THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION - CESAR AND CHRIST III - W. DURANT. HARDCOVER -

No dustwrapper. 734pp. Published by arrangement with Simon and Schuster, New York Edito-Service S.A. Geneve, Publishers. 

Volume 3 of the monumental Story of Civilization, CAESAR, AND CHRIST depict the rise of Rome from a crossroads town to the empire. The world's first republic, Rome spread its civilization over the Mediterranean and western European world. It's long, slow crumbling, and final collapse plunged Europe into darkness and chaos. The  Pax Romana broke some heads. Jews felt the scourge in Judea, where Jesus of Nazareth met a dissident's death. His agony foreshadowed the Empires over the next few centuries.

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