 Philopoemen of Megalopolis: ‘The Last Great Greek’Emmanouil-Marios-Lazaros Economou () Chapter Chapter 5 in The Achaean Federation in Ancient Greece, 2020, pp 93-108 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This chapter analyses the character and the actions of Philopoemen who, together with Aratus, are considered the most influential and important figures of the Achaean federal state. Philopoemen’s actions in the political and military sphere essentially determined Achaean federal politics throughout the 245–213 BCE period. During that time, under Philopoemen, the principal strategic goal of Achaea’s visionary policymakers was finally achieved—the unification of the entire Peloponnesus under the Achaean federal state. It was not an easy task, though. The chapter analyses all the implications, opportunities, difficulties and problems that the proponents of the Achaean federal experiment had to face to finally achieve their target. The chapter argues that the final unification of the Peloponnesus can be firmly attributed to the emblematic figure of Philopoemen, and the singular characteristics of his character—his innate bravery, virtue, honesty and morality in the exercise of his administrative duties, and of course, his crucial talent: his ability to reorganise the Achaean federal armed forces effectively and then, as their commander, to make them victorious on the battlefield. 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_5 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52697-9_5 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Frontiers in Economic History from Springer |
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