The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome

Robin Lane Fox’s The Classical World 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 civilisations that dominated the ancient world and still inspire and enlighten us today.