{"product_id":"asylia-22-kent-j-rigsby-9780520200982","title":"Asylia: Territorial Inviolability in the Hellenistic World Volume 22","description":"In the Hellenistic period certain Greek temples and cities came to be declared \"sacred and inviolable.\" \u003ci\u003eAsylia\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKent 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent J. Rigsby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520200985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520200982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.44w x 1.85d","brand":"Kent J. Rigsby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056203493631,"sku":"9780520200982","price":131.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc95cdaa-e5f9-486e-a5cf-a74c9270d9b2.jpg?v=1685040067","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/asylia-22-kent-j-rigsby-9780520200982","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}