[Usyd_Classics_Events] Reminder: CAH/CCANESA Research Seminar #1 David Rafferty

[Ben Brown]

Dear Friends,

We are delighted to invite you to our first presentation in the Classics and Ancient History/CCANESA online research seminar series for Semester 2.

The seminar will take place on Thursday, the 11th of August at 4pm, (AEST UTC/GMT +10: on campus and on Zoom) with

David Rafferty (University of Adelaide).

"Coercion, Capital, and Hellenistic States."

Abstract:
Charles Tilly’s 1990 book Coercion, Capital, and European States AD 990-1990 had no small aim: to explain the past thousand years of European history. Tilly argued that European state formation was driven by the need to make war: as rulers encountered different social and economic conditions in different parts of the continent, so they needed to alter strategies to extract the necessary resources. This paper explores how Tilly’s framework can be adapted to understand the diversity of states in the Hellenistic Mediterranean. Ptolemies, Romans, Achaeans, Illyrians, Lycian poleis: all had to somehow find the means to survive in a multipolar anarchy, in very different social and economic conditions. I will look specifically at the polis as an administrative unit, at tax strikes as a form of bargaining, and at the fiscal importance of booty, especially in slaves.

Presenter bio
David Rafferty received his PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2016. He is the author of Provincial Allocations in Rome, 123-52 BCE (Steiner 2019) and current ARC DECRA Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Adelaide, working on the project “How Republics Die: Rome's democratic breakdown in the first century BCE”. He is in Sydney as a Gilbert Visiting Fellow, hosted by SSSHARC and working with Dr James Tan.

Please register for this free online presentation (if you have not already registered for the series):
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Venue information
This seminar will be presented in a hybrid format.
The on-campus venue is the series' traditional home, the CCANESA Boardroom. We would ask our audience to please be mindful to follow all safety precautions in this space, including signing in and out of the Centre at the front desk, and maintaining social distancing. The use of masks in the Centre is encouraged.
The Zoom meeting details for this seminar are:
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Meeting ID: 819 9831 5996

Please note, our seminars begin promptly at 4 pm. To assist in facilitating the online space, please ensure that your Zoom username matches the name on your registration (where possible).

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We look forward to seeing you for the commencement of the new semester's seminar series!
For any further information or questions, please contact us at ccanesa.general at sydney.edu.au<mailto:ccanesa.general at sydney.edu.au>

Best wishes, Ben


DR BEN BROWN
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