Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice

Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too...

Thermopylae

'Go tell the Spartans, Passerby, That here, obedient to their laws, we lie' Thus did the poet Sim...

Alexander the Great

At eighteen Alexander had conquered mainland Greece, was crowned King of Macedonia at twenty and ...

Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice

Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too...

Ancient Monuments and Modern Identities

Ancient Monuments and Modern Identities sets out to examine the role of archaeology in the creati...

Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 1, The Ancient Mediterranean World

Volume 1 in the new Cambridge World History of Slavery surveys the history of slavery in the anci...

Hellenistic and Roman Sparta

In this new edition, Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth have taken account of recent finds and s...

Great Philosophers:Democritus

Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction

The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds o...

Sparta and Lakonia

In this fully revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking study, Paul Cartledge uncovers th...

Democracy

Spartans

The Spartan legend has inspired and captivated subsequent generations with evidence of its legacy...