Ancient History: to c 500 CE

When everyone had had plenty to eat and drink they called for the gladiators. The moment anyones throat was cut, they clapped their hands in pleasu...

For three thousand years a dominant force, Ancient Egypt is arguably the most successful and longest lasting human civilization yet. In this pacy g...

Gnaeus Julius Agricola was a man fated for conquest and tied to the island of Britannia. He cut his teeth on military command during the revolt of ...

Drawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Romes Great Fireand how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman EmpireAccording ...

A new perspective on political organisation in Hellenistic Rhodes and the ancient Greek citystateThe first comprehensive study of Rhodes in more th...

A novel approach to Israelite kinship, arguing that maternal kinship bonds played key social, economic, and political roles for a son who aspired t...

This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invent...

An essential introduction to Josephuss momentous war narrativeThe Jewish War is Josephus's superbly evocative account of the Jewish revolt against ...

The Hittites in the Late Bronze Age became the mightiest military power in the Ancient Near East. Yet their empire was always vulnerable to destruc...