Thomas R. Martin
Author of Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
About the Author
Thomas R. Martin (Ph.D., Harvard University) is Jeremiah O'Connor Professor in Classics at the College of the Holy Cross. He is the author of Sovereignty and Coinage in Classical Greece (1985) and Ancient Greece (2000), and he is a co-author of The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures (2009). show more He is also one of the originators of Perseus: Interactive Sources and Studies on Ancient Greece (www.perseus.tufts.edu). show less
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Works by Thomas R. Martin
Associated Works
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War (0411) — Contributor, some editions — 2,385 copies
Transitions to Empire: Essays in Greco-Roman History, 360-146 B.C., in Honor of E. Badian (Oklahoma Series in Classical (1996) — Contributor — 17 copies
A Companion to Josephus (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) (2015) — Contributor — 13 copies
Sibyls, Scriptures, and Scrolls: John Collins at Seventy (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism) (2016) — Contributor — 5 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Martin, Thomas R.
- Legal name
- Martin, Thomas Runge
- Birthdate
- 1947-11-22
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Education
- Harvard University (MA | 1972 | Ph.D | Classical Philology | 1978)
Princeton University (AB, summa cum laude | Classics | 1970) - Occupations
- historian of the Greco-Roman world
university professor
historian
classicist - Organizations
- Harvard University
College of the Holy Cross
Pomona College
American Philological Association
American Numismatic Society
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Reviews
Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times by Thomas R. Martin
Incredible retelling of about a thousand years of the history of civilization. Talks about what we know with maps and time tables where appropriate, expands on what we don't by listing the clues we have. Amazing.
Interesting, well written book about Ancient Greece from the Minoans to Cleopatra, Last Pharaoh of Egypt. This is supposed to be an introductory text, but includes a great deal more information than the usual introductory texts. This book also includes several time lines, maps and photographs of vases, statues and coins.
If you don't know anything or only know a little bit about Ancient Greece, this is the book to read.
If you don't know anything or only know a little bit about Ancient Greece, this is the book to read.
A great general guide to rome, especially for someone who's newly exposed to the classics. Hits a lot of major points, and makes some interesting observations here and there. Some of the interpretation seems a bit speculative and feels like the author is being a bit revisionist by putting modern ideas into the past. I think that can't be avoided in history, nor should it entirely be but someone with more than a casual knowledge of roman history would definately get some of their feathers ruffled.… (more)
Great introduction to Ancient Greece. A little dry at times.
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- Works
- 26
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- 1,076
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- #23,896
- Rating
- 4.3
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