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Twelve Greeks and Romans who changed the world / Carl J. Richard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richard, Carl J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greece--Biography.
- Greece.
- Rome--Biography.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 259 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- 12 Greeks and Romans who changed the world
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]
- Contents:
- Homer, founder of Western literature
- Thales, founder of Western science
- Themistocles, defender of Greek civilization
- Pericles, democratic reformer
- Plato, founder of Western philosophy
- Alexander the Great, disseminator of Greek culture
- Scipio Africanus, defender of the Roman Republic
- Julius Caesar, destroyer of the Roman Republic
- Cicero, statesman, philosopher, and republican martyr
- Augustus, founder of the Roman Empire
- Paul of Tarsus, Christian evangelist
- Augustine, Christian theologian.
- Notes:
- "Brief bibliographical suggestions for general readers": pages 247-249.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0742527905
- 0742527913
- OCLC:
- 50722262
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