An edition of The story of Greece and Rome
(1928)
The story of Greece and Rome
their growth and their legacy to our western world
by John Charles Robertson
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Publish Date
1928
Publisher
J. M. Dent & sons limited,
E. P. Dutton & co. inc.
Language
English
Pages
352
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First Sentence
"Why should we study the history of Greece and Rome?"
Table of Contents
I.
Introductory
Page 1
II.
The Older River-Valley Civilizations
Page 4
III.
The Sea Kings of Crete
Page 11
IV.
The Lords of Golden Mycene
Page 19
V.
The Heroic Age of Greece
Page 27
VI.
the Gods of Olympus
Page 33
VII.
The Dorian Invasion
Page 37
VIII.
The Poems of Homer
Page 40
IX.
The Expansion of Greece
Page 47
X.
The Greek City-State
Page 52
XI.
From Kings to Tyrants
Page 60
XII.
Sparta and Spartan Discipline
Page 63
XIII.
The Early Histories of Athens
Page 68
XIV.
Draco and the Cause of Discontent
Page 72
XV.
Solon, the Founder of Democracy
Page 75
XVI.
Pisistratus and Cleisthenes
Page 78
XVII.
Life is Sixth-Century Greece
Page 82
XVIII.
Croesus and Cyprus
Page 94
XIX.
The Revolt in Ionia
Page 98
XX.
Miltiades and Marathon
Page 100
XXI.
The Years' Breathing Space
Page 107
XXII.
Leonidas and Thermopylae
Page 110
XXIII.
Themistocles and Salamis
Page 114
XXIV.
The Final Repulse of Persia
Page 119
XXV.
The Delian League and the Athenian Empire
Page 124
XXVI.
Athens under Pericles
Page 131
XXVII.
Fifth Century Culture
Page 145
XXVIII.
The Peloponnesian War
Page 163
XXIX.
Socrates and his Circle
Page 175
XXX.
Epaminindas and Phillip
Page 183
XXXI.
Alexander and Aristotle
Page 191
XXXII.
The Hellenized East
Page 199
XXXIII.
Rome and the Roman People
Page 209
XXXIV.
Rome Under the Kings
Page 212
XXXV.
Patricians and Plebians
Page 218
XXXVI.
The Conquest of Italy
Page 224
XXXVII.
The Romans of the Early Republic
Page 229
XXXVIII.
Rome and Carthage
Page 237
XXXIV.
Hannibal
Page 242
XL.
The Conquest of the Mediterranean World
Page 250
XLI.
The Roman People During the Conquest
Page 254
XLII.
The Gracchi and the Beginning of the Revolution
Page 260
XLIII.
Marius and Sulla
Page 263
XLIV.
Pompey and Cicero
Page 270
XLV.
Greco-Roman Culture
Page 275
XLVI.
Julius Ceaser
Page 278
XLVII.
Octavian and Antony
Page 285
XLVIII.
Augustus and the Principate
Page 288
XLIX.
The Successors of Alexander
Page 295
L.
Arts and Life under the Empire
Page 302
LI.
Life in the Roman World
Page 309
LII.
Confusion and Reconstruction
Page 324
LIII.
The Dissolution of the Empire
Page 331
LIV.
Christianity and the Roman Empire
Page 339
Select List of Books
Page 342
Tome-Charts of Greek and Roman History
Page 344
Index
Page 348
Edition Notes
Maps on lining-papers
"Select list of books": p. [342]-343
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