'An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating account of a city which changed the ancient worl...

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

The relationship between law, politics and society in democratic Athens is a central but neglecte...

A collective volume on the concept of 'kosmos' - the human social order.

Aristophanes, the Athenian comic dramatist, remains popular despite historical changes in attitud...

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

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

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

'Kosmos' is the word the ancient Greeks used for human social order. It has therefore a special a...

Alexander the Great is the towering hero of the classical world: a fearless general, the conquero...

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

Money, Labour and Land explores a wide range of case studies in the economic history of the ancie...

The text of this inaugural lecture proposes that the newly established A. G. Leventis Professorsh...

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

The cultural wealth of the classical Greek world was matched by its material wealth, and there is...

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

This book demonstrates the constructive insights the neurodiversity paradigm presents for a more ...

Democracy is either aspired to as a goal or cherished as a birthright by billions of people throu...

From the Acropolis to Mount Olympus, The Sites of Ancient Greece offers a birds-eye view of some ...

Surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, concentrating particularly on ...

With compelling and eye-opening detective work, After Thermopylae provides a long-overdue history...

The Spartans were a society of warrior-heroes who were the living exemplars of such core values a...

In 480 B.C., the mighty Persian king Xerxes led a massive force to the narrow mountain pass calle...

Who were the Classical Greeks? This book provides an original and challenging answer by exploring...

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

In ancient Greece there can be traced not only the rudiments of modern democratic society but the...

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

In 2004 director Oliver Stone's epic film ''Alexander'' generated a renewed interest in Alexander...

“Mr. Cartledge’s command of the historical material is effortless and exhaustive, and his appreci...

This volume surveys democracy broadly as a cultural phenomenon operating in different ways across...

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the...

This volume surveys democracy broadly as a cultural phenomenon operating in different ways across...

The Spartans

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the...

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the...

The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the...

Tutti sappiamo che 'democrazia' significa 'governo del popolo'. Che cosa si intenda per 'popolo' ...