The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin and was remarkable for both its diversity and its uniformity. As Greeks dispersed throughout the…

A collection of essays which constitute an introduction to and overview of ancient Spartan history and its reception. It helps readers learn about the institutions that distinguished Sparta from other…

The acclaimed biography of one of history’s greatest icons, Alexander the Great. The acclaimed biography of one of history’s greatest icons, Alexander the Great.

Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too that the first serious political thinkers emerged. Using carefully-selected case-studies, This book investigates the…

In this revised edition, Paul Cartledge and Antony Spawforth have taken account of contemporary finds and scholarship to revise and update their authoritative overview of later Spartan history, and of…

Ancient Monuments and Modern Identities sets out to examine the role of archaeology in the creation of ethnic, national and social identities in 19th and 20th century Greece. The essays…

The 2,500 year story of democracy, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century

This is a book about identity, about how the ancient Greeks saw themselves and others, and what this tells us in turn about Greek mentality and culture.