Books Archive
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What Did the Romans Know?
Posted on March 4, 2013 | No CommentsThis book is an inquiry into how and why the Romans saw things differently than we do, or to put it more pointedly, how and why they saw different things when they looked at the world. -
Hadrian’s Wall and the End of Empire: The Roman Frontier in the 4th and 5th Centuries
Posted on February 16, 2013 | No CommentsHadrian's Wall and the forts in the immediate southern hinterland were a concentration of Roman military installations that can best be described as a corridor of military power. -
Roman War Camps in Scotland
Posted on April 5, 2012 | No CommentsA new book just published reveals the true extent of the Roman Empire -
New book to examine the enduring influence of ancient Sparta
Posted on March 15, 2012 | No CommentsSparta in Modern Thought: Politics, History and Culture is the first book for more than 40 years to examine the significant modern influence of this ancient Greek city-state. -
Slaves or not, Babylonians were much like us, says book
Posted on January 12, 2012 | No CommentsThey got married, had children, made beer. Although they lived 3,500 years ago in Nippur, Babylonia, in many ways they seem like us. Whether they were also slaves is a hotly contested question which Jonathan Tenney, assistant professor of ancient Near Eastern studies, addresses in the newly released Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society: Servile Laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th Centuries, B.C., published by Brill. -
New in Ancient History books this week!
Posted on December 30, 2011 | No CommentsCheck out these new releases! Just in time to ring in the New Year with a new read! -
Top 11 of 2011: Socrates Wish List!
Posted on November 24, 2011 | No CommentsCheck out these Socrates worthy stocking stuffers! -
Decline and fall: new book examines how the Western Roman Empire collapse
Posted on October 18, 2011 | No CommentsThe Fall of the Western Roman Empire: An Archaeological and Historical Perspective is the latest book from Dr Neil Christie of the University of Leicester. The division of the vast... -
Roman toilets were quite stinky, large international study reveals
Posted on July 19, 2011 | No CommentsYes, the Romans had toilets and sewage. No, they didn’t match our idea of a clean bathroom in no way. Their toilets were stinking, disease spreading places, which gave rats... -
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
Posted on July 15, 2011 | No CommentsCarthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization By Richard Miles Viking, 2011 ISBN: 978-0670022663 Publisher’s Synopsis: The devastating struggle to the death between the Carthaginians...
