| Reportage from Ancient Greece and Rome Contributor(s): Chrystal, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1781557187 ISBN-13: 9781781557181 Publisher: Fonthill Media OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Ancient - History | Europe - Greece (see Also Ancient - Greece) - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.23 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Greece - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fascinating and truly unique survey of two of the world's most significant and influential civilizations spanning some 2000 years from the development of the Greek alphabet to the sack of Rome and a dinner date with Attila the Hun in 450 CE. Some ninety Greeks and Romans have contributed to the book with reports culled from 130 separate works. In addition to literary sources--history, letters, poetry, drama, science, medicine, philosophy--the book also mines epigraphy, graffiti, archaeology and the visual arts to give as rounded a reportage as possible. 'Modern' contributions come from the Bamboo Annals, Shakespeare, Raleigh, Browning, Heine, Houseman, Orwell, the Ventris Papers and from the excavations at Pompeii, Vindolanda and the London Bloomberg site. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chrystal, Paul: - Paul Chrystal is the author of some seventy books published over the last decade, including recent publications such as Wars and Battles of the Roman Republic, Roman Military Disasters and Women and War in Ancient Greece and Rome. He is a regular contributor to history magazines, local and national newspapers and has appeared on BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service and on BBC local radio throughout Yorkshire and in Teesside and Manchester. He writes extensively for several Pen & Sword military history series including 'Cold War 1945-1991', 'A History of Terror' and 'Military Legacy' (of British cities). |