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_aFrom democrats to kings : _bthe downfall of Athens to the epic rise of Alexander the Great / _cMichael Scott. |
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_aLondon : _bIcon, _cc2010. |
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_axvii, 294 p. : _bill., maps ; _c20 cm. |
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_aGreece _xHistory _ySpartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C. _2sears |
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_aGreece _xHistory _yMacedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. _2sears |
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505 | 0 | _aIntroduction: 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. | |
500 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
520 | _aAthens, 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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