Griechische Geschichte

The classical historian Karl Julius Beloch critically questions conventional views on Greek history in this influential work, published 1912–27.

Julius Beloch (Author)

9781108050944, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 August 2012

446 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.65 kg

Educated at Palermo, Rome and Heidelberg, the classical and economic historian Karl Julius Beloch (1845–1929) lived most of his life in Italy, becoming a professor extraordinarius of ancient history at the University of Rome in 1879. German scholars, notably Theodor Mommsen, criticised Beloch's work for his scepticism towards traditional material and his more subjective approach. In addition to important work on ancient demography, he produced this controversial yet influential opus, revised and published in four volumes between 1912 and 1927, in which he questions conventional views on Greek history. Each volume in its first part outlines historical events and in the second part goes into greater detail, emphasising Beloch's unique perspective. The first part of Volume 2 focuses on political, economic and cultural phenomena from the time of the Sophists until the Peloponnesian War.

1. Die Erhebung gegen die Fremdherrschaft
2. Der Sieg über Perser und Phoeniker
3. Der wirtschaftliche Aufschwung nach den Perserkrieg
4. Die Demokratie
5. Der Konflikt der Grossmächte
6. Die Friedensjahre
7. Kunst und Dichtung
8. Die Aufklärung
9. Die Reaktion
10. Der peloponnesische Krieg bis zum Frieden des Nikias
11. Der Fall der athensichen Seeherrschaft
12. Der Fall der Demokratie.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]