"The Cambridge Ancient History", abbr.: CAH) is the most authoritative of all complex multi-volume works existing today, examining in unity the specific history of the countries of the ancient East, Greek city-states and the Roman Mediterranean from ancient times to 602 AD. e.. The first publication, consisting of twelve volumes, was carried out from 1924 to 1936. The new edition, begun in 1970 and completed in 2001, already consists of fourteen volumes, some of which are divided into two or more parts (in total, the second edition of The Cambridge History of the Ancient World in its original English version includes 19 books The fifth century BC was not only the first “classical age” of European civilization - it was the first and only era, until the Romans, when political and military power was concentrated in the place that at the same time also had the greatest cultural significance . For this reason, this volume of The Cambridge History of the Ancient World does not have such a wide geographical coverage as was the case with previous volumes; The material here is concentrated mainly on Greece itself and only in a few cases goes beyond its borders. Although Athens is at the center of the whole picture, both politically and culturally, events and achievements in other parts of the Hellenic world are examined and assessed in the book as carefully as the nature and state of the sources available to modern scholars allow. The text layer is recognized. Content available. The quality is good.