New Reads in Ancient History

Recent and Soon-to-be Released Titles

© Robin Fowler

Mar 19, 2007

Non-fiction and fiction books released in the first months of 2007 for Ancient History buffs


Non-fiction:

  • History of the Roman Republic, by Klaus Bringman, Polity Press, January 1, 2007
  • Origins of the Democracy of Ancient Greece, by Kurt Raaflaub, Josiah Ober, Robert Wallace, University of California Press, January 11, 2007
  • The Trojan Epic: Posthomerica, by Quintus of Smyrna (author) and Alan James (translator), The Johns Hopkins University Press, January 17, 2007
  • The Oracle: Ancient Delphi and the Science Behind its Lost Secrets, by William J. Broad, Penguin Press, January 30, 2007
  • Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece, by Joan Breton Connelly, Princeton University Press, February 5, 2007
  • 69 A.D.: The year of Four Emperors, by Gwym Morgan, Oxford University Press, February 5, 2007
  • Cleopatra to Christ, by Ralph Ellis, Adventures Unlimited Press, February 7, 2007
  • Rome, Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation, by Stanley Bing, W.W. Norton Publisher, February 12, 2007
  • A History of Ancient Greek: From the Beginnings to Late Antiquity, by A.F. Christidis, Cambridge University Press, February 12, 2007
  • The Romans for Dummies, by Guy de la Bedoyere, For Dummies Publisher, February 16, 2007
  • The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh, by David Damrosch, Henry Holt and Co., March 6, 2007
  • The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome, by Susan Wise Bauer, W.W. Norton publisher, March 26, 2007
  • The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146 B.C., by Adrian Goldsworthy, Cassell, April 1, 2007
  • The Hellenistic Age: A Short History, by Peter Green, Modern Library, April 3, 2007
  • The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited, by John Romer, Cambridge University Press, April 30, 2007

Fiction:

  • Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire, by Ruth Downie, Bloomsbury USA, March 6, 2007
  • Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome, by Steven Saylor, St. Martin's Press, March 6, 2007
  • Emperor: The Gods of War, by Conn Iggulden, Bantam Books, March 27, 2007
  • A Coin for the Ferryman, by Rosemary Rowe, Headline Book Publishing, April 1, 2007

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