This authorative study covers the period from the eighth century BC, which witnessed the emergence of the Greek city-states, to the conquests of Alexander the G
The legacy of the Hellenistic world is vast -- it ranges from architecture to philosophy, literature, and the visual arts to military strategy and science.This
This collection tells the story of the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus. Chapters deal w
A History of the Archaic Greek World offers a theme-based approach to the development of the Greek world in the years 1200-479 BCE. Updated and extended in this