The Classical World: The Foundations of the West and the Enduring Legacy of Antiquity

by Nigel Spivey

Book Overview

An authoritative and accessible study of the foundations, development, and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centered on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of classical civilization.

Starting with Troy, where history, myth and cosmology fuse to form the origins of classical civilization, Nigel Spivey explores the contrasting politics of Athens and Sparta, the diffusion of classical ideals across the Mediterranean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681774496
• ISBN13: 9781681774497
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"