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In the Hellenistic period certain Greek temples and cities came to be declared "sacred and inviolable." Asylia was the practice of declaring religious places precincts of asylum, meaning they were immune to violence and civil authority. The evidence for this phenomenon-mainly inscriptions and coins-is scattered in the published record. The material has never been collected and presented in one publication until now.

Kent J. Rigsby lays out these documents and discusses their historical implications in a substantial introduction. He argues that while a hopeful intention of military neutrality lay behind the institution of asylum, the declarations did not in fact change military behavior. Instead, "declared inviolability" became a civic and religious honor for which cities across the Greek world competed during the third to first centuries B.C.

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Thanks above all to the work of Schlesinger and of Gauthier, the Greek terminology for legal immunity is well studied and well understood.

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"A work of monumental erudition and completeness, clearly superior in its collection of materials. . . . The novelty of the work lies in [Rigsby's] interpretative framework, which forces us to reexamine some thorny questions."--Christopher Jones, Harvard University

"Although the author covers enormous ground both chronologically and topographically, the quality of the scholarship remains everywhere at the same high level."--Christian Habicht, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University

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Title Asylia: Territorial Inviolability in the Hellenistic World Volume 22
Author Kent J. Rigsby
Binding Hardcover
Edition First Edition; F
Pages 660
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
Date 1997-03-28
Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
ISBN 9780520200982 / 0520200985
Weight 2.46 lbs (1.12 kg)
Dimensions 9.2 x 6.44 x 1.85 in (23.37 x 16.36 x 4.70 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
Library of Congress subjects Asylum, Right of (Greek law), Asylum, Right of (Greek law) - Religious
Library of Congress Catalog Number 95022410
Dewey Decimal Code 344.950

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Kent J. Rigsby is Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University.

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Hardback. New. This work presents evidence for the phenomenon of "Asylia", the practice of declaring religious places precincts of asylum in the Hellenistic period. It lays out the documents and discusses their historical implications.