First published in 1974, this book is a collection of nine essays written by Victor Ehrenberg between 1925 and 1967, five of which had not been published before.

Ehrenberg, Victor

1. East and West in antiquity 2. Freedom - ideal and reality 3. Prometheus 4. Dike and Eros 5. Some aspects of the transition from the Classical to the Hellenistic Age 6. The Hellenistic Age 7. Some Roman concepts of state and empire 8. Caesar's final aims 9. Remarks on the meaning of history