The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome 014103761X, 9780141037615
Robin Lane Fox’s The Classical World brings together the epic histories of Greece and Rome. His panoramic account spans
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Table of contents :
List of maps --
Preface --
Hadrian and the classical world --
PART ONE. The archaic Greek world --
1. Homeric epic --
2. The Greeks' settlements --
3. Aristocrats --
4. The immortal gods --
5. Tyrants and lawgivers --
6. Sparta --
7. The eastern Greeks --
8. Towards democracy --
9. The Persian wars --
10. The western Greeks --
PART TWO. The classical Greek world --
11. Conquest and empire --
12. A changing Greek cultural world --
13. Pericles and Athens --
14. The Peloponnesian war --
15. Socrates --
16. Fighting for freedom and justice --
17. Women and children --
18. Philip of Macedon --
19. The two philosophers --
20. Fourth-century Athenians --
PART THREE. Hellenistic worlds --
21. Alexander the Great --
22. Alexander's early successors --
23. Life in the big cities --
24. Taxes and technologies --
25. The new world --
26. Rome reaches out --
27. The peace of the gods --
28. Liberation in the south --
29. Hannibal and Rome --
30. Diplomacy and dominance --
PART FOUR. The Roman republic --
31. Luxury and licence --
32. Turbulence at home and abroad --
33. Pompey's triumphs --
34. The world of Cicero --
35. The rise of Julius Caesar --
36. The spectre of civil war --
37. The fatal dictator --
38. Liberation betrayed --
PART FIVE. From republic to empire --
39. Antony and Cleopatra --
40. The making of the emperor --
41. Morals and society --
42. Spectator sports --
43. The Roman army --
44. The new age --
PART SIX. An imperial world --
45. The Julio-Claudians --
46. Ruling the provinces --
47. Effects of empire --
48. Christianity and Roman rule --
49. Surviving four emperors --
50. The new dynasty --
51. The last days of Pompeii --
52. A new man in action --
53. A pagan and Christians --
54. Regime change, home and away --
55. Presenting the past --
Hadrian : a retrospective --
Notes --
Select bibliography --
Commentary on the illustrations --
Index.
List of maps --
Preface --
Hadrian and the classical world --
PART ONE. The archaic Greek world --
1. Homeric epic --
2. The Greeks' settlements --
3. Aristocrats --
4. The immortal gods --
5. Tyrants and lawgivers --
6. Sparta --
7. The eastern Greeks --
8. Towards democracy --
9. The Persian wars --
10. The western Greeks --
PART TWO. The classical Greek world --
11. Conquest and empire --
12. A changing Greek cultural world --
13. Pericles and Athens --
14. The Peloponnesian war --
15. Socrates --
16. Fighting for freedom and justice --
17. Women and children --
18. Philip of Macedon --
19. The two philosophers --
20. Fourth-century Athenians --
PART THREE. Hellenistic worlds --
21. Alexander the Great --
22. Alexander's early successors --
23. Life in the big cities --
24. Taxes and technologies --
25. The new world --
26. Rome reaches out --
27. The peace of the gods --
28. Liberation in the south --
29. Hannibal and Rome --
30. Diplomacy and dominance --
PART FOUR. The Roman republic --
31. Luxury and licence --
32. Turbulence at home and abroad --
33. Pompey's triumphs --
34. The world of Cicero --
35. The rise of Julius Caesar --
36. The spectre of civil war --
37. The fatal dictator --
38. Liberation betrayed --
PART FIVE. From republic to empire --
39. Antony and Cleopatra --
40. The making of the emperor --
41. Morals and society --
42. Spectator sports --
43. The Roman army --
44. The new age --
PART SIX. An imperial world --
45. The Julio-Claudians --
46. Ruling the provinces --
47. Effects of empire --
48. Christianity and Roman rule --
49. Surviving four emperors --
50. The new dynasty --
51. The last days of Pompeii --
52. A new man in action --
53. A pagan and Christians --
54. Regime change, home and away --
55. Presenting the past --
Hadrian : a retrospective --
Notes --
Select bibliography --
Commentary on the illustrations --
Index.
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