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From, A. Toynbee, History,
in R.W. Livingstone (ed.), The Legacy of Greece, Oxford University Press, 1921.
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Page 13
Act I (11th cent.-431 B. C.).
1. Synoikismos (formation of the city-state, the cell of Greeksociety), 11th cent.-750 B. C.
2. Colonization (propagation of the city-state round theMediterranean), 750-600 B. C.
3. Economic revolution (change from extensive to intensive growth),600-500 B. C.
4. Confederation (repulse of Oriental universal empire and creationof an inter-state federation, the Delian League), 500-431 B. C.
Act II (431 B. C.-31 B. C.).
1. The Greek wars (failure of inter-state federation), 431-355 B.C.
2. The Oriental wars (the superman, conquest of the East, strugglefor the spoils, barbarian invasion), 355-272 B. C.
3. The first rally (change of scale and fresh experiments infederation—Seleucid Asia, Roman Italy, Aetolian and Achaean'United States'), 272-218 B. C.
4. The Roman wars (destruction of four great powers by one;devastation of the Mediterranean world), 218-146 B. C.
5. The class wars (capitalism, bolshevism, Napoleonism), 146-31 B.C.
Act III (31 B. C.-7th cent. A. D.).
1. The second rally (final experiment in federation—compromisebetween city-state autonomy and capitalistic centralization), 31B. C.-A. D. 180.
2. The first dissolution (external front broken by tribesmen,internal by Christianity), A. D. 180-284.
3. The final rally (Constantine τον δημον προσεταιριζεται {ton dêmon prosetairizetai}--tribesmen on to the land, bishops into the bureaucracy), A. D. 284-378.
4. The final dissolution (break of tradition), A. D. 378-7th cent.
Cf. A History of Ancient Greece * Ancient Greek Political Theory * Greek History Resources
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
A History of Greek Philosophy * Greek Orthodoxy - From Apostolic Times to the Present Day
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