A Chronology of Ancient Greece

A Chronology of Ancient Greece Author:Timothy Venning Language:English Format:Hardcover Dimensions:6.14" x 9.21" Publisher:Pen and Sword Military ISBN:9781473834286 Item No. 9781473834286 This book offers a coherent narrative of the politico-military history of ancient Greece. It commences with the necessarily approximate course of events in Bronze and early Iron Age, as estimated by the most reliable scholarship plus the legendary accounts of this period. From the Persian Wars onwards, a year-by-year chronology is constructed from the ancient historical sources. Where possible a day-by-day narrative is given. The geographical scope expands as the horizons of the Greek world and colonization expanded with reference to developments in politico-military events in the Middle Eastern (and later Italian) states that came into contact with Greek culture. From the expansion of the Greek world across the region under Ale