Table of Contents
List of Maps and Diagrams xv
Preface xvii
Introduction xxiii
Part 1 Freedom
1 One Man, One Vision [483 B.C.] 3
2 Building the Fleet [483–481 B.C.] 15
3 The Wooden Wall [481–480 B.C.] 29
4 Holding the Pass [Summer, 480 B.C.] 43
5 Salamis [End of Summer, 480 B.C.] 55
Part 2 Democracy
6 A League of Their Own [479–463 B.C.] 77
7 Boundless Ambition [462–446 B.C.] 95
8 Mariners of the Golden Age [Mid-fifth Century B.C.] 110
Part 3 Empire
9 The Imperial Navy [446–433 B.C.] 125
10 War and Pestilence [433–430 B.C.] 138
11 Fortune Favors the Brave [430–428 B.C.] 154
12 Masks of Comedy, Masks of Command [428–421 B.C.] 171
13 The Sicilian Expedition [415–413 B.C.] 185
Part 4 Catastrophe
14 The Rogue's Return [412–407 B.C.] 205
15 Of Heroes and Hemlock [407–406 B.C.] 221
16 Rowing to Hades [405–399 B.C.] 233
Part 5 Rebirth
17 Passing the Torch [397–371 B.C.] 249
18 Triremes of Atlantis [370–354 B.C.] 269
19 The Voice of the Navy [354–339 B.C.] 280
20 In the Shadow of Macedon [339–324 B.C.] 294
21 The Last Battle [324–322 B.C.] 311
Chronology 319
Glossary 333
Note on Sources 341
Acknowledgments 375
Index 579