Rome enters the Greek East from anarchy to hierarchy in the Hellenistic Mediterranean, 230-170 BC by Eckstein, Arthur M.

The Cambridge history of Greek and Roman warfare

Table of Contents: “…v. 1. Greece, the Hellenistic world and the rise of Rome -- v. 2. …”

The ancient world at war a global history

Table of Contents: “…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. …”

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

Table of Contents: “…The Land Between the Rivers c.800 BC-c.600 BC: Interpreting Portents -- Greece & Rome c.600 BC-50 BC: The Religious Zodiac -- Hellenistic & Roman Egypt 50 BC-c.AD 100: Personal Horoscopes -- The Imperial West c.100-c.200: Political Quicksands -- A Christian Dilemma c.200-c.500: Theological Doubts & Popular Belief -- Islamic Speculation c.600-c.900: Fresh Insights, Transmission & Astral Magic -- Byzantium & the Jewish Diaspora c.900-c.1200: Agreements to Disagree -- Mediaeval Europe c.1200-c.1300: The Inheritor of Traditions -- Astrology in Mediaeval Literature, Art & Architecture c.1300-c.1500 -- Astrologers at Work c.1500-c.1600: The Stars in an Age of Reform -- Questioning the Macrocosm c.1600-c.1700: The Pursuit of a `Sane' Astrology -- Prophets & Sceptics c.1700-c.1800: Astrology Fighting Decline -- New Planets, Esotericism & Almanacs c.1800-c.1900: Astrology in the Post-Industrial World -- Plus ca Change c.1900-2000: Facing the Future…”