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2) Medea
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English
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The influence of Euripides on the development of the dramatic genre cannot be overstated. Along with Sophocles and Aeschylus he is regarded as one of the three great Greek tragedians from classical antiquity. One of the most important of Euripides' surviving dramas is "Medea", the story of its title character, the wife of Jason of the Argonauts, who seeks revenge upon her unfaithful husband when he abandons her for a another bride. Set in Corinth...
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Philosophical Library/Open Road
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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An accessible overview of how the principles of thought which dominate our civilization came to be, from philosophy's Ionian beginnings to Neo-Platonism. The history of philosophy reveals what was said at the beginning. From the start, man wanted to know, "why?" On the shores of Asia Minor, men like Heraclitus or Parmenides found a wealth of mental material which language at the time could not convey. This thought developed into the mighty teachings...
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English
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This authoritative survey of the ancient world spans the ages, from the birth of Sumerian civilization around 3500 BCE in the Tigris-Euphrates valley (what is now present-day Iraq) to the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE. In Antiquity, best-selling author and historian Cantor covers such subjects as Classical Greece, Judaism, the founding of Christianity, and the triumph and decline of Rome.
In this fascinating and comprehensive analysis,...Author
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Knopf
Pub. Date
2006
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English
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Traces the development of the Axial Age, when earlier civilizations further developed the original insights of the world's four main religions but did not change their original vision, and discusses how, by following the same development, much of the turmoil that plagues the twenty-first century could be avoided.
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Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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In this thoroughly engaging book, Natalie Haynes brings her scholarship and wit to the most fascinating true stories of the ancient world. The Ancient Guide to Modern Life not only reveals the origins of our culture in areas including philosophy, politics, language, and art, it also draws illuminating connections between antiquity and our present time, to demonstrate that the Greeks and Romans were not so different from ourselves: is Bart Simpson...
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Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"A young man, Justinian, is setting out to join the Roman army during a period of bitter tensions during the last years of the Roman republic. His enlistment gets off to a bad start when he loses contact with his fellow soldiers while on a march. A chance meeting with a young woman sets off a series of events which lead to criminal charges of desertion and malicious killing. Set during the turbulent times of the Marian and Sulla civil war, A Senseless...
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Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"The Ancient Greeks needed to deceive the Romans about the time and location of the Trojan War. At Ilios and Troy, their ancestors had destroyed the ancestral home and empire of Rome's leading families. From the 5th century BC, they watched Rome become the world's greatest military power. How could they avoid blood feud and genocide? They used their intellectual prestige to minimize the Trojan War's potential for harm. They set back the war four hundred...
11) The Aeneid
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English
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Virgil's epic poem describing the fall of Troy, in English blank verse by Robert Fitzgerald.
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Dover Publications
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2013.
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English
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One of the imperishable books of history. -- The History Book Club Review. This abridged edition makes the great German scholar's multi-volume work accessible to a larger audience. Rivaling Gibbon, Macaulay, and Burckhardt in its scope and power, it chronicles Roman society and government from the second century BC to the end of the Republic and rise of Julius Caesar -- and helped earn Mommsen the 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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The Roman war machine comprised land and naval forces. Although the former has been studied extensively, less has been written and understood about the naval forces of the Roman empire and, in particular, the regional navies which actively participated in most military operations and policed the seas and rivers of the Empire. Until the mid-third century, in a British context, this navy was the Classis Britannica-a strong fighting force in its own...
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Casemate Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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A look at the remarkable military career of ancient Rome's most celebrated leader.
Born into an aristocratic family, Julius Caesar has been an inspiration to countless military commanders over the past two millennia. His early military campaigns, part of his progression along the cursus honorum, ranged from the East to Spain to the early Roman civil wars. His participation in the Gallic Wars as well as his incursions into Britain are known mainly...
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Casemate Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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A concise introduction to the military history of Ancient Egypt, from battle tactics to weaponry and more.
The excellent preservation of Egyptian artifacts-including bows, axes, and chariots-means that it is possible to track the changing nature of Egyptian military technology from the Neolithic period up to the Iron Age, and identify equipment and ideas adopted from other civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East.
From the editor...
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Illustrated history of humankind volume 3
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HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c1994
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English
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At head of title: American Museum of Natural History. Survey of the earliest civilizations that offers a global vision of the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age.
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Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"A look at the famed medieval Catholic order, with an emphasis on military history-includes numerous illustrations. There are many books about the Knights Templar, the medieval military order which played a key role in the crusades against the Muslims in the Holy Land, the Iberian peninsula, and elsewhere in Europe. What is seldom explored is the military context in which they operated. This book focuses on how this military order prosecuted its wars....
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English
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Procopius, from Palaestina Prima, or modern day Israel, is an important first hand source for the history of the 6th century, especially concerning the Emperor Justinian. Procopius was an incredibly learned man, having received a classical education, possibly from the famed School of Gaza. He would become a legal adviser for Belisarius, Justinian's chief military commander and accompany him to the war front, an experience he would document in his...
20) The histories
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One of the masterworks of Western civilization from the Ancient Greek author and orator known as the "Father of History." Written in the fifth century BC, The Histories is a wide-ranging inquiry into the Greco-Persian Wars and beyond. Factual accounts of military matters on land and at sea, commanders, governments, and rulers are juxtaposed with Greek mythology. As inspiring to travel writers and journalists as it is to historians, this epic work...
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