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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737–94) produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition …
Play and Aesthetics in Ancient Greece
What is art's relationship to play? Those interested in this question tend to look to modern philosophy for answers, but, as this book shows, the question was already debated in …
Antike Novellen und Legenden
Novellen und Märchenstoffe »aus verklungenen Zeiten« werden hier vorgeführt, Geschichten, die sich in jenen Zeiten abspielen, als noch den großen Julius Cäsar die Sonne beschien, …
Xerxes Invades Greece
A king who would be worshipped as a god...When Xerxes, King of Persia, crosses the Hellespont at the head of a formidable army, it seems inevitable that Greece will be crushed …
Battles and Battlefields of Ancient Greece
"e;This useful work will appeal to a wide audience, from military buffs to historically minded tourists (and their guides), to students and scholars."e; -Choice Greece was …
Herod the Great
Herod the Great, king of ancient Judea, was a brutal, ruthless, vindictive and dangerously high-strung tyrant. He had many of his subjects killed on suspicion of plotting against …
Herod the Great
A vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution “Herod the Great is typical of …
Roman Legionary 109–58 BC
The Roman centurion, holding the legionaries steady before the barbarian horde and then leading them forward to victory, was the heroic exemplar of the Roman world.This was thanks …
The Lives of Ancient Villages
Our conception of the culture and values of the ancient Greco-Roman world is largely based on texts and material evidence left behind by a small and atypical group of …
The Trojan Horse and Other Stories
What makes us human? What, if anything, sets us apart from all other creatures? Ever since Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the answer to these questions has pointed to our …
The Egyptian Myths
This handy guide to Egyptian mythology explores how the ancient Nile-dwellers explained the world around them. It delves into the origins of life, the creation and evolution of the …