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A fascinating, accessible, and up-to-date history of the Ancient Greeks. Covering the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, and centred around the disunity of the Greeks, their underlying cultural unity, and their eventual political unification.

Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

List of Maps

Chronology and King Lists

Introduction I: Historical Background

Introduction II: Environmental Background

ACT I: The Archaic Period (c. 750-480): The Formation of States

1: The Emergence of the Greeks in the Mediterranean

2: Aristocracy and the Archaic State

3: The Archaic Greek World

4: Early Athens

5: The Democratic Revolution

6: Sparta

7: Greek Religion

8: The Persian Wars

9: The Greeks at War

ACT II: The Classical Period (479-323): A Tale, Mainly, of Two Cities

10: The Delian League

11: The Economy of Greece

12: Athens in the Age of Pericles

13: Women, Sexuality, and Family Life

14: The Peloponnesian War

15: The Insatiability of ASyracuse

16: Socrates and the Thirty Tyrants

17: The Futility of War

18: The Macedonian Conquest

19: Alexander the Great

ACT III: The Hellenistic Period (323-30): Greeks, Macedonians, and Romans

20: The Successor Kingdoms

21: A Time of Adjustment

22: The Greek Cities in the New World

23: Social Life and Intellectual Culture

24: The Roman Conquest

25: A Feat of Imagination

Glossary

Recommended Reading

Index