 Interpreting the Defeat of the Achaean Sympolity by Rome Through a Defence Economics PerspectiveEmmanouil-Marios-Lazaros Economou () Chapter Chapter 3 in The Achaean Federation in Ancient Greece, 2020, pp 49-65 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter explains, through a Defence Economics perspective, why the Achaean federal state finally failed to offer adequate resistance to Rome and forestall the latter’s eventual triumph. To achieve this, we compare the Achaean federal state to Rome by measuring their strength through state power equations such as those developed by R. Cline, and J. R. Rummel (consisting of intertemporal measurement variables). These equations are comprised by a series of variables that measure the economic and military strength, technological level, geographical location, demographics, the quality of human capital, the level of natural resources and wealth-producing assets, the sociopolitical characteristics prevailing in the two countries, the state of morale, the beliefs, will and commitment to goals, the quality of leadership and administrative structures, the alliances, other internal factors as well as the external environment. The chapter further provides a game-theoretical analysis attempting to evaluate the pros and cons of a decision faced by Achaean policymakers whether or not to resist Rome. Date: 2020 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:frochp:978-3-030-52697-9_3 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52697-9_3 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Frontiers in Economic History from Springer |
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