Ancient Mediterranean World

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

Updated March 24, 2025
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Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity
John Ma
Paper Book
A definitive new history of the origins, evolution, and scope of the ancient Greek city-state The Greek polis, or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on the principles of citizenship, freedom, and equality. Emerging around 650 BCE and...
The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present
Oswyn Murray
Paper Book
A Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the Year How the modern world understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter today. "This majestic book by Oswyn Murray has been long and eagerly awaited...and its quality and scope exceed expectations." -...
Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Epic of Creation (The Library of Babylonian Literature)
Johannes Haubold
Paper Book
This open access book is the first in a groundbreaking series making Babylonian literature accessible. It presents Enuma Elish in transcription and translation, with an introduction for non-specialist readers and essays from leading scholars in the field. Acting as a companion...
Phocion: Good Citizen in a Divided Democracy
Thomas R. Martin
Paper Book
Thomas R. Martin recounts the unmatched political and military career of Phocion of Athens, and his tragic downfall   "Elegant and enlightening."--Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal   Phocion (402-318 BCE) won Athens...
Out of One, Many: Ancient Greek Ways of Thought and Culture
Jennifer T. Roberts
Paper Book
A sweeping new account of ancient Greek culture and its remarkable diversity Covering the whole of the ancient Greek experience from its beginnings late in the third millennium BCE to the Roman conquest in 30 BCE, Out of One, Many is an accessible and lively...
Epitome of Pompeius Trogus
Justin
Paper Book
A condensed Roman history of non-Roman civilizations. To Justin (Marcus Junian(i)us Justinus), otherwise unknown, is attributed our abbreviated version of the lost Philippic History by (Gnaeus?) Pompeius Trogus, a massive account, in forty-four books, of the non-Roman world and its...
To the Ends of the Earth: How Ancient Conquerors, Explorers, Scientists, and Traders Connected the World
Raimund J. Schulz
Paper Book
A sweeping history of ancient exploration, the first full-scale account in over a centuryOdysseus. Jason and the Argonauts. Heracles. Greek mythology is full of tales of heroes setting out for the unknown. Such tales reflected and instilled a sense of confidence in the Greeks as they explored the...
Epitome of Pompeius Trogus, Volume II: Books 21–44 (Loeb Classical Library)
Justin
Paper Book
A condensed Roman history of non-Roman civilizations. To Justin (Marcus Junian(i)us Justinus), otherwise unknown, is attributed our abbreviated version of the lost Philippic History by (Gnaeus?) Pompeius Trogus, a massive account, in forty-four books, of the non-Roman world and its...
The Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World: Volume I: Argos to Corcyra
Paul Cartledge
Paper Book
The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin and was remarkable for both its diversity and its uniformity. As Greeks dispersed throughout the Mediterranean, the different environmental and human ecosystems they encountered...

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