Athenian Democracy at War

ISBN-13: 9781108435949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 311 str.

David M. Pritchard

Opis

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

Recenzje

'Athenian Democracy at War is highly recommended for any scholar of Athens and democracy in the ancient world, because it successfully fills a gap underlining the reasons for the effectiveness of Athens in war, and how it could train professional armies and launch huge fleets which ruled the Aegean with utter dominance. It does not only analyse the role war played in Athenian culture and democracy, but also the role democracy played in the development of warfare in form and scale …' Tomás Bethencourt, Global Intellectual History

Spis treści

1. Athenian democracy at war; 2. The armed forces; 3. Naval matters in old comedy; 4. Costing festivals and wars; 5. The cost of the Peloponnesian War; 6. Public finance and war in Ancient Greece; 7. Sport and war; 8. War and Panhellenic sporting victory.