblies: The procedure and function of mass meetings in oligarchiesThibaut Boulay, The ekklesia in times of war: The sovereign body of Hellenistic poleisJeremy LaBuff, Comparing popular participation among the ‘Greek,’ ‘indigenous,’ and ‘colonial’ poleis of Hellenistic AnatoliaJames Kierstead, Assemblies, Greek and PacificArjan Zuiderhoek and Thierry Oppeneer, ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex