Ancient History: to c 500 CE

Griffins, Cyclopes, Monsters, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vi...

A fresh, concise, and accessible history of one of the medieval worlds greatest empires For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided o...

Classica et Mediaevalia encourages scholarly contributions within the fields of Greek and Latin languages and literature up to, and including, the ...

The invention of the wheel is often highlighted as one of humankinds most significant inventions. Wheels do not exist in nature, and so can be view...

An original and provocative book that illuminates the origins of philosophy in ancient Greece by revealing the surprising early meanings of the wor...

A new account of the famous site and story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman EmpireTwo thousand years ag...

This study includes a revised model of the historical geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period (c. 1969-1715 BC) that is based on to...

This volume in the Electrum series is focused on various aspects of a phenomenon that is very characteristic of the history of the ancient world. I...

Drawing on ancient historical writings, the vast array of information gleaned in recent years from the study of Hellenistic coins, and startling ar...

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 ...