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