A highly stimulating introduction to the history of Ancient Greek civilization, from the first documented use of the Greek language in about 1400 BCE, through the glories of the Classical and Hellenistic periods, to the foundation of the Byzantine empire in about CE 330.

Contains chapters that include Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), and The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths. This book offers an insight into the workings of a Roman town.

'Rubicon' is a narrative history which provides bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, oratory and amazing feats of conquest and cruelty.

A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC.

From the foundation of the world's first democracy in Athens to the Roman Republic and the Empire under Hadrian, this title presents the turbulent histories of Greece and Rome together. Discussing figures such as Homer, Socrates, Alexander, Julius Caesar, Augustus and the first Christian martyrs, it explores freedom, justice, and luxury.

Focusing on six momentous turning points that helped to shape Roman history, this work charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower - a political machine unmatched in its brutality, its genius, its lust for power. It also covers powerful men such as Pompey the Great, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Nero and Constantine.

Sandwiched between the heart of ancient Greece and the lands of Persia, the Greek cities of Western Anatolia were the spark that ignited some of the most iconic conflicts of the ancient world. This title illustrates the evolution of Greek fortifications and the influences of the region they bordered in this fascinating study.

Introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity, and identity of the Byzantines. This book brings Byzantium - often misconstrued as a vanished successor to the classical world - to the forefront of European history. It focuses on the Byzantine people - their identity, ethnicity, and culture.

An authoritative and radical rethinking of the whole of British history before the coming of the Romans, based on remarkable new archaeological finds.

A biography of Mithradates, the ruthless king and visionary rebel who challenged the power of Rome in the first century BC.

Chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, to the decline into depravity and civil war under Nero and the recovery that came with his successors.

Brings fresh insight into the panorama of the Roman Empire's end, from the bejewelled splendour of the imperial court to the dripping forests of 'Barbaricum'. This title examines the extraordinary success story that was the empire and shows how Europe's barbarians, transformed by centuries of contact with Rome, eventually pulled it apart.

Presents a contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta. This title compiles a factual record of this disastrous conflict.

Paul Cartledge argues that the Spartans are our ancestors, every bit as much as the Athenians. But while Athens promoted democracy, individualism, culture and society, their great rivals Sparta embodied militarism, totalitarianism, segregation and brutal repression.

From the Colosseum to Hadrian's Wall, Gem Ancient Rome shows us how Rome's vast empire laid the foundations of today's civilisation.

Examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, this title investigates the ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. It brings to life the courts of two global powers that affected the cultures of medieval Europe, Byzantium, Islam and South Asia.

Discusses issues of Roman social, cultural and political history from the foundation of the Principate to the age of barbarian settlements of the west.

Both in antiquity and in modern scholarship, classical Sparta has typically been viewed as an exceptional society, different in many respects from other Greek city-states. This view has come under challenge from revisionist historians, led by Stephen Hodkinson. This book focuses on this historical controversy.

Shows the Romans from a non-Roman perspective and reveals that most of those written off by the Romans as uncivilized, savage and barbaric were in fact organized, motivated and intelligent groups of people, with no intentions of overthrowing Rome and plundering its Empire. This book presents their cultural and technological achievements.

Conclusive proof of how much better things would work if we ditched the government and voted for Caesar