The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome
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This book brings together the epic histories of Greece and Rome. His panoramic account spans centuries of change, from the foundation of the world's first democracy to the expansion of the Roman Empire, and brings to life such great figures as Homer, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Emperor Augustus. Spellbinding and stimulating, it illuminates two civilizations that dominated the ancient world and still inspire and enlighten us today.
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Occasionally dry and perhaps a little too obsessed with the sexual peccadilloes of the Greeks and Romans, Lane Fox still manages to furnish us with a magnificent overview of the two greatest civilisations of the ancient world. His own opinions and conclusions colour the book to a degree, but the subject is both infinite and infinitely debatable anyway, and Lane Fox, with his focus on themes of liberty, luxury and justice, is an expert guide on a single route into a vast territory.
