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From democrats to kings : the downfall of Athens to the epic rise of Alexander the Great / Michael Scott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Icon, c2010.Description: xvii, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781848311312
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Introduction: one man's dream Flute players and pick axes The city of (crass) long-haired warriors Dancing with the Persian king 'Serious business for tomorrow' The vegetarian philosopher and the body-building philanthropist The slippery fish The clash of philosopher and tyrant The implosion of Greece The cow's bladder, the love curse and the caricature Ten years that changed the ancient world: 362-352 BC Survival strategies Saviour or tyrant? The final showdown From father to son Ruling the ancient world You've never had it so good A new world Epilogue: from democrats to kings.
Summary: Athens, 404 BC. The democratic city-state has been ravaged by a long and bloody war with neighbouring Sparta. This work presents the story of how, over the space of merely a generation, the ancient.
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Introduction: one man's dream Flute players and pick axes The city of (crass) long-haired warriors Dancing with the Persian king 'Serious business for tomorrow' The vegetarian philosopher and the body-building philanthropist The slippery fish The clash of philosopher and tyrant The implosion of Greece The cow's bladder, the love curse and the caricature Ten years that changed the ancient world: 362-352 BC Survival strategies Saviour or tyrant? The final showdown From father to son Ruling the ancient world You've never had it so good A new world Epilogue: from democrats to kings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Athens, 404 BC. The democratic city-state has been ravaged by a long and bloody war with neighbouring Sparta. This work presents the story of how, over the space of merely a generation, the ancient.

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