The Early Development Of The Aetolian League

The League of the Aetolian exists in Greek history is not a long time, from the originator to extinction less than200years of history. Both Chinese and foreign works are recorded their infamous pirate acts of banditry, the League also is famous.A large part of the reason is due to the Achaia (known as the league of the Aetolian enemy title) historian-Polybius and modern historians who sought the records and research of his work. Although the historians are as objective as possible to narrate history, which inevitably adopt to the emotions of nationalism and individualism. Of course, many historians have been aware of the fact that the league of the Aetolian being wronged, but its evaluation is still not high, the suspicion it seems that they dare not exceed. This article gives the image of pirates a rebuttal and attempts to use information and reasonable inference to show a positive League.As the most powerful federal League in the third century BC, the emergence and development of the League is a gradual process, from the tribal kinship binds to the establishment of a mature federal system, not overnight but a long process. Reasons for the formation of League is attributed to both internal and external, that is, the promotion of the internal common identity and the desire for wealth and power and the international situation, the mangement need of Naupaktos.Throughout the political building changes of the League of the Aetolian, we can see that is a flexible political units. Initially the collapse and reconstruction of the League, the constant threat of Macedonia, the Hellenistic era of complex international situation made these political units had to bear the changes which happened at any time. But the League of the Aetolian is growing, members have been incorporated into the League. Various kinds of emergency situations bound to enhance the flexible, effective powers of the unit, reducing the power of bulky low efficiency units, this way, the situation of generals and the Board even had an exclusive power appear.The league of the Aetolian in the Hellenistic period grew rapidly, this is not accidental. It conformed to the historical development and realized that peace is a prerequisite for development early. Its foreign policy, adjusted from traditional to a new kind of rational diplomacy timely. In the Hellenistic era, abandoning the traditional old-fashioned concept is a progress. In addition, the league of the Aetolian is the first league which uses civil rights to develop. The granting of citizenship policy is a user-friendly performance. Grant civil rights to individuals, but also to the city-state. Of course, beside the political purposes, but also accompanied by economic concessions, and the economic significance is greater than the political many times. In addition, the institution of asylia and proxeny system were important part of the new foreign policy.