Ancient History: to c 500 CE

The invasion of AD 43 began the Romans settlement of Britain. The Romans brought with them a level of expertise that raised iron production in Brit...

Although Plutarch did not intend his Lives as a historical record, they sometimes furnish the best account we have of events in classical Greece. I...

Why is King Arthur a giant? Because his story has had such strong influences on our understanding of the history of Europe and the English-speaking...

52 BC is the key year of the Gallic Revolt, with the near-disastrous Roman defeat at Gergovia followed by the climactic victory over the Gallic chi...

Around the round table there was always one seat which remained empty. This was the place left for the knight who would one day attain the Grail an...

The battle of the Catalaunian Fields saw two massive, powerful empires square up in a conflict that was to shape the course of Eurasian history for...

Homer is renowned as the finest of the storytellers who for countless generations passed down by word of mouth the myths and legends of Ancient Gre...

Latin was for many centuries the common literary language of Europe, and Latin literature of immense range, stylistic power and social and politica...

Most books about Celtic saints are based on their legendary medieval lives. This book, however, is based upon our earliest surviving information: a...

How new is atheism?Long before the Enlightenment sowed seeds of disbelief in a deeply Christian Europe, atheism was a matter of serious public deba...

Turkestan the great landmass of Central Asia and Western China is an intriguing meeting point of civilizations. Four major invasions Greek, Arab...