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The Cambridge Ancient History

The Cambridge Ancient History

The Cambridge Ancient History

Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC
2nd Edition
D. M. Lewis, University of Oxford
John Boardman, University of Oxford
Simon Hornblower, University of Oxford
M. Ostwald, University of Pennsylvania
November 1994
6. The Fourth Century BC
Hardback
9780521233484
$415.00
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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

    November 1994
    Hardback
    9780521233484
    1094 pages
    302 × 175 × 87 mm
    1.9kg
    39 b/w illus. 24 maps 1 table
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    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.
      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