02317cam a2200385 i 4500 404703251 TxAuBib 20191130120000.0 180320s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018939477 9780300217117 0300217110 (OCoLC)1028880727 TxAuBib rda Spawforth, Antony,. The story of Greece and Rome / Tony Spawforth. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018] ©2018. x, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [340]-345) and index. Prologue. The Wild and the Tamed: Ancient Views of Civilization -- Part I. The Greeks -- Part II. The Romans. The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narratives about the "civilized" Greek and Roman empires resisting the barbarians at the gate are far from accurate. Tony Spawforth, an esteemed scholar, author, and media contributor, follows the thread of civilization through more than six millennia of history. His story reveals that Greek and Roman civilization, to varying degrees, was supremely and surprisingly receptive to external influences, particularly from the East. From the rise of the Mycenaean world of the sixteenth century B.C., Spawforth traces a path through the ancient Aegean to the zenith of the Hellenic state and the rise of the Roman empire, the coming of Christianity and the consequences of the first caliphate. Deeply informed, provocative, and entirely fresh, this is the first and only accessible work that tells the extraordinary story of the classical world in its entirety. 20191130. sr YBP 20190125. cat o pcc stacks classics 20190311 rlm. Greece Civilization To 146 B.C. Greece Civilization To 146 B.C. Rome Civilization.