Table of Contents

Preface
1.: Jack Goldstone and John Haldon: Ancient States, Empires, and Exploitation: Problems and Perspectives
2.: Peter Bedford: The Neo-Assyrian Empire
3.: Josef Wiesehöfer: The Achaemenid Empire
4.: Ian Morris: The Greater Athenian State
5.: Keith Hopkins: The Political Economy of the Roman Empire
6.: John Haldon: The Byzantine Empire
7.: Walter Scheidel: Sex and Empire: A Darwinian Perspective
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors

About the Author

Ian Morris is Professor of Classics and History, Stanford University.

Walter Scheidel is Professor of Classics, Stanford University.

Reviews

its parts are varied and interesting, the unexceeded sum makes an absorbing (at times provocative) volume.
*Christopher J. Tuplin, Bryn Mawr Classical Review*