The Story of Greece and Rome

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The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. Alternatively, narratives concerning the “civilized” Greek and Roman empires resisting the barbarians on the gate are far from accurate. Tony Spawforth, an esteemed scholar, creator, 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, used to be supremely and surprisingly receptive to external influences, particularly from the East.
 
From the upward thrust of the Mycenaean world of the sixteenth century B.C., Spawforth traces a path during the ancient Aegean to the zenith of the Hellenic state and the upward thrust of the Roman empire, the coming of Christianity and the consequences of the primary caliphate. Deeply informed, provocative, and entirely fresh, that is the primary and only accessible work that tells the peculiar story of the classical world in its entirety.

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