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Free Download Dudley Moore, "In Search of the Classical World: An Introduction to the Ancient Aegean"
English | ISBN: 1443878138 | 2015 | 205 pages | PDF | 980 KB
This book provides an introduction to the complex world of the ancient societies of the Aegean, offering general insights into the Aegean civilisations of the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, the Trojans of the Bronze Age, and the later Classical Greeks. With regard to the latter, the book explores their history against the might of Persia and the strife and tribulations between their own Greek city states particularly Athens and Sparta. It also shows how Classical Greece made use of the Homeric heroes of the Mycenaean period in its literature and drama to reflect upon its own ancient heritage.

Free Download The Stoic Cure for Procrastination: Ancient Strategies for Overcoming Fear and Negative Thoughts (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798868752797 | 2024 | 3 hours and 32 minutes | M4B@192 kbps | 292 MB
Author: Connor J. King
Narrator: Adam Lofbomm
Picture this! You wake up each day with a renewed sense of purpose and motivation, tackling your to-do list with ease and efficiency. No more wasted time, no more missed opportunities. It’s time to break free from the chains of procrastination and unlock your full potential. Procrastination is a common struggle that affects people from all walks of life. But what if I told you that there’s a proven method to overcome this destructive habit? In this audiobook, you’ll embark on a transformative journey, empowering you to take control of your life and achieve your goals through the power of stoicism. This book isn’t just another self-help guide; it’s a roadmap to unlocking your true potential and living a more fulfilling life. With compelling stoic lessons from philosophers such as Marcus Aurelius, Zeno, and Seneca, just to name a few, you’ll be guaranteed to focus on the process, remind yourself you’re capable of achieving your goals, and never feel overwhelmed again. Now is the time to break free from the chains of procrastination and start living the life you’ve always dreamed of. It’s time to seize the moment and unleash the best version of yourself!

Free Download The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: A Journey Through History’s Greatest Treasures (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CDHKH894 | 2024 | 14 hours and 7 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 326 MB
Author: Bettany Hughes
Narrator: Bettany Hughes
An immersive, awe-inspiring tour of the ancient sites that kindle our imagination and afford us a glimpse into our shared history. For millennia, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have been known for their aesthetic sublimity, ingenious engineering, and sheer, audacious magnitude: The Great Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus, the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse at Alexandria. Echoing down time, each of these persists in our imagination as an emblem of the glory of antiquity, but beneath the familiar images is a surprising, revelatory history. Guiding us through it is historian Bettany Hughes, who has traveled to each of the sites to uncover the latest archaeological discoveries and bring these monuments and the distinct cultures that built them back to breathtaking life. Spellbinding, richly illustrated, and full of insight, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is a journey into the indomitable ambition and creativity of the human spirit.

Free Download Alan Sumler, "Intoxication in the Ancient Greek and Roman World"
English | ISBN: 1666920142 | 2023 | 172 pages | EPUB, PDF | 338 KB + 1470 KB
Intoxication in the Ancient Greek and Roman World considers the psychotropic plants used in the ancient world and ancient attitudes towards intoxication. Alan Sumler surveys primary Greek and Roman sources for noteworthy mentions of ancient intoxicants like hellebore, mandrake, deadly nightshade, thorn apple, opium poppy, cannabis, wine, and other substances and reveals how psychoactive drugs were used in ancient Greek and Roman religion, medicine, magic, artistic inspiration, and recreation. Interpreted through the lens of modern-day scholarship from Classics, philosophy, and ethnobotany, the primary sources illuminate how commonplace psychotropic plants and drugs were in the ancient Greek and Roman world and-given different contexts for psychotropic drug usage-what attitudes these societies held about the appropriateness of intoxication.

Free Download Dennis P. Kehoe, "Ancient Law, Ancient Society"
English | ISBN: 0472130439 | 2017 | 232 pages | EPUB | 984 KB
The essays composing Ancient Law, Ancient Society examine the law in classical antiquity both as a product of the society in which it developed and as one of the most important forces shaping that society. Contributors to this volume consider the law via innovative methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives-in particular, those drawn from the new institutional economics and the intersection of law and economics.

Free Download Charles Gates, "Ancient Cities Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 0415498643 | 2011 | 504 pages | EPUB | 28 MB
Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from the perspectives of archaeology and architectural history, bringing to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on evidence recovered from archaeological excavations. Urban form is the focus: the physical appearance and overall plans of the cities, their architecture and natural topography, and the cultural and historical contexts in which they flourished. Attention is also paid to non-urban features such as religious sanctuaries and burial grounds, places and institutions that were a familiar part of the city dweller’s experience. Objects or artifacts that represented the essential furnishings of everyday life are discussed, such as pottery, sculpture, wall paintings, mosaics and coins. Ancient Cities is unusual in presenting this wide range of Old World cultures in such comprehensive detail, giving equal weight to the Preclassical and Classical periods, and in showing the links between these ancient cultures.

Free Download Jebrael Nokandeh, Hamid Omrani Rekavandi, "Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity’s Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran: A joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the University of Edinburgh"
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1789254620 | PDF | pages: 929 | 184.0 mb
Which ancient army boasted the largest fortifications, and how did the competitive build-up of military capabilities shape world history? Few realise that imperial Rome had a serious competitor in Late Antiquity. Late Roman legionary bases, normally no larger than 5ha, were dwarfed by Sasanian fortresses, often covering 40ha, sometimes even 125-175ha. The latter did not necessarily house permanent garrisons but sheltered large armies temporarily – perhaps numbering 10-50,000 men each. Even Roman camps and fortresses of the Early and High Empire did not reach the dimensions of their later Persian counterparts. The longest fort-lined wall of the late antique world was also Persian. Persia built up, between the fourth and sixth centuries AD, the most massive military infrastructure of any ancient or medieval Near Eastern empire – if not the ancient and medieval world. Much of the known defensive network was directed against Persia’s powerful neighbours in the north rather than the west. This may reflect differences in archaeological visibility more than troop numbers. Urban garrisons in the Romano-Persian frontier zone are much harder to identify than vast geometric compounds in marginal northern lands. Recent excavations in Iran have enabled us to precision-date two of the largest fortresses of Southwest Asia, both larger than any in the Roman world. Excavations in a Gorgan Wall fort have shed much new light on frontier life, and we have unearthed a massive bridge nearby. A sonar survey has traced the terminal of the Tammisheh Wall, now submerged under the waters of the Caspian Sea. Further work has focused on a vast city and settlements in the hinterland. Persia’s Imperial Power, our previous project, had already shed much light on the Great Wall of Gorgan, but it was our recent fieldwork that has thrown the sheer magnitude of Sasanian military infrastructure into sharp relief.

Free Download Don Landis, "Secrets of Ancient Man: Revelations from the Ruins"
English | ISBN: 0890518661 | 2015 | 136 pages | PDF | 24 MB
Amid the ruins you find an incredible history:

Free Download Cicero on Divination: Book 1 Book 1 (Clarendon Ancient History Series) (Bk. 1) By David Wardle (editor)
2007 | 482 Pages | ISBN: 0199297916 | PDF | 2 MB
In the two Books of De divinatione Cicero considers beliefs concerning fate and the possibility of prediction: in the first book he puts the (principally Stoic) case for them in the mouth of his brother Quintus; in the second, speaking in his own person, he argues against them. In this new translation of, and commentary on, Book One–the first in English for over 80 years–David Wardle guides the reader through the course of Cicero’s argument, giving particular attention to the traditional Roman and the philosophical conception of divination.

Free Download Ellen Morris, "Famine and Feast in Ancient Egypt "
English | ISBN: 100907458X | 2023 | 94 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This Element is about the creation and curation of social memory in pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egypt. Ancient, Classical, Medieval, and Ottoman sources attest to the horror that characterized catastrophic famines. Occurring infrequently and rarely reaching the canonical seven-years’ length, famines appeared and disappeared like nightmares. Communities that remain aware of potentially recurring tragedies are often advantaged in their efforts to avert or ameliorate worst-case scenarios. For this and other reasons, pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egyptians preserved intergenerational memories of hunger and suffering. This Element begins with a consideration of the trajectories typical of severe Nilotic famines and the concept of social memory. It then argues that personal reflection and literature, prophecy, and an annual festival of remembrance functioned-at different times, and with varying degrees of success-to convince the well-fed that famines had the power to unseat established order and to render a comfortably familiar world unrecognizable.