Sampling sediment cores off the Peloponnese in the Aegean Sea. Credit: Andreas Koutsodendris A recent study conducted by geoscientists from Heidelberg University has uncovered the earliest known ...
Why Were Romans Such Successful Conquerors? Independent Classicist Waterfield takes a fresh look at Polybius’s question about how the Romans could in 53 years bring “almost the entire world . . .
IN “Ægean Civilisation,” a previous volume in this series, Prof. Glotz traced Mediterranean culture from its beginnings to its culmination in Minoan Crete and its decline on the mainland. To present ...
In general, there are several go-to topics in Roman history that invariably prove the most popular, regardless of audience or historical moment: Rome’s efficient politics, charismatic leaders, ...
ANCIENT GREECE AT WORK AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF GREECE FROM THE HOMERIC PERIOD TO THE ROMAN CONQUEST TRANSLATED BY MR DOBIE ...