01465cam a2200289 4500 388592968 TxAuBib 20190808120000.0 020924t20062003||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002015707 9780760782569 0760782563 TxAuBib Richard, Carl J. Twelve Greeks and Romans who changed the world / Carl J. Richard. 12 Greeks and Romans who changed the world. New York : Barnes and Noble, 2006. ©2003. x, 259 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Includes index. "Brief bibliographical suggestions for general readers": p. 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. 20190808. Greece Biography. Rome Biography. TXWIT