Beschreibung:
In this straightforward but colourful narrative, the only critical study of its kind, Malcolm McGregor explains how democracy was nurtured in Athens and how effective government was achieved.
The sources; Hellenes and Persians in Asia Minor; The Persian invasions; The meeting on Delos; The confederacy in action; The First Peloponnesian War; The Peace of Callias; The Panhellenic Conference; A new imperialism; From armistice to peace; The acme of empire; Imperial administration; Government in Athens; Prelude to war; The Great War; Empire: a verdict.