Includes index. "Brief bibliographical suggestions for general readers": p. 247-249.
Contents:
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.
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