The An epic history from Homer to Hadrian Lane Fox, Robin 1946- creator text bibliography nyu New York Basic Books c2006 2006 monographic eng

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xvi, 656 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. 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 ; Fourth-century Athenians -- HELLENISTIC 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. Robin Lane Fox. "Published in the United Kingdom in 2005 by Allen Lane, the Penguin Group"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 605-629) and index. e------ ff----- aw----- Civilization, Classical Civilization, Greco-Roman Mediterranean Region Civilization DE80 .L36 2006 0465024963 9780465024964 9780465024971 0465024971 2006020247 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006020247.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2006020247-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2006020247-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006020247.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2006020247-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2006020247-d.html DLC 060619 20150817193327.0 14418938