Most Read This Week In Ancient

The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to history in the Old World from the beginning of recorded Greek history in 776 BC (First Olympiad). This roughly coincides with the traditional date of the founding of Rome in 753 BC, the beginning of the history of ancient Rome, and the beginning of the Archaic period in Ancient Greece. Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, some Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD (the most used), the closure of the Platonic Academy in 529 AD, the death of the emperor Justinian I in 565 AD, the coming of Is ...more

Most Read This Week Tagged "Ancient"

The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3)
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2)
Nero (The Nero Trilogy, #1)
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline
The Greeks: A Global History
The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
Χωράει όλη η αρχαιότητα στο ασανσέρ;
The Gates of Athens
Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great
Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Protector (Athenian #2)
Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
The Lion (The Golden Age #1)
Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
As Sure as the Sea
Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy
Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
Between the Wild Branches (The Covenant House, #2)
After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
Of Love and Treason
Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire
The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict
Empire (The Golden Age #2)
El asesinato de Platón
Jak przeżyć w starożytnym Egipcie
The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China
Ancestors: A History of Britain in Seven Burials
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East
Star of Persia: (An Inspirational Retelling about Queen Esther)
Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
The Daughter of Rome
Dominus (Roma, #3)
Classical Mythology A to Z: An Encyclopedia of Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines, Nymphs, Spirits, Monsters, and Places
Following Caesar: From Rome to Constantinople, the Pathways That Planted the Seeds of Empire
The Fort (City of Victory #1)
The City (City of Victory #2)
The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium
Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World
Before the King: Joanna's Story (Women of the Way, #2)
Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion
24 Hours in Ancient China: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
The Wall (City of Victory #3)
Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
Rebel Daughter
The Life of Herod the Great
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World
The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra
Alaric the Goth: An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great
A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia #9)
The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
New Rome: The Empire in the East
Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
Blood of a Gladiator (Leonidas the Gladiator Mysteries, #1)
Pharaohs of the Sun: How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty
Dionysos: The New God (Olympians, #12)
Caesar!
Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
Crassus: The First Tycoon
Demetrius: Sacker of Cities
Rome: Strategy of Empire
Tutankhamun's Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's Tomb
The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere
Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece
Empire of the Black Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World
Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis
How to Survive in Ancient Rome

Does progress mean that we dissolve our ancient myths? If we forget our legends, I fear that we shall close an important door to the imagination
James Christensen

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