History - Ancient

Mythical Monsters

Charles Gould

The work is a scholarly survey that treats legendary beasts as subjects of natural history rather than mere…

The World English Bible (WEB), Complete

Anonymous

Outlines of the Earth's History: A Popular Study in Physiography

Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

Nathaniel Southgate Shaler’s Outlines of the Earth’s History is a concise, introductory textbook in physical…

Cleopatra's needle: with brief notes on Egypt and Egyptian obelisks

Sir Erasmus Wilson

Erasmus Wilson’s work is a scholarly pamphlet that serves as a concise guide to the Egyptian monument known…

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4

Edward Gibbon

The fourth volume of Edward Gibbon’s monumental History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire continues…

On Horsemanship

Xenophon

On Horsemanship is a practical treatise by the Athenian soldier‑philosopher Xenophon, written in the fourth…

Troy and Its Remains A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries Made on the Site of Ilium and in the Trojan Plain

Heinrich Schliemann

Heinrich Schliemann’s Troy and Its Remains is a first‑hand archaeological memoir that chronicles his…

Storia degli Italiani, vol. 03 (di 15)

Cesare Cantù

Il volume “Storia degli Italiani, vol. 03 (di 15)” di Cesare Cantù è un’opera di storia nazionale che, fin…

Cicero's Orations

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, orationes publicas, praesertim Catilinam ad senatum, exhibet in hoc volumine.

A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum

British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities

This work is a museum guide produced by the British Museum’s Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities…

拾遺記

Wang, Jia, active 4th century; Qi, Zhiping; Xiao, Qi

Chaldea: From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria

Zénaïde A. Ragozin

Zénaïde A. Ragozin’s Chaldea offers a sweeping, encyclopedic survey of the ancient Near East, beginning with…

Speeches against Catilina

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The work presents the four Catilinarian orations delivered by Marcus Tullius Cicero in the latter part of 63…

Constantine the Great: The reorganization of the Empire and the triumph of the Church

John B. Firth

John B. Firth’s work is a scholarly narrative of Constantine the Great’s reign, framed as a study of the…

Apicii librorum X qui dicuntur De re coquinaria quae extant

Apicius

Apicius, auctor culinae Romanae, congregavit in hoc volumine decem librorum, quorum titulus “X libri qui…

The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 (of 2) Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity

Julius Rosenbaum

Julius Rosenbaum’s The Plague of Lust, Vol. 2 offers a scholarly survey of how ancient writers described…

Archimedes

Sir Thomas Little Heath

The work is a scholarly biography of the ancient mathematician Archimedes, written by Sir Thomas Little…

The Roman Wall A historical, topographical, and descriptive account of the barrier of the lower isthmus, extending from the Tyne to the Solway, deduced from numerous personal surveys

J. Collingwood Bruce

The Roman Wall presents itself as a scholarly survey of the ancient Roman frontier that stretches from the…

Mesopotamian Archaeology An introduction to the archaeology of Mesopotamia and Assyria

Percy S. P. Handcock

Percy S. P. Handcock’s Mesopotamian Archaeology is a scholarly survey that seeks to condense the expanding…

A History of Roman Literature

Harold North Fowler

Harold North Fowler’s A History of Roman Literature is a scholarly survey that blends concise narrative with…

The Story of Assisi

Lina Duff Gordon

The Story of Assisi is a richly illustrated historical survey that traces the town’s evolution from its…

The Auxilia of the Roman Imperial Army

George Leonard Cheesman

George Leonard Cheesman’s work is a scholarly essay that tackles the largely neglected topic of the Roman…

Ancient Town-Planning

F. Haverfield

Francis Haverfield’s Ancient Town‑Planning is a scholarly survey that traces the development of urban design…

Saint John Chrysostom, His Life and Times A sketch of the church and the empire in the fourth century

W. R. W. Stephens

This work is a scholarly monograph by W. R. W. Stephens that surveys the life of Saint John Chrysostom and…