The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History

The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History

By
Greg Woolf
Greg Woolf
2019 • 499 pages

The story of ancient cities from the end of the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Ages: a tale of war and politics, pestilence and famine, triumph and tragedy, by turns both fabulous and squalid.

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