Greece in the Making1200-479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our literary evidence for archaic Greece reported only what later writers wanted to tell, and so was subject to systematic selection and distortion. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges the later traditions, as traditions, but insists that we must primarily confront the...
Greece in the Making1200-479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to th...
The Greek World 479--323 BC has been an indispensable guide to classical Greek history since its first publication. Simon Hornblower has comprehensively re-written and revised his original text, bringing it up-to-date for a new generation of readers. The extensive changes include: two important new chapters -- Argos, and the Peloponnesian War the incorporation of further primary sources more than thirty new illustrations the insertion of user-friendly subheadings a completely updated bibliography. With valuable coverage of the broader Mediterranean world in which Greek culture flourished, as...
The Greek World 479--323 BC has been an indispensable guide to classical Greek history since its first publication. Simon Hornblower has comprehensive...
Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome.
The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as:
Rome’s relations with the Etruscans
the conflict between patricians and plebeians
the causes of Roman imperialism
the growth of slave-based economy.
Answering the need for raising acute questions and providing an analysis of the many different kinds of archaeological evidence with...
Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the...
