The ancient Greeks were for the most part a rural, not an urban, society. And for much of the Classical period, war was more common than peace. Almost all accou

Provides a systematic review of Greek agriculture and warfare and describes the relationship between these two important aspects of life in ancient communities.

Victor Hanson shows that the "Greek revolution" was not the rise of a free and democratic urban culture, but rather the historic innovation of the independent f

The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics--that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens--

This brilliant account covers a millennium of Greek warfare. With specially commissioned battle maps and vivid illustrations, Victor Davis Hanson takes the read