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The history, achievements, and enduring legacies of Greek and Roman antiquity come to life in the pages of this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated volume.
Following a format similar to that of The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, the book brings together the work of thirty outstanding authorities and organizes their contributions into three main sections. The first section covers Greece from the eighth to the fourth centuries B.C., a period unparalleled in history for its brilliance in literature, philosophy, and the visual arts. The second section deals with the Hellinization of the Middle East by the monarchies established in the areas conquered by Alexander the Great, the growth of Rome, and the impact of the two cultures on one another. The third section covers the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus and its consolidation in the first two centuries A.D. A short concluding essay discusses certain aspects of the later Empire and its influence on Western civilization, notably through the adoption of Christianity.
Within each section, chapters dealing with political and social history alternate with chapters on literature, philosophy, and the arts. Maps and chronological charts—not to mention more than 250 illustrations, including sixteen in color—enrich the basic text, along with bibliographies and a full index.
About the Editors:
John Boardman is Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Oxford. Jasper Griffin and Oswyn Murray are both Fellows Balliol College, Oxford.
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Eric Shearin
reviewed Oxford History of Classical World on December 12, 2014
Oxford History of Classical World
3.5 stars.
A very ambitious book trying to explore all different facets of ancient western civilization (Greece and Rome - the latter with a focus primarily on the late Republican and Early Empire periods).
While political and military history are (to some extent) covered by this book, a significant part is actually dedicated to complementary aspects such as society structure and evolution, economy, literature, art and culture, philosophy and religion.
The book does not present a uniform, continuous narrative (there is no strict timeline throughout the reading), and it is structured as a series of essays by different authors.
Because of this approach, and because of the overambitious nature of this book (I think it is just impossible to cover all these facets of ancient Western Civilization in just one book, even a book of 900 pages like this one), the quality and level of detail fluctuate significantly from one subject to another: for example, some periods and subjects (such as Late Antiquity, or Neoplatonic philosophy) are just barely touched and leave the more knowledgeable reader quite dissatisfied.
If you are after a detailed scholarly treatment of these subjects , then I am afraid that this is probably not the best book for you - I must say that there is little that I did not already know, and which I already found elsewhere treated at a significantly deeper level of detail.
On the other hand, this book represents a nice, interesting, multidimensional introductory overview of all major cultural aspects of ancient Western Civilization.
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