Outlines of Ancient History
Outlines of Ancient History
From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West, AD 476
Harold Mattingly
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In this 1914 book, celebrated classicist Harold Mattingly 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 for beginners and experts alike.
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9781107639966
598 pages
203 × 133 × 34 mm
0.67kg
Table 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.
