Ian Worthington is Professor of Ancient History of Macquarie University. He is the author of numerous books about ancient the ancient world, including, most recently, 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.