History - Ancient

The discovery and decipherment of the trilingual cuneiform inscriptions

Arthur John Booth

Arthur John Booth’s work is a scholarly survey of the discovery and decipherment of the trilingual…

Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4)

Plutarch

Plutarch’s Lives is a collection of short biographical sketches that juxtapose the most celebrated Greeks and…

Helps to Latin Translation at Sight

Edmund Luce

Edmund Luce’s Helps to Latin Translation at Sight is a teaching manual aimed at schoolboys learning to…

Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 2

George Grote

George Grote’s third‑edition volume presents a scholarly survey of Plato’s dialogues that feature Socrates…

Xerxes Makers of History

Jacob Abbott

The work is a scholarly survey of the Persian monarch Xerxes I, designed originally as a school textbook.

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870

W. E. B. Du Bois

The work is a scholarly monograph that sets out, in a systematic fashion, the United States’ long‑term effort…

The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire

T. R. Glover

The work is a scholarly study of the religious turmoil that shaped the early Roman Empire, written by the…

History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2)

William Edward Hartpole Lecky

William Edward Hartpole Lecky’s work is a scholarly survey of European moral development from the reign of…

Politics: A Treatise on Government

Aristotle

The work is Aristotle’s second treatise, following his Ethics, and it opens by linking moral character to the…

After Life in Roman Paganism

Franz Cumont

Franz Cumont’s After Life in Roman Paganism is a scholarly lecture series turned into a single volume,…

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria

Morris Jastrow

Morris Jastrow’s The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria is a scholarly handbook that gathers, organizes, and…

Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (of 4)

Plutarch

Plutarch’s Lives is a collection of paired biographies that draws moral lessons from the deeds of great…

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes

Strabo

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3) presents the ancient geographer’s systematic survey of the Greek…

The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)

Charles Rollin

The work is a sweeping survey of ancient civilisations, presented as the first volume of a six‑part series…

On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay

Hugh E. Seebohm

The work is a scholarly essay that seeks to reconstruct the tribal foundations of ancient Greek society by…

The genuine works of Hippocrates, Vol. 1 (of 2): Translated from the Greek, with a preliminary discourse and annotations

Hippocrates

This volume presents a scholarly translation of the authentic Hippocratic treatises, accompanied by a…

The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2

Karl Otfried Müller

The work is a scholarly, multi‑volume study of the Dorian tribe, presented here in English as the second and…

The History of Herodotus — Volume 2

Herodotus

The work is a continuation of Herodotus’s monumental inquiry into the peoples and events of the ancient…

History for ready reference, Volume 3, Greece to Nibelungen

J. N. Larned

History for Ready Reference, Volume 3, Greece to Nibelungen is a compact reference work that surveys the…

Pausanias' description of Greece, Volume II.

active approximately 150-175 Pausanias

Pausanias’ Description of Greece, Volume II, is a first‑person guide to the ancient world written by the…

The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis

Xenophon

The work is a historical account of the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger’s bid for power, set against the…

An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author

Vitruvius Pollio

This work is an abridged version of Vitruvius Pollio’s ten‑book treatise on architecture, reorganised into…

Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 3

George Grote

History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery

King, L. W. (Leonard William); Hall, H. R.

The work of Leonard W. King and Harry R. Hall is a scholarly supplement to Professor Maspero’s classic…