An excellent history of the Ancient World during the critical 4th century BC, focusing primarily on the activities of Greece, and especially the Macedonian conquest of Greece, the decadence of Persia, and the imminent collapse of Egypt.
Contents include:
PERSIA, FROM XERXES TO ALEXANDER
THE ASCENDANCY OF SPARTA
THE SECOND ATHENIAN LEAGUE
THEBES
DIONYSIUS OF SYRACUSE
EGYPT TO THE COMING OF ALEXANDER
THE INAUGURATION OF JUDAISM
THE RISE OF MACEDONIA
MACEDONIAN SUPREMACY IN GREECE
SICILY, 367 TO 330B.C.
THE ATHENIAN PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS
