Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World
About the Book Series
Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World is a collection of 35 previously out-of-print titles that examine many aspects of life in various ancient civilizations. Books look at the histories of the Greek and Roman worlds, the politics and philosophy of Athens, religion in ancient Greece, and other aspects of these early European societies: education, art and literature. Contacts between empires and barbarians are discussed, as well as economics and trade across the Mediterranean, Northern Europe and the Near East. One volume analyses ancient rituals in India; others look at patronage and religion across the world.
Ancient Greek Religion
1st Edition
By H.J. Rose
March 09, 2026
Ancient Greek Religion (1948) looks at the religious beliefs and practices of classical Greece. Completely different to the religions as practiced today, the religion of ancient Greece had no creed, nothing like a code or system of morality that worshippers had to adhere to; nor was there a system ...
A History of the Greek World from 323 to 146 B.C.
1st Edition
By M. Cary
December 01, 2025
A History of the Greek World from 323 to 146 B.C. (1951) looks at the period of Greek history from the Macedonian to the Roman conquests. It contains a narrative of the political history of the Hellenistic states; a description of their statecraft, war-craft and economic practice; and a summary of ...
A History of the Greek World from 479 to 323 B.C.
1st Edition
By M.L.W. Laistner
December 01, 2025
A History of the Greek World from 479 to 323 B.C. (1957) examines the period of Greek history – from the end of the Persian Wars to the death of Alexander the Great – which can claim to be unique in the history of the world. Into the brief space of five generations are crowded such a galaxy of ...
A History of the Greek and Roman World
1st Edition
By George Grundy
December 01, 2025
A History of the Greek and Roman World (1926) is a single-volume sweeping examination of the Greek and Roman civilisations from 2000 B.C. to the second century A.D. It covers all parts of the Greek and Roman worlds, and all aspects of their societies over the different time periods: culture, ...
A History of the Roman World from 146 to 30 B.C.
1st Edition
By Frank Burr Marsh
December 01, 2025
A History of the Roman World from 146 to 30 B.C. (1963) analyses the workings of the Roman constitution alongside looking at the events in Roman history from the time of the Gracchi to the death of Antony. It shows that the supremacy of the senate was based on a well-organised political machine, ...
A History of the Roman World from A.D. 138 to 337
1st Edition
By H.M.D. Parker
December 01, 2025
A History of the Roman World from A.D. 138 to 337 (1958) looks at the last centuries of the Roman Empire, from the rule of Hadrian and his policy of consolidation of the Roman Empire, halting its further expansion, to the reign of Constantine and the rise of Christianity....
Ancient Cosmologies
1st Edition
Edited
By Carmen Blacker, Michael Loewe
December 01, 2025
In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible? How did the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Jews, Indians, Chinese, Arabs, ...
Athens and the Greek Miracle
1st Edition
By C.P. Rodocanachi
December 01, 2025
Athens and the Greek Miracle (1948) is a work of interpretation, poetic in character rather than scientific or historical, that attempts to penetrate some of the primary causes of this unique Athenian culture, to evoke its past spirit in the modern world....
Economic Structures of the Ancient Near East
1st Edition
By Morris Silver
December 01, 2025
Economic Structures of the Ancient Near East (1985) is a political economy of antiquity which applies the universal conclusions of theoretical economics to the interpretation of economic life. The first part of the book shows that the analysis of transaction costs – that is, the resources used up ...
Education in Ancient Rome: From the Elder Cato to the Younger Pliny
1st Edition
By Stanley F. Bonner
December 01, 2025
Education in Ancient Rome (1977) examines the development, structure and role of education from the third century B.C. to the time of Trajan, a period which saw great changes in Roman society. It provides a historical background, showing the effects upon the educational system of Rome’s transition ...
Gods and Heroes of the Greeks
1st Edition
By H.J. Rose
December 01, 2025
Gods and Heroes of the Greeks (1957) looks at the chief stories of Ancient Greece and how they influenced European literature for centuries. It accounts the later development of these stories, in and out of the Greek world....
Greek and Latin Literature: A Comparative Study
1st Edition
Edited
By John Higginbotham
December 01, 2025
Greek and Latin Literature (1969) examines the two ancient literatures using a comparative method that recognizes the links between them – most Latin genres owe something to their Greek forebears. How far was Virgil influenced by Homer, Cicero by Demosthenes, Horace by Sappho and Alcaeus? How far ...