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The Classical World : an epic history from Homer to Hadrian / by Lane Fox, Robin,1946-(CARDINAL)154158;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 605-629) and index.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.
Subjects: Civilization, Classical.; Civilization, Greco-Roman.;
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Classics: a very short introduction [sound recording]/ by Beard, Mary,1955-(CARDINAL)266464; Henderson, John,1948-(CARDINAL)419272;
Read by Tim Bentinck.Statues and slavery, temples and tragedies, marbles and mythology. This provocative guide to the Classics demystifies its subject matter while seducing the listener. Links a haunting temple to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and the Classics with modern culture, from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur. "Bentinck's narration is lively without being showy... [He] carries it all off well." -- AudioFile
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Civilization, Classical.; Classical literature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ancient civilizations of western Asia and the Mediterranean : from the Hittites to the Phoenicians / by Anderson, Zachary.(CARDINAL)406899;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The Hittite Empire -- Greece during the Bronze Age -- The Minoan civilization -- Mycenae and Troy -- Phoenicia -- The Assyrian Empire -- The people of Israel -- The Persian Empire -- The resurgence of Greek culture -- Athens and Sparta -- Timeline.Explores the ancient civilizations of Western Asia and the Mediterranean, from the Hittites to the Phoenicians to the resurgence of the Greek culture, and more.
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient; Civilization, Classical;
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Sites of antiquity : from ancient Egypt to the fall of Rome, 50 sites that explain the classical world / by Freeman, Charles,1947-(CARDINAL)292067;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index.
Subjects: Guidebooks.; Classical antiquities; Historic sites; Civilization, Classical.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome / by Gagarin, Michael.(CARDINAL)518042; Fantham, Elaine.(CARDINAL)524953;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Civilization, Classical;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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The ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome : solving algebraic equations / by O'Donnell, Kerri,1972-(CARDINAL)702319;
This book explains how to use algebra, a branch of mathematics that is an extension of basic arithmetic operations, to solve math problems about the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks and Romans.4-81080LUAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Algebra; Civilization, Classical;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Historical atlas of the classical world, 500 BC--AD 600 / by Haywood, John,1956-author.(CARDINAL)360966; Freeman, Charles,1947-author.(CARDINAL)292067; Garwood, Paul,author.(CARDINAL)683185; Toms, Judith,author.(CARDINAL)214855;
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Civilization, Classical; Historical geography.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Vox populi : everything you ever wanted to know about the classical world but were afraid to ask / by Jones, P. V.(Peter V.),author.(CARDINAL)769446; Jones, P. V.(Peter V.).Intelligent person's guide to the classics.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) and index.In this compelling tour of the classical world, Peter Jones reveals how it is the power, scope and fascination of their ideas that makes the Ancient Greeks and Romans so important and influential today. For over 2,000 years these ideas have gripped Western imagination and been instrumental in the way we think about the world. Covering everything from philosophy, history and architecture to language and grammar, Jones uncovers their astonishing intellectual, political and literary achievements.
Subjects: Civilization, Classical;
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Classical Nashville : Athens of the South / by Kreyling, Christine,1949-(CARDINAL)210864;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Penguin encyclopedia of classical civilizations / by Cotterell, Arthur.(CARDINAL)145358;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index.Hellenic civilization / J.T. Hooker -- The Hellenistic age / Frank W. Walbank -- The world of Rome / Andrew Drummond -- The empires of Persia / T. Cuyler Young, Jr. -- Imperial India / John Brockington -- The unification of China / Arthur Cotterell.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian; Civilization, Classical; Civilization, Greco-Roman;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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