The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 Bc0-400 AD

by Charles Freeman

Book Overview

A brilliant, fascinating portrait of the intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers during the Age of Rome.

In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years later, when Athens and other Greek city-states rebelled against Rome, the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla destroyed the city of Socrates and Plato, laying waste to the famous Academy where Aristotle had studied. However, the traditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639367829
• ISBN13: 9781639367825
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.