TIMBER, NAVAL POWER, AND ASYMMETRIC DEPENDENCE: ATHENS AND MACEDON
TIMBER, NAVAL POWER, AND ASYMMETRIC DEPENDENCE: ATHENS AND MACEDON
Author(s): Voјislav SarakinskiSubject(s): History, Economic history, Military history, Political history, Ancient World, International relations/trade
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: Athens; Macedon; timber; naval power; resource dependence; northern Aegean; Persian Wars; interstate relations;
Summary/Abstract: The article contends that Athenian reliance on Macedonian timber limited the diplomatic and military room for manoeuvre available to both states between c. 510 and 450 BC. Attica lacked an adequate supply of shipbuilding timber, whereas Macedon controlled substantial forest resources, inland transport routes, and key points of access to the northern Aegean. Their exchange gave rise to an unequal relationship: both sides derived benefit, but Athens stood to lose more from any disruption, particularly once confidence in secure and continuing access began to erode.
Journal: HISTORICAL YEARBOOK
- Issue Year: 23/2026
- Issue No: XXIII
- Page Range: 203-215
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
