Ancient history
Here you will find all the resources identified by our tutors as useful for the study of this subject, arranged in ascending alphabetical order. Browse the tiles and descriptions to discover if there are any resources of interest to you, or click on any of the keywords to see resources sorted by more in-depth topics.
Ancient history (V160): Historical studies of the period 900 BC to 500 AD.
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Statue of a Roman Emperor, Messene Museum, Greece. Dating from the 2nd half of the 4th century CE, this Emperor holds a globe in his left hand.... |
Ancient rome, Emperors, Messene, Late Roman, Roman art, Roman empire | view |
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATLANTIS: PLATO'S IDEAL STATE |
The text book for the course is Kershaw, S.P., A Brief History of Atlantis: Plato's Ideal State, London: Robinson, 2016. It can be... |
Plato, Plato's 'Critias', Plato's 'Kritias', Plato's 'Timaeus', Plato's 'Timaios', Ancient Greek, Ancient history, Greek culture, Atlantis, Kershaw | view |
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A THESIS ON ROMAN COINAGE FROM 260 CE |
This study examines how the Roman emperors c. AD 260–295 attempt at maintaining their power-bases |
Ancient rome, Numismatics, Roman coins, Late Roman, Roman empire, Age of Chaos, Gallic Empire | view |
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The Battle of Actium, where the forces of Octavian and Agrippa defeated those of Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BCE, proved to be one of the turning... |
Classics, Egypt, Emperors, Rome | view |
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AEMILIUS AEMILIANUS (253 CE) |
This link takes you to a coin of Aemilius Aemilianus on the Portable Antiquities Scheme website, where you will find other useful links and... |
Ancient rome, Rome, Late Roman, Roman coins, Roman empire, Emperors, Age of Chaos, Numismatics, Early Christian, Christianity, Aemilius Aemilianus | view |
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ALARIC IN ATHENS |
This link takes you to an image of Alaric in Athens by Ludwig Thiersch. |
Alaric, Goths, Visigoths, Late Roman, Roman empire, Ludwig Thiersch, Ancient rome, Barbarians | view |
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ALL ROADS LEAD TO (AND FROM) ROME |
This link takes you to an enchanting website all about Roman roads |
Ancient history, Classics, Rome | view |
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AMBROSE - LETTERS |
This link takes you to a translation of Ambrose's Letters |
Ambrose of Milan, Church history, Ancient rome, Roman empire, Early Christian, Christianity, Late Roman, Epistolography | view |
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AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS - TRANSLATION |
This link takes you to a translation of Ammianus Marcellinus. |
Ammianus Marcellinus, Ancient rome, Late Roman, Roman empire, Early Christian, Ancient history, Church history | view |
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AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS - TRANSLATION |
This link takes you to a translation of Ammianus Marcellinus. From Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D... |
Ancient rome, Late Roman, Roman empire, Early Christian, Ancient history, Historiography, Ammianus Marcellinus | view |
