Ancient History: to c 500 CE

A new translation that captures the gripping power of one of the greatest war stories ever toldJulius Caesars pitiless account of his brutal campai...

A major reinterpretation of Horace's famous literary manualFor two millennia, the Ars Poetica (Art of Poetry), the 476-line literary treatise in ve...

Although it only lasted a few centuries, the Inca Empire quickly became one of the world's most famous pre-Columbian centers of power. Handbook to ...

The history of women in ancient Rome is fascinating and exhilarating. It gives a unique insight into one of the worlds most dynamic, successful sup...

England has always been a place of queens. The earliest known lived nearly 2,000 years ago. Early queens, such as Boudica and Cartimandua, are hist...

This is the history of that most sacred vessel that is named by men the Holy Grail, wherein the precious blood of Our Saviour was received on the d...

The Roman Army reigned supreme for over 1,000 years. From Britain to Syria, and from the Rhine and Danube to North Africa, there is abundant eviden...

Over 2600 years ago the Parian poet Archilochus wrote we chased seven and killed them.. the thousand of us. In all parts of the world, and in all c...

Over 2600 years ago the Parian poet Archilochus wrote we chased seven and killed them.. the thousand of us. In all parts of the world, and in all c...

When the Romans came north to what is now modern Scotland they encountered the fierce and proud warrior society known as the Picts, who despite the...

Caracalla has one of the worst reputations of any Roman Emperor. Many ancient historians were very hostile and Edward Gibbon later dubbed him the c...

This research study offers new theories of interpretation and analysis of the Gaelic sources dealing with the peopling of the Europe's Atlantic fro...

Telling the story of the Maya peoples from their earliest beginnings to the start of the 20th century, this book divides the 3,000 year time spa...

The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philoso...

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