Classical Historiography

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The Commercial Press World Academic Classics: History Collection (10 Volumes) cover
The Commercial Press World Academic Classics: History Collection (10 Volumes) François Pierre Guillaume Guizot The Commercial Press This is a boxed set from the Commercial Press gathering ten history titles from its "World Academic Classics Series" (the Kindle e-book edition runs t…
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The Gothic History Jordanes The Commercial Press · 2012 The Gothic History (original Latin title Getica) is a Latin historical work written by the sixth-century Byzantine scholar Jordanes and one of the few…
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Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance Sima Guang / Hu Sansheng Zhonghua Book Company · 1956 Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance is the first general chronicle history of China, compiled under the auspices of Sima Guang of the Northern S…
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History of the Wars (Two Volumes) Procopius Elephant Press · 2010 The History of the Wars is the most important work of the sixth-century Byzantine historian Procopius and the most basic primary source for the wars o…
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History of the Peloponnesian War 修昔底德 The Commercial Press · 2018 History of the Peloponnesian War is the enduring masterpiece of the ancient Greek historian and Athenian general Thucydides (c. 460–c. 400 BCE). Writt…
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The Wars of the Jews 弗拉维斯·约瑟福斯 The Commercial Press · 2022 The Wars of the Jews (also known in Chinese as Youtai Zhanzheng) is the first work of the first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, composed ar…
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The Danish History Saxo Grammaticus / Oliver Elton The Danish History is the common English title of the translation of Gesta Danorum (Deeds of the Danes), a comprehensive history of Denmark written in…
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The Gallic War Gaius Julius Caesar / Aulus Hirtius The Commercial Press · 1979 The Gallic War is a military memoir by the Roman general Gaius Julius Caesar recounting his campaigns in Gaul. Originally titled Commentarii de Bello …
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Classics of Ancient Greek History (5 Volumes) 修昔底德 / 希罗多德 / 色诺芬 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2020 The five-volume set Classics of Ancient Greek History brings together representative historical works by Thucydides, Herodotus, and Xenophon, the thre…
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Life of Pelopidas Plutarch Life of Pelopidas (Pelopidas, also translated as Pelopidas or Pelopidas) is one of the Parallel Lives (Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans) by the Gr…
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A History of Egypt (Rizhi Classics Series) 曼涅托 / 史湘洁 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2025 Egyptian History (Zhizhi Classical Library) follows a mainly chronological order, recounting the succession of dynasties and royal inheritance in anci…
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The History of Rome (Volume Two) 特奥多尔·蒙森 / 钟翠霞 / 李梦颖 Chongqing Publishing House · 2021 Volume II of The History of Rome covers the period from the abolition of the Roman monarchy to the unification of Italy. The book is divided into nine…
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The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus Ammianus Marcellinus Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes, active 6th century Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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History of Rome (Complete Five Volumes) 特奥多尔·蒙森 / 刘玉辉 / 曹慧敏 / 钟翠霞 / 张颖 / 杨苗 / 任秋红 / Li Juan / 严晓朦 Chongqing Publishing House · 2021 Volumes 1–5 of The History of Rome begin with Rome's origins and describe in detail the full course of nearly 1,000 years of the ancient Roman Republi…
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The Jewish War 弗拉维斯·约瑟福斯 / 王丽丽 / 傅有德 The Commercial Press · 2023 The Jewish War is Josephus's first work, written around 75–79 CE, based mainly on his memories of the Jewish War of Independence (66–73 CE), the memoi…
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The History of Rome (Volume Four) 特奥多尔·蒙森 / 任秋红 / Li Juan Chongqing Publishing House · 2021 Volume Four of The History of Rome consists of thirteen chapters, mainly covering the internal troubles and external threats of the Roman Republic as …
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The History of Rome (Volume Three) 特奥多尔·蒙森 / 张颖 / 杨苗 Chongqing Publishing House · 2021 Volume III of The History of Rome covers the period from Rome's unification to the conquest of Carthage and the Greek states, encompassing the two Pun…
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Classics of Ancient Greek History (Five Volumes) 修昔底德 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2021 Xenophon's Hellenica is a chronological, period-specific history by the ancient Greek historian Xenophon, covering nearly half a century of Greek hist…
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Volume II) Edward Gibbon Liaoning People's Publishing House · 2020 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire opens with Augustus's assumption of imperial power, when Rome was transformed from a republic …