| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Editor | Arthur Cotterell |
| Imprint | Viking |
| Publisher | Penguin Group |
| Typeset by | Selwood Systems |
| Copyright Holder | Arthur Cotterell |
| Contributing Writer | John Brockington, Arthur Cotterell, Andrew Drummond, J. T. Hooker, E. J. Keall, Frank W. Walbank, T. Cuyler Young, Jr. |
| About/Subject | Ancient Greece, Classical Greece, Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Persian Empire, Ancient India, Ancient China |
| Cover photo | Ronald Sheridan |
| Photo Credit | Roderick Johnson, David Hurn, Tim Woodcock, Werner Forman |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Great Britain |
| Copyright | 1993 |
| Pages / Font | 290 pages / Lasercomp Photina 9/10pt |
| Edition No. | First edition |
| ISBN | 0-670-82699-5 |
| Barcode | 9 780670 826995 |
| EAN 5 | 90101 |
