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  • The Rise of Macedonia

    by Arthur Wallace Pickard, Cambridge ...
    IN the year 360 B.C. the position of Athens in the Greek world was, to all appearance, a very strong one. The battle of Mantinea had put an end for the time to the rivalry of Thebes; the influence of Sparta even in the Peloponnese itself was held in check by the recently established powers of Messene and Megalopolis; the Athenians had made up their differences with the minor Peloponnesian states; ... Read more

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  • The Public Orations of Demosthenes (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Insights into the Speeches and Discourses of a Famous Greek Statesman

    by Demosthenes, Iona Ternby ...
    Translated by Arthur Wallace Pickard-Cambridge ...
    The Public Orations of Demosthenes (Vol. 1&2) gathers the Athenian statesman's major speeches on civic policy, foreign danger, and constitutional duty, including the Philippics and Olynthiacs that confront Macedonian expansion. Composed for delivery in the democratic assembly and courts, these orations unite forensic precision, political urgency, and moral exhortation. Their style is famously ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Thucydides (Delphi Classics)

    by Thucydides, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 17 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin and Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of the great historian Thucydides, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to ... Read more

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  • History of the Peloponnesian War

    by Thucydides ...
    Translated by Rex Warner ...
    'With icy remorselessness, it puts paid to any notion that the horrors of modern history might be an aberration - for it tells of universal war, of terrorism, revolution and genocide' Tom HollandThe long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta plunged the ancient Greek world into decades of war. Thucydides was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war, ... Read more

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  • The Landmark Thucydides

    A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

    Edited by Robert B. Strassler ...
    Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possession for all time,” and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition.Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, The Peloponnesian War is a mine of military, moral, political, and philosophical ... Read more

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  • Fall of the Roman Republic

    by Plutarch, Robin Seager ...
    Translated by Rex Warner ...
    Dramatic artist, natural scientist and philosopher, Plutarch is widely regarded as the most significant historian of his era, writing sharp and succinct accounts of the greatest politicians and statesman of the classical period. Taken from the Lives, a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 bc. Whether ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Polybius (Delphi Classics)

    by Polybius, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 29 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    Polybius was a leading Hellenistic historian, whom many regard as the natural successor to Thucydides. The great theme to his ‘Histories’ was a study of ‘what made Rome great’, exploring the rise of the Republic, the destruction of Carthage and the eventual Roman domination of the Greek world. The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English ... Read more

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  • The Rise of the Roman Empire

    by Polybius ...
    Translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert ...
    The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200–118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. Opening with the Punic War in 264 BC, he vividly records the critical stages of Roman expansion: its campaigns throughout the Mediterranean, the temporary setbacks inflicted by Hannibal and the ... Read more

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  • The Peloponnesian War

    by Thucydides, P. J. Rhodes ...
    Translated by Martin Hammond ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'The greatest historian that ever lived' Such was Macaulay's verdict on Thucydides (c.460-400 BC) and his history of the Peloponnesian War, the momentous struggle between Athens and Sparta as rival powers and political systems that lasted for twenty-seven years from 431 to 404 BC, involved virtually the whole of the Greek world, and ended in the fall of Athens. Thucydides himself was a participant ... Read more

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  • History of Rome

    by Robert Pennell ...
    A fascinating look at the history of Ancient Rome from the earliest times to 476 AD, written by eminent American classicist Robert Franklin Pennell. ... Read more

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  • The Persian Expedition

    by Xenophon, George Cawkwell ...
    Translated by Rex Warner ...
    In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed by their Persian employers, they were forced to march home through hundreds of miles of difficult ... Read more

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  • The Complete Histories of Polybius

    by Polybius ...
    Written in the 2nd century by the Greek historian Polybius, "The Histories" is a multi-volume work detailing many of the events, people, and ideas of the Hellenistic Period. While his focus is the space of time in which ancient Rome became a world power from 220 to 167 BC, Polybius also discusses his role as a 'pragmatic historian', a discourse on fate (called tyche), and the superiority of the ... Read more

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