Kühne, Sebastian. 2024. Kommunikation, Konsens und Konflikt: neuere Untersuchungen zu den persisch-griechischen Beziehungen (Oriens et occidens 43). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.
Sebastian Kühne addresses selected aspects of the political interactions between the Greek city-states of the 5th and 4th centuries BCE and the Achaemenid Empire. He examines the relationships that developed between these two powers from a consistently Persian perspective. The study focuses on the mechanisms of diplomatic exchange between the Greek poleis and the Persian Great Kings and, building on this, the outcomes of these political interactions, which have gone down in history as the “King’s Peace” and the “Peace of Pelopidas.” Finally, the analysis highlights the tools available to the Achaemenid rulers to assert their interests vis-à-vis the Greek city-states. Through his analysis, the author revises older scholarly views that have dominated previous studies on Greek-Persian agreements and military conflicts, bringing to light new aspects regarding the diplomatic exchanges between Greece and the Achaemenid Empire.
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