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Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context provides a chronological introduction to the history of ancient Mediterranean civilizations within the larger context of its contemporary Eurasian world.

• Innovative approach organizes Greek and Roman history into a single chronology
• Combines the traditional historical story with subjects that are central to modern research into the ancient world including a range of social, cultural, and political topics
• Facilitates an understanding of the ancient Mediterranean world as a unity, just as the Mediterranean world is in its turn presented as part of a larger whole
• Covers the entire ancient Mediterranean world from pre-history through to the rise of Islam in the seventh century A.D.
• Features a diverse collection of images, maps, diagrams, tables, and a chronological chart to aid comprehension
• English translation of a well-known Dutch book, De oudheid, now in its third edition