Description
This sweeping history traces the emergence of classical Europe from the Bronze Age through the late Roman world, following the intertwined development of Greek and Roman societies, institutions, religions, and cultures. It explores how Greeks and Romans continually reimagined their origins—and how those changing memories shaped ideas of identity, power, citizenship, and civilization. Alongside political history, the book examines the enduring legacies of classical antiquity in language, calendars, law, political systems, literature, and Christianity, culminating in the transformation of the classical past by Augustine. Engaging and wide-ranging, it offers an illuminating account of how the ancient Mediterranean continues to influence the modern world.
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paperback
Penguin Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2011
ISBN: 9780143120452
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First Published
2011
Language
eng
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