The Glory of Greece & Rome: A 24-Volume Anthology
Foundational Histories of War, Empire, Citizenship, and Classical CivilizationBy Julius Caesar, Livy, Tacitus, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Arrian, Ammianus Marcellinus, Suetonius, Plutarch, Polybius, Sallust, Strabo, Flavius Josephus, John Bagnell Bury, Theodor Mommsen, Edward Gibbon
Length862h 16m
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The Glory of Greece & Rome gathers twenty-four volumes of historical writing into a capacious panorama of the classical world and its afterlives. Military narrative, political analysis, biography, geography, ethnography, imperial chronicle, and philosophical reflection coexist here, tracing the movement from Greek city-states to Roman dominion. Vivid accounts of war and civic crisis stand beside searching examinations of power, character, religion, and cultural encounter, revealing why Greco-Roman historiography remains foundational to Western literary and historical thought. Its contributors span more than two millennia: Greek and Roman witnesses, administrators, soldiers, and moralists converse with major modern architects of classical scholarship. Together they illuminate the rival traditions of inquiry, republican memory, imperial ideology, and Enlightenment historical synthesis. The ancient voices preserve diverse perspectives on democracy, conquest, provincial life, and dynastic rule; the later scholars supply interpretive breadth and a consciousness of Rome's enduring reception. Their juxtaposition makes the anthology itself a history of historiography. This collection is highly recommended for students, general readers, and scholars seeking an expansive introduction to Greece and Rome. It offers an exceptional opportunity to compare methods, styles, and moral assumptions across eras, while following recurrent questions about liberty, authority, war, and historical change. Richly dialogic and educational, the set rewards both sustained reading and selective exploration.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length862 hrs 16 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1General History for Colleges and High Schools (Annotated)
2The Glory of Greece & Rome: A 24-Volume Anthology
3The Histories
4Preface (pt. 1)
5Preface (pt. 2)
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6The History of the Peloponnesian War
7The First Book.
8Chapter I. The State of Greece from the earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War
9Chapter II. Causes of the War - The Affair of Epidamnus - The Affair of Potidaea
10Chapter III. Congress of the Peloponnesian Confederacy at Lacedaemon
11Chapter VI. Beginning of the Peloponnesian War - First Invasion of Attica - Funeral Oration of Pericles (pt. 1)
12Chapter VI. Beginning of the Peloponnesian War - First Invasion of Attica - Funeral Oration of Pericles (pt. 2)
13Chapter IX. Fourth and Fifth Years of the War - Revolt of Mitylene
14Chapter X. Fifth Year of the War - Trial and Execution of the Plataeans - Corcyraean Revolution
15Chapter XI. Year of the War - Campaigns of Demosthenes in Western Greece - Ruin of Ambracia
16Chapter XII. Seventh Year of the War - Occupation of Pylos - Surrender of the Spartan Army in Sphacteria (pt. 1)
17Chapter XII. Seventh Year of the War - Occupation of Pylos - Surrender of the Spartan Army in Sphacteria (pt. 2)
18Chapter XV. Tenth Year of the War - Death of Cleon and Brasidas - Peace of Nicias
19Chapter XVII. Sixteenth Year of the War - The Melian Conference - Fate of Melos (pt. 1)
20Chapter XVII. Sixteenth Year of the War - The Melian Conference - Fate of Melos (pt. 2)
21Chapter XVII. Sixteenth Year of the War - The Melian Conference - Fate of Melos (pt. 3)
22Chapter XVII. Sixteenth Year of the War - The Melian Conference - Fate of Melos (pt. 4)
23Hellenica: The History of the Peloponnesian War and Its Aftermath
24BOOK I
25BOOK II
26BOOK III
27BOOK IV
28BOOK V
29BOOK VI
30BOOK VII
31Anabasis: The March of the Ten Thousand
32BOOK I
33BOOK II
34BOOK III
35BOOK IV
36BOOK V
37BOOK VI
38BOOK VII
39The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great
40PREFACE.
41ARRIAN'S PREFACE.
42BOOK II.
43BOOK III.
44BOOK IV.
45BOOK V.
46BOOK VI.
47BOOK VII.
48CHAPTER I
49CHAPTER II
50CHAPTER III
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