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TUBHU Ancient History Library: 95 Public-Domain Works on Ancient History
This library gathers 95 public-domain books on ancient history, organized into four browsing categories: Greece, Rome, Egypt Near East, and Ancient Civilizations. The selection spans from primary sources like Xenophon's Anabasis and Suetonius's Lives of the Twelve Caesars to scholarly surveys such as Maspero's History of Egypt and works edited by A. H. Sayce. Categories overlap, and the catalogue notes that a single work may fit multiple subjects. For newcomers, suggested reading paths offer a structured entry: begin with Xenophon for Greek history, Suetonius for Roman imperial lives, or The Tell El Amarna Period for Egypt and the Near East. Each record provides bibliographic details, Gutenberg release year, and a catalogue note to orient readers.
95 public-domain works93 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
Ancient History — Editor’s Selection
A concise group of works selected to introduce the subjects, source types and historical questions represented in this catalogue.
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Greece
Feminism in Greek Literature fro...
This work is presented within Greece, where it can be read alongside related sources and historical perspectives.
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Cicero and his friends — A Close...
In Rome
Tiberius the Tyrant — Reading Co...
In Rome
Augustus: The Life and Times of ...
In Rome
The Story of Rome, From the Earl...
In Rome
Monumentum Ancyranum: The Deeds ...
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The Story of Greece: Told to Boy...
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The Origin of Tyranny — Edition ...
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The Life and Times of Akhnaton, ...
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Reading Paths
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Start with legal historyFollow works on law, courts, constitutions and changing public institutions.Explore crime and investigationRead historical cases, prison accounts, forensic sources and investigative writing.Discover social historyLook at everyday life, customs, biographies and the institutions shaping communities.Browse military and political sourcesMove through battles, military organization, naval affairs and political conflict.
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