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Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC

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Athens and Sparta is an very important textbook for the study of Greek history. Providing a comprehensive account of the two key Greek powers in the years after 478 BC, it charts the upward thrust of Athens from city-state to empire after the devastation of the Persian Wars, and the increasing tensions with their rivals, Sparta, culminating in the Peloponnesian Wars. In addition to the political history of the period, it also offers an insight into the radically different political systems of these two superpowers, and explores aspects of social history such as Athenian democracy, life in Sparta, and the lives of Athenian women. More than this though, it encourages students to develop their critical skills, guiding them in how to consider history, demonstrating in a lucid way the techniques used in interpreting the ancient sources.

In this new third edition, Anton Powell includes discussion of the contemporary scholarship in this an important period in Greek history. Its bibliography has been renewed, and for the first time it includes a large number of photographs of Greek sites and archaeological objects discussed in the text. Written in an accessible style and covering the key events of the period – the upward thrust to power of Athens, the ordinary Spartan state, and their rivalry and eventual clash in all out war – this is a useful tool for students of the history of Greece in the fifth century BC.


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