The classical world : an epic history from Homer to Hadrian / Robin Lane Fox.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lane Fox, Robin, 1946-
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:
Mediterranean Region > Civilization.
Civilization, Classical.
Civilization, Greco-Roman.
Physical Description:xvi, 656 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Hadrian and the classical world
  • THE ARCHAIC GREEK WORLD: Homeric epic
  • The Greeks' settlements
  • Aristocrats
  • The immortal gods
  • Tyrants and lawgivers
  • Sparta
  • The Eastern Greeks
  • Towards democracy
  • The Persian wars
  • The Western Greeks
  • THE CLASSICAL GREEK WORLD: Conquest & empire
  • A changing Greek cultural world
  • Pericles and Athens
  • The Peloponnesian War
  • Socrates
  • Fighting for freedom and justice
  • Women & children
  • Philip of Macedon
  • The two philosophers
  • 4th-century Athenians
  • HELENISTIC WORLDS: Alexander the Great
  • Alexander's early successors
  • Life in the big cities
  • Taxes & technologies
  • The New World
  • Rome reaches out
  • The peace of the Gods
  • Liberation in the South
  • Hannibal and Rome
  • Diplomacy and Dominance
  • The Roman Republic
  • Luxury and license
  • Turbulence at home and abroad
  • Pompey's triumphs
  • The world of Cicero
  • The rise of Julius Caesar
  • The spectre of civil war
  • The fatal dictator
  • Liberation betrayed
  • FROM REPUBLIC TO EMPIRE: Anthony & Cleopatra
  • The making of the emperor
  • Morals and society
  • Spectator sports
  • The Roman army
  • The new age
  • AN IMPERIAL WORLD: The Julio-Claudians
  • Ruling the provinces
  • Effects of empire
  • Christianity and Roman rule
  • Surviving four emperors
  • The new dynasty
  • The last days of Pompeii
  • A new man in action
  • A pagan and Christians
  • Regime change, home and away
  • Presenting the past
  • Hadrian: a retrospective.