The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Abbott, Frank Frost, 1860-1924

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Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K., 1804-1889 (Charles Knapp)

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The ancient world at war a global history

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the terrible tide of war / Philip de Souza -- War before history / R. Brian Ferguson -- Ancient Egyptian warfare / Ian Shaw and Daniel Boatright -- Ancient Near Eastern warfare / Nigel Tallis -- The might of the Persian empire / Nicholas Sekunda -- Minoan and Mycenaean warfare / Alan Peatfield -- War in Archaic and Classical Greece / Hams vam Wees -- Alexander the Great and Hellenistic warfare / David Potter -- Armies of the Roman Republic / Nathan Rosenstein -- Celtic and Iberian warrior cultures / Louis Rawlings -- Imperial Roman warfare / Jon Coulston -- Rome and the barbarians / Hugh Elton -- Central Asia from the Scythians to the Huns / Jon Coulston -- Warfare in ancient South Asia / Robin Coningham and Mark Manuel -- Warfare in ancient China / Charles A. …”

The great empires of the ancient world

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Astrology from Ancient Babylon to the present day by Maxwell-Stuart, P. G.

Imperial triumph the Roman world from Hadrian to Constantine by Kulikowski, Michael

Invisible armies an epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present by Boot, Max 1968-

Founding gods, inventing nations conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam by McCants, William Faizi 1975-

History of art the Western tradition by Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar) 1913-1982, Janson, Anthony F.

Table of Contents: “…Part I. The ancient world : Prehistoric art in Europe and North America -- Egyptian art -- Ancient near eastern art -- Aegean art -- Greek art -- Etruscan art -- Roman art -- Part II. …”

The meaning of the library a cultural history

Table of Contents: “…The Library through Time. Adventures in ancient Greek and Roman libraries / Edith Hall -- The image of the medieval library / Richard Gameson -- The Renaissance library and the challenge of print / Andrew Pettegree -- From printing shop to bookshelves:How books began the journey to Enlightenment libraries / Robert Darnton -- "The advantages of literature": The subscription library in Georgian Britain / David Allan -- Literature and the library in the nineteenth century / John Sutherland -- Part 2. …”

History of war 50 events you really need to know by Cross, Robin

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: MILITARY EMPIRES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD -- 01.The chariot -- 02.The Macedonian phalanx -- 03.Helepolis (̀The City Taker') -- 04.The trireme -- 05.The Roman legion -- 06.The legions in the field -- 07.Roman siegecraft -- THE DARK AGES -- 08.Heavy cavalry and chain mail -- 09.Viking longship -- 10.The shield wall -- MEDIEVAL WARFARE -- 11.The castle -- 12.Medieval siege engines -- 13.The sword -- 14.The longbow -- 15.Early cannon -- THE GUNPOWDER REVOLUTION -- 16.Naval warfare -- 17.The Vauban revolution -- 18.The age of artillery -- 19.Firepower and shock action -- BIRTH OF MODERN WARFARE -- 20.Brown Bess -- 21.Mobile artillery -- 22.Napoleonic corps d'armee -- 23.Naval firepower -- INDUSTRY AND WAR -- 24.Mass production -- 25.The machine gun -- 26.The all-big-gun battleship -- THE FIRST WORLD WAR -- 27.Trench warfare -- 28.Chemical warfare -- 29.Air warfare -- 30.The arrival of the bomber -- 31.The tank -- THE SECOND WORLD WAR -- 32.Blitzkrieg -- 33.Radar -- 34.Strategic bombing -- 35.Armoured warfare -- 36.The U-boat war -- 37.D-Day -- 38.Nazi secret weapons -- 39.Escort fighter -- 40.Aircraft carrier -- 41.Codebreaking -- 42.The atom bomb -- COLD WAR AND AFTER -- 43.Ballistic missiles -- 44.Helicopters -- 45.Assault rifle -- 46.Jet fighter -- 47.Stealth -- 48.Cruise missile -- 49.Unmanned aerial combat -- 50.Cyberwar.…”

World history 50 things you really need to know by Crofton, Ian

Table of Contents: “…From ancient times to the Middle Ages : The beginnings of agriculture -- The first cities -- Egypt of the pharaohs -- Classical Greece -- Alexander the Great -- The spread of Roman power -- The fall of Rome and its aftermath -- The rise of Islam -- The Vikings -- The Crusades -- The Black Death. …”

Constantinople 1453 the end of Byzantium by Nicolle, David 1944-

Science, technology and cultural heritage proceedings of the second International Congress on Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Sevilla, Spain, 24-2...

Table of Contents: “…Fuster López -- Estimating the firing temperature of ancient pottery by combining TL and other usual techniques / J. …”