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Athens in Decline (Routledge Revivals)

2014-04-08 History
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Book Synopsis Athens in Decline (Routledge Revivals) by : Claude Mossé

Download or read book Athens in Decline (Routledge Revivals) written by Claude Mossé. This book was released on 2014-04-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Athens has, at different times and from different points of view, been cited as a model of moderate democracy and triumphant humanism, or, on the contrary, as an illustration of the disorders due to demagoguery and misguided imperialism. Professor Mossé looks beyond these judgments to discuss the exceptional destiny of Athens – a city which for two centuries dominated the Eastern Mediterranean world, but then faded from the political scene when Rome extended its control over the whole Mediterranean. The history of Athenian democracy does not end in 404 BC, as is sometimes thought, when the city capitulated to Sparta at the end of its Golden Age. Athens in Decline, first published in 1973, demonstrates how the city experienced another seventy-five years of greatness, and survived, more or less curtailed, under Macedonian domination. She examines the reasons for the final collapse and follows the stages of a decline which was not wholly without grandeur.

Athens after the Peloponnesian War (Routledge Revivals)

2014-06-17 History
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Book Synopsis Athens after the Peloponnesian War (Routledge Revivals) by : Barry Strauss

Download or read book Athens after the Peloponnesian War (Routledge Revivals) written by Barry Strauss. This book was released on 2014-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians are used to studying the origins of war. The rebuilding in the aftermath of war is a subject that – at least in the case of Athens – has received far less attention. Along with the problems of reconstructing the economy and replenishing the population, the problem of renegotiating political consensus was equally acute. Athens after the Peloponnesian War, first published in 1986, undertakes a radically new investigation into the nature of Athenian political groups. The general model of ‘faction’ provided by political anthropology provides an indispensable paradigm for the Athenian case. More widely, Professor Strauss argues for the importance of the economic, social and ideological changes resulting from the Peloponnesian War in the development of political nexus. Athens after the Peloponnesian War offers a detailed demographic analysis, astute insight into political discourse, and is altogether one of the most thorough treatments of this important period in the Athenian democracy.

Athens in Decline

1973
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Book Synopsis Athens in Decline by : Claude Mossé

Download or read book Athens in Decline written by Claude Mossé. This book was released on 1973. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Law and Society in Classical Athens (Routledge Revivals)

2014-03-18 History
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Release : 2014-03-18
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Book Synopsis Law and Society in Classical Athens (Routledge Revivals) by : Richard Garner

Download or read book Law and Society in Classical Athens (Routledge Revivals) written by Richard Garner. This book was released on 2014-03-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law and Society in Classical Athens, first published in 1987, traces the development of legal thought and its relation to Athenian values. Previously Athens’ courts have been regarded as chaotic, isolated from the rest of society and even bizarre. The importance of rhetoric and the mischief made by Aristophanes have devalued the legal process in the eyes of modern scholars, whilst the analysis of legal codes and practice has seemed dauntingly complex. Professor Garner aims to situate the Athenian legal system within the general context of abstract thought on justice and of the democratic politics of the fifth century. His work is a valuable source of information on all aspects of Athenian law and its relation to culture.

Classical Sparta (Routledge Revivals)

2014-02-04 History
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Book Synopsis Classical Sparta (Routledge Revivals) by : Anton Powell

Download or read book Classical Sparta (Routledge Revivals) written by Anton Powell. This book was released on 2014-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection, first published in 1989, investigates aspects of the Spartan polity which have often been overlooked or underestimated. Viewed at least until the Renaissance as the epitome of classical virtues, Sparta has in the last two centuries suffered a rapid decline in reputation among liberal-minded scholars, repelled by many of the repressive measures employed by this remarkably successful city-state, which for centuries dominated mainland Greece. Recent studies have emphasised permanent problems which beset Sparta: the small size of her citizen body, the tensions between noble Spartiates and commoners, the ambiguous role of women, and, of course, the helots. Classical Sparta: Techniques Behind Her Success seeks to present this intriguing polis by exploring how its perennial difficulties were, for so long, ingeniously overcome. Specifically, the essays in this volume address themselves to broadly ideological issues, demonstrating how skilful propaganda and deception contributed significantly to the longevity of the Spartan state.

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