Ancient category: 10855 books
by Xenophon, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Celebrated for his stirring historical accounts and insightful philosophical treatises, Xenophon’s works have enlightened readers across the world for almost two and a half thousand years. For the first time in digital publishing history, readers can now own the complete works of Xenophon in English...
The Economy of Prostitution in the Roman World
A Study of Social History and the Brothel
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2010
In recent years, a number of classical scholars have turned their attention to prostitution in the ancient world. Close examination of the social and legal position of Roman meretrices and Greek hetairai have enriched our understanding of ancient sexual relationships and the status of women in these...
by Simon Baker
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points that shaped Roman history. Welcome to Rome as you've never seen it before - awesome and splendid, gritty and squalid.
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth
The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative.
When famed archaeologist...
by MobileReference
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt covers time period from the 3150 BC to 30 BC. Easily access the maps, timeline, information about the dynasties, pharaohs, laws, culture, government, military and more.Features :-Fully illustrated with maps, art, and photographs. -Navigate from TABLE OF CONTENTS:,...
The Art of Living
The Stoics on the Nature and Function of Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Ancient philosophy was conceived as a way of life or an art of living, but if ancient philosophers did think that philosophy should transform an individual's way of life, then what conception of philosophy stands behind this claim? John Sellars explores this question through a detailed account of...
The Phantom Atlas
The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Discover the mysteries within ancient maps — Where exploration and mythology meet
This richly illustrated book collects and explores the colorful histories behind a striking range of real antique maps that are all in some way a little too good to be true.
Mysteries within ancient maps: The...
Catastrophe
An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2000
It was a catastrophe without precedent in recorded history: for months on end, starting in A.D. 535, a strange, dusky haze robbed much of the earth of normal sunlight. Crops failed in Asia and the Middle East as global weather patterns radically altered. Bubonic plague, exploding out of Africa, wiped...
Carthage Must Be Destroyed
The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
The first full-scale history of Hannibal's Carthage in decades and "a convincing and enthralling narrative." (The Economist )
Drawing on a wealth of new research, archaeologist, historian, and master storyteller Richard Miles resurrects the civilization that ancient Rome struggled...
The Reach of Rome
A Journey Through the Lands of the Ancient Empire, Following a Coin
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
In this unconventional and accessible history, Italian best-seller Alberto Angela literally follows the money to map the reach and power of the Roman Empire. To see a map of the Roman Empire at the height of its territorial expansion is to be struck by its size, stretching from Scotland to Kuwait,...
Pagan Holiday
On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2009
The ancient Romans were responsible for many remarkable achievements—Roman numerals, straight roads—but one of their lesser-known contributions was the creation of the tourist industry. The first people in history to enjoy safe and easy travel, Romans embarked on the original Grand Tour, journeying...
by E M Berens
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
This excellent eBook gives the reader a knowledge of a huge number of myths and legends of the classicial civilisation era. Including sections on Greek and Roman Gods, Minor Deities, Heroes and the practices of the time, it also includes a large number of illustrations. This version has been specially...
by Aristotle
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Along with Plato and Socrates, Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) is one of the triumvirate of philosophers responsible for the establishment of Western philosophy as it exists today. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were among the first to refine philosophical thought, and Socrates is credited with devising the...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Did you know that there’s so much you can learn from the early civilizations that are applicable today? You get to learn about useful systems, and concepts that you can apply in your everyday life. Learning about all these is made easy through the child-friendly approach employed in this cool history book. What are you waiting for? Grab a copy now!