A History of Greece, 1300 to 30 BC by Parker, Victor -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Blackwell History of the Ancient World Title page Copyright page Dedication Figures Tables Boxes Abbreviations and Reference Conventions Preface Introduction 1: The Geography of Greece

Introduction General Topography Climate The Use of the Land Main Regions of Greece

Part I: Bronze and “Dark Age”: circa 1300–800 bc

2: The Mycenaean Age

Prehistory The Linear B Texts The Mycenaean States The Political Administration of Pylos Land Tenure at Pylos The Mycenaean Army Social Stratification in Pylos Slavery in Pylos Mycenaean Religion The Mycenaean Kingdoms in Historical Perspective From the Mycenaeans to the Later Greeks

3: The End of the Bronze Age and the Great Migrations

The Downfall of the Mycenaean Kingdoms The Arrival of New Peoples after the Catastrophe Migrations Eastward across the Aegean Conclusion

4: Greece in the Later “Dark Age” (circa 900–750 bc)

Evidence and Methodology Political Developments The Rise of the Polis Contact with the Near East Introduction of the Alphabet Population Growth and Material Prosperity

Part II: The Archaic Period: circa 800–479 bc

5: Colonization

Herodotus and the Sources for the History of the Archaic Period Population Growth and Colonization Choosing a Site Sending Out an Expedition Arrival Overseas Relationship between Colony and Mother-city Alternatives to and Variants on Colonization

6: Sparta from the Messenian Wars to the Creation of the Peloponnesian League

Sparta is Founded and Gains Control of the Laconian Plain Sources for Lacedaemonian History and Society The Messenian Wars and the Helots Additional Lacedaemonian Wars of Expansion The Creation of the Peloponnesian League The Great Rhetra and the Lacedaemonian Constitution Lacedaemonian Society

7: Tyranny

The Decline of Kingship in Greece and its Replacement by Aristocracy The Word “Tyrant” and Defining “Tyranny” Tyrants' Self-Presentation and Their Subjects' View of Them The Rise of Tyranny Tyrants' Domestic Policy Tyrants' Foreign Policy The Fall of the Tyrannies

8: Athens from Cylon to Cleisthenes

The Cylonian Conspiracy Solon The Agrarian Crisis in Athens during the Early Sixth Century Solon's Political Reforms The Tyranny of the Peisistratids Cleisthenes' Reforms

9: Persia and the Ionian Revolt

Athens' Submission to Persia Persia and the Greeks The Ionian Revolt Aftermath of the Revolt

10: The Persian Wars

Persian Expansion in Europe and the Marathon Campaign Athens and Aegina Xerxes' Invasion Sicily

Part III: The Classical Period: 479–323 bc

11: The Athenian Empire

The Creation of the Delian League The Development of the Delian League into the Athenian Empire The Administration of the Athenian Empire The Benefits of Empire

12: Sparta and Athens during the Pentecontaetia

Pausanias and Themistocles The Helots' Revolt Athens' Imperial Ambitions in Greece and Abroad The Revolts of 446 and the Thirty Years' Peace Athenian Democracy

13: From the Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War to the Peace of Nicias

The Origins of the War The Archidamian War (431–421 bc) The Peace of Nicias

14: From the Peace of Nicias to the Surrender of Athens

From the Unraveling of the Peace of Nicias to the Melian Dialogue The Sicilian Expedition The Aftermath of the Sicilian Expedition Continuations of Thucydides' History The Battle of Cyzicus and the Ionian War

15: The Lacedaemonian Ascendancy in Greece

The Aftermath of the Peloponnesian War The Development of the Athenian Democracy in the Fourth Century Initial Lacedaemonian Efforts at “Empire” The Lacedaemonian Invasion of Persia The Corinthian War The King's Peace

16: The Boeotian Ascendancy in Greece and the Second Athenian League

Sparta Enforces the King's Peace The Theban Revolt and the Second Athenian League The Renewal of the Boeotian League From the Liberation of Messenia to the Battle of Mantinea

17: The West from the Sicilian Expedition to the Campaigns of Timoleon

Introduction Sicily after the Defeat of the Sicilian Expedition The Rise of Dionysius I, Tyrant of Syracuse Dionysius I and the Carthaginians Dionysius I in Italy The Successors of Dionysius I Timoleon on Sicily The Greeks in Italy

18: Philip of Macedon and the Conquest of Greece

Macedonia and the Macedonians Philip's Accession The Social War and the Development of the Second Athenian League The Phocian or Third Sacred War Philip's Successes against the Chalcidians and Athens The Fourth Sacred War and Chaeroneia The League of Corinth Philip's Military Reforms

19: Alexander the Great and the Conquest of Persia

Philip's Death and Alexander's Accession From the Granicus to the Eve of Issus The Persian Counter-offensive From Issus to the Decision at Gaugamela Greece during Alexander's Expedition The Conquest of the East and Alexander's Death

Part IV: The Hellenistic Period: 323–30 bc

20: The Wars of the Diadochi

The Inheritors of the Empire Alexander's Deification and the Hellenistic Ruler Cult The Mercenaries and the Exiles' Decree The Regency The Lamian War Antipater Becomes Regent Antigonus in Asia The War against Antigonus The Rise of Seleucus The Battle of Ipsus and its Aftermath

21: The Creation of the Hellenistic States

The Hellenization of Asia Demetrius in Europe after the Battle of Ipsus (301) Seleucus Gains Asia Minor Antigonus Gonatas and the Celts

22: Sicily and the West from Agathocles to the First Punic War

Agathocles becomes King of Sicily Agathocles in Italy Sicily after Agathocles Pyrrhus' Invasion of Italy and Sicily The First Punic War Retrospect

23: The Hellenistic World in Equilibrium

Historiographical Characterization of the Hellenistic World The Seleucid Kingdom Antiochus I and the Beginning of the Struggle against the Ptolemies Antigonus Gonatas and the Revival of Macedonia Ptolemaic Losses in the Aegean and in Asia Minor The Achaian League and Macedonia The Crisis of the Seleucid Kingdom Antiochus III Begins the Restoration of the Seleucid Kingdom

24: The Coming of Rome

Macedonia and Greece The First Macedonian War The Fifth Syrian War The Second Macedonian War Antiochus III's Conquest of Asia Minor Rome and the Seleucids down to the Peace of Apameia The Third Macedonian War The Seleucid Kingdom Totters

25: Twilight of the Hellenistic World

The Romans in Greece and Asia Minor to 133 bc The Seleucids' Loss of Judea and the East Bactria and the East The Last Seleucids The Mithridatic Wars and Pompey's Settlement of the East The Later Ptolemies New Hellenistic States and Statelets Cleopatra VII and the End of Ptolemaic Egypt Epilogue

Tables of Rulers

Sparta (from Late Sixth Century) Persian Empire Macedonia (from Early Fourth Century) Ptolemaic Egypt Seleucid Kingdom (to the Mid-90s; Rulers not of Seleucus I's House in Italics) Pergamum

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