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.
The Greeks and their Gods
1st Edition
By W.K.C. Guthrie
December 01, 2025
The Greeks and their Gods (1950) examines the question of what the Greeks thought to be the proper relationship between human and divine. Religion was such an integral part of Ancient Greek life and thought that without a proper study their world can be scarcely appreciated....
The Ionians and Hellenism: A Study of the Cultural Achievement of the Early Greek Inhabitants of Asia Minor
1st Edition
By C.J. Emlyn-Jones
December 01, 2025
The Ionians and Hellenism (1980) presents an assessment of the art, literature and philosophy of the Asia Minor Greeks – the Ionians – in the eighth to sixth centuries B.C. The Ionians are notable both for what they achieved and for the way in which they influenced the rest of the Greek world, but ...
The Roman Stage: A Short History of Latin Drama in the Time of the Republic
1st Edition
By W. Beare
December 01, 2025
The Roman Stage (1964) gives a connected account of the drama of ancient Rome in its historical setting. Using original source material, whole plays as well as fragments, of tragedies, comedies and farces, it traces the development of theatre in Rome, and notes the historical importance of these ...
The Roman Villa in Britain
1st Edition
Edited
By A.L.F. Rivet
December 01, 2025
The Roman Villa in Britain (1969) is a comprehensive examination of Roman villas in Romano-Britain in a series of essays by six specialists. H.C. Bowen, well-known for his work on early field systems, examines the evidence for the native Celtic agriculture which was practised in pre-Roman Britain ...
The Universities of Ancient Greece
1st Edition
By John W.H. Walden
December 01, 2025
The Universities of Ancient Greece (1912) examines Greek education in the Classical world, from the pre-Alexandrian times to the last three centuries B.C. ‘Universities’ are defined as congregations of professors and students, as well as the organized bodies at places such as Alexandria (at the ...
Town and Country in Roman Britain
1st Edition
By A.L.F. Rivet
December 01, 2025
Town and Country in Roman Britain (1964) is a study of the effects of Roman rule on the lowland zone of Britain and of the relationship between town and country. The author places the Romano-British towns and villas in their economic and political setting, and discusses their origin and development...
Wine in the Ancient World
1st Edition
By Charles Seltman
December 01, 2025
Wine in the Ancient World (1957) examines wine in all its forms in, primarily, ancient Greece and Rome. It looks at the origins of wine, its production, transportation and consumption, and its changing status through the centuries....
Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World
1st Edition
By Various Authors
April 17, 2025
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 ...
A History of the Roman World from 30 B.C. to A.D. 138
1st Edition
By Edward T. Salmon
December 01, 2024
A History of the Roman World from 30 B.C. to A.D. 138 (1968) is a comprehensive survey of that period of Roman history during which the Principate was established and the Pax Romana consolidated. Besides the lives of the Emperors and an account of political and military developments, it contains ...
A History of the Roman World from 753 to 146 B.C.
1st Edition
By Howard H. Scullard
December 01, 2024
A History of the Roman World from 753 to 146 B.C. (1969) examines the rise of Rome from a small city-state among many to its conquest and unification of Italy and the founding of its overseas Empire. It covers in detail Rome’s struggle with Carthage for supremacy, as well as Rome’s political, ...