IntroductionPart One: The Alliance System and the Division of the Greek World

1. The Spartan Alliance

2. The Origins of the Athenian Empire

3. Sparta after the Persian War

4. Athens after the Persian WarPart Two: The First Peloponnesian War

5. The War in Greece

6. The Crisis in the Aegean

7. The End of the WarPart Three: The Years of Peace

8. Athenian Politics: The Victory of Pericles

9. Athens and the West: The Foundation of Thurii

10. The Samian Rebellion

11. The Consolidation of the Empire

12. Athenian Politics on the Eve of the WarPart Four: The Final Crisis

13. Epidamnus

14. Corcyra

15. Megara

16. Potidaea

17. Sparta

18. AthensPart Five: Conclusions

19. The Causes of the War

20. Thucydides and the Inevitability of the WarAppendixes

A. The Willingness of the Members of the Delian League to Accept Athenian Leadership

B. The Historicity of Diodoms' Account of the Spartan Assembly in 475

C. Chronology of Events between ca. 470-453

D. Reconstruction of the Athenian Tribute Lists

E. The Papyrus Decree

F. The Foundation of Thurii

G. Athenian Actions in the West between the Wars

H. Athenian Treatment of Byzantium

I. The Date of Pericles' Pontic Expedition

J. The Site and Date of Brea

K. The Date of the Battle of PotidaeaBibliography

General Index

Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions

Index of Modern Authors