History, politics and society

Please be advised that the titles featured below are merely representative of the New York Public Library’s holdings on this topic and should not be mistaken for an exhaustive list. To locate additional resources, researchers may find it helpful to search the Library’s online catalog, CATNYP, using the following subject headings:

Greece, History
Rome, History
Rome, Politics and Government
Greece, Politics and Government
Greece, Commerce, History
Rome, Commerce, History
Greece, Civilization
Rome, Civilization

Sourcebooks

Austin, M. M. The Hellenistic world from Alexander to the Roman conquest: a selection of ancient sources in translation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981. JFE 83-1061.

Braund, David C. Augustus to Nero: a sourcebook on Roman history. Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble, 1985. JFD 86-9842.

Burstein, Stanley. The Hellenistic age from the battle of Ipsos to the death of Kleopatra VII. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. JFE 86-5114.

Campbell, Brian. The Roman army, 31 BC-AD 337: a sourcebook. London: Routledge, 1994. JFD 94-15167.

Chisholm, Kitty. Rome, the Augustan age: a source book. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. JFE 88-7289.

Crawford, Michael. Archaic and classical Greece: a selection of ancient sources in translation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983. *R-BVG 91-7322.

Fornara, Charles. Archaic times to the end of the Peloponnesian War. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983. JFE 92-6802.

Gardner, Jane F. The Roman household: a sourcebook. London: Routledge, 1991. JLD 92-7808.

Harding, Phillip. From the end of the Peloponnesian War to the battle of Ipsus. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. JFE 88-4362.

Ireland, S. Roman Britain: a sourcebook. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. JFD 96-11979.

Jones, A. H. M. A history of Rome through the fifth century. New York: Walker, 1968-1970. L-11 2861.

Levick, Barbara. The government of the Roman empire: a sourcebook. London: Croom Helm, 1985. JFD 87-2776.

Lewis, Naphtali. Roman civilization: selected readings. New York: Columbia University Press, 1951-59. BWE.

Meijer, Fik. Trade, transport, and society in the ancient world: a sourcebook. London: Routledge, 1992. JFE 93-7331.

Rhodes, P. J. The Greek city state: a source book. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. JFD 86-7630.

Shelton, Jo-Ann. As the Romans did: a source book in Roman social history. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. JFE 88-5121.

Sherk, Robert K. The Roman empire: Augustus to Hadrian. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. JFE 89-4297.

Stanton, G. R. Athenian politics, c. 800-500 BC: a sourcebook. London: Routledge, 1990. JFD 91-2193.

Bibliography and reference

Bubel, Frank. Herodot-Bibliographie, 1980-1988. Hildesheim, Germany: Olms-Weidmann, 1991. JFD 92-7148.

Bunson, Matthew. Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire. New York: Facts on File, 1994. *R-BWH 98-8232.

Boardman, John. The Oxford history of the classical world. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. *R-BTG 86-5158.

Boardman, John, Jasper Griffin, and Oswyn Murray, eds. The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. *R-BVC 98-11879.

Boardman, John, Jasper Griffin, and Oswyn Murray, eds. The Oxford History of the Roman World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. *R-BWH 98-11152.

Cambridge ancient history. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1923- . *R-BAE.

The Classical World Bibliography of Greek and Roman History. New York: Garland Pub., 1977. JFE 78-1847.

Rosser, John H. Historical Dictionary of Byzantium. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001. *R-BUL 01-7237.

Scarre, Chris. Smithsonian timelines of the ancient world. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1991. *R-BAH 93-11079.

Speake, Graham. A Dictionary of Ancient History. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. *R-BAE 94-3672.

Historiography and methodology

Bengtson, Hermann. Introduction to Ancient History. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1970. *R-BTG 98-10079.

Cochrane, Charles. Thucydides and the science of history. New York: Russell & Russell, 1965. JFD 94-9920.

Crawford, Michael. Sources for ancient history. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1983. *R-BAE 91-7339.

Fehling, Detlev. Herodotus and his 'sources' : citation, invention and narrative art. Liverpool, England: Francis Cairns, 1988. JFD 89-3185.

Forsythe, Gary. Livy and early Rome: a study in historical method and judgment. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 1999. JFE 02-2005.

Woodman, A.J. Tacitus reviewed. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. JFD 99-4642.

Historical studies

Arnheim, M. T. W. Aristocracy in Greek society. London: Thames and Hudson, 1977. JFD 77-9686.

Brock, Roger, and Stephen Hodkinson, eds. Alternatives to Athens: varieties of political organization and community in ancient Greece. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. JFE 01-4570.

Carey, Christopher. Democracy in classical Athens. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2000. JFD 01-5635.

Cawkwell, George. Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. New York: Routledge, 1997. JFD 97-20183.

Flensted-Jensen, Pernille, Thomas Heine Nielsen, and Lene Rubinstein, eds. Polis and politics: studies in ancient Greek history. Copenhagen; Museum Tusculanum Press, 2000. JFF 01-137.

Garnsey, Peter, and Richard Saller. The Roman Empire: economy, society, and culture. London: Duckworth, 1987. *R-BWEC 92-7891.

Glover, T. R. Democracy in the ancient world. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1966. JLD 83-2293.

Grote, George. A history of Greece. London: Murray, 1872. JFD 94-5290.

Jaeger, Mary. Livy's written Rome. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997. JFE 98-1431.

McGlew, James F. Tyranny and political culture in ancient Greece. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1993. JFE 94-1937.

Mitchell, Lynette G., and P.J. Rhodes, eds. The development of the polis in archaic Greece. New York: Routledge, 1997. JFE 97-9484.

Mommsen, Theodor. The history of Rome. London: R. Bently, 1894. BWB.

Robinson, Eric. The first democracies: early popular government outside Athens. Stuttgart: F. Steiner, 1997. JFF 97-1439.

Samuel, Alan. Greek and Roman chronology: calendars and years in classical antiquity. München: C. Beck, 1972. *RS-BTGP.