Waging War in Fourth-Century Athens (eBook)

General Introduction

Part 1. Warfare, Politics, and Economics

1 Democracy, Politics, and War in the Fourth Century

2 Rethinking Athenian Military Public Finance: Financial Strategies for War-Making in the Early Fourth Century

3 The Theorika in Its Social, Fiscal, and Discursive Context: Fighting Philip or Helping the Needy?

4 The Military Reforms of Fourth-Century Athens

Part 2. Military Branches

5 The Athenian Navy in the Fourth Century: Restoration, Transformation, Reformation

6 What to Do with the Thousand Hippeis after 404?: Debating Reform to the Athenian Cavalry in the Fourth Century

7 'Not Diminished, but Greater and Better': Athenian Hoplite Performance in the Fourth Century

8 Athenian Peripoloi

Part 3. Military Power and War Efforts

9 From the 'Sound of the Flute' to the 'Death of a City': Reflections on Athenian Poliorcetics from 404 to 322

10 The Revival of Athenian Hegemony in the Corinthian War

11 From the Cadmea to Chaeronea: The Second League as a Form of Athenian Imperialism

12 The Athenian War Effort Against Philip II of Macedonia

13 From Chaeronea to Lamia: A 'Shipwrecked State'?

Part 4. Popular Attitudes and the Military

14 Generals and Generalship in the Fourth-Century Orators

15 From Villain to Hero: Conon's Rehabilitation, Warfare, and Democracy

16 Military Values in Fourth-Century Tragedy