Ancient History Courses

Ancient Roman Civilization: History and Sources: 753 BCE to 640 CE

Ralph W. Mathisen

9780190849603
Paperback
September 2018

Combines an engaging narrative and extensive primary sources to make Roman history more accessible than ever before

Perpetua's Journey: Faith, Gender, and Power in the Roman Empire

Jennifer A. Rea and Liz Clarke

9780190238711
Paperback
July 2017

Graphic History Series

A graphic history set in Roman Africa in 203 CE that examines issues of power, gender, and religion in the ancient world through the story of the Christian martyr Perpetua

Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History

Fourth Edition

Sarah B. Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein, Walter Donlan...

9780190686918
Paperback
July 2017

The most balanced coverage available of ancient Greek political, social, cultural, and economic history

Sources in Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations: Documents, Maps, and Images

Ralph W. Mathisen

9780190280918
Paperback
September 2016

A sourcebook that gives voice to the civilizations and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean

The Essential Herodotus: Translation, Introduction, and Annotations by William A. Johnson

William A. Johnson

9780199897957
Paperback
July 2016

The first collection of its kind, this volume provides fresh, new translations of essential selections from Herodotus

Selected Letters from Pliny the Younger's Epistulae: Commentary by Jacqueline Carlon

Jacqueline Carlon

9780199340613
Paperback
March 2016

Oxford Greek and Latin College Commentaries

A comprehensive introduction to Pliny the Younger's Epistulae, complete with extensive commentary

Vergil's Aeneid: The Essential Books

Barry B. Powell

9780190204969
Paperback
August 2015

A powerful new translation of the great epic by Barry B. Powell, with a Foreword by Denis Feeney

A Brief History of the Romans

Second Edition

Mary T. Boatwright, Daniel J. Gargola, Noel Lenski...

9780199987559
Paperback
October 2013

Vividly written and accessible, this brief bestselling survey traces Rome's evolution from village to empire

Readings in Greek History: Sources and Interpretations

Second Edition

D. Brendan Nagle and Stanley M. Burstein

9780199978458
Paperback
April 2013

The best-selling reader for courses in Greek history and Greek civilization, now with improved headnotes and redesigned for easier accessibility

The Romans: From Village to Empire: A History of Rome from Earliest Times to the End of the Western Empire

Second Edition

Mary T. Boatwright, Daniel J. Gargola, Noel Lenski...

9780199730575
Paperback
November 2011

Vividly written and accessible, the second edition of this bestselling survey of ancient Rome traces this remarkable civilization's evolution from village to empire

Roman Europe: 1000 BC - AD 400

Edward Bispham

9780199266012
Paperback
January 2009

Considering the viewpoints of both the conquerors and the conquered, this captivating volume traces the rise of Rome and the extension of Roman power across Europe from 1000 BC to AD 400.

Roman Europe: 1000 BC-AD 400

Edward Bispham

9780199266005
Hardcover
January 2009

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

Peter Heather

9780195325416
Paperback
June 2007

An intriguing new answer to one of the great puzzles of world history--why did the Roman Empire collapse?

69 A.D.: The Year of Four Emperors

Gwyn Morgan

9780195315899
Paperback
March 2007

The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

Bryan Ward-Perkins

9780192807281
Paperback
September 2006

A portrait of the fall of Rome as a time of horror and dislocation that destroyed a great civilization and ushered in centuries of darkness

Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey through the Roman Empire

Elizabeth Speller

9780195176131
Paperback
October 2004

A vividly written, profoundly insightful biography of one of the most brilliant of Roman emperors, and the most flawed of human beings

Ancient Greeks bundled with The Histories

Chester Starr and Herodotus

9780195219746
Set
March 2003

Classical Greece: 500-323 BC

Robin Osborne

9780198731535
Paperback
November 2000

A History of the Ancient World

Fourth Edition

Chester G. Starr

9780195066296
Hardcover
March 1991

Making the finest scholarship available to the general reader, this classic text, long the standard in its field, deftly explores the broad expanse of early human history, surveying not only Greece and Rome but the ancient empires of Mesopotamia, India, and China.

Slaves and Masters in the Roman Empire: A Study in Social Control

K. R. Bradley

9780195206074
Paperback
October 1987