The Ancient Historians Collection
€1,790.00
“So that human events may not fade with time, and the great and wondrous deeds of Greeks and barbarians alike may not be without their glory.” – Herodotus, Histories (Proem)
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The Ancient History collection brings together the most important historians of Greek and Greco-Roman antiquity. From the rise of the Greek poleis to the expansion of Rome and the transformation of the Mediterranean world, the collection offers a continuous historical arc spanning many centuries.
Ancient History Collection: A legacy of knowledge
The historians included were those who wrote in Ancient Greek. They shaped the very idea of history as an intellectual discipline grounded in evidence, causality, moral reflection, and political insight. War and diplomacy, constitutions and revolutions, empires and individuals all come into focus through texts that remain foundational for historical thinking to this day.
Through close attention to events, motives, and consequences, the collection reveals history as a living process of inquiry, helping us understand not only what happened, but why it mattered and how it continues to echo in the present.
What does the Ancient History Collection include?
The collection includes the complete surviving works of major figures such as Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus Siculus, and Cassius Dio, alongside Roman-era Greek historians.
Each volume includes the original Ancient Greek text, a reliable modern Greek translation, introductory notes and scholarly commentary, offering historical context and interpretative guidance.
The collection is ideal for students, researchers, educators, and serious readers of history and classical studies, as well as for private and institutional libraries seeking a comprehensive foundation in ancient historiography.
Authors & Volumes Included:
- Thucydides – 8 volumes
- Herodotus – 9 volumes
- Xenophon – 14 volumes
- Polybius – 11 volumes
- Diodorus Siculus – 20 volumes
- Arrian – 5 volumes
- Flavius Josephus – 16 volumes
- Appian – 15 volumes
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus – 18 volumes
- Hellenica Oxyrhynchia – 1 volume
- Ephorus & Palaephatus – 1 volume
- Hecataeus of Miletus – 1 volume
- Herodian – 3 volumes
- Cassius Dio – 5 volumes
