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The fifth century BC witnessed not only the emergence of one of the first democracies, but also the Persian and the Peloponnesian Wars. John Thorley provides a

Studies all four branches of the Athenian armed forces to show how they helped make democratic Athens a superpower.

Athens' democracy developed during the sixth and fifth centuries and continued into the fourth; Athens' defeat by Macedon in 322 began a series of alternations

This book constructs a distinctive view of classical Athens, a view which takes seriously the evidence of archaeology and of art history.

"This is unlike any recent work I know of. It offers a challenging, often refreshing, and what will certainly be a controversial assessment of classical Athenia