The classical world : an epic history from Homer to Hadrian
/ Robin Lane Fox
- New York : Basic Books , 2006.
- 656 p. ; : ill., map. ; 25 cm.
"Published in the United Kingdom in 2005 by Allen Lane, the Penguin Group"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles the 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.