The Princeton History of the Ancient World²

Drawing on cutting-edge research and methodologies, these books present new histories of the major civilizations, cultures, peoples, and periods across the ancient world.

The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire Kyle Harper
How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient world
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece Josiah Ober
A major new history of classical Greece—how it rose, how it fell, and what we can learn from it