Course No. 3300 Taught by Robert Garland Colgate University M.A., McMaster University Ph.D., University College London "Greece, the captive, made their savage victor captive." So wrote the Roman poet Horace in the 1st century B.C., when Rome's matchless armies had consolidated control over the entire Mediterranean world. Greece lay vanquished along with scores of other formerly independent lands. Yet Horace saw that something was special about Greece
In the 1st century B.C., Rome's matchless armies consolidated control over the entire Mediterranean world, and Greece lay vanquished along with scores of other formerly independent lands—yet the Roman poet Horace saw something special in Greece when he wrote "Greece, the captive, made her savage victor captive."
Long sources of mystery, imagination, and inspiration, the myths and history of the ancient Mediterranean have given rise to artistic, religious, cultural, and intellectual traditions that span the centuries. In this unique and comprehensive introduction to the region's three major civilizations, Egypt, Greece, and Rome draws a fascinating picture of the deep links between the cultures across the Mediterranean and explores the ways in which these civilizations continue to be influential to this day.
Language Policy and Planning in the Mediterranean World is a collection of the best papers presented at the MedLPLP conference held at the University of Cyprus in 2009 enriched with invited contributions on the same topic. The book presents a panorama of situations with countries like France, Germany, Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Spain, Poland, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, Romania and Serbia.