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EGYPT GREECE AND ROME Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean FOREWORD PREFACE CONTENTS LIST OF COLOUR PLATES LIST OF MAPS 1 Rediscovering the Ancient World 2 Eygpt, the Gift of the Nile,3200-BC Beginnings The Unification of Egypt The First Dynasties The Building of the Pyramids The Sixth Dynasty and the Collapse of the Old Kingdom The Emergence of the Middle Kingdom The Middle Kingdom: The Years of Stability The Hyksos and the Second Intermediate Period 3 Egypt as an Imperial Power, 1500-1000 BC The Emergence of the New Kingdom The Administration of the New Kingdom Kings and Temples The Cult of Aten The Nineteenth Dynasty: The Last of the Great Egyptian Dynasties The Disintegration of the Old Kingdom 4 Daily Life in New Kingdom Egypt The Villagers of Deir el-Medina The Hazards of Life The Power of the Past Economy and Enterprise Home and Family The Rituals of Death Conclusion: The Egyptian Achievement 5 The Ancient Near East, 3500-500 BC Sumer, Babylon, and the First Cities The Invention of the Alphabet The Assyrians and the Hittites The Neo-Assyrian Empire The Land of Israel The Phoenicians Egypt in the First Millennium The Rise of the Persian Empire 6 The Early Greeks, 2000-700 BC The Minoans The Mycenaeans The Migrations The Eighth-Century 'Renaissance' Homer Hesiod The Appearance of the Polis 7 The Greeks in a Wider World, 800-600 BC The Greeks and the Sea The Orientalizing Revolution The Western Settlements Settlements in the Northern Aegean, Black Sea, and Libya The Lelantine War and the Emergence of Corinth Archilochus and Life on the Frontier Sappho 8 Hoplites and Tyrants: The Emergence of the City State The Hoplite Army The Tyrants Sparta Athens in the Sixth Century The Reforms of Solon The Peisistratid Tyranny The Reforms of Cleisthenes 9 Cultural Change in the Archaic Age The First Coinage Temples and Sculpture: The Influence of Egypt The Revival of Athenian Pottery The Birth of Western Philosophy 10 The Persian Wars INTERLUDE ONE Herodotus and Egypt 11 Everyday Life in Classical Greece Life on the Land Industries, Crafts, and Trade Slavery Citizens and Others Women in the Greek World Aristocratic Survivals 12 Religion and Culture in the Greek World Music Literacy and Education The Classical Age in Art The Greeks and Religion 13 Athens: Democracy and Empire The Delian League The Survival of Aristocratic Influence The Democratic Revolution Democracy in Practice Literacy and Democracy The Glorification of the City in Marble The Athenian Empire Democracy under Strain 14 From Aeschylus to Aristotle Drama Aeschylus Sophodes Euripides Aristophanes and Comedy The Sophists Socrates Plato Aristotle 15 The Struggle for Power, 431-338 BC Thucydides The Peloponnesian War Lysander The Corinthian War The Fall of Sparta and Victory of Thebes The Vulnerability of the City State in the Fourth Century Dionysius, Tyrant of Syracuse, and Jason of Thessaly The Kingdom of Macedonia Philip of Macedon 16 Alexander of Macedon and the Expansion of the Greek World The Young Alexander The Persian Adventure The Conquest of the Western Persian Empire The Humiliation of Darius The Campaigns of the East The March Home Administering the Empire The New Greco-Macedonian World 17 The Hellenistic World The Hellenistic Monarchies Cities in the Hellenistic World Greeks and Others Arts in the Hellenistic Age Science and Mathematics Religion and Philosophy The Jews in the Hellenistic Period Conclusion INTERLUDE TWO Celts and Parthians The Parthians 18 The Etruscans and Early Rome The Geography of Italy The Etruscans The Foundation of Rome Rome: The Age of Kings The Foundation of the Roman Republic The Expansion of Rome The Glorification of Victory 19 Rome becomes a Mediterranean Power The First Punic War The Beginnings of Provincial Administration The Second Punic War The Roman Pacification of Spain and Northern Italy Rome Becomes Involved in Greece Polybius and The Universal History Motives for War and Imperialism The Impact of the East The Older Cato The Great Period of Senatorial Government Intimations of Popular Unrest 20 From the Gracchi to Caesar, 133-55 BC The Gracchi and the Challenge to Senatorial Government Marius and the Defence of the Empire The Revolt of the Allies Sulla The Rise of Pompey Cicero and the Catiline Conspiracy The Political System in the 60s: An Overview The Young Caesar Consulship and Command: Caesar Consolidates his Position INTERLUDE THREE Voices from the Republic 21 The Fall of the Roman Republic, 55-31 BC Caesar and Pompey: The Showdown The Civil War Caesar and the Search for a Political Solution The Aftermath of Caesar Antony versus Octavian: The Final Struggle of the Republic Why did the Republic Collapse? INTERLUDE FOUR Women in the Roman Republic 22 Augustus and the Founding of Empire Octavian's Character The 'Restoration' of the Republic Augustus and the Empire The Poets of the Augustan Age The Problem of the Succession 23 Consolidating the Empire, AD 14-138 Suetonius and Tacitus Tiberius The Prosperity of Italy Caligula The Emperor Claudius Nero AD 69: A Long Year of Revolt The Flavian Emperors Trajan: The Model Emperor Hadrian The 'Good' Emperor 24 Administering and Defending the Empire Maintaining Control The Administration of the Provinces The Structure of Administration The Integration of Local élites Cities and the Empire The Frontiers The Army A Roman Empire? INTERLUDE FIVE The Romans as Builders 25 Social and Economic Life in the Empire Agriculture and the Pax Romana The Villa The Vici Trade Routes Trade within and beyond the Empire The Social and Economic Impact of Trade Life at the Margins Slavery in the Roman World Manumission and Freedmen Patrons and Clients Everyday Life The Integration of the Greek World 26 Transformations: The Roman Empire, 138-313 Threats to the Empire Marcus Aurelius Septimius Severus Caracalla and the Later Severan Emperors The Crisis of the Mid Third Century The Effects of the Crisis The Romans Regain the Initiative Diocletian The Emergence of Constantine 27 The Foundations of Christianity The Gospel Evidence The Life of Jesus The Early Christian Community and the Missions of Paul Christianity within the Spiritual Life of the Empire The Early Christian Communities Christianity and the Greek Philosophical Tradition The Persecutions 28 The Empire in the Fourth Century Constantine and Christianity The Arian Controversy Constantine's Successors and the Problems of Defence Ammianus Marcellinus The Imperial Administration Pressures on the Borders The Christian Emperor The Survival of Pagan Culture The Growth of Asceticism Augustine Jerome John Chrysostom Conclusion: a Transformed Society 29 The Creation of a New Europe, 395-600 The 'Fall' of the Western Empire The Goths in the Western Empire A Disintegrating Empire Aetius, 'the Last of the Romans' The Final Years of the Western Empire, 455-476 Coming to Terms with a New World: The Survival of Roman Culture in the Late Fifth Century Theodoric and the Ostrogoths in Italy Boethius and Cassiodorus The Frankish Kingdom The Visigoths in Spain and Vandals in Africa Italy in the Late Sixth Century 30 The Emergence of the Byzantine Empire The Eastern Empire: Cultural Complexity in the Late Empire Constantinople and the Christian Emperors The Defence of the Empire Christianity in the Eastern Empire Justinian Justinian's Law Codes The Nika Riots The Campaigns in Africa and Italy Procopius of Caesarea The Church of St Sophia The Last Years of Justinian The Emergence of the Byzantine Empire EPILOGUE Legacies SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING CHAPTER 1. REDISCOVERING THE ANCIENT WORLD CHAPTERS 2, 3, AND 4. ANCIENT EGYPT CHAPTER 5. THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST THE GREEKS: GENERAL BOOKS CHAPTER 6. THE EARLY GREEKS CHAPTER 7. THE GREEKS IN A WIDER WORLD CHAPTER 8. HOPLITES AND TYRANTS CHAPTER 9. THE ARCHAIC AGE CHAPTER 10. THE PERSIAN WARS CHAPTERS 11 AND 12. LIFE IN CLASSICAL GREECE CHAPTER 13. ATHENS: DEMOCRACY AND EMPIRE CHAPTER 14. FROM AESCHYLUS TO ARISTOTLE CHAPTER 15. THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER, 431-339 BC CHAPTER 16. ALEXANDER OF MACEDON CHAPTER 17. THE HELLENISTIC WORLD INTERLUDE. CELTS AND PARTHIANS THE ROMANS: GENERAL BOOKS CHAPTER 18. THE ETRUSCANS AND EARLY ROME CHAPTER 19. ROME AND THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD, 265-133 BC CHAPTERS 20 AND 21. ROMAN POLITICS, 133-31 BC INTERLUDE. WOMEN IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC CHAPTER 22. AUGUSTUS AND THE FOUNDING OF EMPIRE CHAPTERS 23, 24, AND 25. THE ROMAN EMPIRE CHAPTER 26. TRANSFORMATIONS: THE ROMAN EMPIRE 138-313 CHAPTER 27. THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIANITY CHAPTERS 28, 29, AND 30. LATER ANTIQUITY EPILOGUE. LEGACIES DATE CHART LIST OF EVENTS BC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF SOURCES PLATES LINE DRAWINGS MAPS INDEX

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