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The Cambridge Ancient History

Volume 6. The Fourth Century BC

2nd Edition

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Editors:
D. M. Lewis, University of Oxford
John Boardman, University of Oxford
Simon Hornblower, University of Oxford
M. Ostwald, University of Pennsylvania

Simon Hornblower, D. M. Lewis, Robin Seager, J. Roy, Matthew W. Stolper, Hayim Tadmor, F. G. Maier, Alan B. Lloyd, G. Ch. Picard, Nicholas Purcell, D. W. Harding, N. G. L. Hammond, Zofia H. Archibald, John Hind, L. Casson, M. M. Austin, P. J. Rhodes, M. Ostwald, John P. Lynch, G. E. R. Lloyd, J. J. Pollitt, Alison Burford, Y. Garlan, H. D. Westlake, J. R. Ellis, A. B. Bosworth

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Date Published: November 1994
availability: In stock
format: Hardback
isbn: 9780521233484

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Volume VI of the new edition of The Cambridge Ancient History covers years that include the rise of Macedon and the campaigns of Alexander the Great. The volume treats the politics and economy not only of old Greece but also of the Near East and the western Mediterranean. It has sections on the continued development of classical art and the formation of the philosophical schools in Athens. This second edition, completely replanned and rewritten, is a full and reliable guide to the advances in scholarship of the past sixty-five years.
- The final volume of the Greek part of The Cambridge Ancient History
- Contains Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great
- Interest is growing in the fourth century BC, the period covered by this volume
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Product details
- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: November 1994
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521233484
- length: 1094 pages
- dimensions: 302 x 175 x 87 mm
- weight: 1.9kg
- contains: 39 b/w illus. 24 maps 1 table
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
1. Sources and their uses Simon Hornblower
2. Sparta as victor D. M. Lewis
3. Persia Simon Hornblower
4. The Corinthian war Robin Seager
5. Sicily, 413–368 BC D. M. Lewis
6. The King's Peace and the Second Athenian Confederacy Robin Seager
7. Thebes in the 360s BC J. Roy
8a. Asia Minor Simon Hornblower
8b. Mesopotamia, 482–330 BC Matthew W. Stolper
8c. Judah Hayim Tadmor
8d. Cyprus and Phoenicia F. G. Maier
8e. Egypt, 404–337 BC Alan B. Lloyd
9a. Carthage from the battle at Himera to Agathocles' invasion, 480–308 BC G. Ch. Picard
9b. South Italy in the fourth century BC Nicholas Purcell
9c. Celtic Europe D. W. Harding
9d. Illyrians and North-west Greeks N. G. L. Hammond
9e. Thracians and Scythians Zofia H. Archibald
9f. The Bosporan kingdom John Hind
9g. Communications L. Casson
10. Society and economy M. M. Austin
11. The polis and the alternatives P. J. Rhodes
12a. The growth of schools and the advance of knowledge M. Ostwald and John P. Lynch
12b. Medicine G. E. R. Lloyd
12c. Greek art: Classical to Hellenistic J. J. Pollitt
12d. Greek agriculture in the Classical period Alison Burford
12e. Warfare Y. Garlan
13. Dion and Timoleon H. D. Westlake
14. Macedon and North-west Greece J. R. Ellis
15. Macedonian hegemony created J. R. Ellis
16. Alexander the Great: part 1 the events of the reign A. B. Bosworth
17. Alexander the Great: part 2 Greece and the conquered territories A. B. Bosworth
Epilogue Simon Hornblower
Chronological table
Bibliography.
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Editors
D. M. Lewis, University of Oxford
John Boardman, University of Oxford
Simon Hornblower, University of Oxford
M. Ostwald, University of Pennsylvania
Contributors
Simon Hornblower, D. M. Lewis, Robin Seager, J. Roy, Matthew W. Stolper, Hayim Tadmor, F. G. Maier, Alan B. Lloyd, G. Ch. Picard, Nicholas Purcell, D. W. Harding, N. G. L. Hammond, Zofia H. Archibald, John Hind, L. Casson, M. M. Austin, P. J. Rhodes, M. Ostwald, John P. Lynch, G. E. R. Lloyd, J. J. Pollitt, Alison Burford, Y. Garlan, H. D. Westlake, J. R. Ellis, A. B. Bosworth