Classical Athens perfected direct democracy and ancient theatre. These achievements are rightly revered. Less well known is the other side of this success story. Democratic Athens completely transformed warfare and became a superpower. This book puts the study of Athenian democracy at war on an entirely new footing.
Classical Athens perfected direct democracy and ancient theatre. These achievements are rightly revered. Less well known is the other side of this success story. Democratic Athens completely transformed warfare and became a superpower. This book puts the study of Athenian democracy at war on an entirely new footing.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David M. Pritchard is an ancient historian at the University of Queensland. He has won ten research fellowships in Australia, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. In 2018 Pritchard is again a research fellow in Strasbourg University's Institute for Advanced Study. He has authored Sport, Democracy and War in Classical Athens (Cambridge, 2012) and Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens (2015), edited War, Democracy and Culture in Classical Athens (Cambridge, 2010), and co-edited Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World (2003). In addition to his five books, Pritchard has published more than fifty book-chapters and peer-reviewed articles. He speaks on radio and regularly writes for newspapers around the world.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Athenian democracy at war 2. The armed forces 3. Naval matters in old comedy 4. Costing festivals and wars 5. The cost of the Peloponnesian War 6. Public finance and war in Ancient Greece 7. Sport and war 8. War and Panhellenic sporting victory.
1. Athenian democracy at war 2. The armed forces 3. Naval matters in old comedy 4. Costing festivals and wars 5. The cost of the Peloponnesian War 6. Public finance and war in Ancient Greece 7. Sport and war 8. War and Panhellenic sporting victory.
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