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6. City of Man, City of God
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In the last of the series, Richard Miles examines the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
5. Republic of Virtue
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How did an insignificant cluster of Latin hill villages on the edge of the civilised world become the greatest empire the world has known?
4. Return of the King
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Richard Miles traces Alexander the Great's battle-scarred route through Turkey, Syria and Lebanon to Egypt and ultimately to the western Punjab, Pakistan.
3. The Greek Thing
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Richard Miles explores the power and the paradox of the 'Greek Thing' - a blossoming in art, philosophy and science that went hand-in-hand with political discord, social injustice and endless war. He paints a fascinating picture of the internal and external pressures that fuelled this unique political and social experiment, one that would pioneer many of the political systems that we still live with today, from oligarchy to tyranny, from totalitarianism to democracy.
2. The Age of Iron
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Richard Miles looks at the winners, losers and survivors of the great Bronze Age collapse.
1. Come Together
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Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the origins of one of the most profound innovations in our human story - civilisation. Starting in Uruk, the 'mother of all cities', in southern Iraq, he travels to Syria, Egypt, Anatolia and Greece, exploring the challenges posed by this experiment in a new way of being human.
