Ian Worthington, FSA, FRHistS is Professor of Ancient History of Macquarie University. He is the author of numerous books about ancient the ancient world, including, most recently, The Last Kings of Macedonia and the Triumph of Rome, Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt, By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire, and Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece.

• Preface


• Maps


• Introduction: "This is the City of Hadrian and not of Theseus"


• 1. Farewell to Freedom


• 2. Under The Puppet Ruler: Demetrius of Phalerum


• 3. Political and Civic Institutions


• 4. Demetrius "The Besieger" and Athens


• 5. Testing Macedonia


• 6. Independence Day


• 7. Enter Rome, Exit Macedonia


• 8.Being Free without Freedom


• 9. Social Life and Religion


• 10. Sulla's Sack of Athens


• 11. The End of "Hellenistic" Athens


• 12. Augustus and Athens


• 13. Tiberius to Hadrian


• 14. Building A New Horizon?


• 15. Hadrian's Arch


• Timeline


• Bibliography


• Index

Athens After Empire provides a detailed history of Athens and its constancy as a crucial part of the Mediterranean landscape. This new narrative history of post-Classical Athens extends the period of study and expands research into the areas of socio-cultural change.