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Contents List of Maps xiii Preface xv Hadrian and the Classical World 1 PART ONE The Archaic Greek World 1 Homeric Epic 13 2 The Greeks' Settlements 24 3 Aristocrats 38 4 The Immortal Gods 49 5 Tyrants and Lawgivers 58 6 Sparta 69 7 The Eastern Greeks 79 8 Towards Democracy 88 9 The Persian Wars 99 10 The Western Greeks 111 PART TWO The Classical Greek World 11 Conquest and Empire 125 12 A Changing Greek Cultural World 137 13 Pericles and Athens 151 14 The Peloponnesian War 159 15 Socrates 169 16 Fighting for Freedom and Justice 175 17 Women and Children 185 18 Philip of Macedon 192 19 The Two Philosophers 201 20 Fourth-century Athenians 213 PART THREE Hellenistic Worlds 21 Alexander the Great 229 22 Alexander's Early Successors 241 23 Life in the Big Cities 252 24 Taxes and Technologies 264 25 The New World 271 26 Rome Reaches Out 281 27 The Peace of the Gods 296 28 Liberation in the South 304 29 Hannibal and Rome 312 30 Diplomacy and Dominance 322 PART FOUR The Roman Republic 31 Luxury and Licence 333 32 Turbulence at Home and Abroad 343 33 Pompey's Triumphs 355 34 The World of Cicero 366 35 The Rise of Julius Caesar 377 36 The Spectre of Civil War 387 37 The Fatal Dictator 400 38 Liberation Betrayed 415 PART FIVE From Republic to Empire 39 Antony and Cleopatra 427 40 The Making of the Emperor 439 41 Morals and Society 448 42 Spectator Sports 460 43 The Roman Army 471 44 The New Age 481 PART SIX An Imperial World 45 The Julio-Claudians 497 46 Ruling the Provinces 510 47 Effects of Empire 520 48 Christianity and Roman Rule 533 49 Surviving Four Emperors 541 50 The New Dynasty 547 51 The Last Days of Pompeii 556 52 A New Man in Action 568 53 A Pagan and Christians 575 54 Regime Change, Home and Away 583 55 Presenting the Past 590 Hadrian: a Retrospective 597 Notes 607 Select Bibliography 636 Commentary on the Illustrations 671 Index 685
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Mediterranean Region -- Civilization.
Civilization, Classical.
Civilization, Greco-Roman.