Athens transformed, 404-262 BC : from popular sovereignty to the dominion of the elite /
"During the heady, democratic days of the fifth and fourth centuries, the poorer members of Athenian society, the lower two classes of zeugitai and thetes, enjoyed an unprecedented dominance in both domestic and foreign politics. At home, the participatory nature of the constitution required th...
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New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Series: | Routledge monographs in classical studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Sovereignty regained: oligarchs vs. democrats
- Sovereignty regained : foreign policy
- Sovereignty lost : at home and abroad
- By land and sea
- From taxation to benefaction
- Philokleon would not be amused
- Farewell Strepsiades, bonjour tristesse : the peasant leaves the stage
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1: The sources of information for the fourth and early-third centuries
- Appendix 2: Historical outline.