History - Ancient

Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology

John D. Baldwin

The book is a nineteenth‑century survey of the pre‑Columbian remains that scholars of the time called…

The Age of Justinian and Theodora: A History of the Sixth Century A.D., Volume 2 (of 2)

William Gordon Holmes

The work is a scholarly narrative of the Byzantine world in the sixth century, focusing on the reign of…

The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism

Franz Cumont

Franz Cumont’s The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism is a scholarly survey that situates the myriad…

Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 08 (of 15), Russian

Charles Morris

Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality, Volume 8, is a sweeping survey of early Russian history that begins…

Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 10 (of 15), Greek

Charles Morris

Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality, Volume 10, is a nineteenth‑century prose retelling of the legendary…

Celtic Scotland: A history of ancient Alban. Volume 1 (of 3), History and ethnology

W. F. Skene

William Forbes Skene’s first volume of Celtic Scotland sets out to rebuild the early history of the land now…

The History of Herodotus — Volume 1

Herodotus

The work is a scholarly translation of Herodotus’s Histories, presented as Volume 1 of a multi‑volume set…

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 2 (of 6)

Jacob Bryant

Jacob Bryant’s A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology is a scholarly treatise that seeks to…

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08

Livy

Livy’s History of Rome, Books 01‑08, is a comprehensive chronicle of the city’s legendary origins and early…

Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius

Samuel Dill

Samuel Dill’s work is a scholarly survey of Roman social and religious life from the chaotic reign of Nero…

Romulus Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a scholarly historical narrative that sets out to present, in a strictly documentary fashion, the…

Agricola: A study of agriculture and rustic life in the Greco-Roman world from the point of view of labour

William Emerton Heitland

William Emerton Heitland’s Agricola is a scholarly survey of Greco‑Roman agriculture that frames its inquiry…

The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem

Flavius Josephus

Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 11 (of 15), Roman

Charles Morris

Ancient law: Its Connection to the History of Early Society

Sir Henry Sumner Maine

Sir Henry Sumner Maine’s Ancient Law is a scholarly treatise that sets out to rewrite the history of early…

History of Phoenicia

George Rawlinson

The work is a scholarly synthesis of nineteenth‑century research on Phoenicia, presented as a single volume…

Babylonians and Assyrians: Life and customs

A. H. Sayce

This volume is the sixth in a scholarly series that aims to present the most recent scientific findings on…

The History of London

Walter Besant

Vie de Jésus

Ernest Renan

Ce volume, signé Ernest Renan, se présente comme une étude historique de la figure centrale du christianisme…

Early Greek philosophy

John Burnet

John Burnet’s Early Greek Philosophy is a scholarly survey of the thinkers who laid the foundations of…

The Two Great Retreats of History

Grote, George; Ségur, Philippe-Paul, comte de

The work is a historical narrative that intertwines the final campaign of the Persian prince Cyrus the…

A Smaller Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities

William Smith

A Smaller Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, compiled by William Smith, is a reference work that…

Pyrrhus Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

Jacob Abbott’s work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative that treats the life of Pyrrhus, king of…

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria

Donald A. Mackenzie

Donald A. Mackenzie’s Myths of Babylonia and Assyria is a scholarly survey that treats the religious and…