The Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World is a book series that aims to provide an introduction to key themes in the history of the

ancient world Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history cove ...

. The series is published by

Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. History Edinburgh University Press was founded in the 1940s and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh ...

. Each volume takes the form of an introduction by a specialist in the field followed by translations of primary sources, explanations of key terms and other material.Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World.
Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

Titles

*''Sparta'',

Michael Whitby L. Michael Whitby is a British ancient historian of Late Antiquity. He specialises in late Roman history, early Byzantine history and historiography. He is currently pro-vice-chancellor and head of the College of Arts and Law at the University ...

, 2001. *''Greeks And Barbarians'', Thomas Harrison, 2001. *''The Ancient Economy'',

Walter Scheidel Walter Scheidel (born 9 July 1966) is an Austrian historian who teaches ancient history at Stanford University, California. Scheidel's main research interests are ancient social and economic history, pre-modern historical demography, and comp ...

and

Sitta von Reden Sitta von Reden (born 1962 in Hannover) is a German ancient historian and Professor of Ancient History at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg. She is particularly known for her research on ancient economics, and the social and cultural histo ...

, 2002. *''Sex and Difference in Ancient Greece and Rome'',

Mark Golden Mark Golden (August 6, 1948 – April 9, 2020) was a Canadian academic. At the time of his death he was professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at the University of Winnipeg. Golden received his BA, MA, and PhD all from University of ...

and Peter Toohey, 2003. *''Roman Religion'',

Clifford Ando Clifford Ando (born 1969) is an American classicist who specializes in Roman law and religion. His work deals primarily with law, religion, and government in the Imperial era, particularly issues of Roman citizenship, legal pluralism, and legal pr ...

, 2003. *''Athenian Democracy'',

P.J. Rhodes Peter John Rhodes, (10 August 1940 – 27 October 2021), usually cited as P. J. Rhodes, was a British academic and ancient historian. He was Professor Emeritus, Professor of Ancient History at the University of Durham. He specialized in Ancient ...

, 2004. *''The Athenian Empire'', Polly Low, 2008. *''Augustus'', Jonathan Edmondson, 2009. *''Greek Athletics'', Jason König, 2010. *''Augustus'', Jonathan Edmondson, 2014.

References

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