GREEKS, ROMANS AND BARBARIANS: SPHERES OF INTERACTION. by Cunliffe, Barry - 1988

London: B.T. Batsford, 1988. 243 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H). B&w maps, plans, graphs. "(U)ses 'hard' archaeological evidence to examine the social and economic systems of barbarian Europe in relation to Greco-Roman civilization. Beginning with the settlement of Greek colonists on the French Mediterranean coast in c.600 BC, this is a lucid study of the effects of trade in advance of the frontiers on the barbarian communities beyond. At the same time it is a chronicle of the march of Greco-Roman civilization across the face of Europe, ending in the great barbarian migrations of the 4th and 5th centuries AD." Heavy bump to top corner of boards and textblock- mainly at front less at rear, one or two pages with tiny crease at top edge, faint soiling mark on top of textblock. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has creasing at top of flap-folds and spine - light edge wrinkling elsewhere, light rubbing - a few very small dints on rear panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good.