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245 14 a| The classical world :b| an epic history from Homer to Hadrian /c| Robin Lane Fox.;

300 a| xvi, 656 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

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500 a| "Published in the United Kingdom in 2005 by Allen Lane, the Penguin Group"--T.p. verso.;

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505 0 a| 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 -- 4th-century Athenians -- HELENISTIC 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.;

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The classical world : an epic history from Homer to Hadrian / Robin Lane Fox.

Author/creator	Lane Fox, Robin, 1946-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Basic Books, ©2006.
Description	xvi, 656 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subjects	Civilization, Classical. Civilization, Greco-Roman. Mediterranean Region--Civilization.

Contents	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 -- 4th-century Athenians -- HELENISTIC 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.
General note	"Published in the United Kingdom in 2005 by Allen Lane, the Penguin Group"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 605-629) and index.
LCCN	2006020247
ISBN	0465024963
ISBN	9780465024964

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