Ancient history

Augustine, bishop of Hippo between 395 and 430, and his fellow bishops lived and worked through massive shifts in politics, society, and religion.

The volume will focus on a comparative level on a specific group of states that are commonly labelled as "e;empires"e; and that we encounter through all historical periods.

Discover the Variety and Unity of the Early ChurchThe Christian church of the early centuries spread throughout much of Asia, Africa, and Europe, spoke many languages, was situated within diverse cultural settings, and had varied worship practices; yet it maintained a vital unity on core teachings at the heart of the Christian faith.

Most classical authors and modern historians depict the ancient Greek world as essentially stable and even static, once the so-called colonization movement came to an end.

Schon als 1922 die Nachricht von der Entdeckung des Grabs von Tutanchamun um die Welt ging, berichtete National Geographic aus erster Hand.

This volume, which continues the same author's Early Byzantine Historians , is the first book to analyze the lives and works of all forty-three significant Byzantine historians from the seventh to the thirteenth century, including the authors of three of the world's greatest histories: Michael Psellus, Princess Anna Comnena, and Nicetas Choniates.

The theology of sacred or clerical orders of the Latin Church in the high and later Middle Ages developed from an amalgam of texts written from late patristic antiquity through to the early 12th century.

This book contextualizes Claudian's handling of the Proserpina myth and the underworld in the history of literature and religion while showing intersections with and differences between the literary and religious uses of the underworld topos.

This book delves into the intricate and, as argued, essential relationship between poetics and religion in Pindar.

Catalina Aparicio aborda sin miedo, con elegancia y una prosa sublime cuestiones sumamente relevantes para conocer la situación de la mujer en el mundo griego; mundo sobre y desde el que se ha construido la sociedad occidental.

Endorsed by OCR and Eduqas, this popular Latin course for students aged 11 16 is breathing new life into Latin teaching and learning.

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The book focuses on the debate about myth as a counter-concept to contemporary scientific thinking.

Dieses eBook: "Der Kampf um die Cheopspyramide (Historischer Roman)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

First published in 1971 The London that was Rome is both a detective story and a tale of buried treasure.

First published in 1971 The London that was Rome is both a detective story and a tale of buried treasure.

Examines the emergence of dynastic rule at Rome in the early Principate via analysis of the senatorial decree concerning Piso.

How did Socrates and Plato know that our planet is shaped like a ball?

Dieses eBook: "Griechische Kulturgeschichte" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

Dieses eBook: "Die Nilbraut (Historischer Roman aus dem alten Ägypten)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

CELTIC MYTHOLOGYEmbark on an Enchanting Journey with "e;Celtic Mythology: A Collection of the Best Celtic Myths"e;Immerse yourself in a world where the divine and the mortal intertwine, where ancient gods shape the destinies of heroes and the land itself whispers secrets of old.

Will Durant (18851981) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1968) and the Presidential Medal ofFreedom (1977).

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Step into the golden age of ancient Egypt, where ambition, innovation, and divine authority converged to create one of humanity's most enduring wonders: the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 to 1213 B.

A new theory of the Talmud''s formation based on comparison with late antique intellectual and material standards of book production.

A new theory of the Talmud''s formation based on comparison with late antique intellectual and material standards of book production.

Averil Cameron is one of the leading historians of late antiquity and Byzantium.

Reveals how the empire of Attalid Pergamon dominated the Hellenistic world by controlling culture and identity through its fiscal system.

Averil Cameron is one of the leading historians of late antiquity and Byzantium.

A beautiful new edition of a classic work of landscape history, in which Alfred Watkins introduced the idea of ancient 'ley lines' criss-crossing the English countryside.

This is the story of Messalina third wife of Emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world.

This book tackles the difficult challenge of uncovering the pathogenic cause, epidemiological mechanics and broader historical impacts of an extremely deadly third-century ancient Roman pandemic.

The collection of chapters in this volume explores the significance of old age for Jews and Christians as well as Greeks and Romans in antiquity.

Die Welt erlebt eine Zeitenwende.

Over a century after his discovery, this comprehensive biography of Tutankhamun explores a wealth of evidence, including archaeological and ancient textual sources, DNA analysis and CT scanning, bringing to life a pharaoh who has remained elusive apart from his grandiose tomb treasures.

Explores trans-Mediterranean connections between peoples, cultures, and artistic traditions traditionally marginalized by Graeco-Roman bias.

Employing frameworks of lived religion and materiality, this book provides the first full-length study of personal religious experience in the Greek Archaic and Classical periods.

Employing frameworks of lived religion and materiality, this book provides the first full-length study of personal religious experience in the Greek Archaic and Classical periods.

A collection of articles from the Daily Telegraph's 1922 reporting on Howard Carter's discovery and excavation of the ancient Egyptian tomb of Tutankhamen.

To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world.

Late antiquity: decline or transformation, conflict or interaction?

A Spectator 2023 Book of the YearEsther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and was largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au fait with the rarefied world of the Achaemenid court.

A Spectator 2023 Book of the YearEsther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and was largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au fait with the rarefied world of the Achaemenid court.

The first dedicated examination of Alexander the Great's final battle and acknowledged tactical masterpiece.

The first dedicated examination of Alexander the Great's final battle and acknowledged tactical masterpiece.

A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Anaximander is a delight and so is this book' -- James McConnachie, Sunday TimesNow widely available in English for the first time, this is Carlo Rovelli's first book: the thrilling story of a little-known man who created one of the greatest intellectual revolutions Over two thousand years ago, one man changed the way we see the world.

Os nefilins, os gigantes da antiguidade, os guardiões, os anunakis, os antigos astronautas, os cíclops, os titãs e tantos outros nomes nas mais diversas tradições e mitologias na qual chegou até nós notícias que no passado distante houve uma raça de gigantes na terra que reinaram e dominaram a humanidade.

The book of Genesis not only outlines the creation of the universe, God's relationship with Man and the story of the ancient Hebrew people.