New Books in Ancient History

644 Episodes

1. Robert Morstein-Marx, "Julius Caesar and the Roman People" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

   Published: 8/4/2025
2. David Chaffetz, "Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires" (Norton, 2025)

   Published: 8/3/2025
3. The Nomadic Origin of the State

   Published: 8/1/2025
4. Joanna Jurewicz, "Invisible Fire: Memory, Tradition and the Self in Early Hindu Philosophy" (2021)

   Published: 7/31/2025
5. Scott Pearce, "Northern Wei (386-534): A New Form of Empire in East Asia" (Oxford UP, 2023)

   Published: 7/30/2025
6. Dan-el Padilla Peralta, "Classicism and Other Phobias" (Princeton UP, 2025)

   Published: 7/30/2025
7. Caroline Johnson Hodge, "The God of This House: Christian Domestic Cult Before Constantine" (Penn State UP, 2025)

   Published: 7/28/2025
8. Ory Amitay, "Alexander the Great in Jerusalem: Myth and History" (Oxford UP, 2025)

   Published: 7/23/2025
9. Audrey Truschke, "India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent" (Princeton UP, 2025)

   Published: 7/22/2025
10. Nicholas Thomas, "Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific" (Apollo, 2020)

    Published: 7/20/2025
11. How ClioVis is Transforming Education and Historical Research

    Published: 7/19/2025
12. Anastasios Karababas, "In the Footsteps of the Jews of Greece: From Ancient Times to the Present Day" (Vallentine Mitchell & Co, 2024)

    Published: 7/16/2025
13. Ian Stewart, "The Celts: A Modern History" (Princeton UP, 2025)

    Published: 7/15/2025
14. Andrew Tobolowsky, "Israel and its Heirs in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

    Published: 7/7/2025
15. J. P. Mallory, "The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution Is Rewriting Their Story" (Thames & Hudson, 2025)

    Published: 6/26/2025
16. Emily Hauser, "Penelope’s Bones: A New History of Homer’s World through the Women Written Out of It" (Univ of Chicago Press, 2025)

    Published: 6/19/2025
17. Stefanie Lenk, "Roman Identity and Lived Religion: Baptismal Art in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

    Published: 6/9/2025
18. Robert Garland, "What to Expect When You're Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife" (Princeton UP, 2025)

    Published: 6/2/2025
19. Laura Spinney, "Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

    Published: 5/29/2025
20. Krista N. Dalton, "How Rabbis Became Experts: Social Circles and Donor Networks in Jewish Late Antiquity" (Princeton UP, 2025)

    Published: 5/28/2025