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Alexandria, Real and Imagined - Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London New edition
Anthony Hirst
Alexandria, Real and Imagined - Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London New edition
Anthony Hirst
Offers a portrait of an extraordinary city as seen through the eyes of its inhabitants and by outsiders, from the time of its foundation in the 4th century BC up to the 20th century. As the capital of a Hellenistic kingdom, then as a major city in the Roman, Byzantine and Arab empires, Alexandria was renowned as an intellectual city.
394 pages, 39 b 3 maps
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 28, 2004 |
ISBN13 | 9780754638902 |
Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Pages | 431 |
Dimensions | 253 × 243 × 29 mm · 784 g |
Language | English |
Series Editor | Trapp, Professor Michael |