Ancient

Colin Davies describes how, in the 6th century B.C., Miletus became the birthplace of Western science and philosophy.

S. G. F. Brandon describes how the Roman legate faced the problems of a Jewish Revolt.

A.F. Tilley explains how the Greeks propelled their boats.

In the second century A.D. North Africa played an important role in imperial Roman life

2000 years ago, a Roman Governor of Judaea made a decision that has lent his name to posterity.

Geoffrey Powell offers a study of everyday Imperial military life.

A.N. Marlow describes how city-life in India, four thousand years ago, bore a striking resemblance to that of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.

A.N. Marlow describes how, four thousand years ago, a remarkably advanced civilization flourished on the north-western plains of the Indian sub-continent.

Stephen Usher describes how Pericles became the embodiment of Athenian imperialism; which he exalted because, like General De Gaulle, he believed that his own country had a mighty civilizing mission. 

For two thousand years poets, writes Michael Grant, composers and painters have drawn upon the great archetypal myth of Orpheus—one of the myths that will always stir humanity.