Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Delimiting the Messenians; 3. The return of the Heraclids and the mythical birth of Messenia; 4. The conquest of Messenia through the ages; 5. Messenia from the Dark Ages to the Peloponnesian War; 6. The Western Messenians; 7. The earthquake and the revolt: from Ithome to Naupactus; 8. The liberation of Messenia; 9. Being Messenian from Philip to Augustus; 10. Messenians in the Empire; 11. Conclusion.

Promotional Information

This book traces the history of Messenian ethnicity from the archaic period to the Roman Empire.

Reviews

'Luraghi draws an interesting and detailed picture of the construction of the ethnic identity of the ancient Messenians throughout the centuries from the Bronze Age to the Imperial era.' Arctos