Robin Lane Fox is a Fellow of New College, Oxford, where he has been a University Reader in Ancient History since 1990. His previous books include Alexander the Great, Pagans and Christians, and The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible. He writes a regular column in the Financial Times. He lives in Oxford, England.
"A lucid, comprehensive narrative of an awesome world."--Houston
Chronicle
"A magnificent, panoramic introduction to the ancient world. The
Classical World is a terrific read."--Sunday Times (London)
"A sweeping and stylish history ranging from Homer's Greece to Rome
in the second century A.D. Fox's command of his material seems
effortlessly complete, and the events of his narrative feel
surprisingly immediate."--The Atlantic
"Brilliant... soldiers, poets, and orators fight for attention in a
story that is never cluttered and always stimulating."--The
Economist
With erudition, drive, and wit, [Fox] triumphantly brings the
Greeks' and Romans' civilizations to life."--Washington Post Book
World, Top Ten nonfiction Book of the Year
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