The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to HadrianBasic Books, 9 oct. 2006 - 656 pages The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architecture, drama and epic, philosophy and politics--these are the foundations of Western civilization. In The Classical World, eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles this vast sweep of history from Homer to the reign of Augustus. From the Peloponnesian War through the creation of Athenian democracy, from the turbulent empire of Alexander the Great to the creation of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Christianity, Robin Lane Fox serves as our witty and trenchant guide. He introduces us to extraordinary heroes and horrific villains, great thinkers and blood-thirsty tyrants. Throughout this vivid tour of two of the greatest civilizations the world has ever known, we remain in the hands of a great master. |
Table des matières
Hadrian and the Classical World | 1 |
The Archaic Greek World | 11 |
Homeric epic | 13 |
The Greeks Settlements | 23 |
Aristocrats | 35 |
The Immortal Gods | 47 |
Tyrants and Lawgivers | 55 |
Sparta | 65 |
Hannibal and Rome | 302 |
Diplomacy and Dominance | 311 |
The Roman Republic | 319 |
Luxury and Licence | 321 |
Turbulence at the Home and Abroad | 330 |
Pompeys Triumphs | 341 |
The World of Cicero | 351 |
The Rise of Julius Caesar | 361 |
The Eastern Greeks | 75 |
Towards Democracy | 83 |
The Persian Wars | 93 |
The Western Greeks | 104 |
The Classical Greek World | 115 |
Conquest and Empire | 117 |
A Changing Greek Cultural World | 128 |
Pericles and Athens | 142 |
The Peloponnesian War | 150 |
Socrates | 160 |
Fighting for Freedom and Justice | 166 |
Women and Children | 176 |
Philip of Macedon | 184 |
The Two Philosophers | 194 |
FourthCentury Athenians | 205 |
Hellenistic Worlds | 219 |
Alexander The Great | 221 |
Alexanders Early Successors | 233 |
Life in the Big Cities | 245 |
Taxes and Technologies | 256 |
The New World | 266 |
Rome Reaches Out | 275 |
The Peace of the Gods | 288 |
Liberation in the South | 295 |
The Spectre of Civil War | 370 |
The Fatal Dictator | 382 |
Liberation Betrayed | 395 |
From Republic to Empire | 405 |
Anthony and Cleopatra | 407 |
The Making of the Emperor | 418 |
Morals and Society | 426 |
Spectator Sports | 437 |
The Roman Army | 447 |
The New Age | 456 |
An Imperial World | 469 |
The Julioclaudians | 471 |
Ruling the Provinces | 484 |
Effects of Empire | 494 |
Christianity and Roman Rule | 507 |
Surviving Four Emperors | 514 |
The New Dynasty | 520 |
The Last Days of Pompeii | 529 |
A New Man in Action | 541 |
A Pagan and Christians | 547 |
Regime Change Home and Away | 555 |
Presenting the Past | 563 |
A Retrospective | 570 |
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