Anthologies while they can be informative often disappoint owing to the uneven quality of the contributions the editors john boardman jasper griffin and oswyn murray however manage to maintain a consistently very high standard in this oxford history of the classical worldat nearly nine hundred pages this copious and lavishly illustrated volume covers multifarious aspects of the history . The oxford history of the classical world. Buy the oxford history of the classical world 1st edition by boardman john griffin jasper murray oswyn isbn 9780198721123 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Oxford history of the classical world heavily illustrated with photographs and maps is a fine reference complete with compact chronologies from library journal thirty two chapters with select bibliographies by different authors plus an introduction and conclusion survey antiquity from the time of homer to the fall of the roman empire