From Where the Fine Warships Come: Democratic Athens at War

这个项目旨在改变我们对古典雅典的理解。这个希腊国家以将民主发展到极高的水平而闻名，并成为古典希腊的主要文化创新者。不太为人所知的是这个成功故事的黑暗面。雅典革命性的战争，杀死了成千上万的战斗人员和平民。有一个很好的例子表明，民主本身维持了这种军事记录。但这个案例几乎从未被研究过。通过填补我们知识上的这一巨大空白，这个项目将具有非常重要的意义。它将大大提高研究、培训和国际合作的能力。其好处将包括更好地理解民主国家今天发动的战争的新想法。

This project aims to transform our understanding of classical Athens. This Greek state is famous for developing democracy to an extremely high level and for being the leading cultural innovator of classical Greece. Less well known is the dark side of this success story. Athens revolutionised warfare, killing tens of thousands of combatants and civilians. There is a good case that democracy itself sustained this military record. But this case has hardly ever been studied. By filling this big gap in our knowledge this project will be highly significant. It will massively increase capacities in research training and international collaboration. The benefits will include new ideas for better understanding the wars that democracies wage today.