Introduction : Disunity and the decline of the Greeks

Long history of disunity

Was disunity part of the Greek character? / Robert J. Littman ; Devastating Peloponnesian War / Charles Freeman ; New struggles for supremacy leave the Greeks exhausted / Michael Grant ; Philip II and the rise of Macedonia / N.G.L. Hammond ; Alexander's conquests and their impact / Thomas R. Martin

Hellenistic Greeks in collision

Long wars of Alexander's successors / Hermann Bengtson ; Hellenistic armies and warfare / Peter Connolly ; Egypt and Alexandria under the Ptolemies / Frank J. Frost ; Macedonian and Seleucid kingdoms / Michael Grant ; Experiment in federalism : the Aetolian and Achaean Leagues / F.W. Walbank

Hellenistic society and culture

Hellenistic social and economic conditions / George W. Botsford & Charles A. Robinson Jr. ; Literature, science, and philosophy flourish in Hellenistic times / Chester G. Starr ; New directions in art and architecture / William R. Biers ; Drive for greater realism in art and science / Michael Grant

Coming of Rome and downfall of the Greeks

Pyrrhus fights the Romans / John Warry ; Rome expands into the Mediterranean / Chester G. Starr ; Comparison of the Greek and Roman military systems / Archer Jones ; Roman armies enter Greece / Arthur E.R. Boak & William G. Sinnigen ; Rome takes control of mainland Greece / Max Cary ; Cleopatra : last of the Greek Hellenistic rulers / Peter Green

Epilogue : Survival of Greek culture

Rome passes on the Greek legacy / Sarah B. Pomeroy et al.