The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian by Lane Fox, Robin - 2005

Allen Lane, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Allen Lane, 2005-10-06. Hardcover. Very Good. **HARDBACK** In unclipped dustjacket; previous owner inscription on ffep

Allen Lane, 2005-10-06. hardcover. Very Good/Good Jacket. 6x2x10. First Edition, first impression. The copyright pages number line includes number 1. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Allen Lane, 2005 Book & D.J. in a good condition. Slight wear to outer extremities of leaves. Inscribed to previous owner. A heavy volume, extra shipping charges will apply.

Allen Lane, 2005. fine/fine. fine book in fine dw Allen Lane 2005 4th print edition hardcover In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Allen Lane, 2005-10-05. hardcover. Acceptable/Unclipped. 6x2x10. Sloped spine.Wear present.Discolouration present.Fold creasing present.Foxing.Scruff marks and small marks present on the front cover and back cover.Scruff mark present at the sides of pages.Small mark present on a few pages. Tearing present.Dent marks present on the front and back cover.Small stain present at the sides of a few of the pages.Scruff mark present on a few pages.

Allen Lane / Penguin, London, 2005. XVI,694,(8),(8),(8),(8)p. ills.(B&W and some full colour photographs and line drawings). Hard bound with dust wrps. Signature on title page. Pages a bit yellowed due to paper quality. Else fine. 'Lane Fox's basic message is that an enormous amount is lost in the split that most modern writers make between Greek history on the one hand, and Roman on the other. For a start, despite our usual assumption that Greek civilisation came first, the two cultures developed side by side: Rome, according to the Romans' own dating, was founded less than 20 years after the first Olympic Games. More important, Greece and Rome were constantly interacting, and not just in that Greece was eventually swallowed up in the Roman empire. There were statues of Greek celebrities in the Roman forum from as early as the fourth century BC. And Rome's neighbours in Etruria were eager consumers of Athenian pottery from the sixth century on: the vast majority of 'Greek'… Read More