Publisher's Synopsis
Michael Grant uses current scholarship and his own insight to present the social histories of the ancient Greek and Roman states. Topics will include slaves, women, sexual habits, finances and the rich. Michael Grant has also written "Saint Paul", "History of Rome", "Jesus", "The Etruscans", "History of Ancient Israel", "Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean", "The Rise of the Greeks", "The Classical Greeks", "From Alexander to Cleopatra", "The Fall of the Roman Empire", "The Visible Past", "The Roman Emperors" and "Founders of the Western World".