This study of the Athenian strategia is concerned with identifying the locus of military authority in the Athenian polis. This volume is important reading for anyone who is interested in ancient military history or the question of sovereignty in Athens.
An Aeschinean ephebeia? -- The creation of the ephebeia -- The defenders of Athens -- Ephebes and the ephebeia -- Educating ephebes -- Epilogue: After Lycurgus. "Based on the comprehensive study of the epigraphic and literary evidence, this book challenges the almost universall…
"Based on the comprehensive study of the epigraphic and literary evidence, this book challenges the almost universally-held assumptions of modern scholarship on the date of origin, the function, and the purpose of the Athenian ephebeia. It offers a detailed reconstruction of the…
In this extensively updated second edition, including an up-dated index and bibliography, J.W. Roberts explores the main features of Athenian life in the latter half of the fifth century BC.
"Athens was one of the most important and powerful cities in Greece during the Classical period. It was also the first of the Greek city states fully to develop democracy."--Http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/athens/home_set.html
