Ancient World
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever
“A landmark book: lucid, deep, and insightful. ....
A beautiful, full-color graphic version of Eric Cline’s bestselling 1177 B.C., adapted by award-winning author-illustrator Glynnis Fawkes
A sweeping new account of ancient Greek culture and its remarkable diversity
A definitive new history of the origins, evolution, and scope of the ancient Greek city-state
A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world’s most influential and distinguished historians
From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years
An entrancing new telling of ancient Greek myths
“This book is a triumph! . . . [A] magnificent retelling of the Greek myths.”—Alexander McCall Smith, author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series
A biography of the remarkable woman whose bestselling Mythology has introduced millions of readers to the classical world
A lively new translation of Strabo’s complete Geography—an encyclopedic guide to the ancient world of the first century CE—connecting it with the world of the twenty-first century
A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacle
How Romans coped with the anxieties and risks of childbirth
The story of Maecenas and his role in the evolution and continuing legacy of ancient Roman poetry and culture
How the idea of the author was born in the battleground of gender
How a legendary woman from classical antiquity has come to embody the threat of transcendent beauty in movies and TV
The story of the Roman Empire’s enormous wine industry told through the remarkable ceramic storage and shipping containers that made it possible
A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world
A panoramic narrative that places ancient Africa on the stage of world history
Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the ancient world
How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like one
An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals—and our vital relationships with them
Aristotle’s essential guide to human flourishing—the Nicomachean Ethics—in a lively new abridged translation
How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat others—and ourselves—more fairly and mercifully
A vibrant new translation of Seneca’s “On the Shortness of Life,” a pointed reminder to make the most of our time
An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinking conformity
An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved one
An irresistible anthology of ancient Greek writings that explore queer desire and love
An energetic new translation of an ancient Roman masterpiece about a failed coup led by a corrupt and charismatic politician
An enriching collection of classical writings about how ancient Romans made—and thought about—money
A modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid’s Remedies for Love—a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of love
A major new interpretation of Vergil's epic poem as a struggle between two incompatible versions of the Homeric hero
An intellectual history of the late Roman Republic—and the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil war
The first comprehensive study of Pliny the Elder’s economic thought—and its implications for understanding the Roman Empire’s constrained innovation and economic growth
A fresh and original introduction to the Odyssey—and how it continues to shape literature, film, art and even the ways we make sense of our lives
The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca art
A sweeping cultural history of one of the most influential mathematical books ever written
A bold new reconception of ancient Greek drama as a mode of philosophical thinking
A beautifully illustrated exploration of how Latif Al Ani’s photographs and contemporary Iraqi artists continue to challenge the colonial appropriation of Iraq’s ancient past
The surprising story of how Greek classics are being pressed into use in contemporary China to support the regime’s political agenda
A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels—and the surprising truths behind them
A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war
The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and the Blackfeet, the first people to...
A groundbreaking reinterpretation that draws on cognitive theory to show that belief wasn’t absent from—but rather was at the heart of—Roman religion
How rhetorical training influenced deeds as well as words in the Roman Empire
A unique look at how classical notions of ascent and flight preoccupied early modern British writers and artists
A cultural and literary history of mountains in classical antiquity
An argument for why Plato’s Laws can be considered his most important political dialogue
A constitutionalist reading of Plato’s political thought
A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive—if we want it to
How religious ritual united a growing and diversifying Roman Republic