Europa Barbarorum Bibliography

[Rubicon]

I do not know if this has been posted here already, but if it hasn't I think it belongs here.

Yale University puts some of its courses online, free to download for everyone. Among it is an entire 24 class course called Introduction to Ancient Greek History.

This is the describtion:

This is an introductory course in Greek history tracing the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the classical period. Students read original sources in translation as well as the works of modern scholars

And these are the classes:

1. Introduction
2. The Dark Ages
3. The Dark Ages (cont.)
4. The Rise of the Polis
5. The Rise of the Polis (cont.)
6. The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny
7. The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny (cont.)
8. Sparta
9. Sparta (cont.)
10. The Rise of Athens
11. The Rise of Athens (cont.)
12. The Persian Wars
13. The Athenian Empire
14. The Athenian Empire (cont.)
15. Athenian Democracy
16. Athenian Democracy (cont.)
17. The Peloponnesian War, Part I
18. The Peloponnesian War, Part I (cont.)
19. The Peloponnesian War, Part II
20. The Peloponnesian War, Part II (cont.)
21. The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece
22. The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece (cont.)
23. Twilight of the Polis
24. Twilight of the Polis (cont.) and Conclusion

I have put the entire course on my Ipod to listen to during long train rides and I am really enjoying it. I thought maybe some of you would feel the same.

Here is the link:

http://oyc.yale.edu/classics/introdu...downloads.html

[Sarkiss]

I have put the entire course on my Ipod to listen to during long train rides and I am really enjoying it. I thought maybe some of you would feel the same.

i was doing that for quite some time now but with different course as well as getting bits and pieces from here and there. thanks for the info, downloading now

[Andronikos]

I wanted to post that course. I found it on this page. There are more courses from various universities. Unfortunately, that one is the only one about ancient history, but if you are interested in modern history, engineering or natural sciences, you will find some good stuff there.

I am not sure if it was mentioned, but interesting books are:
Flavius Vegetius Renatius: Art of war (translation?)
Sextus Iulius Frontinus: War lies (translation?) - short lines about unusual tactics
Onasandros: Commander (translation?), how should a good commander act
All three could be a good source for EB quotes.

[Alien of Germania]

Montvert Publications - Seleucid and Ptolemaic Reformed Armies 168-145 BC.
Author: Nick Sekunda, Art by Angus McBride

2 volumes, one for the Seleucids and one for the Ptoleis.

And sticky this thread!!!

[Andronikos]

I don't know if available in wide spoken languages, but this man has awesome books. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vojtech_Zamarovsk%C3%BD
History written by Rome and The Greek wonder cover EB period or its part.