Cargando…
The Story of Greece and Rome.
The extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more than six millennia from the late Bronze Age to the seventh century The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narrati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2018.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; contents; maps and plates; acknowledgements; Plates; PROLOGUE the wild and the tamed: ancient views of civilization; PART I THE GREEKS; chapter 1 THE DAWN OF GREEK CIVILIZATION; chapter 2 THE RISE OF THE HELLENES; chapter 3 NEW THINGS the first greek city-states; chapter 4 AS RICH AS CROESUS early greeks and the east; chapter 5 GREAT GREEKS the greek settlement of the west; chapter 6 MEET THE (WESTERN) NEIGHBOURS; chapter 7 'LORD OF ALL MEN'? the threat of persia; chapter 8 THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT athens and sparta.
- Chapter 9 'UNPRECEDENTED SUFFERING'? the peloponnesian warchapter 10 EXAMINED LIVES AND GOLDEN MOUTHS; chapter 11 'A BRILLIANT FLASH OF LIGHTNING' alexander of macedon; chapter 12 GAME OF THRONES, OR THE WORLD AFTER ALEXANDER; PART II THE ROMANS; chapter 13 'SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS'; chapter 14 BOOTS ON THE GROUND building the roman empire; chapter 15 HAIL CAESAR! the advent of the autocrats; chapter 16 'FIERCE ROME, CAPTIVE'? the lure of greece; chapter 17 WHAT DID THE ROMANS DO FOR THEIR EMPIRE?; chapter 18 'BARBARIANS' AT THE GATE; chapter 19 THE 'JESUS MOVEMENT'
- Chapter 20 UNITED WE STAND the final centurychapter 21 DIVIDED WE FALL a tale of two empires; EPILOGUE; timeline; notes; further reading; index.