Oxford history of the classical world heavily illustrated with photographs and maps is a fine reference complete with compact chronologies from library journal thirty two chapters with select bibliographies by different authors plus an introduction and conclusion survey antiquity from the time of homer to the fall of the roman empire. Anthologies while they can be informative often disappoint owing to the uneven quality of the contributions the editors john boardman jasper griffin and oswyn murray however manage to maintain a consistently very high standard in this oxford history of the classical worldat nearly nine hundred pages this copious and lavishly illustrated volume covers multifarious aspects of the history . The oxford history of the roman world boardman 42 out of 5 stars 32 paperback 3638 the oxford history of medieval europe holmes 43 out of 5 stars 47 paperback 14 offers from 2515 oxford companion to classical literature hb m c howatson 47 out of 5 stars 13. Oxford history of the classical world heavily illustrated with photographs and maps is a fine reference complete with compact chronologies from library journal thirty two chapters with select bibliographies by different authors plus an introduction and conclusion survey antiquity from the time of homer to the fall of the roman empire