An edition of The rise of Athens
(2016)
The rise of Athens
the story of the world's greatest civilization
First edition.
by Anthony Everitt
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"A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history's most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian"--
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The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization
Mar 01, 2021, Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing
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1665146893 9781665146890
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Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization
2017, Amberley Publishing
in English
1445664763 9781445664767
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The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization
Sep 26, 2017, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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0812984986 9780812984989
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The rise of Athens: the story of the world's greatest civilization
2016
in English
- First edition.
0812994582 9780812994582
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Table of Contents
How to be Greek
Three's company. National hero ; State of war ; The Persian mule
The invention of democracy. The shaking-off ; A friend of the poor ; Charioteers of the soul ; Inventing democracy
The Persian threat. Eastern raiders ; Fox as hedgehog ; Invasion ; "The acts of idiots" ; "O divine Salamis"
The empire builders. League of Nations ; The falling out ; The kindly ones ; "Crowned with violets"
The Great War. The prisoners on the island ; The man who knew nothing ; Downfall ; The end of democracy?
A long farewell. Sparta's turn ; Chaeronea : "fatal to liberty" ; Afterword : "a God-forsaken hole".
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [477]-522) and index.
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