Spawforth Tony - The Story Of Greece And Rome - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 narratives about the civilized Greek and Roman empires resisting the barbarians at the gate are far from accurate. Tony Spawforth an esteemed scholar author and media contributor follows the thread of civilization through more than six millennia of history. His story reveals that Greek and Roman civilization to varying degrees was supremely and surprisingly receptive to external influences particularly from the East. From the rise of the Mycenaean world of the sixteenth century B. C. Spawforth traces a path through the ancient Aegean to the zenith of the Hellenic state and the rise of the Roman Empire the coming of Christianity and the consequences of the first caliphate. Deeply informed provocative and entirely fresh this is the first and only accessible work that tells the extraordinary story of the classical world in its entirety.
Title: The Story Of Greece And Rome
Author(s): Spawforth Tony
Publisher: Yale University Press
Barcode: 9780300251647
Pages: 392 Pages, 27 Color Illus. + 5 Maps
Publication Date: 3/17/2020
Category: Social & Cultural History