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The Fall of Carthage
The greatest conflict of antiquity, the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Carthage.The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most …
A History of Byzantium
This revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised A History of Byzantium covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Expands …
The Trojan War
Homer's tale of the abduction of Helen to Troy and the ten-year war to bring her back to Greece has fascinated mankind for centuries since he related it in The Iliad and The …
Mycenaean Citadels c. 1350–1200 BC
From 1600 BC urban civilisation in Greece began to thrive and the power of a number of warlord states began to be felt around the Aegean. This period of Greek development and …
Long Nineteenth Century, 1750-1914
The Long Nineteenth Century, 1750-1914 is a global history textbook with a difference. It is a guide for students to the actions and experiences by which communities and …
The Mongol Empire
Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely protected, Genghis united warring …
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens
Named for a goddess, epicenter of the first democracy, birthplace of tragic and comic theatre, locus of the major philosophical schools, artistically in the vanguard for centuries, …
Glass of the Roman World
Glass of the Roman World illustrates the arrival of new cultural systems, mechanisms of trade and an expanded economic base in the early 1st millennium AD which, in combination, …
Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves
â??The classic, groundbreaking account of womenâ??s lives in Greece and Romeâ?? Mary BeardFor centuries, half the ancient world remained invisible -- until Sarah Pomeroyâ??s …
Conquering the Ocean
An authoritative new history of the Roman conquest of Britain Why did Julius Caesar come to Britain? His own account suggests that he invaded to quell a resistance of Gallic …
Story of Greece and Rome
"e;This excellent survey . . . spans the rise and fall of the Greco-Roman world. This conversational yet erudite history is a treat."e; (Publishers Weekly, starred …
The Amazons
Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels …