Ancient Mediterranean World

Discover exciting new books in ancient history and classics, broadly defined.

Updated October 10, 2025
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The Arsacids of Rome : Misunderstanding in Roman-Parthian Relations
Nabel, Jake.
Ebook
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. At the beginning of the common era, the...
Greek Culture in Hellenistic Egypt : Persistence and Evolutions
Del Corso, Lucio.
Ebook
This book investigates some aspects of the cultural consequences of the settlement of Greeks in Egypt during the Hellenistic period, through a discussion of papyrological material, archaeological evidence, and literary sources. It is divided into three sections. The first, Space and Images,...
Taxes and Authority in the Late Antique Countryside : The Reach of the State and the Pagarchs of Byzantine Egypt (284-642 CE)
Stern, Matthias.
Ebook
How did the late Roman Empire operate in rural areas, where most of its subjects lived? The papyri from Egypt provide glimpses of state activity at the local level, how the countryside responded to it, and thus how "empire" looked on the ground. Since a major motivator for state activity at the...
The Ancient Shore
Kosmin, Paul J.
Ebook
An esteemed historian explores the natural and social dynamics of the ancient coastline, demonstrating for the first time its integral place in the world of Mediterranean antiquity. As we learn from The Odyssey and the Argonauts, Greek dramas frequently played out on a...
How to Talk about Love : An Ancient Guide for Modern Lovers
Plato.
Ebook
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How to Lose Yourself : An Ancient Guide to Letting Go
Garfield, Jay L.
Ebook
Inviting new translations of classical Buddhist texts about why the self is an illusion--and why giving it up can free us from suffering From self-realization and self-promotion to self-help and the selfie, the modern world encourages us to be self-obsessed. We are even told...

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