This is a college-level course which addresses three wars fought in antiquity: the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, and the Punic Wars. Each had a decisive effect in shaping the communal sense of Western values, even two thousand years later.
This is a college-level course which addresses three wars fought in antiquity: the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, and the Punic Wars. Each had a decisive effect in shaping the communal sense of Western values, even two thousand years later.
Focusing on six turning points in Roman history, Simon Baker's narrative charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower--a political machine unmatched in its brutality, genius, and lust for power. From the conquest of the Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC to the dest…