The story of Greece and Rome /

The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narratives about the "civilized" Greek and Roman empires resisting the barbarians at the gate are far from accurate. Tony Spawforth, an esteemed scholar, author, an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spawforth, Antony (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Temas:
To 146 B.C.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
Civilization.
Greece > Civilization > To 146 B.C.
Rome > Civilization.
Grèce > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Rome > Civilisation.
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Nonfiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : The wild and the tamed : ancient views of civilization
  • Part I. The Greeks. 1. The dawn of Greek civilization
  • 2. The rise of the Hellenes
  • 3. New things : the first Greek city-states
  • 4. As rich as Croesus : early Greek and the East
  • 5. Great Greeks : the Greek settlement of the West
  • 6. Meet the (western) neighbours
  • 7. 'Lord of all men'? The threat of Persia
  • 8. The same but different : Athens and Sparta
  • 9. 'Unprecedented suffering'? The Pelponnesian War
  • 10. Examined lives and golden mouths
  • 11. 'A brilliant flash of lightning' : Alexander of Macedon
  • 12. Game of thrones, or The world after Alexander
  • Part II. The Romans. 13. 'Senatus populusque Romanus'
  • 14. Boots on the ground : building the Roman empire
  • 15. Hail Caesar! The advent of the autocrats
  • 16. 'Fierce Rome, captive'? The lure of Greece
  • 17. What did the Romans do for their empire?
  • 18. 'Barbarians' at the gate
  • 19. The 'Jesus movement'
  • 20. United we stand : the final century
  • 21. Divided we fall : a tale of two empires.

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