Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Economic Basis of the Athenian Democracy
Chapter 2. The Athens of Demosthenes
Chapter 3. The Athenian Democracy and Its Critics
Chapter 4. The Social Structure of Athens in the Fourth Century B.C.
Chapter 5. How Did the Athenian Democracy Work?
Notes
Appendix. The Citizen Population of Athen during the Peloponnesian War
Index of Passages Cited
General Index

About the Author

A. H. M. Jones, was from 1951 until his death in 1970, professor of ancient history at the University of Cambridge. He wrote more than a dozen books. His is the author of The Later Roman Empire, A.D. 284-602: A Social, Economic, and Administrative Survey.

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One of the best arguments presented for some time in favor of close, minute, and accurate scholarship. [Jones] harnesses his learning to a definite end, and produces results which may come as a surprise to traditional humanists. Times Literary Supplement