Contents -- Preface -- Glossary -- I. THE SOURCES -- II. HELLENES AND PERSIANS IN ASIA MINOR -- III. THE PERSIAN INVASIONS -- IV. THE MEETING ON DELOS -- V. THE CONFEDERACY IN ACTION -- VI. THE FIRST PELOPONNESIAN WAR -- VII. THE PEACE OF CALLIAS -- VIII. THE PANHELLENIC CONFERENCE -- IX. A NEW IMPERIALISM -- X. FROM ARMISTICE TO PEACE -- XI. THE ACME OF EMPIRE -- XII. IMPERIAL ADMINISTRATION -- XIII. GOVERNMENT IN ATHENS -- XIV. PRELUDE TO WAR -- XV. THE GREAT WAR -- XVI. EMPIRE: A VERDICT -- Appendices -- 1. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF MAJOR EVENTS -- 2. THUCYDIDES' PENTEKONTAËTIA -- 3. THE ATHENIAN CALENDAR -- 4. COINAGE -- 5. THE MEMBERS OF THE EMPIRE -- 6. THE QUOTA-LISTS -- Index of Places -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Z -- Index of People -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- X.