The history of the Greek world, devoid of political unity, witnesses the emerging of different geopolitical axes in the various periods. In the Archaic period, a Balkan axis prevailed in the motherland and a Tyrrhenian axis in the West. In the fifth century, with the advent of the power of Athens, we witness the prevalence of an Aegean axis, more or less oriented towards the East, depending on the different phases of the Greek-Persian and intra-Greek relations: but the magnitude of the geopolitical perspectives includes secondary axes too, which can be identified throughout the Mediterranean area, tending sometimes to come to the fore (as in the case of the western axis). In the fourth century, the unique hegemony of Sparta and the ephemeral Theban hegemony reaffirmed an Aegean-Balkan axis. Finally, with Dionysius I of Syracuse in the West and Philip II of Macedonia in the motherland and in the East, there is a widening in European and even in ecumenical perspective. The analysis of these geopolitical phenomena reveals the significant role of the "innovative" powers, such as Athens and Dionysius I.
La storia del mondo greco, privo di unità politica, vede l’affermarsi di assi geopolitici diversi nei vari periodi. In età arcaica, prevalgono un asse balcanico in madrepatria e un asse tirrenico in Occidente. Nel V secolo, con l’avvento della potenza di Atene si ha l’affermazione di un asse egeo, più o meno orientato verso est a seconda delle diverse fasi delle relazioni greco-persiane e intra-greche: ma l’ampiezza delle prospettive geopolitiche comprende anche assi secondari, individuabili in tutta l’area mediterranea, che talora tendono a venire in primo piano (come nel caso dell’asse occidentale). Nel IV secolo, l’egemonia unica di Sparta e l’effimera egemonia tebana riaffermano un asse egeo-balcanico. Con Dionisio I di Siracusa in Occidente e Filippo II di Macedonia nella madrepatria e a Oriente, si ha infine un ampliamento in senso europeo e addirittura in senso ecumenico. L’analisi di questi fenomeni geopolitici lascia emergere il ruolo significativo delle potenze “innovative”, come Atene e Dionisio I.
Bearzot, C. S., Tra Egeo e Mediterraneo occidentale: assi geopolitici del mondo greco nel V e IV secolo a.C., in Bearzot, C., Landucci, F., Zecchini, G. (ed.), Equilibri e disequilibri geopolitici nel mondo antico, Vita & Pensiero, Milano 2018: <<CONTRIBUTI DI STORIA ANTICA>>, 16 63- 79 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/129859]
Tra Egeo e Mediterraneo occidentale: assi geopolitici del mondo greco nel V e IV secolo a.C.
Bearzot, Cinzia Susanna
2018
Abstract
The history of the Greek world, devoid of political unity, witnesses the emerging of different geopolitical axes in the various periods. In the Archaic period, a Balkan axis prevailed in the motherland and a Tyrrhenian axis in the West. In the fifth century, with the advent of the power of Athens, we witness the prevalence of an Aegean axis, more or less oriented towards the East, depending on the different phases of the Greek-Persian and intra-Greek relations: but the magnitude of the geopolitical perspectives includes secondary axes too, which can be identified throughout the Mediterranean area, tending sometimes to come to the fore (as in the case of the western axis). In the fourth century, the unique hegemony of Sparta and the ephemeral Theban hegemony reaffirmed an Aegean-Balkan axis. Finally, with Dionysius I of Syracuse in the West and Philip II of Macedonia in the motherland and in the East, there is a widening in European and even in ecumenical perspective. The analysis of these geopolitical phenomena reveals the significant role of the "innovative" powers, such as Athens and Dionysius I.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.