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Preface {i-vi} With the eighteenth century died the last societies of Western Europe which practiced the institution of hostageship. After A.D. 1748, when France received two English peers as pledges for the return of Cape Breton, the nations of Europe no longer exacted hostages as living sureties for the fulfillment… Read more
1: Meaning and Purpose of Hostageship in the Greco-Roman World {1–20}
List of Abbreviations AJPh = American Journal of Philology CAH = The Cambridge Ancient History, ed. S.A. Cook, F.E. Adcock, and M.P. Charlesworth CIG = Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum CIL = Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum CJ = Classical Journal CQ = Classical Quarterly ILS =… Read more
2: The System of Hostage Regulations in Rome and the Greco-Roman World {27–79}
1: Meaning and Purpose of Hostageship in the Greco-Roman World {1–20} The circumstances in which persons acted as sureties in the Greco-Roman world may be classified under four basic categories: exchange, unilateral exaction by formal national agreement, private contract, and extralegal seizure. The words which describe such persons are ῥύσια,… Read more
3: Roman Conduct toward Foreign Hostages {94–132}
2: The System of Hostage Regulations in Rome and the Greco-Roman World {27–79} The formal regulations concerning hostages reveal considerable variety in detail. Nonetheless, it is worthwhile to examine the several categories into which the regulations may be classified in order to determine the underlying principles by which hostages were… Read more
4: The Termination of Hostageship {144–191}
3: Roman Conduct toward Foreign Hostages {94–132} A meticulous examination of the evidence concerning Roman conduct toward and treatment of foreign hostages is crucial to an understanding of Roman policy on hostages and its probable intended results. The difficulties involved in such an examination are threefold. First, material relating to… Read more
5: Conclusion {205–209}
4: The Termination of Hostageship {144–191} In the previous chapters we have examined some of the purposes for which hostages were exacted in antiquity, the specific regulations by which they were chosen, and their treatment during detention. Finally, we must consider the ways in which the contract according to which… Read more
Appendix 1A: Historical and Legendary Hostages {214-244}
5: Conclusion {205–209} We have seen that hostageship was an integral part of Roman foreign policy, an institution rooted deeply in both the legendary past (Dionysius of Halicarnassus 1.43.1; 1.59.2) and the contemporary accounts of Rome’s incredibly swift expansion during the second and first centuries B.C. (e.g., Polybius and Caesar). Read more
Appendix 1B: Historical and Legendary Hostages, continued {246–259}
Appendix 1A: Historical and Legendary Hostages {214-244} The following lists comprise all the references to hostages and hostageship found in the ancient authors who are cited in the bibliography. In the first (Appendix 1.A.) are all historical and legendary/historical cases; they have been arranged in chronological order and assigned a… Read more