The Universities of Ancient Greece (1912) examines Greek education in the Classical world, from the pre-Alexandrian times to the last three centuries B.
The Sunday Times Bestseller'A wondrous wonderful achievement' STEPHEN FRYLonglisted for The Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2025The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositions on our planet.
Uncover the intricacies of ancient warfare from unit commanders' perspectives, with an overview of equipment, tactics, formations, and leadership through detailed case studies, accompanied by expert analysis and illustrations.
Sources for the History of Western Civilization is a primary source reader designed specifically to allow undergraduate students to interact with historical documents.
Based on four years of ethnographic research, this book discusses the presence of Christianity on Areruya, an indigenous religious movement practiced by the Ingarik in Northern Amazonia.
CORPVS VASORVM ANTIQVORVM: United States of America, Fascicule 18 - The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Fascicule I presents a comprehensive scholarly catalog of Corinthian, Attic red- and black-figured, and South Italian vases in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) collection.
Discover the most impactful and incredible episodes from human history, from the prehistoric era to the early twenty-first century, through fifty of the most surprising and often less well-known places in the world.
This volume explores emotion and its importance in Polybius' conception of history, his writing of historiography, and the benefits of this understanding to readers of history.
This volume aims to present an updated portrait of the Roman countryside in Roman Spain by the comparison of different theoretical orientations and methodological strategies including the discussion of textual and iconographic sources and the analysis of the faunal remains.
The first full-length biography in English of Aspar, the eastern Roman general and statesman, this book explores his central role in the history and politics of the fragmenting Roman Empire in the fifth century.
The first full-length biography in English of Aspar, the eastern Roman general and statesman, this book explores his central role in the history and politics of the fragmenting Roman Empire in the fifth century.
More than five centuries have passed since heaven was lost, and the Arab influence disappeared in those Spanish lands that have known periods of prosperity and brilliance, as its history was occupying people, whether in ancient or modern times.
This book addresses Social Network Analysis (SNA) as a methodological approach in the field of Egyptology, exploring its possibilities, limitations, and applications within the discipline.
Roman Britain (1935) is Franzero's personal but no less well-researched study of the history of Roman Britain, from conquest to withdrawal, and the archaeology that remains to this day - some of it a great deal more impressive than many would suppose.
Das Urbild der Demokratie bildet die Verfassung Athens vom fünften bis zum dritten vorchristlichen Jahrhundert – eine überwiegend direkte Demokratie, die den Bürgern ein Maximum an Mitwirkungsmöglichkeiten einräumte.
Keine andere Kultur der Antike hat sich so intensiv mit der Fremde beschäftigt wie die Griechen, keine andere Kultur wagte es, so schonungslos Selbstkritik durch den Mund selbst ihrer Gegner zu formulieren und keine andere Kultur entfaltete so viel Energien, die verwirrende Vielfalt der Menschen mit der eigenen Rolle in der Welt abzugleichen.
Die "Urgeschichte und Römerzeit in der Steiermark" handelt von Jahrtausenden – und manchmal Jahrzehntausenden – der Interaktion von Mensch und Natur in der heutigen Steiermark.