Thebes

Nicholas Rockwell received his BA and MA from CSU, Fresno and his PhD from UCLA. His research focuses on the connections between military and political developments in the ancient world, and he is currently working on a monograph about the citizen-soldier in antiquity. He has taught at UCLA and the University of Denver with courses on ancient Greece, Rome, the Near East, Egypt, comparative history, and warfare and politics.

"Nicholas Rockwell has produced a judicious and reliable history of Thebes. Thebes: A History will satisfy readers' desires for a clear account of the long and tumultuous history of central Greece's most significant city, from its beginnings in the second millennium to Roman times."- Daniel Berman, Temple University, USA"Rockwell's Thebes: A History is a fine study in the military and political activities of the city-state. The analysis in these arenas is detailed and thorough, providing excellent information for scholars and students studying one of the most important, though often underappreciated, city-states of ancient Hellas."- Phillip Zapkin, Pennsylvania State University, USA, The Classical Journal 2019

• Introduction Mycenean Thebes (1600-1200 BCE) Dark Age and Renaissance Thebes (1200-700 BCE) Archaic Thebes (700-479 BCE) Classical Thebes (457-404 BCE) Classical Thebes (395-371 BCE) Classical Thebes (371-335 BCE) Hellenistic and Roman Thebes (323 BCE-395 CE) Ancient SourcesBibliographyIndex