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• Author(s): Thucydides | Benjamin Jowett • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceThe Peloponnesian War (431-404 b.c.e.) was the greatest "disturbance" in Greek history to that time. The bitter...

• Author(s): Michael K. Kellogg • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceThe philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once said that all of Western philosophy was "but a series of footnotes to Plato."...

• Author(s): Garrett Ryan • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Ancient - RomeDid the ancient Greeks and Romans have conspiracy theories? Did they come close to an industrial revolution? Did they drink beer?...

• Author(s): Garrett Ryan • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Ancient - RomeMost books on the Roman and Greek Empires deal with famous figures or events, but Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephant...

• Author(s): Demetris Nicolaides • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: HistoryThe birth of science in ancient Greece had a historical impact that is still being felt today. Physicist Demetris Nicolaides exam...

• Author(s): Herodotus • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceThe word "history" derives from the Greek word for "inquiry." Combining his encyclopedic interests and curiosity about the customs...