• Introduction ; 1. Early colonisation ; 2. Early Greek tyranny and the people ; 3. Sparta and her allies in the sixth century ; 4. Cleomenes ; 5. The fall of Themistocles ; 6. NOMOPHYLAKIA and the Areopagus ; 7. Thucydides' judgment of Periclean strategy ; 8. The peace between Athens and Persia ; 9. The King's Peace ; 10. The foundation of the Second Athenian Confederacy ; 11. Notes on the failure of the Second Athenian Confederacy ; 12. Agesilaus and Sparta ; 13. The decline of Sparta ; 14. Epaminondas and Thebes ; 15. Eubulus ; 16. The decline of Olynthus ; 17. Athenian naval power in the fourth century ; 18. Orthodoxy and hoplites ; 19. The crowning of Demosthenes

Review from previous edition A thorough reassessment of traditionally held beliefs about Greek-Persian relations ... This work joins the serious works on Achaemenid history that scholars must consult.