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This history of ancient Greece runs from the emergence of the poleis around the eighth century BCE to Rome's annexation of Ptolemaic Egypt in 30 BCE. Waterfield gives roughly equal weight to the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, treating not only Athens and Sparta but the wider Greek world from Sicily to Asia. A central argument is that the Greeks shared language, cult, and customs while remaining politically fragmented, each city defending its autonomy, often by war. The book is a continuous narrative of institutions, campaigns, and kingdoms, written as a single-volume political and cultural history.

Bound in light brown cloth, cover blocked with an image in green and red title. Light green slipcase printed with a device in red on the front.