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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779678103321

Autore

Kagan Donald

Titolo

The Fall of the Athenian Empire / / Donald Kagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-8014-6726-8

0-8014-6727-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (476 p.) : maps

Disciplina

938/.05

Soggetti

HISTORY

Military / General

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Greece

Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C

Athens (Greece) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-432).

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- 1. After the Sicilian Disaster -- 2 . The War in the Aegean -- 3 . Athens Responds -- 4. Sparta's Riposte -- 5 . The Revolutionary Movement -- 6 . The Coup -- 7 . The Four Hundred in Power -- 8 . The Es tablishment of the Five Thousand -- 9 . The War in the Hellespont -- 10. The Restoration -- 11 . The Return of Alcibiades -- 12 . Cyrus , Lysander, and the Fall of Alcibiades -- 13 . The Battle of Arginusae -- 14. The Trial of the Generals -- 15 . The Fall of Athens -- 16 . Conclusions -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Ancient Authors -- Index of Modern Authors

Sommario/riassunto

In the fourth and final volume of his magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the period from the destruction of Athens' Sicilian expedition in September of 413 B.C. to the Athenian surrender to Sparta in the spring of 404 B.C. Through his study of this last decade of the war, Kagan evaluates the performance



of the Athenian democracy as it faced its most serious challenge. At the same time, Kagan assesses Thucydides' interpretation of the reasons for Athens' defeat and the destruction of the Athenian Empire.