New Books in Ancient History

641 Episodes

1. Daryn Lehoux, “What Did the Romans Know?: An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking” (University of Chicago Press, 2012)

   Published: 8/16/2014
2. David Reimer, “Count Like an Egyptian: A Hands-on Introduction to Ancient Mathematics” (Princeton UP, 2014)

   Published: 6/9/2014
3. Sean Anthony, “Crucifixion and Death as Spectacle” (American Oriental Society, 2014)

   Published: 5/12/2014
4. Brent Nongbri, “Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept” (Yale University Press, 2013)

   Published: 1/18/2014
5. Darrin M. McMahon, “Divine Fury: A History of Genius” (Basic Books, 2013)

   Published: 12/28/2013
6. Rowan K. Flad and Pochan Chen, “Ancient Central China” (Cambridge UP, 2013)

   Published: 10/19/2013
7. Reza Aslan, “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” (Random House, 2013)

   Published: 9/5/2013
8. Mark Byington, ed., “Early Korea: The Rediscovery of Kaya in History and Archaeology” (University of Hawaii Press, 2012)

   Published: 7/1/2013
9. Roslyn Weiss, “Philosophers in the Republic” (Cornell UP, 2012)

   Published: 3/1/2013
10. Bruce Rusk, “Critics and Commentators: The ‘Book of Poems’ as Classic and Literature” (Harvard UP, 2012)

    Published: 2/12/2013
11. Jill Gordon, “Plato’s Erotic World: From Cosmic Origins to Human Death” (Cambridge UP, 2012)

    Published: 10/15/2012
12. Kenneth Brashier, “Ancestral Memory in Early China” (Harvard University Asia Center, 2011)

    Published: 8/17/2012
13. Rowan K. Flad, "Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China" (Cambridge UP, 2011)

    Published: 4/27/2012
14. Stacy Schiff, “Cleopatra: A Life” (Back Bay Books, 2011)

    Published: 12/7/2011
15. David Potter, “The Victor’s Crown: A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium” (Oxford UP, 2011)

    Published: 11/1/2011
16. Gregory Nagy on Homer’s “Iliad”

    Published: 10/25/2011
17. Mark Bradley, “Classics and Imperialism in the British Empire” (Oxford UP, 2010)

    Published: 8/15/2011
18. Christopher Krebs, “A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus’s Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich” (Norton, 2011)

    Published: 6/22/2011
19. Amanda Podany, “Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East” (Oxford UP, 2010)

    Published: 8/19/2010
20. Adrian Goldsworthy, “How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower” (Yale UP, 2009)

    Published: 5/1/2009