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Illyrian Apollonia: Toward a New Ktisis and Developmental History of the Colony

Stocker, Sharon R.

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2009, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Classics.
This thesis examines the history and archaeology of the Greek colony at Apollonia in southern Illyria during the Graeco-Roman period. Through a critical review of the textual and archaeological evidence it seeks to challenge the validity of well entrenched ideas that are repeated in modern scholarship about the foundation and history of the apoikia. A ktisis for the colony alternative to the Marxist interpretations that were constructed under Albanian Communism is then presented. Current approaches to studying Greek colonization provide a useful framework for structuring this alternative discourse about Apollonia. The review of the textual evidence is supplemented by new survey data from the Mallakastra Regional Archaeological Project, documented and analyzed here for the first time. Patterns of settlement expansion and contraction in the hinterland through antiquity are evident. An attempt is made to tie diachronic differences in landscape exploitation to major historical events in southern Illyria and the larger Graeco-Roman Mediterranean.
Kathleen Lynch, PhD (Committee Chair)
Archie Christopherson, PhD (Committee Member)
Getzel Cohen, PhD (Committee Member)
1127 p.

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  • Stocker, S. R. (2009). Illyrian Apollonia: Toward a New Ktisis and Developmental History of the Colony [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1249571479

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stocker, Sharon. Illyrian Apollonia: Toward a New Ktisis and Developmental History of the Colony. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1249571479.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stocker, Sharon. "Illyrian Apollonia: Toward a New Ktisis and Developmental History of the Colony." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1249571479

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)