An edition of From democrats to kings (2009)

From democrats to kings

the brutal dawn of a new world from the downfall of Athens to the rise of Alexander the Great

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An edition of From democrats to kings (2009)

From democrats to kings

the brutal dawn of a new world from the downfall of Athens to the rise of Alexander the Great

First edition.

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  • 2 Want to read

Explores how ancient Greece went from a democratic city-state to an monarchical empire, in a book that also looks on parallel issues in the twenty-first century, when war-time and peace-time have become indistinguishable.

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Overlook Press
Language
English
Pages
294

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Subjects

History, Greece, history

Places

Greece

Times

Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C., Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C.

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Cover of: From democrats to kings
From democrats to kings: the brutal dawn of a new world from the downfall of Athens to the rise of Alexander the Great
2010, Overlook Press
in English - First edition.
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Cover of: From democrats to kings
From democrats to kings: the brutal dawn of a new world from the downfall of Athens to the rise of Alexander the Great
2009, Icon
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Table of Contents

Introduction: one man's dream
Flute players and pick axes
The city of (crass) long-haired warriors
Dancing with the Persian king
'Serious business for tomorrow'
The vegetarian philosopher and the body-building philanthropist
The slippery fish
The clash of philosopher and tyrant
The implosion of Greece
The cow's bladder, the love curse and the caricature
Ten years that changed the ancient world: 362-352 BC
Survival strategies
Saviour or tyrant?
The final showdown
From father to son
Ruling the ancient world
You've never had it so good
A new world
Epilogue: from democrats to kings.

Edition Notes

Originally published: London : Icon, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
936.602
Library of Congress
DF231 .S385 2010, DF231 .S36 2010, DF231.S385 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
294

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32100691M
Internet Archive
fromdemocratstok0000scot
ISBN 10
1590203917
ISBN 13
9781590203910
LCCN
2016429867
OCLC/WorldCat
548596957
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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