The Hellenistic Age by Peter Green

The Hellenistic Age by Peter Green

The Hellenistic Age chronicles the years 336 to 30 BCE, a period that witnessed the overlap of two of antiquity's great civilizations, the Greek and the Roman. Peter Green's remarkably far-ranging study covers the prevalent themes and events of those centuries: the Hellenization, by Alexander's conquests, of an immense swath of the known world; the lengthy and chaotic partition of this empire by rival Macedonian bands; the decline of the city-state as the predominant political institution; and, finally, Rome's moment of transition from republican to imperial rule. It is a story of war and power-politics, and of the developing fortunes of art, science, and statecraft, spun by an accomplished classicist with an uncanny knack for infusing life into the distant past, and applying fresh insights that make ancient history seem alarmingly relevant to our own times.

Spectacular . . . filled with] Mr. Green's critical acumen.
-The Wall Street Journal

Green draws upon a lifetime of scholarship to brilliantly sum up the three-hundred-year Hellenistic age. . . . Happily, this book's brevity-admirable in itself, and in its concision, elegance, and authority-isn't achieved at the expense of subtlety and complexity.
-The Atlantic Monthly

An interesting and well-written overview . . . Students of world history are in Green's debt.
-The Philadelphia Inquirer

Marvelous . . . splendid . . . a brilliant introduction to this crucial transitional period.
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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ISBN 13	9780812967401
ISBN 10	0812967402
Title	The Hellenistic Age
Author	Peter Green
Series	Modern Library Chronicles
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2008-05-13
Number of pages	240
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