A review by jplatzer
The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine by Simon Price

5.0

This is the first book in the Penguin History of Europe series and I enjoyed it quite a bit. As the title suggests, it tells the history of Europe from Troy (approx. 1200 BC) to St. Augustine. I find it quite interesting that despite the attention paid to Greece and Rome, these were essentially backwaters early on compared with the great empires of the East: Egyptian, Babylonian, and Assyrian in particular. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in this period.