Introductory Histories
Greeks by Call Number: Baker-Berry DF77 .S56 2009"Offers a lucid survey that covers all the key elements of ancient Greek civilization from the age of Homer to the Hellenistic period provides detailed discussions of the main trends in literature and drama, philosophy, art and architecture, with generous reference to original sources places ancient Greek culture firmly in its political, social and historical context includes a new chapter on Religion and Social Life."
Hellenistic Age by Call Number: Print: Baker-Berry DF77 .T525 2016Publication Date: 2016"Drawing on inscriptions, papyri, coinage, poetry, art, and archaeology Peter Thonemann opens up the history and culture of the vast Hellenistic world, from the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) to the Roman conquest of the Ptolemaic kingdom (30 BC)."
Ancient Rome: A New History by Call Number: Baker-Berry DG209 .P67 2018Publication Date: 2018One of America's preeminent ancient historians covers Rome from its backwater beginnings to its dominance of the Mediterranean world. Includes many full-color photographs and passages from primary sources.
Brief History of the Romans by Call Number: Baker-Berry DG209 .B582 2014"Offers a comprehensive sweep of Roman history, ranging from the prehistoric settlements to the fall of the empire in 476. Addressing issues that still confront modern states worldwide - including warfare, empire building, consensus forging, and political fragmentation - the authors also provide glimpses into everyday Roman life and perspective, demonstrating how Rome's growth as a state is inseparable from its social and cultural development."
Early Rome to 290 BC by "A new view of early Rome as a highly mobile society within a wider interconnected Mediterranean network. Covers the rise of Rome from small scale community to supremacy in central Italy. Uses the latest archaeological evidence to demonstrate the sophisticated and cosmopolitan nature of early Rome."
Rise of Rome by Call Number: Baker-Berry DG221.5 .L66 2018"What transformed a humble city into the preeminent power of the region? Lomas reconstructs the diplomatic ploys, political stratagems, and cultural exchanges whereby Rome established itself as a dominant player in a region already brimming with competitors."
Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity Ad 395-700 by Call Number: Baker-Berry DE71 .C25 2012"Provides both a detailed introduction to late antiquity and a direct challenge to conventional views of the end of the Roman empire. Cameron focuses on the changes and continuities in Mediterranean society as a whole before the Arab conquests."
History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-641 by Call Number: Print: Baker-Berry DG311 .M66 2007"This book presents a historical study of the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity from the accession of the emperor Diocletian 284 to the death of the emperor Heraclius in 641. A bibliographical survey supports further study and research Includes chronological tables, maps, and charts of important information help to orient the reader."- World of Late Antiquity, 150-750 byCall Number: Baker-Berry DG77 .B73Publication Date: 1971The standard introduction for non-specialists.
Fragments of Historical Works (Greek & Roman)
- Brill's New JacobyRevised online version of Felix Jacoby's Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker. Presents facing English translations of the Greek fragments, a new, critical commentary, and a brief encyclopedia-style entry about each historians life and works, with a select bibliography.
- Digital Fragmenta Historicorum GraecorumPrint version: Baker-Berry 880.8 M887f
Fragments of the Roman Historians by Call Number: Baker-Berry DG13 .F73 2013"The Fragments of the Roman Historians is a definitive and comprehensive edition of the fragmentary texts of all the Roman historians whose works are lost. Volume one provides an introduction to each historian, outlining what is known of their life and works. Volume two sets out the critical text with facing English translation, and volume three offers a detailed and up-to-date commentary on each of the historical fragments."
Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire by Call Number: Baker-Berry DG310 .B56 1981Publication Date: 1983Texts, translations, and notes for the most important late antique sources.- Fragmentary Latin Histories of Late Antiquity (AD 300-620) byPublication Date: 2020"The first systematic collection of fragmentary Latin historians from the period AD 300-620, this volume provides an edition and translation of, and commentary on, the fragments. It proposes new interpretations of the fragments and of the works from which they derive, whilst also spelling out what the fragments add to our knowledge of Late Antiquity. Integrating the fragmentary material with the texts preserved in full, the volume suggests new ways to understand the development of history writing in the transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages."
