The Hoplite Revolution and the Rise of the Polis

Authors

Gregory Viggiano, Sacred Heart UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

The idea of a hoplite revolution goes a long way in explaining both the changes in the political and social institutions of the archaic polis and the rise of the early Greek tyrants.

Comments

ISBN 9780691143019

Recommended Citation

Viggiano, G.F. (2013). The hoplite revolution and the rise of the polis. In Kagan, D. & Viggiano, G.F. (Eds). Men of bronze: Hoplite warfare in ancient Greece (pp. 112-133). Princeton: Princeton University Press.