著者:J. Albert Harrill
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
This book is a controversial new biography of the apostle Paul that argues for his inclusion in the pantheon of key figures of classical antiquity, along with the likes of Socrates, Alexander the Gr……続きを見る
The interpretation of animal sacrifice, now considered the most important ancient Greek and Roman religious ritual, has long been dominated by the views of Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, an……続きを見る
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
New York Times best-selling author Brian Fagan explores the world of the Cro-Magnons--the mysterious, little-known race, famous for its cave paintings, that survived t……続きを見る
In Rosalie David's hands, the Egyptian builders of the pyramids are revealed as simple people, leading ordinary lives while they are engaged on building the great tomb for a Pharoah. This is an engr……続きを見る
Babylonian Talmud (Book 3 Volumes V. and VI)
Translated by Michael L. Rodkinson
"This book contains Tract Sabbath, which discusses what can and cannot be done on the Jewish Holy day. This tract has ……続きを見る
The crisis of the third century saw Rome not only embroiled in contests of succeeding short-lived Emperors, but assailed by an increasing variety of hostile peoples from outside its frontiers. Owing……続きを見る
In the early 12th century, the Late Bronze Age Hittite empire collapsed during a series of upheavals which swept the Greek and Near Eastern worlds. In the subsequent Iron Age, numerous cities and st……続きを見る
The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish.
by E. A. Wallis Budge
"THIS brochure, The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish, was originally written by the l……続きを見る
This provocative book is a major contribution to our understanding of Martial's poetics, his vision of the relationship between art and reality, and his role in formulating modern perceptions of Rom……続きを見る
This wide-ranging and informative survey of 'outsider' groups in the Roman Empire will contribute greatly to our understanding of Roman social history.
Examining men such as as Viriatus, Tacfarinus,……続きを見る
著者:Bart D. Ehrman
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA
発売日: 2012年09月16日
In his staggeringly popular work of fiction, Dan Brown states up front that the historical information in the The Da Vinci Code is all factually accurate. But is this claim true? As historian Bart D……続きを見る
The "Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson" also known as the "Prose Edda" is believed to have been put together by the Icelandic poet, politician, and historian Snorri Sturluson in……続きを見る
Material Connections eschews outdated theory, tainted by colonialist attitudes, and develops a new cultural and historical understanding of how factors such as mobility, materiality, conflict and co……続きを見る
The Annals", final work by Tacitus, is a chronicle covering the period after the death of Caesar Augustus i.e. 14-68. Although some portions of this historical marvel were lost, but still the remain……続きを見る
First Published in 2004. The seventeenth-century physician John Bulwer’s book, better known by its neologistic classical title Anthropometamorphosis, ‘humanitychanging’, provided the inspiration for……続きを見る
This book examines John Chrysostom's role as preacher and his pastoral activites as deacon, presbyter and bishop. It also provides fresh and lively translations of a key selection of sermons and let……続きを見る
著者:Homer
出版社: Johns Hopkins University Press
発売日: 2005年09月27日
A bold new translation that preserves the swiftness, austerity, and clarity of the original.
"Tell us, Goddess, daughter of Zeus, start in your own place:
when all the rest at Troy had fled from tha……続きを見る
著者:Rosalie David
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2002年09月09日
The Experience of Ancient Egypt provides a comprehensive portrait of what we know about ancient Egypt today, examining in detail issues of religion, of beliefs and practices surrounding death, of ev……続きを見る
著者:Edward Gibbon
出版社: Wilder Publications, Inc.
発売日: 2015年06月10日
Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ……続きを見る
著者:Fik Meijer
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2004年07月31日
This fresh and engaging book looks at each of the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar in 44BC to Romulus Augustulus in AD 476, illuminating not only the manner of their deaths but what their final day……続きを見る
著者:James Longrigg
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2013年03月07日
The ancient Greek medical thinkers were profoundly influenced by Ionian natural philosophy. This philosophy caused them to adopt a radically new attitude towards disease and healing. James Longrigg ……続きを見る
著者:Kyle Harper
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
Capitalizing on the rich historical record of late antiquity, and employing sophisticated methodologies from social and economic history, this book reinterprets the end of Roman slavery. Kyle Harper……続きを見る
IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!
THE EAGLE'S PREY is the thrilling fifth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. A must read for fans of Bernard Cornwe……続きを見る
Early Christians and Animals presents a lively study of the significance of animals in early Christian thought, tradition, text and art.
Robert M. Grant:
* examines the diverse and often conflicting……続きを見る
From Melos to My Lai presents an erudite, provocative and moving analysis of the accounts of violence in the literature and history of ancient Greece and in the film literature and veterans' account……続きを見る
The Mixtec peoples were among the major original developers of Mesoamerican civilization. Centuries before the Spanish Conquest, they formed literate urban states and maintained a uniquely innovativ……続きを見る
Important historical and cultural figures as well as some well-known individuals in Egypt's long history (c 3100 BC - c AD 600) are incorporated in this work of reference. Rulers and members of thei……続きを見る
The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon is an exciting story of detection involving legends, expert decipherment of ancient texts, and a vivid description of a little-known civilization. Recogn……続きを見る
著者:Plato
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2009年10月14日
Benjamin Jowett's translations of Plato have long been classics in their own right. In this volume, Professor Hayden Pelliccia has revised Jowett's renderings of five key
dialogues, giving us a mode……続きを見る
著者:Yasumaro O no
出版社: Herne Ridge Ltd.
発売日: 2013年01月20日
Kojiki ("Record of Ancient Matters") is the oldest extant chronicle in Japan, dating from the early 8th century (711-2) and composed by O no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Gemmei. The Kojiki is ……続きを見る