History - Ancient

The City of God, Volume I

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint

The work is Augustine’s City of God, Volume I, a foundational treatise of early Christian apologetics that…

A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 1 (of 2) During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era

Lynn Thorndike

This volume is a scholarly survey of how magic and experimental science intersected from antiquity through…

The Anabasis of Alexander: or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great

Arrian

Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander presents a meticulous chronicle of the Macedonian king’s campaigns, beginning…

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete

Suetonius

Suetonius’s The Lives of the Twelve Caesars offers a compact, biographical survey of Rome’s early imperial…

Roman Stoicism being lectures on the history of the Stoic philosophy with special reference to its development within the Roman Empire

Edward Vernon Arnold

The book is a scholarly lecture series by Edward Vernon Arnold, originally delivered to Latin Honours…

A Source Book for Ancient Church History

Joseph Cullen Ayer

A Source Book for Ancient Church History is a scholarly compilation assembled by Joseph Cullen Ayer, Jr., a…

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus

Cornelius Tacitus

The work is a scholarly treatise that sets out to describe the geography, peoples, and customs of the lands…

The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus

W. Warde Fowler

The work is a scholarly survey of Roman religious practice from the earliest tribal rites through the reforms…

The Egyptian Book of the dead

The Egyptian Book of the Dead is a ritual compilation that maps the soul’s journey through the after‑life,…

The Art of War

active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

The work presented here is a scholarly edition of Sunzi’s Art of War, a sixth‑century B.C.

Ancient States and Empires For Colleges and Schools

John Lord

John Lord’s Ancient States and Empires is a nineteenth‑century textbook that sets out to give students a…

Poine: a study in ancient Greek blood-vengeance

Hubert Joseph Treston

Hubert J. Treston’s Poine is a scholarly study that treats ancient Greek blood‑vengeance as a window onto the…

Antiquities of the Jews

Flavius Josephus

The Antiquities of the Jews is a sweeping historical chronicle by the first‑century Jewish historian Flavius…

Geschichte Alexanders des Grossen

Johann Gustav Droysen

Johann Gustav Droysens „Geschichte Alexanders des Großen“ ist ein historisches Fachwerk, das Alexanders…

A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Perrot, Georges; Chipiez, Charles

The work is a scholarly survey of the art and archaeology of ancient Chaldæa and Assyria, written by the…

Anabasis

Xenophon

Anabasis is Xenophon’s first‑hand account of the Greek mercenaries’ expedition to Persia in 401 B.C., their…

The Roman assemblies from their origin to the end of the Republic

George Willis Botsford

The work is a scholarly monograph that sets out, for the first time in a single volume, a systematic study of…

Lysistrata

Aristophanes

Lysistrata is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, translated into English and illustrated by Norman…

The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 3 (of 3)

James Augustus St. John

James Augustus St. John’s third volume of The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece is a…

The Story of Paris

Thomas Okey

Thomas Okey’s The Story of Paris is a richly detailed historical survey that treats the capital as both a…

The Iliad

Homer

The Iliad is an epic poem that launches with a bitter clash between the Greek commander Agamemnon and the…

The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)

the Elder Pliny

The third volume of Pliny the Elder’s Natural History is a pre‑Linnaean survey of the insect world, beginning…

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2

Edward Gibbon

The work is a scholarly continuation of Edward Gibbon’s monumental survey of Rome’s final centuries, focusing…

Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

This work is a collection of the philosophical reflections of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, the Roman emperor…