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Ancient History

1. The Histories

   Herodotus, Walter Blanco, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts

   Second Edition

   Walter Blanco’s acclaimed translation of The Histories is now available in its entirety in this revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition.More

2. A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich

   Christopher B. Krebs

   “A model of popular intellectual history. . . . In every way, 
A Most Dangerous Book is a most brilliant achievement.”—Washington PostMore

3. The English Bible, King James Version: The Old Testament

   Herbert Marks

   Volume(s): 1

   A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version, is the most accessible edition available.More

4. The English Bible, King James Version: The New Testament and The Apocrypha

   Gerald Hammond, Austin Busch

   Volume(s): 2

   A stunning work of scholarship, the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible, King James Version, is the most accessible edition available.More

5. The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome

   Christopher Kelly

   “A thoughtful and sophisticated account of a notoriously complicated and controversial period.”—R. I. Moore, Times Literary SupplementMore

6. Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River

   Alice Albinia

   “Alice Albinia is the most extraordinary traveler of her generation. . . . A journey of astonishing confidence and courage.”—Rory StewartMore

7. Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths

   Robin Waterfield

   A revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization—one with great resonance for American society today.More

8. The Writings of St. Paul

   Saint Paul, Wayne A. Meeks, John T. Fitzgerald

   Second Edition

   The Second Edition of this perennially popular Norton Critical Edition is based on the Today’s New International Version of Paul’s letters, a new translation that is heralded for its inclusiveness and accuracy in representation of gender.More

9. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

   Susan Wise Bauer

   A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own.More

10. The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives

    Heather McKillop

    "Comprehensive…clearly written…Highly recommended."—ChoiceMore

11. The Battle That Stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the Slaughter of the Legions in the Teutoburg Forest

    Peter S. Wells

    The previously untold story of the watershed battle that changed the course of Western history.More

12. The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians

    J. B. Bury

    The classic study of how the Roman Empire gradually succumbed to barbarian encroachment.More

13. The Peloponnesian War

    Thucydides, Walter Blanco, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts

    A masterpiece of historical writing, Thucydides' account of the war fourth in the fifth century B.C. between the Athenian and Spartan alliances established a paradigm for the war monograph. The complete text appears here in a new and spirited translation by Walter Blanco. Jennifer Roberts's introduction and annotations provide vital background information.More

14. The Republic: A New Translation

    Plato, William C. Scott, Richard W. Sterling

    Authoritative and idiomatic, this translation has already established an impressive foothold in the college market.More

15. Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization

    Richard Sennett

    This vivid history of the city in Western civilization tells the story of urban life through bodily experience.More