INTRODUCTION
WHAT OF OUR BEGINNINGS: A STIRRING
GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT; HELLAS: THE ROOTS OF WESTERN CULTURE THAT RUSSIA MIGHT HAVE SHARED, IF IT SO CHOSE
PERSIA
THE WORLD OF THE HELLENES: INSPIRATION THAT PROMPTED THE GOLDEN AGE
THE GOLDEN AGE
HELLAS: A NEW POWER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: ATHENS AND SPARTA, BRILLIANCE AND SUICIDE
ATHENS: IMPERIALISM
EXPLOITATION AND DEMOCRACY: THE EVOLUTION OF ATHENS
ARE THESES EXPERIENCES OF HELLENES OF VALUE TO RUSSIA AS IT PLANS FOR THE FUTURE?
SPARTA: THE STAND AGAINST ATHENS: FROM ALLIES TO ENEMIES
PHILOSOPHY: THE HELLENIC PURSUIT THAT RUSSIA WOULD REJECT
MACEDONIA: PHILIP AND ALEXANDER
THE GREATS: ALEXANDER AND PETER
AN AGE OF THE INDIVIDUAL
OTHER EXAMPLES THAT EXEMPLIFY THE WEST
THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN: ROME EMERGES
ETRUSCANS
ROME
THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
THE MIDDLE REPUBLIC: 264 BCE-133 BCE: RECORDS ARE EXTANT
A WORLD OF PARALLELS
THE SECOND PUNIC WAR 218 BCE-202 BCE: THE FUTURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION WILL BE DECIDED
THE OUTCOME OF THE SECOND PUNIC WAR
ROME: THE TURBULENCE IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN DRAWS ROME'S ATTENTION
COMPARISON: ROME AND RUSSIA: NATIONS IN TRANSITION
SEEDS OF CIVIL UNREST: SLAVERY AND SERFDOM, ROME AND RUSSIA
THE AFTERMATH
JULIUS CAESAR, OCTAVIAN, AND PETER THE GREAT
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