The story of Greece and Rome / / Tony Spawforth |
Autore | Spawforth Antony |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Disciplina | 937 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Civilization |
ISBN |
0-300-24110-0
9780300241105 9780300217117 ‡q hardcover |
Classificazione | NH 5050 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Maps and Plates -- Acknowledgements -- 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 Greeks 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 Peloponnesian 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 -- Epilogue -- Timeline -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793379103321 |
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New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2018] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The story of Greece and Rome / / Tony Spawforth |
Autore | Spawforth Antony |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Disciplina | 937 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Civilization |
ISBN |
0-300-24110-0
9780300241105 9780300217117 ‡q hardcover |
Classificazione | NH 5050 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Maps and Plates -- Acknowledgements -- 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 Greeks 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 Peloponnesian 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 -- Epilogue -- Timeline -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812429203321 |
Spawforth Antony
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New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2018] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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