Ancient category: 10855 books
Gilgamesh among Us
Modern Encounters with the Ancient Epic
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The world's oldest work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian king of Uruk and his ultimately futile quest for immortality after the death of his friend and companion, Enkidu, a wildman sent by the gods. Gilgamesh was deified by the Sumerians around...
by Arnaldo Momigliano
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Arnaldo Momigliano was one of the foremost classical historiographers of the twentieth century. This collection of twenty-one carefully selected essays is remarkable both in the depth of its scholarship and the breadth of its subjects. Moving with ease across the centuries, Momigliano supplements...
by Cassius Dio, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Cassius Dio’s ‘Roman History’ in 80 Books spans the founding of Rome, the formation of the Republic, the creation of the Empire and charts the Romans' greatest achievements up until AD 229. Composed over 22 years, the monumental work provides modern readers with an intriguing perspective on...
The Complete Procopius
The Wars of Justinian, the Secret History of the Court of Justinian, and the Buildings of Justinian
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
"The Complete Procopius Anthology" contains the complete works of Procopius of Caesarea, including "The Buildings of Justinian" in digital ebook format for the first time, as well as "The Wars of Justinian", and "The Secret History of the Courts of Justinian"....
by Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
A historian of the first century BC, Dionysius of Halicarnassus taught rhetoric in Rome while studying the Latin language, collecting material for his magnum opus, ‘Roman Antiquities’. Dionysius states that his objects in writing history were to please lovers of noble deeds and to repay the benefits...
by Lionel Casson
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
". . . gracefully written" - The New York Times. Award-winning historian Lionel Casson paints a vivid portrait of the people of ancient Egypt - from peasants and pharaohs to soldiers and scribes and artists and priests - and what life was like beyond the splendors and treasures that remain with us today.
Daughters of Hecate
Women and Magic in the Ancient World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Daughters of Hecate unites for the first time research on the problem of gender and magic in three ancient Mediterranean societies: early Judaism, Christianity, and Graeco-Roman culture. The book illuminates the gendering of ancient magic by approaching the topic from three distinct disciplinary perspectives:...
by John Farman
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
John Farman, the genius (for want of a better word) responsible for the best-selling A VERY BLOODY HISTORY OF BRITAIN (WITHOUT THE BORING BITS), now tackles all the great periods of history - in less than 10,000 words.
History in a Hurry is so short that there just isn't room for any boring...
by Atulya K Bingham
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Joint winner of the One Big Book Launch, London 2014.
"Atulya K Bingham has breathed new life into one of Turkey's most beautiful surviving outposts of accessible mountain wilderness." Hugh Pope, Today's Zaman.
Ayşe, a 38-year-old mother from Istanbul, decides to tackle the...
The Woman Who Would Be King
Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power.
Hatshepsut—the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne—was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father’s family. Her failure to...
The Trojan War
A legendary conflict in Ancient Greece
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Trojan War in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Trojan War. When Menelaus, king of Sparta, returned home after visiting his dying father in Crete to discover that his...
by William Harlan Hale
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Here, from award-winning historian William Harlan Hale, is the ever-fascinating story of ancient Greece - from the Bronze-Age cultures of Crete and Mycenae, the rise of the Greek city-states, and the wars with Persia to the golden age of Athens under Pericles, the Hellenistic age after Alexander's conquests, and, finally, the slow decline to the status as a Roman province.
The History of Ancient Egypt
The Land & The People of Egypt, Egyptian Mythology & Customs, The Pyramid Builders, The Rise of Thebes, The Reign of the Great Pharaohs, The Priest-Kings, The Ethiopians & Persian Conquest
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
The work offered here was designed to supply complete account of Ancient Egypt, combining its antiquities with its history, specifically pointing out the way of the Egyptian life - manners, customs, art, science, literature and religion. Alongside the full statement of the general course of historical...
by Polybius, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Polybius was a leading Hellenistic historian, whom many regard as the natural successor to Thucydides. The great theme to his ‘Histories’ was a study of ‘what made Rome great’, exploring the rise of the Republic, the destruction of Carthage and the eventual Roman domination of the Greek world....