The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization

An authoritative and highly-illustrated companion to the worlds of ancient Greece and Rome.

Graham Shipley (Author), John Vanderspoel (Author), David Mattingly (Author), Lin Foxhall (Author)

9780521731508, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 6 November 2008

1010 pages, 342 b/w illus.
24.6 x 17.3 x 5.6 cm, 1.99 kg

'The entries are balanced, objective and well written …' Contemporary Review

The Cambridge Guide to Classical Civilization provides an authoritative survey of the classical world, combining the traditional strengths of classical subjects with new approaches examining the social and cultural features of the ancient Greek and Roman world. Ranging in time from post-Bronze Age Greece to the later Roman Empire, it looks not only at ancient Greece and Rome, but discusses those cultures with which Greeks and Romans exchanged information and culture (e.g. Phoenicians, Celts and Jews) and those remote peoples with whom they were in contact (e.g. Persia, China and India). It paints a vivid new picture of ancient life, exploring material realities such as dress and technology. It emphasises the transmission of classical learning and explores our debts to Greece and Rome. Highly-illustrated, with hundreds of entries by leading scholars, this Guide is a superb reference work and definitive companion for anyone with an interest in the ancient world.

Preface
How to use this book
Classified list of headwords
Entries A-Z
Appendix: Timeline of Classical Civilization.

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], History [HB]