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*Includes Table of ContentsGeorge Grotes multi-volume History of Greece is considered one of the finest works on the history of Greece. Volume 10 begins with the peace of Antalcidas to Sicily dur……続きを見る

Galen, the personal physician of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, wrote what was long regarded as the definitive guide to a healthy diet, and profoundly influenced medical thought for centuries. Based o……続きを見る

This edition features • two complete books • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS Volume 1 PREFACE THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS BOOK I. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED CLIO BOOK II. THE SECOND BO……続きを見る

The internationally renowned Assyriologist and linguist I. M. Diakonoff has gathered the work of Soviet historians in this survey of the earliest history of the ancient Near East, Central Asia, Indi……続きを見る

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur Kobo. Extrait : La mer Intérieure a des multiples bras qui s’enfoncent au loin dans le continent pour y découper le plus vaste des golfes o……続きを見る

Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, b……続きを見る

The complete multi-volume Lives, in a single file. The Clough translation. According to Wikipedia: "Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (c. AD 46 - 120 ー commonly known in English as Plutarch ー was a Roman……続きを見る

Ninety years ago, Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamen's mummy lying, surrounded by grave goods, in a virtually intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Egyptology would never be the same again. Tuta……続きを見る

Babylonian Talmud Book 2 (Vols. III and IV) Translated by Michael L. Rodkinson This Tract, virtually the third of the Sabbath series, treats of subjects similar to those discussed in the first two. ……続きを見る

THE HEIMSKRINGLA (Old Norse, 'the Circle of the World') is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas, recounting the lives of famous Scandinavian kings. First written about 1230 by Icelandic scho……続きを見る

This detailed history of explores Rome’s interaction with its Persian neighbour and enemy from the first century BC to the third century AD. Peter Edwell takes the innovative approach in treating th……続きを見る

Ce volume contient l'histoire de la conquête de la Gaule et de la guerre civile, qui aboutit à la dictature et à l'assassinat de César. Partez au coeur de Rome et de ses ……続きを見る

Widely regarded as one of the finest works of literature in the Western canon, Homer's Odyssey is a masterpiece of classical epic poetry. The tale follows the travels of the Greek hero Odysseus as h……続きを見る

Fünfunddreißigtausend Jahre vor unserer Zeit. Das Buch schildert anhand einer kleinen Gruppe von modernen Menschen, die sich während der letzten Eiszeit auf die Suche nach einem neu……続きを見る

Love triangles and Pythagorean women. In Pythagorean Women, classical scholar Sarah B. Pomeroy discusses the groundbreaking principles that Pythagoras established for family life in Archaic Greece, ……続きを見る

Based on themes such as status and welfare, Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity examines the role of the elderly in history. This empirical study represents a substantial contribution to both t……続きを見る

This is the extraordinary story of Knight and Lomas's fourteen year quest to uncover the secret teachings buried beneath Roslin Chapel near Edinburgh. Their quest ends with extraordinary revelations……続きを見る

Combining the latest archaeological discoveries with modern-day reconstructions, this book (written by a leading expert, the author of 'Chronicle of the Roman Republic', 'The Enemies of Rome', 'The ……続きを見る

The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural histor……続きを見る

Ce volume contient l'histoire de la dernière révolution de la république. C'est une des époques les plus obscures de l'histoire romaine. Vous découvrirez les &eac……続きを見る

*The New York Times Bestseller* A dazzling reassessment of the most iconic - and maligned - woman in history. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wro……続きを見る

Eclecticism is a concept widely used in the history of ancient philosophy to describe the intellectual stance of diverse thinkers such as Plutarch, Cicero and Seneca. In this book the historical and……続きを見る

Hellenica is a very important work by Xenophon. It is considered to be one of the major sources for the final seven years of the Peloponnesian War and its consequences. Highly informative! 続きを見る

This year Christians worldwide will celebrate the 1700th anniversary of Constantine's conversion and victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. No Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern ……続きを見る

A comprehensive view of the ancient Greek world, its history and its achievements. The legacy of the Hellenistic world is vast--it ranges from architecture to philosophy, literature, and the visual ……続きを見る

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The work, written in AD 121 during the reign……続きを見る

The Babylonian Legends of Creation by E. A. Wallis Budge In this volume on Babylonian life and history, Budge illustrates their social and political lives. He discusses their traditions, rites, food……続きを見る

Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war and more wor……続きを見る

Volume 1 of Grotes authoritative series on the history of Greece covers Legendary Greece, and the intermingling between Greek myth and history. Greek myths, heroic legends, and epics are discussed ……続きを見る

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