G. J. Oliver is Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture at Liverpool University.

• I. ECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES ; 1. Economic fragilities in fourth-century Athens ; 2. Piraeus and the Athenian 'peraea' ; 3. People of Attica ; II. WAR IN THE ATHENIAN POLIS ; 4. Warfare and the Athenian countryside ; 5. The dynamics of defence: infrastructure ; 6. Defending the polis: command ; 7. Military manpower ; III. POLIS ECONOMIES: FINANCE, FOOD, AND FRIENDS ; 8. Saving the polis: civic finances ; 9. Friends abroad: the economics of benefaction ; Conclusion

Oliver's analysis will not only become an indispensable resource for this period of Athenian history, but it also serves as a model by which to examine other Hellenistic poleis...

G. J. Oliver is Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture at Liverpool University.

• I. ECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES ; 1. Economic fragilities in fourth-century Athens ; 2. Piraeus and the Athenian 'peraea' ; 3. People of Attica ; II. WAR IN THE ATHENIAN POLIS ; 4. Warfare and the Athenian countryside ; 5. The dynamics of defence: infrastructure ; 6. Defending the polis: command ; 7. Military manpower ; III. POLIS ECONOMIES: FINANCE, FOOD, AND FRIENDS ; 8. Saving the polis: civic finances ; 9. Friends abroad: the economics of benefaction ; Conclusion

Oliver's analysis will not only become an indispensable resource for this period of Athenian history, but it also serves as a model by which to examine other Hellenistic poleis...

G. J. Oliver is Lecturer in Ancient Greek Culture at Liverpool University.

• I. ECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES ; 1. Economic fragilities in fourth-century Athens ; 2. Piraeus and the Athenian 'peraea' ; 3. People of Attica ; II. WAR IN THE ATHENIAN POLIS ; 4. Warfare and the Athenian countryside ; 5. The dynamics of defence: infrastructure ; 6. Defending the polis: command ; 7. Military manpower ; III. POLIS ECONOMIES: FINANCE, FOOD, AND FRIENDS ; 8. Saving the polis: civic finances ; 9. Friends abroad: the economics of benefaction ; Conclusion

Oliver's analysis will not only become an indispensable resource for this period of Athenian history, but it also serves as a model by which to examine other Hellenistic poleis...