Ebook: The birth of classical Europe: a history from Troy to Augustine

The Aegean world: Minoans, Mycenaeans and Trojans: c.1750-1100 BC -- The Mediterranean, the Levant and Middle Europe: 1100-800 BC -- Greece, Phoenicians and the Western Mediterranean: 800-480 BC -- Greece, Europe and Asia: 480-334 BC -- Alexander the great and the Hellenistic world: 334-146 BC -- Rome, Carthage and the West: 500-146 BC -- Rome, Italy and empire: 146 BC-AD 14 -- The Roman empire: AD 14-284 -- The later Roman empire: AD 284-425.