The Cambridge Ancient History

Volume VI of the new edition of The Cambridge Ancient History covers years which include the rise of Macedon and the campaigns of Alexander the Great.

D. M. Lewis (Edited by), John Boardman (Edited by), Simon Hornblower (Edited by), M. Ostwald (Edited by)

9780521233484, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 October 1994

1094 pages, 39 b/w illus. 24 maps 1 table
30.2 x 17.5 x 8.7 cm, 1.62 kg

"...it is a rich refernece work....This is a wonderful volume...." Classical World

Volume VI of the new edition of The Cambridge Ancient History begins with Sparta attempting to consolidate its leadership of mainland Greece and ends with the death of Alexander the Great after he had conquered the Persian Empire and marched far into India. It is correspondingly wide-ranging in its treatment of the politics and economy, not only of old Greece, but of the Near East and the western Mediterranean. The century also saw the continued development of Classical Greek art and the moulding of Greek prose as an uniquely flexible means of expression. The formation of the great philosophical schools assured to Athens in her political decline a long future as a cultural centre, and established patterns of thought which dominated western civilization for two thousand years.

1. Sources and their uses Simon Hornblower
2. Sparta as victor D. M. Lewis
3. Persia Simon Hornblower
4. The Corinthian war Robin Seager
5. Sicily, 413–368 BC D. M. Lewis
6. The King's Peace and the Second Athenian Confederacy Robin Seager
7. Thebes in the 360s BC J. Roy
8a. Asia Minor Simon Hornblower
8b. Mesopotamia, 482–330 BC Matthew W. Stolper
8c. Judah Hayim Tadmor
8d. Cyprus and Phoenicia F. G. Maier
8e. Egypt, 404–337 BC Alan B. Lloyd
9a. Carthage from the battle at Himera to Agathocles' invasion, 480–308 BC G. Ch. Picard
9b. South Italy in the fourth century BC Nicholas Purcell
9c. Celtic Europe D. W. Harding
9d. Illyrians and North-west Greeks N. G. L. Hammond
9e. Thracians and Scythians Zofia H. Archibald
9f. The Bosporan kingdom John Hind
9g. Communications L. Casson
10. Society and economy M. M. Austin
11. The polis and the alternatives P. J. Rhodes
12a. The growth of schools and the advance of knowledge M. Ostwald and John P. Lynch
12b. Medicine G. E. R. Lloyd
12c. Greek art: Classical to Hellenistic J. J. Pollitt
12d. Greek agriculture in the Classical period Alison Burford
12e. Warfare Y. Garlan
13. Dion and Timoleon H. D. Westlake
14. Macedon and North-west Greece J. R. Ellis
15. Macedonian hegemony created J. R. Ellis
16. Alexander the Great: part 1 the events of the reign A. B. Bosworth
17. Alexander the Great: part 2 Greece and the conquered territories A. B. Bosworth
Epilogue Simon Hornblower
Chronological table
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], Asian history [HBJF], General & world history [HBG]