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TWELVE GREEKS AND ROMANS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD by Carl J. Richard. Barnes & Noble, 2003

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PREFACE (pix-x)

INTRODUCTION (p1-6)


1) HOMER: Founder of Western literature (p7-16)

2) THALES: Founder of Western science (p17-28)

3) THEMISTOCLES: Defender of Greek civilization (p29-58)

4) PERICLES: Democratic reformer (p59-94)

5) PLATO: Founder of Western philosophy (p95-114)

6) ALEXANDER THE GREAT: Disseminator of Greek culture (p115-130)

7) SCIPIO AFRICANUS: Defender of the Roman Republic (p131-158)

8) JULIUS CAESAR: Destroyer of the Roman Republic (p159-178)

9) CICERO: Statesman, philosopher, and Republican martyr (p179-190)

10) AUGUSTUS: Founder of the Roman Empire (p191-214)

11) PAUL OF TARSUS: Christian evangelist (p215-232)

12) AUGUSTINE: Christian theologian (p233-246)


BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SUGGESTIONS --- For general readers (p247-250)

PHOTO CREDITS (p251-252)

INDEX OF TRANSLATIONS --- For large quotations (p253-254)

INDEX (p255-258)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR --- Carl J. Richard (p250)


Carl J. Richard is associate professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and author of The Founders and the Classics --- Greece Rome, and the American Enlightenment.

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