Ancient Mediterranean World

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Updated April 3, 2026
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Alexander the Great lives and legacies
Harrison, Stephen
Ebook
An evenhanded reimagining of the Greek conqueror's life.   This book offers a fresh perspective on the reign of Alexander the Great. It re-examines Alexander's military victories and personality while also exploring the impact of his campaigns on the people he...
Radical antiquity free love Zoroastrians, farming pirates, and ancient uprisings
Zeichmann, Christopher B.
Ebook
When you think of Ancient Greece and Rome, what do you see? The Acropolis and the Colosseum? Perhaps the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle and the rule of the Caesars? Or the birth of democracy and the vast reach of an empire? This well-trodden history of great...
Ideologies in archaeology
Bernbeck, Reinhard
Paper Book
Archaeologists have often used the term ideology to vaguely refer to a "realm of ideas." Scholars from Marx to Zizek have developed a sharper concept, arguing that ideology works by representing--or misrepresenting--power relations through concealment, enhancement, or transformation of real...
Assyria and the West a fresh look at the unshakeable pillars of Late Bronze and Iron Age chronology in the Eastern Mediterranean world
Veen, Peter van der
Ebook
Many years ago, archaeologist George Hanfmann wrote that: 'a word of caution must be added regarding the so-called 'absolute' dates. Because the Near East is so vital for the chronologies of the European, Central Asiatic ... areas, it is well to remind ourselves from time to time that the two...
The Battle of Munda Pompey, Labienus and Caesar's Final Battle of the Third Roman Civil War
Sampson, Gareth C.
Ebook
After four years of fighting and two major victories, Julius Caesar had the upper hand in the Third Roman Civil War and had control of Rome itself. Yet despite this success, his surviving opponents still fought on, with the two sons of Pompeius Magnus taking command of the war against Caesar, along...
Prehistoric London the capital before the Romans
Webb, Simon
Ebook
Despite the vast amount of work written and published about London, there has never before been a full-length book covering the history of that part of the Thames Valley before the arrival of the Romans. Beginning in the Cretaceous Era, which ended 66 million years ago, Prehistoric London...
Herodian Historiography and Literature at the End of the High Empire
Baumann, Mario
Ebook
Herodian (active c. 250 CE) was the author of an eight-book Greek history of the Empire from the reign of Commodus (180-192) to the civil wars of the year 238. It has always been a vital historical document, but recent scholarship also recognizes its importance for the development of Greek...

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