Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Homer: Founder of Western Literature Chapter 4 Thales: Founder of Western Science Chapter 5 Themistocles: Defender of Greek Civilization Chapter 6 Pericles: Democratic Reformer Chapter 7 Plato: Founder of Western Philosophy Chapter 8 Alexander the Great: Disseminator of Greek Culture Chapter 9 Scipio Africanus: Defender of the Roman Republic Chapter 10 Julius Caesar: Destroyer of the Roman Republic Chapter 11 Cicero: Statesman, Philosopher, and Republican Martyr Chapter 12 Augustus: Founder of the Roman Empire Chapter 13 Paul of Tarsus: Christian Evangelist Chapter 14 Augustine: Christian Theologian Chapter 15 Brief Bibliographical Suggestions for General Readers
Carl J. Richard is associate professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and author of The Founders and the Classics: Greece, Rome, and the American Enlightenment.
Carl Richard's lively tour through the lives of twelve Greeks and
Romans who created the Western world is a liberal education in
itself, clearly telling us not just what we should know but why we
should know it. For those tired of the melodrama of Western
wickedness, Twelve Greeks and Romans will provide them with the
necessary corrective: a clear overview of the unique virtues of the
West and their origins among the Greeks and Romans.
*Bruce S. Thornton, California State University, Fresno*
By setting these biographical essays deeply within their subjects'
historical contexts, Carl Richard has given us an accessible and
concise guide not only to these twelve major figures of ancient
literature, philosophy, and history, but to the principal events of
the Greek and Roman world from the Mycenaean Bronze Age to the
Christian world of Augustine. The prose is lively, the anecdotes
are entertaining and apt, and the range is remarkable in a text of
this size....
*Ward Briggs, University of South Carolina*
Carl Richard's book is easy to read and highly recommended for
those waiting to take a course on Western Civilization or who are
rediscovering classical Greek and Roman history.
*Great Lakes Bulletin*
A valuable overview of ancient history, politics, economics,
science, literature, art, philosophy, and religion in Greece and
Rome. Recommended.
*CHOICE*
Readers will enjoy learning about how the lives and works of such
figures as Plato, Alexander the Great, Julius Ceaser, and Cicero
became part of modern political debates, and about the debt that
Western writers owe to Homer.
*History*
By setting these biographical essays deeply within their subjects'
historical contexts, Carl Richard has given us an accessible and
concise guide not only to these twelve major figures of ancient
literature, philosophy, and history, but to the principal events of
the Greek and Roman world from the Mycenaean Bronze Age to the
Christian world of Augustine. The prose is lively, the anecdotes
are
entertaining and apt, and the range is remarkable in a text of this
size.
*Ward Briggs, University of South Carolina*
This book is a breathtaking accomplishment. There is a wealth here
of information, wisdom, and wit. The author of The Founders and the
Classics has written another classic.
*Susan Ford Wiltshire, Vanderbilt University*
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