Kurt A. Raaflaub eBooks

With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history >>

This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. Presents evidence from across >>

"A balanced, high-quality analysis of the developing nature of Athenian political society and its relationship to 'democracy' as a timeless concept."â¿¿Mark Munn, author of The School of History

This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates >>

This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective.The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world Takes a global perspective, covering a large >>