The Greek World In The Fourth Century
Subtitle: From the fall of the Athenian Empire to the Successors of Alexander
Publisher: Routledge
Published: February 25, 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780415105828
First sentence: In 404, after twenty-seven years of war, plague, and hardship, the Peloponnesian War ended.
Description: The papers collected in this volume present a systematic survey of the struggles of Athens, Sparta and Thebes to dominate Greece in the fourth century - only to be overwhelmed by the newly emerging Macedonian Kingdom of Philip II. Additionally, the situation of Greeks in Sicily, Italy and Asia is portrayed, showing the geographical and political diffusion of the Greeks in a broader historical context.