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9. ‘Unprecedented Suffering’? The Peloponnesian War
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Tony Spawforth
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Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Maps and Plates vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Prologue: The Wild and the Tamed: Ancient Views of Civilization 1
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Part I. The Greeks
- 1. The Dawn of Greek Civilization 15
- 2. The Rise of the Hellenes 32
- 3. New Things: The First Greek City- States 45
- 4. As Rich as Croesus: Early Greeks and the East 60
- 5. Great Greeks: The Greek Settlement of the West 75
- 6. Meet the (Western) Neighbours 90
- 7. ‘Lord of All Men’? The Threat of Persia 105
- 8. The Same but Different: Athens and Sparta 119
- 9. ‘Unprecedented Suffering’? The Peloponnesian War 134
- 10. Examined Lives and Golden Mouths 148
- 11. ‘A Brilliant Flash of Lightning’: Alexander of Macedon 163
- 12. Game of Thrones, or the World after Alexander 177
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Part II. The Romans
- 13. ‘Senatus Populusque Romanus’ 195
- 14. Boots on the Ground: Building the Roman Empire 210
- 15. Hail Caesar! The Advent of the Autocrats 225
- 16. ‘Fierce Rome, Captive’? The Lure of Greece 241
- 17. What Did the Romans Do for Their Empire? 257
- 18. ‘Barbarians’ at the Gate 271
- 19. The ‘Jesus Movement’ 286
- 20. United We Stand: The Final Century 301
- 21. Divided We Fall: A Tale of Two Empires 316
- Epilogue 330
- Timeline 334
- Notes 340
- Further Reading 354
- Index 356
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Maps and Plates vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Prologue: The Wild and the Tamed: Ancient Views of Civilization 1
-
Part I. The Greeks
- 1. The Dawn of Greek Civilization 15
- 2. The Rise of the Hellenes 32
- 3. New Things: The First Greek City- States 45
- 4. As Rich as Croesus: Early Greeks and the East 60
- 5. Great Greeks: The Greek Settlement of the West 75
- 6. Meet the (Western) Neighbours 90
- 7. ‘Lord of All Men’? The Threat of Persia 105
- 8. The Same but Different: Athens and Sparta 119
- 9. ‘Unprecedented Suffering’? The Peloponnesian War 134
- 10. Examined Lives and Golden Mouths 148
- 11. ‘A Brilliant Flash of Lightning’: Alexander of Macedon 163
- 12. Game of Thrones, or the World after Alexander 177
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Part II. The Romans
- 13. ‘Senatus Populusque Romanus’ 195
- 14. Boots on the Ground: Building the Roman Empire 210
- 15. Hail Caesar! The Advent of the Autocrats 225
- 16. ‘Fierce Rome, Captive’? The Lure of Greece 241
- 17. What Did the Romans Do for Their Empire? 257
- 18. ‘Barbarians’ at the Gate 271
- 19. The ‘Jesus Movement’ 286
- 20. United We Stand: The Final Century 301
- 21. Divided We Fall: A Tale of Two Empires 316
- Epilogue 330
- Timeline 334
- Notes 340
- Further Reading 354
- Index 356