1. Introduction: destruction, survival, and recovery in the ancient Greek world Sylvian Fachard and Edward M. Harris; 2. Destruction, abandon, reoccupation: What Microstratigraphy and Micromorphology tell us Panagiotis Karkanas; 3. Miletus after the disaster of 494 B.C.: Refoundation or recovery? Hans Lohmann; 4. The Persian destruction of Athens: Sources and Archaeology John Mckesson Camp; 5. The Carthaginian conquest and destruction of Selinus in 409 B.C.: Diodorus and archaeology Clemente Marconi; 6. Ancient methone (354 B.C.): Destruction and abandonment Manthos Bessios, Athina Athanassiadou, and Konstantinos Noulas; 7. The destruction of cities in Northern Greece during the Classical and Hellenistic periods: The numismatic evidence Christos Gatzolis and Selene Psoma; 8. Eretria's "destructions" during the Hellenistic period and their impact on the city's development Guy Ackermann (translated by E. M. Harris and S. Fachard); 9. Rhodes ca. 227 B.C.: Destruction and recovery Alain Bresson; 10. Destruction, survival and colonisation: Effects of the Roman arrival to Epirus Björn Forsén; 11. From the destruction of Corinth to Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis Charles K. Williams, Nancy Bookidis, Kathleen W. Slane, and with Stephen Tracy; 12. Sulla and the siege of Athens: Reconsidering crisis, survival, and recovery in the 1st B.C. Dylan K. Rogers; 13. The Herulian invasion in Athens (A.D 267): The archaeological evidence Lamprini Chioti; 14. Epilogue. The survival of cities after military devastation: Comparing the classical Greek and Roman experience John Bintliff; 15. Appendix. The destruction and survival of cities.