Book contents
- Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
- Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Fashioning a Kingdom
- Part II Measuring a Kingdom
- Four Seeing the Hieronian State
- Five Standards and the State
- Six Monumental Granaries
- Seven The Hieronian Mint
- Eight Institutions and Markets in Hieronian Sicily
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
Six - Monumental Granaries
from Part II - Measuring a Kingdom
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2024
- Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
- Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Fashioning a Kingdom
- Part II Measuring a Kingdom
- Four Seeing the Hieronian State
- Five Standards and the State
- Six Monumental Granaries
- Seven The Hieronian Mint
- Eight Institutions and Markets in Hieronian Sicily
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 takes as its focus the remains of two aboveground granaries that once stood in the agora of Morgantina, one of the cities that recognized Hieron’s authority as king. After a brief discussion of the buildings’ architectural form and function, the chapter explores where the Morgantina granaries fit within the corpus of known Hellenistic granary buildings and goes on to argue they played a central role in the projection of Hieron’s royal authority at the western edges of his kingdom.
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- Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean WorldEconomy and Administration during the Reign of Hieron II, pp. 201 - 243Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024