Ancient History: to c 500 CE

A strange thing happened to Roman sarcophagi in the third century: their Greek mythic imagery vanished. Since the beginning of their production a ...

This is the first thorough English commentary on the geographical books of Pliny the Elder, written in the AD 70s. Pliny's account is the longest i...

An invigorating journey through Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants. 'Highly compelling' Spectator, ...

Ranging from the Egyptians to the late Roman Empire, Ancient Peoples In Their Own Words celebrates the excitement and importance of historical prim...

A detailed examination of the role played by shamanism and communication with higher intelligences in the development of ancient civilizations* Exp...

The Arthastra is the foundational text of Indic political thought and ancient India's most important treatise on statecraft and governance. It is t...

In the 660s BC Egypt was a politically fragmented and occupied country. However, this was to change when a family of local rulers from the city of ...

This biography of Alcibiades, the charismatic Athenian statesman and general (c. 450404 BC) who achieved both renown and infamy during the Peloponn...

Despite millennia of fame, the origins of the Great Pyramid of Giza are shrouded in mystery. Believed to be the tomb of an Egyptian king, even thou...

Examining the diaspora from the sunken continent of Pan, Susan B. Martinez finds traces of the oceanic Pan civilization in arts and technologies fr...

In A Threat to Public Piety, Elizabeth DePalma Digeser reexamines the origins of the Great Persecution (AD 303313), the last eruption of pagan viol...

Much has been written about the worlds first democracy, but no book so far has been dedicated solely to the study of enmity in ancient Athens. Enmi...

Winner of Military History Monthly''s 2017 Book of the Year AwardThe Classis Britannica was the Roman regional fleet controlling and protecting the...

Laudat poeta multa loca pulcherrima, quae vidit visitavitque in multis orbis terrarum partibus. Alloquitur autem amicos, inter quos poetas philosop...

This book takes an in-depth look at the condition of the contemporary United States and shows why Americans should be deeply concerned. It tackles ...

In 61 AD, Roman rule in Britain was threatened by a bloody revolt led by one of the most iconic figures in British history. Legend dictates that Bo...

A study of the material culture of Egypt during the period of Achaemenid Persian rule, c. 526-404 BCEProvides a clear overview of the archaeologica...

Roman Britain is vividly portrayed in this fascinating and authentically detailed story about a year in the life of an ordinary woman and her famil...

During the first and second centuries A.D., the supremacy of the Roman Empire was aggressively challenged by three Jewish rebellions. The facts sur...

Sumeria, c.3500 BC, witnessed the birth of the world's very first city by the rich and fertile banks of the Uruk. Over the next four millennia, the...

The Athens of Socrates's time has gone down in history as the very place where democracy and freedom of speech were born. Yet this city put Socrate...

Traditional scholarship on how ancient civilizations emerged is outmoded and new insights call for revision. According to the well-established p...

Despite her status as one of history's most important women, the story of Galla Placidia's life has been largely forgotten. Though the Roman emp...

Built almost 2,000 years ago by the Roman occupiers of Britain, Hadrian's Wall is one of the most famous and identifiable World Heritage Sites. Whe...

This book examines the writings of four ancient Greeks-Homer, Thucydides, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Each of these four individuals represents...

In A City of Marble, Kathleen Lamp argues that classical rhetorical theory shaped the Augustan cultural campaigns and that in turn the Augustan cul...

The Vikings descended upon Europe at the close of the 8th century, invading the continent's western seas and river systems, trading, raiding and...

When soldiers of the Roman 9th Legion arrived in AD 70, they built a fortress and this huge military camp formed the foundation of the modern city ...

The school of Greek philosopher Epicurus, which became known as the Garden, famously put great stock in happiness and pleasure. As a philosophical ...

'The task of the benevolent person is surely to diligently seek to promote the benefit of the world and eliminate harm to the world' The Mòz is am...

An exploration into the beliefs and origins of the Druids, this book examines the role the Druids may have played in the story of King Arthur and t...

The Roman Empire has been a source of fascination to political thinkers, the obsession of some of the greatest historians, and has influenced art d...

50 Roman Finds From the Portable Antiquities Scheme highlights some of the most important and interesting Roman objects recorded by the Portable An...