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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 04 : $b Greece to the Roman Conquest — John Shaqi

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 04 : $b Greece to the Roman Conquest

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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 04 : $b Greece to the Roman Conquest

World history

Sparta invades Bœotia, 156. Battle of Leuctra, 157. Significance
    of Leuctra, 159. Jason of Thessaly, 160. Von Stern on the Theban
    policy, 165. A congress at Athens, 167. Mantinea restored, 167.
    The Arcadian Revolution, 169. Spartan intolerance of cowardice,
    171. The Thebans in the Peloponnesus, 172. Founding of Messene,
    175. Athens in league with Sparta, 177. Second invasion of
    Peloponnesus, 177. Expedition into Thessaly, 180. An embassy to
    Persia and a congress at Thebes, 182.

                               CHAPTER XLVI

  WHEN THEBES WAS SUPREME (368-360 B.C.)                                185

    Joint work of Epaminondas and Pelopidas, 185. The end of
    Pelopidas, 189. Battle of Mantinea and death of Epaminondas,
    191. Xenophon’s account of how Epaminondas fought, 194. Grote’s
    estimate of Epaminondas, 196. Confusion following Epaminondas’
    fall, 199.

                              CHAPTER XLVII

  THE TYRANTS IN SICILY (410-337 B.C.)                                  202

                              CHAPTER XLVIII

  THE RISE OF MACEDONIA (490-357 B.C.)                                  208

    Early history of Macedonia, 210. Philip, the organiser, 215.
    Military discipline, 216. Macedonian culture, 217. Olympias,
    mother of Alexander, 219. The Macedonian phalanx, 220. The waxing
    of Philip, 221.

                               CHAPTER XLIX

  THE TRIUMPHS OF PHILIP (359-336 B.C.)                                 222

    Demosthenes, the orator, 222. Æschines, the rival of Demosthenes,
    223. The unpopularity of Demosthenes, 224. Philip’s better side,
    225. The Sacred War, 227. The First Philippic, 227. Philip and
    Athens, 229. A treaty of peace, 231. Punishment of the Phocians,
    232. The attitude of the Athenians, 232. The Macedonian party,
    233. The patriotic party, 234. Philip’s intrigues and the
    outbreak of war, 235. The Third Philippic, 236. Philip returns
    to the fray, 237. Siege of Perinthus and Byzantium, 238. Decline
    of Philip’s prestige; the Scythian expedition, 238. The crusade
    against Amphissa, 239. Alliance between Athens and Thebes, 241.
    The armies in the plain of Chæronea, 243. Battle of Chæronea,
    245. Philip takes Thebes, 247. Peace of Demades, 248. Philip in
    Peloponnesus, 249. Political schemes; family broils, 250. The
    death of Philip, 251. A summing-up of Philip’s character, 253.
    Grote’s estimate of Philip, 254.

                                CHAPTER L

  ALEXANDER THE GREAT (336-335 B.C.)                                    256

    Philip and Alexander compared by Justin, 257. Alexander’s youth
    according to Quintus Curtius, 258. Aristotle as his teacher,
    261. Bucephalus, 263. Alexander’s first deeds, 263. Demosthenes
    ridicules Alexander, 265. Alexander dashes through Greece, 267.
    Alexander winnows the North, 268. The revolt of Thebes, 269. The
    fate of Thebes, 271.

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