title: Epikrateia, Eparchia and a Description of the Carthaginian Presence in Sicily
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metadata.value: Dudziński, Andrzej
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-12-03T16:39:46Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-12-03T16:39:46Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Dudziński A. Epikrateia, Eparchia and a Description of the Carthaginian Presence in Sicily. Philologia Classica 2021, 16 (1), 4–17.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2021.101
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33752
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Ἐπικράτεια and ἐπαρχία are two terms used by the ancient sources to describe the Carthaginian
  presence in Western Sicily. Due to a lack of information about the character and details
  of this presence, it is crucial to precisely understand the terminology employed by our
  sources and all its nuances. The article challenges the widely accepted opinion that the nouns
  ἐπικράτεια and ἐπαρχία can be treated as synonyms. To verify whether this assumption is
  correct or not, a careful analysis of how the ancient authors (Polybius, Diodorus Siculus and
  Plutarch) used both nouns, as well as other related forms, is conducted. To make up for the
  limited number of occurrences of ἐπικράτεια in the analysed corpus, the relevant part of the
  examination also includes the use of this noun in Strabo’s Geography. The analysis allows us to
  highlight a significant change in the meaning of the two terms between the 2nd century (Polybius)
  and the mid-1st century BC (Diodorus). This change reflects a development in the Greek
  political and administrative vocabulary, which was adjusting to a new reality of the Mediterranean
  world being organised into Roman provinces. The conducted analysis also allows us to
  better understand the complexity of the Carthaginian position in Western Sicily.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The research hereby presented would not be possible without the generous funding of the project Relation
  between historiographical Theory and Praxis in Diodorus Siculus’ “Library of History” by the National Science
  Centre, Poland (2019/32/C/HS3/00114).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 16; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Diodorus Siculus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Polybius
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Plutarch
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: eparchy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: province
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Carthage
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sicily
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Epikrateia, Eparchia and a Description of the Carthaginian Presence in Sicily
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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