The Ancient History Collection goes back to the primary sources — the historians who first shaped how Western civilization would understand its origins. Herodotus sets the Persian Wars against a canvas of ethnography and wonder; Thucydides dissects the Peloponnesian War with unflinching political realism; Livy and Tacitus give Rome its epic and its tragedy. All are available as free, cleanly-formatted EPUB downloads.
The collection extends beyond Greece and Rome to encompass Josephus on the Jewish world, Suetonius on the Caesars, and the rich body of classical biography collected in Plutarch’s Parallel Lives. Together they form the documentary foundation of ancient studies, presented in authoritative Victorian and Edwardian translations that remain highly readable.
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- "De Bello Gallico" and Other CommentariesJulius Caesar
- A Critical Exposition of the Popular ‘Jihád’Cherágh Ali
- A Critical History of Greek PhilosophyW. T. Stace
- A History of Art in Chaldæa & AssyriaGeorges Perrot
- A History of GermanyBayard Taylor
- A History of Roman LiteratureHarold North Fowler
- A History of Rome to 565 A.D.Arthur E. R. Boak
- A Selection from the Discourses of EpictetusEpictetus
- A Source Book for Ancient Church HistoryJoseph Cullen Ayer
- Age of Justinian and TheodoraWilliam Gordon Holmes
- An Abridgment of the Architecture of VitruviusVitruvius Pollio
- An Account of EgyptHerodotus
- AnabasisXenophon
- Ancient America, in Notes on American ArchaeologyJohn D. Baldwin
- Ancient China SimplifiedEdward Harper Parker
- Ancient LawSir Henry Sumner Maine
- Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian SymbolismThomas Inman
- Ancient States and EmpiresJohn Lord
- Antiquities of the JewsFlavius Josephus
- AristotleGeorge Grote
- Athens: Its Rise and FallEdward Bulwer-Lytton
- Atlantis: The Antediluvian WorldIgnatius Donnelly
- Au bord du lacÉmile Souvestre
- Babylonians and AssyriansA. H. Sayce
- Best of the World’s Classics, Vol. 1
- Best of the World’s Classics, Vol. 2
- Catiline and the Jugurthine WarSallust
- Cicero’s Brutus and OratorCicero
- Cités et ruines américainesEugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
- Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez CodexWilliam Gates
- Cookery and Dining in Imperial RomeApicius
- Cyropaedia: The Education of CyrusXenophon
- Darius the GreatJacob Abbott
- Discourses on the First Decade of Titus LiviusNiccolò Machiavelli
- Early Greek PhilosophyJohn Burnet
- Egyptian Ideas of the Future LifeE. A. Wallis Budge
- Egyptian Tales, Second SeriesW. M. Flinders Petrie
- Familiar Studies in HomerAgnes M. Clerke
- Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-ShimaA. Hilliard Atteridge
- Four Phases of MoralsJohn Stuart Blackie
- Geschichte Alexanders des GrossenJohann Gustav Droysen
- HannibalJacob Abbott
- HellenicaXenophon
- Helps to Latin Translation at SightEdmund Luce
- History of BrighthelmstonJohn Ackerson Erredge
- History of EgyptL. W. King
- History of PhoeniciaGeorge Rawlinson
- History of the DeclineEdward Gibbon
- History of the WarsProcopius
- Homer and His AgeAndrew Lang
- Keskikoulun Yleinen Historia 1Oskari Mantere
- Legends of Babylon and EgyptL. W. King
- Letters of Plinythe Younger Pliny
- Livy: The History of Rome, Books 27–36Livy
- Livy: The History of Rome, Books 37–endLivy
- Livy: The History of Rome, Books 9–26Livy
- LysistrataAristophanes
- Manual of Egyptian ArchaeologyGaston Maspero
- Mesopotamian ArchaeologyPercy S. P. Handcock
- Mythical MonstersCharles Gould
- NeroJacob Abbott
- Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic ArtWalter Woodburn Hyde
- On The Structure of GreekHugh E. Seebohm
- Outlines of Greek and Roman MedicineSir James Elliott
- Pagan and Christian RomeRodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
- Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient EgyptJames Baikie
- Physical Science in the Time of NeroSeneca
- PlutarchPlutarch
- Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4)Plutarch
- Politics: A Treatise on GovernmentAristotle
- Post-Augustan PoetryH. E. Butler
- Punicorum Libri SeptemdecimTiberius Catius Silius Italicus
- PyrrhusJacob Abbott
- Roman Society from Nero to Marcus AureliusSamuel Dill
- Romulus: Makers of HistoryJacob Abbott
- Saint John ChrysostomW. R. W. Stephens
- Sextus Empiricus and Greek ScepticismMary Mills Patrick
- Social Life at Rome in the Age of CiceroW. Warde Fowler
- Stories from Aulus GelliusAulus Gellius
- Studies on HomerW. E. Gladstone
- Sun Tzŭ on the Art of Waractive 6th century B.C. Sunzi
- SwedenVictor Nilsson
- Tacitus on GermanyCornelius Tacitus
- Tacitus: The HistoriesTacitus
- The Anabasis of AlexanderArrian
- The Apology of SocratesXenophon
- The Art of Waractive 6th century B.C. Sunzi
- The Athenian ConstitutionAristotle
- The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
- The Bronze Age in IrelandGeorge Coffey
- The Byzantine EmpireCharles Oman
- The Catacombs of RomeW. H. Withrow
- The Chaldean Account of GenesisGeorge Smith
- The City of God, Volume IAugustine of Hippo
- The Decipherment of CuneiformArthur John Booth
- The Egyptian Book of the Dead
- The Eleusinian Mysteries and RitesDudley Wright
- The Empire of RussiaJohn S. C. Abbott
- The Extant Odes of PindarPindar
- The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the WorldEdward Shepherd Creasy
- The First Four Books of Xenophon's AnabasisXenophon
- The Geography of Strabo, Vol. 3Strabo
- The Germany and the Agricola of TacitusCornelius Tacitus
- The Gods of MexicoLewis Spence
- The Histories of PolybiusPolybius
- The History of Herodotus — Volume 1Herodotus
- The History of LondonWalter Besant
- The History of ProstitutionWilliam W. Sanger
- The History of Rome, BooksLivy
- The History of the DeclineEdward Gibbon
- The History of the Peloponnesian WarThucydides
- The IliadHomer
- The Instruction of Ptah-HotepPtahhotep
- The Legacy of Greece
- The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1Marcus Tullius Cicero
- The Literature of the Ancient EgyptiansE. A. Wallis Budge
- The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, CompleteSuetonius
- The Maya ChroniclesDaniel G. Brinton
- The Mirror of Taste, No. 2Samuel James Arnold
- The Natural History of Pliny, Vol. 1the Elder Pliny
- The Natural History of Pliny, Vol. 2the Elder Pliny
- The Natural History of Pliny, Vol. 3the Elder Pliny
- The NegroW. E. B. Du Bois
- The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985–1503
- The Odyssey of HomerHomer
- The Oriental Religions in Roman PaganismFranz Cumont
- The Origin and Deeds of the GothsJordanes
- The Origin of TyrannyP. N. Ure
- The Persian WarProcopius
- The Private Life of the RomansHarold Whetstone Johnston
- The Reign of TiberiusTacitus
- The Religions of Ancient Egypt and BabyloniaA. H. Sayce
- The Religious Experience of the Roman PeopleW. Warde Fowler
- The Roman Festivals of the RepublicW. Warde Fowler
- The Roman History of Ammianus MarcellinusAmmianus Marcellinus
- The Roman WallJ. Collingwood Bruce
- The Sacred TreeMrs. J. H. Philpot
- The Secret HistoryProcopius
- The Spanish Conquest of YucatanPhilip Ainsworth Means
- The Story of ParisThomas Okey
- The Story of the GreeksH. A. Guerber
- The Two Great Retreats of HistoryGeorge Grote
- The Vandalic WarProcopius
- The Wars of the JewsFlavius Josephus
- Vie de JésusErnest Renan
- XerxesJacob Abbott
- 宋史Tuotuo