Matthew Dillon is Associate Professor of Ancient History, School of Humanities, University of New England, Australia. His main research interests are ancient Greek history and religion.Lynda Garland is a Professor and Head of the School of Humanities, The University of New England, Australia. Her main research interests are in the areas of ancient history and Byzantine Studies.

• 1. The polis: the Greek city-state 2. Colonisation 3. Religion in the Greek world 4. Women, sexuality, and the family 5. Labour: slaves, serfs and citizens 6. Sparta 7. Tyrants and tyranny 8. The law-givers of Athens: Drakon and Solon 9. Peisistratos and his sons 10. Kleisthenes the reformer 11. The Persian Wars 12. The Delian League and the Pentekontaetia 13. The Peloponnesian War and its aftermath 14. The rise of Macedon 15. Alexander 'the Great' of Macedon, 336-323 BC

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