Outlines of Ancient History
From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West, AD 476

In this 1914 book, celebrated classicist Harold Mattingly provides a carefully selected yet wide-ranging history of the ancient world.

Harold Mattingly (Author)

9781107639966, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 July 2013

598 pages
20.3 x 13.3 x 3.4 cm, 0.67 kg

In this 1914 book, celebrated classicist Harold Mattingly provides a carefully selected yet wide-ranging history of the ancient world, from the Babylonians to the decline of the Western Roman Empire. Illustrated with thirty-five plates of ancient coins and sculptures as well as twelve maps, this text remains a useful overview of ancient history and literature for beginners and experts alike.

Preface
Introduction
1. The beginnings of history
2. Greece from the Dorian invasion to the end of the Persian wars
3. Greece from 479–404 BC
4. From the fall of Athens to the death of Philip, 404–336 BC
5. From Alexander the Great to the appearance of Rome in the East
6. Rome and the West down to c.200 BC
7. The great age of Roman expansion, 202–79 BC
8. The fall of the Republic
9. The Roman Empire from Augustus to Diocletian
10. The decline of the Roman Empire (Diocletian to Romulus Augustulus)
Lists of kings
Key to the coin plates
Index.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]