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| Title: The Relations between Rhodes and Caria from 246 to 167 B.C. Secondary Title: Hellenistic Rhodes: Politics, Culture, and Society Pages: 76-97 Type: Conference Proceedings Year: 1999 Abstract: Reger's (R.) article is concerned with tracking the mainland holdings of Rhodes accross the period indicated in his title, with some attention paid to prior and later develpments. The literary sources are almost silent about developments in Caria for much of the period of study, so R. is largely reliant on epigraphic evidence. R. begins with the 240s BCE, at which time there were three powers that controlled territory on the mainland of Caria: the Ptolemies, the Seleucids, and Rhodes. Much of the first section is devoted to investigating the terminology and natrure of Rhodian holdings on the Carian mainland, in specific, what did the so-called Rhodian Peraia include? He decides that, as far as Rhodes was concerned, the Peraia included all Rhodian holdings on the mainland, not just those areas fully incorporated into the chora of the city. In general, R. argues that Rhodes focussed on protecting the status quo in Caria as best they could. This was done by taking advantage of the general instability in the region, parts of which were usually divided between Rhodes and at least two other powers (Seleucids, Ptolemies, and occasionally Antigonids and local dynasts) and through the “mildness” (p. 80) of Rhodian control. That is, when the Kings fought over control of Caria and the surrounding area, Rhodes habitually supported the weaker side in order to prevent stronger power from gaining control, and they played the part of defender and benefactor of the Carian cities to prevent the kind of insurrection that plagued their holdings in Lycia. |