Outlines of Ancient History - From Earliest Times to Fall of Roman Empire in West, Ad 476

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. The beginnings of history; 2. Greece from the Dorian invasion to the end of the Persian wars; 3. Greece from 479-404 BC; 4. From the fall of Athens to the death of Philip, 404-336 BC; 5. From Alexander the Great to the appearance of Rome in the East; 6. Rome and the West down to c.200 BC; 7. The great age of Roman expansion, 202-79 BC; 8. The fall of the Republic; 9. The Roman Empire from Augustus to Diocletian; 10. The decline of the Roman Empire (Diocletian to Romulus Augustulus); Lists of kings; Key to the coin plates; Index.

Summary

This 1914 book provides a carefully selected yet wide-ranging history of the ancient world, from the Babylonians to the decline of the Western Roman Empire. Illustrated with thirty-five plates of ancient coins and sculptures as well as twelve maps, this text remains a useful overview of ancient history and literature.

Product details

• Authors: Harold Mattingly
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2013
• EAN: 9781107639966
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63996-6
• No. of pages: 598
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory