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CLOSEAthenian Empire
Christy Constantakopoulou
Research coordinator
Christy ConstantakopoulouSenior Researcher
The project explores the history of the Athenian empire, that is the history of the Athenian control over the Aegean world during the 5th century BCE, through an examination of the literary, epigraphic, numismatic and material evidence. Our main aims are:
- to produce a history of the development of the Athenian control over the Aegean territory, through a long historical lens, which includes the pre-history of the Athenian empire
- to explore the local reactions to the Athenian imperial control, which includes (but is not exclusive to) the revolts
- to examine the impact of the empire on the local communities (including a discussion of local agency as a reaction to Athenian control) and onto the Athenian imperial centre
- Chr. Constantakopoulou, “The Classical Narrative”, in K. Panagopoulou and K. Vlassopoulos (eds.), Historical Change in the Ancient Mediterranean. A conference in honour of J.K. Davies (forthcoming).
- Chr. Constantakopoulou, “Writing the History of Empire: Regionalism, Agency, and Change”, in L. Lazar, M. Loy and E. Driscoll (eds.), The New Athenian Empire (forthcoming).
- Chr. Constantakopoulou, “The Athenian Empire”, in H. Beck, C. Constantakopoulou and J. McInerney (eds.), The Oxford History of the Classical Greek World, vol. 3: Power Politics, Oxford (forthcoming).
- Chr. Constantakopoulou, “Writing the History of the Athenian Empire: regionalism, agency, and change”, paper in the international conference entitled The New Athenian Empire, University of Oxford, June 2023 (by invitation).
- Chr. Constantakopoulou, “Ancient history between the Classical and Hellenistic periods”, paper in the Workshop entitled Classical and Hellenistic Greek history: a fruitful dialogue?, organised by C. Constantakopoulou and B. Gray, Birkbeck College, May 2022.
Research coordinator
Christy ConstantakopoulouSenior Researcher