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Historians are used to studying the origins of war. The rebuilding in the aftermath of war is a subject that - at least in the case of Athens - has received far less attention. …

Adopted from the Celts in the 1st century BC, the spatha, a lethal and formidable chopping blade, became the primary sword of the Roman soldier in the Later Empire.Over the …

Do you want to understand how the world evolved into its current state? This book is your guide. It explores history's biggest empires. Our coverage extends to the British empire, …

In ancient Rome, where literacy was limited and speech was the main medium used to communicate status and identity face-to-face in daily life, an education in rhetoric was a …

Revised throughout, the second edition of this successful book takes the most recent research in the field into account and reviews the evidence in order to place Augustus firmly …

This book considers what evidence the "e;new Simonides"e; fragments offer for Simonides' elegiac compositions on the Persian Wars. The current orthodoxy is that they …

In a world that is constantly awake, illuminated and exposed, there is much to gain from looking into the darkness of times past. This fascinating and vivid picture of nocturnal …

This is a critical edition and translation of the medieval local history of Balkh, known as Fada?il-i Balkh ("e;The Merits of Balkh"e;), which was completed in 610 Hijri …