History of Greece

History

Bury, J.B.

World

St Martins Pr

The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry Into Its Origin and Growth

Emphasizing the necessity of adhering with rigid exactness to historical facts, the author presents a scheme of ideas upon which to thread the facts of human development which extends to cover the whole range of civilization in its movement through time.

The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into its Origin and Growth

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Praeger

History of Greece for Beginners

Europe

MacMillan & Co., Ltd.

A history of Greece to the death of Alexander the Great

Ancient Civilizations

St.Martin's Press

Archaeological evidence provides a basis for understanding the Mycenaean and Minoan cultures and the events instrumental to Greek development up to the conquest of the Far East

A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great

Meiggs, Russell

MACMILLAN PUB. LTD.

'...a thoroughly reliable and a highly attractive volume. Meiggs is to be congratulated on his success in combining preservation and adaptation so successfully.' - Hermathena '...a major overhaul by Russell Meiggs in the light of modern research...The future of Bury's History as a major reference work seems assured.

A History of Greece

Red Globe Press

The classic study of how the Roman Empire gradually succumbed to barbarian encroachment. In print for more than thirty years, this book has long served as a standard text on the Germanic penetration of the Roman Empire. Bury's history is indispensable to anyone who seeks to understand the connection between the barbarian migrations of the third to the ninth century and the framework of modern Europe.

The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians

Africa

W.W.Norton&Company

Four distinguished classical scholars write here on aspects of the Hellenistic Age, from the conquest of Alexander the Great down to Rome’s completion of her eastern conquests by the annexation of Egypt. In “the Hellenistic Age and History of Civilization,” J.B. Bury discusses important advances made in mathematics, astronomy, and geography; the pattern of the hellenization of Rome; and changing Greek ideas of barbarianism and cosmopolitanism. E. A. Barber’s essay, “Alexandrian Literature,” deals with the characteristic styles of the period, Alexandrian poetry, and the new prose forms. Besides the scientific and learned writing it is known for, Professor Barber demonstrates, the age produced much popular satiric and moralizing poetry, realistic mime, epigrams, and parodies.
As the system of the city states declined, increasing social instability fostered the rise of a number of popular philosophies. In another chapter, Edwyn Bevan outlines the similarities and differences between the Platonic, Peripatetic, Stoic, Epicurean, Sceptic, and Cynic schools and the effect of Christianity on their society.
W. W. Tarn’s “The Social Question in the Third Century” examines the conditions that led to revolution in the century after Alexander. The author describes the economic disturbances leading to the polarization of classes, and assesses the phases of social revolution as exemplified in the uprisings at Sparta.

The Hellenistic Age: Aspects of Hellenistic Civilization

Literature & Fiction

Barber M.A., E. A.

Bevan D.Litt. LL.D., Edwyn

Tarn M.A., W. W.

Essays & Correspondence

This well known, easily read work covers the entire field of classical historians from the early writers to Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, through Poseidonius and such Romans as Tacitus, Cato, Caesar, Livy.  Scores of writers are studied biographically, in style, sources, accuracy, structure, historical concepts, and influences.  Recent discoveries such as the Oxyrhinchus papyri are ferrred to, as well as such great scholars as Nissen, Gomperz, Cornford, etc.

The Ancient Greek Historians.

Dover `

Generally acknowledged to be Professor Bury’s masterpiece, this panoramic and painstakingly accurate reconstruction of the Western and Byzantine Roman empire covers the period from 395 A.D., the death of Theodosius I, to 565 A.D., the death of Justinian. Quoting contemporary documents in full or in great extent, the author describes and analyzes the forces and cross-currents that controlled Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, the Persian and Teutonic regions; the rise of Byzantine power, territorial expansion, conflict of church and state, legislative and diplomatic changes; and scores of similar topics. Detailed coverage of such important figures as Belisarius, Justinian, Procopius, Alaric, Attila, and many others is given as well as a complete contemporary account of a visit to Attila’s court. The Vandal empire, the Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Lombards, etc., are given extensive treatment. Professor Bury investigates the literary, cultural, and religious history of the period in great detail and relates it to the organization and development of the Eastern and Western empires and the diffusion of Byzantine culture into Italy. “An important and valuable contribution to our knowledge of a period the history of which has been too much neglected.” — Classical Review.

History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian (Volume 1)

Religion & Spirituality

Dover Publications

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