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1 online resource |
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Athenian Democracy at War; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Democratic Revolution; 1.3 The Cultural Revolution; 1.4 The Military Revolution; 1.5 Challenging Realism and Popular Beliefs; 1.6 Democratic Peace and War Theories; 1.7 Theorising Ancient Democratic War; 1.8 The Usefulness of Ancient History for Political Science; 1.9 Epilogue: War's Impact on Politics and Society; Chapter 2 The Armed Forces; 2.1 The Age of Empire; 2.2 Hoplites |
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2.2.1 The Tribal Organisation of the Hoplite Corps2.2.2 The Percentage of Athenians Who Were Hoplites; 2.2.3 The Social Background of Hoplites; 2.2.4 The Voluntary Recruitment of Hoplites; 2.2.5 The Conscription of Hoplites for Campaigns; 2.2.6 The Muster of Conscripted Hoplites; 2.2.7 The Metic Hoplites; 2.3 Horsemen; 2.3.1 The History of the Cavalry Corps; 2.3.2 The Recruitment of Horsemen; 2.3.3 The State Subsidisation of Corps Membership; 2.3.4 The Social Background of Horsemen; 2.3.5 The Mounted Archers; 2.4 Archers; 2.4.1 The Four Problems About the Archer Corps |
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2.4.2 The History of the Archer Corps2.4.3 The Legal Statuses of Corps Members; 2.4.4 The Popular Prejudices Against Archers; 2.4.5 The Full-time Employment of the Corps; 2.4.6 The Non-tribal Organisation of the Corps; 2.4.7 The Other Light Troops of Imperial Athens; 2.5 Sailors; 2.5.1 The Three Debates About Trireme Crews; 2.5.2 The Athenian Naval Catalogue; 2.5.3 Trierarchs; 2.5.4 Marines and Archers; 2.5.5 Petty Officers; 2.5.6 Rowers; 2.6 The Common Practices across the Armed Forces; Chapter 3 Naval Matters in Old Comedy; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Four Debates about Sailors and Old Comedy |
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3.3 The Hoplite as the Norm in Popular Culture3.4 The Navy in Athenian Literature; 3.5 The Comic and Oratorical Depictions of Sailors; 3.6 Advancing the Four Debates; Chapter 4 Costing Festivals and Wars; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Public-Spending Debate; 4.3 The Democratic Control of Public Spending; 4.4 The Cost of Festivals; 4.5 The Cost of War; 4.6 Public-Spending Priorities; Chapter 5 The Cost of the Peloponnesian War; 5.1 The Limits of the Evidence; 5.2 Public Spending on the Armed Forces in the 420s; 5.3 Military Spending in the Rest of the Peloponnesian War |
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Chapter 6 Public Finance and War in Ancient Greece6.1 Overview; 6.2 The Persian Wars; 6.3 The Athenian Empire; 6.4 The Peloponnesian War; 6.5 The Corinthian War; 6.6 The Second Athenian League; 6.7 The Rise of the Hellenistic Kingdoms; Chapter 7 Sport and War; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Sporting Passions of the Athenian People; 7.3 The Paradox of Elite Sport under the Democracy; 7.4 Popular Ideas and Modern Theories; 7.5 The Cultural Overlap between Sport and War; 7.6 Sport in Satyric Drama; 7.7 The Democratisation of War; 7.8 Coda: Ephebic Sportsmen |
| Summary |
Classical Athens perfected direct democracy. The plays of this ancient Greek state are still staged today. These achievements are rightly revered. Less well known is the other side of this success story. Democratic Athens completely transformed warfare and became a superpower. The Athenian armed forces were unmatched in size and professionalism. This book explores the major reasons behind this military success. It shows how democracy helped the Athenians to be better soldiers. For the first time David M. Pritchard studies, together, all four branches of the armed forces. He focuses on the background of those who fought Athens's wars and on what they thought about doing so. His book reveals the common practices that Athens used right across the armed forces and shows how Athens's pro-war culture had a big impact on civilian life. The book puts the study of Athenian democracy at war on an entirely new footing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Politics and government
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Athens (Greece) -- History, Military
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Athens (Greece) -- History, Naval
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Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government
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Greece -- Athens
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| Genre/Form |
Military history
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Naval history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108525572 |
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9781108534345 |
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1108534341 |
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1108525571 |
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