Ancient

Brought to you by Penguin. AS SEEN ON TV Professor Alice Roberts travels 1,300 miles by train across Italy, France and Spain in search of a greater understanding of the Roman Empire for Channel 4's popular TV series Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts. Visiting sites often off the beaten...

The Destruction of Black Civilization took Chancellor Williams sixteen years of research and field study to compile. The book, which was to serve as a reinterpretation of the history of the African race, was intended to be "a general rebellion against the subtle message from even the most...

An empire that was once larger than the Roman Empire at its peak and most people have never heard its story. Inside this audiobook, you'll discover: The Clash—The fierce battle between King Porus and Alexander the Great, and why Alexander's own soldiers refused to march further into India. The Mystery—What really caused the sudden collapse of the Harappan civilization, one of the oldest urban societies on earth. The Kingmaker—How a humiliated Brahmin mastermind helped place Chandragupta on the throne and built an empire from nothing.

You’ve seen the pyramids. You’ve heard of Anubis and mummies. But do you know the epic myths that gave them meaning? Whether you’re new to mythology or curious to go deeper, this guide invites you into a rich, symbolic world shaped by creation, death, resurrection, and cosmic order, a world that influenced over three thousand years of civilization.

The Empire That Built Your World (and Set It on Fire)You may have slept through history class, but Rome has been shaping your life this whole time. The alphabet you’re reading right now? Built on Latin. Your calendar? Roman. Your laws, your government buildings, and your favorite dramas packed with power plays and betrayal? They all carry echoes of a civilization that never really died. This is not another dusty textbook or a glorified list of emperors. It is a fast-paced, brutally honest ride through 1,200 years of violence, innovation, chaos, and unlikely survival.

Finally Understand Greek Mythology Without the Confusion, Family Trees, or Boring LecturesYou’ve heard the names. Zeus. Medusa. Hercules. Athena. But if someone asked you to explain who they were, how they’re connected, or what actually happened in the Trojan War… would you be able to? Greek mythology is everywhere. It appears in movies, books, video games, psychology, and everyday language. Yet for many people, the stories feel tangled, overwhelming, or only half-remembered from school. This audiobook was written for people who want clarity.

Despite the enmity towards Carthage held by the Greeks and Romans, they nevertheless spent centuries romanticizing and mythologizing its legendary founder, Queen Dido. It’s an established fact that the Phoenicians established a maritime empire with Tyre at the forefront in the early 1st millennium BCE, and from that, the ancients believed that a Phoenician princess named Elisa fled Tyre to North Africa after her brother killed her husband, where she managed to negotiate with local leaders for land and secure the site of Carthage, becoming Queen Dido in the process.

History Wasn't Boring. Your History Books Were. If you've ever fallen asleep reading about ancient civilizations, it wasn't your fault. Most history books bury the best parts under dry dates, dusty names, and academic jargon. But the real stories of Egypt, Greece, and Rome? They're bloody, messy, and deeply human. This 3-in-1 book brings ancient history to life the way it deserves—with the drama, the chaos, and the larger-than-life characters that made these civilizations legendary.

Themistocles (524–459 BC) came of age just as a newly democratic and empowered Athens was emerging. He would become an instrumental political and military figure, fighting in the Battle of Marathon; persuading Athenians to expand their fleet; and engineering the Athenians' defeat of the...

"La conquista de Bizancio" es un relato de Stefan Zweig que está incluido en su libro "Momentos estelares de la Humanidad". Zweig narra el acontecimiento que marcó el final del Imperio romano de oriente: la conquista de la ciudad de Bizancio, conocida como Constantinopla, a los pies del sultán otomano Mehmed II. Como último enclave del antiguo Imperio Romano fuera de Europa que quedaba, Constantinopla era una ciudad de imponentes murallas y protecciones. Una nueva artillería de mayor potencia que las hasta entonces conocidas fue creada para la destrucción de las defensas de la ciudad.

The tragic story of ancient Greece's last democratic leader and his doomed fight to save Athens from Macedonian domination In the spring of 340 BCE, news arrived that Philip of Macedon had seized a town in central Greece, a base from which he could march on Athens. In the fierce debates about...

Amid the upheaval in the Islamic world following Muhammad’s death, the Umayyad Caliphate lasted for less than a century, but it spent that time becoming one of the most influential of the major caliphates. Its official existence was from 661-750, and the rulers were the male members of the Umayyad dynasty, roughly translated from Arabic as the “Sons of Umayyah.” Its primary base of power was in Syria following the creation of a dynastic, hereditary rule headed by one of Syria’s long-lasting governors, Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan.

At long last, a travel guide to the ancient world for the modern tourist—written by the ancients themselves. How to Travel gathers classic texts from Greek and Roman writers to explore what today’s audiences can learn from ancient encounters with unfamiliar peoples, places, and customs.

Discover the remarkable life of Boudica... Boudica was the queen of her people, a proud Celtic tribe in the east of England, and she took that responsibility seriously. In a time when the Romans sought to add the British Isles to their ever-growing empire, she stood as the last line of defense between her tribe and total subjugation. And so, with nothing left to lose, she did what few had ever dared: she led her people in open revolt against the mightiest empire on earth.

A major new history of ancient Greece’s most iconic city-state. For thousands of years, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta has been famed as the ultimate warrior society. The flowing crimson capes and bronze shields of Spartan warriors remain the enduring image of masculine bravery...

Bloomsbury presents Teutoburg Forest AD 9: The destruction of Varus and his legions by Michael McNally, read by Cliff Chapman The story of the famous battle of the Teutoburg Forest, the most complete defeat of the Roman Army in the west, which saw the destruction of three Roman legions by...

When and why are you justified in withdrawing from public life? In the brief but remarkably rich essay On Leisure (De Otio), the Stoic philosopher Seneca explains his choice to withdraw from public life into contemplative retirement. Born to a wealthy and literary family, Seneca was brought to...

The Prince of Ur: Tales from Mesopotamia Step into the forgotten world of gods and kings, shadows and stars. In the ancient city of Ur, where the ziggurats reach for the heavens and the Euphrates whispers secrets in the dark, a young prince uncovers a destiny written in clay and cosmic fire. The Prince of Ur: Tales from Mesopotamia is a cinematic, myth-infused journey through the heart of the world’s first civilization—where history, legend, and the supernatural collide.

Matt Bevan, host of the wildly popular podcast If You're Listening, takes listeners on a fascinating journey through the murky waters of history, memory and the stories we tell ourselves. Bevan explores how history is often a patchwork of conflicting accounts, misremembered details and outright myths. With wit, curiosity and a knack for uncovering the unexpected, Bevan dives into tales of lemon trees conjured by Stalin, Bob Hawke's emotional misstep on Tiananmen Square and the bizarre flight of a German teenager into Soviet airspace.

Sumérgete en la historia de la Antigua Roma, desde sus orígenes como un pequeño asentamiento en la colina del Palatino y su apogeo como un imperio que gobernaba a más de 90 millones de personas hasta su dramático declive. Este fantástico audiolibro abarca más de 1.000 años de la historia de un imperio que se extendía desde Escocia hasta Siria. Conoce todos los acontecimientos políticos, culturales y militares clave que dieron forma al Imperio Romano y descubre cómo era la sociedad que sentó las bases del mundo moderno.

The Contents of this audiobook are the collective ideas, thoughts and words of the great scholars of our time on the origin of our civilization from the very beginning, nay even before that, as hinted by the enlightened Rishis in the Vedas. I merely put them in one place and with profound humility beg forgiveness for any unintentional transgressions or inadequacies.

For too long, the archaeological establishment has perpetuated one of the greatest cover-ups in human history—the complete suppression of evidence for advanced Pre-Columbian civilizations that flourished in the Americas tens of thousands of years before the accepted arrival of hunter-gatherer tribes across the Bering land bridge. Now, in this explosive investigation that will forever change how we understand the peopling of the New World, the shocking truth can finally be told.

Присущая всей древней истории мифологизация особенно несправедливо обошлась с женщинами, считает антиковед Онор Каргилл-Мартин. Со времен Тацита и Светония, описавших третью жену императора Клавдия как ненасытную развратницу, одержимую самыми низкими страстями, имя Мессалины стало нарицательным.

The Birth of the Lumen Series It was this search that led to his greatest creation—the Lumen Series, a literary cosmos where science meets spirit, and each planet holds a piece of the human soul. Very artist carries a secret world within. For Volkaan Berkochi, that world had always been made of stars. The idea came quietly—one night, while watching the sky from his California window. The moon hung low, trembling on the horizon, and he thought: Every planet must have a story. Every orbit, a feeling. Every light, a memory.

Un viaje fascinante por dos mil años de historia europea a través de las carreteras romanas.