The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780713998535 (0713998539)
Publish date: 2005
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 694
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Humanities,
Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Roman,
Greece,
Ancient,
European History,
Mythology,
Classical Studies
History books are not my usual reading material, but I managed to stay awake through this one and found it enjoyable and informative.
There are parts that are brilliant. Others glide over huge parts of history like the reader obviously knows all about it. Lane Fox spends a lot of time on the fall of the Republic, the Civil Wars (Julius, Mark Antony, Octavian, etc) then spends only a few chapters on the whole post Octavian/Augustus...
11 years ago
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