Colin McEvedy's highly original historical atlases revolutionised the way the history of the Western world was seen. In four books he spanned from the emergence of Homo erectus in Europe in around 500,000 BC to the present day. But his greatest enthusiasm was always for the classical world. For twenty years as he travelled to all the major sites from Babylon to Pompeii, McEvedy was quietly compiling the book he had always wanted to write. In Cities of the Classical World he could at last focus on its cities, map them and tell their fascinating stories. This labour of love offers a compelling imaginative guide to the centres of ancient civilization, large and small, that shaped the world as we know it today. Fascinating information about the cities sits alongside clear maps that trace their thoroughfares and defences, monuments and mistakes. And in understanding them the history of the ancient world unfolds fresh and new.
The text was nearly complete when he tragically died in 2005 but thanks to the efforts of his family and colleagues it can at last be appreciated by a larger readership. For The Cities of the Classical World isn't just an interesting and useful book, it is also a desirably beautiful one, elegantly designed and with over 120 unique hand-drawn maps, that everyone interested in history will want to own.
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