Like other volumes in this series, Ancient History from Coins demystifies a specialism, introducing students (from first year upwards) to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of using coins to do ancient history. Coins are a fertile source of information for the ancient historian; yet too often historians are uneasy about using them as evidence because of the specia...(展开全部)

Epigraphic Evidence is an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history. It introduces the types of historical information supplied by inscriptional texts and the methods with which they can be used. It outlines the limitations as well as the advantages of the different types of evidence covered. Epigraphic Evidence inclu...(展开全部)

伊恩·卡拉代斯，古代希腊、罗马、波斯、迦太基钱币及博物馆史研究权威，曾任大英博物馆钱币徽章部主任、古代近东钱币馆馆长，并执教于圣安德鲁斯大学艺术史学院，任古钱币学教授、校博物馆主任。卡拉代斯钱币学的研究以其代表作《希腊世界的货币》（Coinage in the Greek World）、《钱币地图》（The Coin Atlas）、《图密善皇帝统治时期的货币与金融》（Coinage and Finances in the Reign of Domitian）、《罗马帝国货币》（The Roman Imperial Coinage）等影响了诸多学人。 黄希韦，国民信托博士后工作站顾问。《当代金融家》杂志副主编、中国政法大学中加法律研究中心研究员、中国政法大学国际法学博士、蒙特利尔大学国际金融法学联合培养博士。

It’s easy to think that ancient history is, well, ancient history—obsolete, irrelevant, unjustifiably focused on Greece and Rome, and at risk of extinction. In What Is Ancient History?, Walter Scheidel presents a compelling case for a new kind of ancient history—a global history that captures antiquity’s pivotal role as a decisive phase in human development, one that provided t...(展开全部)

It’s easy to think that ancient history is, well, ancient history—obsolete, irrelevant, unjustifiably focused on Greece and Rome, and at risk of extinction. In What Is Ancient History?, Walter Scheidel presents a compelling case for a new kind of ancient history—a global history that captures antiquity’s pivotal role as a decisive phase in human development, one that provided t...(展开全部)

Review "Ancient historians, as well as papyrologists, will find this an extremely useful guidebook for formulating their research." -- Religious Studies Review "Bagnall does an excellent job of surveying the kinds of work currently being done on papyri..." -- Bryn Mawr Classical Review Ancient historians, as well as papyrologists, will find this an extremely useful guidebook fo...(展开全部)

The ancient Mediterranean world brought to us by Herodotus, Thucydides and Tacitus is one of politics, war and the power elite of Greece and Rome. There was another ancient world, in which ordinary people made a living, sold land, ran their towns and sued one another. This is the world that the papyri bring to life; this book is about how they do so. Reading Papyri, Writing An...(展开全部)

Coinage - it is one of the most successful and consistent technologies ever invented. Nothing else we still use in everyday life has a history quite like it. Look around at all the things that would bewilder a Greek, Roman, or Renaissance ancestor; then, dig into your purse or pocket for that one artifact that they would immediately recognize as part of their world. Historian F...(展开全部)

Coinage - it is one of the most successful and consistent technologies ever invented. Nothing else we still use in everyday life has a history quite like it. Look around at all the things that would bewilder a Greek, Roman, or Renaissance ancestor; then, dig into your purse or pocket for that one artifact that they would immediately recognize as part of their world. Historian F...(展开全部)

The witch came to prominence—and often a painful death—in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early-modern stake. This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major ...(展开全部)