Part One: The rise of the cities. Greeks

Land and cities

The lawgiver

The great pronouncement

The tyrants

The people

The peers

The spearmen

Part Two: Yoke fellows: The struggle with the Persian empire. Great kings

The charge

The ships and the conference

The 300-and the 700 and the rest

The wooden walls

The great battle

Honour, prestige, and empire

Part Three: Great evils for the Greeks. Tremors

Peace, pride, and power

The general

The causes and the true reason

The beginning of great evils for the Hellenes

Something unheard of

Fickle fortune

Lust for glory

'Ships lost...don't know what to do'

To the sounds of flutes and celebration

Conclusion.