Author: Mouritsen, Henrik Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Plebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republic analyses the political role of the masses in a profoundly aristocratic society. Constitutionally the populus Romanus wielded almost unlimited powers, cont...
Author: Karg, Barb Publisher: Adams Media Format: Adobe PDF
Description: From the illustrious George Washington and the infamous J. Edgar Hoover to brilliant imaginer Walt Disney and bad boy of baseball Ty Cobb, Freemasons have influenced every aspect of American life. Yet...
Author: Traina, Giusto Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: This is a sweeping tour of the Mediterranean world from the Atlantic to Persia during the last half-century of the Roman Empire. By focusing on a single year not overshadowed by an epochal event, 428 ...
Author: Finnis, Jane Publisher: ReadHowYouWant Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: We reached the road, and Lucius turned and looked at me seriously. ''I'm sorry to bring all this trouble to your door, Sis. But just remember - whatever you hear about me, if it's something dishonoura...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This companion provides the very latest accounts of the major and current aspects of Egyptology by leading scholars. It is delivered in a highly readable style and extensively illustrated; published i...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of ancient history. Examines the forms of evidence, problems, approaches, and major themes in the study of ancient histo...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The most comprehensive and up-to-date work available on ancient Macedonian history and material culture, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia is an invaluable reference for students and scholars alike. Fe...
Description: The most comprehensive and up-to-date work available on ancient Macedonian history and material culture, A Companion to Ancient Macedonia is an invaluable reference for students and scholars alike. Fe...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Comprises 34 essays from leading scholars in history, classics, philosophy, and political science to illuminate Greek and Roman political thought in all its diversity and depth.Offers a broad survey o...
Description: An accessible and authoritative overview capturing the vitality and diversity of scholarship that exists on the transformative time period known as late antiquity. Provides an essential overview of cu...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This major survey of the history and culture of Roman Britain spans the period from the first century BC to the fifth century AD.Major survey of the history and culture of Roman BritainBrings together...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A comprehensive treatment of the significant symbols and institutions of Roman religion, this Companion places the various religious symbols, discourses, and practices, including Judaism and Christian...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A Companion to Roman Rhetoric introduces the reader to the wide-ranging importance of rhetoric in Roman culture.A guide to Roman rhetoric from its origins to the Renaissance and beyondComprises 32 ori...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A Companion to the Ancient Near East offers students and general readers a comprehensive overview of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the conquests of Alexander the Great. Covers the c...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this authoritative Companion explores the world that Alexander crea...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This companion provides an extensive account of the Roman army, exploring its role in Roman politics and society as well as the reasons for its effectiveness as a fighting force.An extensive account o...
Description: This companion provides an extensive account of the Roman army, exploring its role in Roman politics and society as well as the reasons for its effectiveness as a fighting force.An extensive account o...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A Companion to the Roman Empire provides readers with a guide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Roman studies, taking account of the most recent discoveries. This Companion brings tog...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced.Highlights recent developments, including archaeological discoveries, fresh ap...
Description: This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced.Highlights recent developments, including archaeological discoveries, fresh ap...
Author: Edwards, K Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: With over 250 models of counseling and psychotherapy currently used to treat emotional problems and serious mental illness, figuring out where to look for the right services can be a daunting task. A ...
Author: Forsythe, Gary Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italian peninsula in 264 B.C., the Romans in large measure developed the social, political, and military st...
Author: Davis, William Stearns Publisher: Book Jungle Format: Adobe PDF
Description: William Davis was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Minnesota. What if we could be transported back to the fourth century BC and have an intelligent tour guide show us the city? That i...
Author: Lee,John W. I. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Professor Lee provides a social and cultural history of the Cyreans, the mercenaries of Xenophon's Anabasis. While they have often been portrayed as a single abstract political community, this book re...
Author: Van De Mieroop, Marc Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Outlining the major political and cultural events, A History of Ancient Egypt is an authoritative and accessible introduction to this fascinating ancient culture.An accessible chronological narrative ...
Author: Gregory, Timothy E. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: 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 treatment of the middle...
Author: Rhodes, P. J. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition of this successful and widely praised textbook offers an account of the ‘classical’ period of Greek history, from the aftermath of the Pe...
Author: Rhodes, P. J. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition of this successful and widely praised textbook offers an account of the ‘classical’ period of Greek history, from the aftermath of the Pe...
Author: Errington, R. Malcolm Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: A History of the Hellenistic World provides an engaging look at the Macedonian monarchies in the period following the reign of Alexander the Great, and examines their impact on the Greek world.Offers ...
Author: Tritle, Lawrence A. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This stimulating new study provides a narrative of the monumental conflict of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and examines the realities of the war and its effects on the average Athe...
Author: Lindsay, Hugh Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Adoption in other cultures and other times provides a background to understanding the operation of adoption in the Roman worlds. This book considers the relationship of adoption to kinship structures ...
Author: Ashby, Muata Publisher: Sema Institute / C.M. Book Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Description is for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Over the past several years I have been asked to put together in one volume the most important evidences showing the correlations and common teachings between...
Author: Ashby, Muata Publisher: Sema Institute / C.M. Book Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: African Religion VOL 3: Memphite Theology: MYSTERIES OF MIND Mystical Psychology & Mental Health for Enlightenment and Immortality based on the Ancient Egyptian Philosophy of Menefer -Mysticism of Pt...
Description: "Agesilaus" is considered as one of the outstanding works by Xenophon. The author discusses the adventures of his Spartan friend and King Agesilaus. The book describes the victory of the king over the...
Description: Alexander the Great: A New History combines traditional scholarship with contemporary research to offer an innovative treatment of one of history's most famous figures.Written by leading experts in th...
Author: Briant, Pierre Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: This is the first publication in English of Pierre Briant's classic short history of Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian empire, from the Mediterranean to Central Asia. Eschewing a conventio...
Author: Holt, Frank L. Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: To all those who witnessed his extraordinary conquests, from Albania to India, Alexander the Great appeared invincible. How Alexander himself promoted this appearance-how he abetted the belief that he...
Author: Thomas, Carol G. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Alexander the Great is one of the most celebrated figures of antiquity. In this book, Carol G. Thomas places this powerful figure within the context of his time, place, culture, and ancestry in order ...
Author: Kingsley, Charles Publisher: ReadHowYouWant Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "Alexandria and Her Schools" by Kingsley is a collection of lectures that dwell on the history of Alexandria. The lectures present one man's foresight and vision to make Alexandria the seat of three d...
Author: Tatum, W. Jeffrey Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: By examining his military and political career, home life and relationships with women, Always I Am Caesar provides a vivid portrait of Caesar’s life and the times of ancient Rome during its tra...
Description: In this vastly informative and engaging piece, Herodotus has covered the vast history, culture and the greatness of Egypt. Carefully separating the facts from the myths, he has painted a stunning pict...
Author: Herodotus Publisher: NuVision Publications Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The father of story-tellers, Herodotus had a philosophy of history. Most of his life is unkonwn, except that he spent much of it traveling to collect to material for his writings. A very delightful ...
Description: A remarkable tale about a historical expedition. Here, in one of the most famous books by Xenophon, the author gives first hand account of the celebrated march of ten thousand Greeks towards Persia to...
Author: Edmonds, Markbender Barbara Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Interpreting Neolithic Landscapes will provide invaluable insights into early prehistory to students of archaeology and landscape history, and all those interested in what life in prehistoric Britain ...
Author: Geller, Markham J. Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2...
Author: Massey, Gerald Publisher: NuVision Publications Format: Adobe PDF
Description: ANCIENT EGYPT: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD - A WORK OF RECLAMATION AND RESTITUTION IN TWELVE BOOKS by GERALD MASSEY, AUTHOR OF "A BOOK OF THE BEGINNINGS" and "THE NATURAL GENESIS" Please Note: This book i...
Author: Lichtheim, Miriam Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: First published in 1973 - and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 - this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the l...
Author: Lichtheim, Miriam Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: First published in 1973 - and followed by Volume II in 1976 and Volume III in 1980 - this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the l...
Author: Snape, Steven Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians’ belief in the afterlife. Invest...
