Rome and the Classical West (The Illustrated History of the World, Volume 3)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: January 7, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780195215212
First sentence: FOR ALL THE ENTERPRISE OF THE PHOENICIANS and the early vigour of Greek colonization there, the western half of the Mediterranean basin can reasonably be judged during several centuries to have been of only marginal importance to world history.