TY - BOOK AU - Richard,Carl J. TI - Twelve Greeks and Romans who changed the world SN - 9780585466804 AV - DE7 U1 - 920.038B 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Historical KW - bisacsh KW - Reference KW - Historische Persönlichkeit KW - gnd KW - Biografie KW - Greece KW - Biography KW - Rome KW - Grèce KW - Biographies KW - fast KW - Rome (Empire) KW - Griechenland KW - Altertum KW - Römisches Reich KW - Electronic books KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes index; "Brief bibliographical suggestions for general readers": pages 247-249; Homer, founder of Western literature -- Thales, founder of Western science -- Themistocles, defender of Greek civilization -- Pericles, democratic reformer -- Plato, founder of Western philosophy -- Alexander the Great, disseminator of Greek culture -- Scipio Africanus, defender of the Roman Republic -- Julius Caesar, destroyer of the Roman Republic -- Cicero, statesman, philosopher, and republican martyr -- Augustus, founder of the Roman Empire -- Paul of Tarsus, Christian evangelist -- Augustine, Christian theologian; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011 N2 - As Richard vibrantly describes the contributions of the individuals, he details the historical context in which each lived, showing how these men influenced their world and ours UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=91304 ER -