Krigen og samfundet i oldtiden og den tidlige middelalder i Asien, Mellemøsten, Europa og Mellemamerika analyseres af en række historikere, der er specialister på deres felt.
Social memory - the shared remembrances of group experience - creates shared identity, and provides people with both an image of their past and a design for their future. But how are we to conceive the memories of past peoples such as, for example, the ancient Greeks? This book …
The Oxford handbook of Ancient Nubia
The cultures of Nubia built the earliest cities, states, and empires of inner Africa, but they remain relatively poorly known outside their modern descendants and the community of archaeologists, historians, and art historians researching them. The earliest archaeological work i…
One of the greatest commanders of the ancient world brought vividly to life: Hannibal, the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps with his war elephants and brought Rome to its knees. Hannibal Barca of Carthage, born 247 BC, was one of the great generals of the anci…
Forfatteren skildrer livet i det gamle Rom fra ca. 500 f. Kr. til år 27 e. Kr. og beskriver romernes liv og færden, deres livsopfattelse, slavernes liv, romernes dagligdag m.m.