Classics: Ancient History

With over 5,000 entries ranging from 250 to 5,000 words, this 13-volume reference work covers the entire Mediterranean world – including the Near East and Egypt – and spans the late Bronze Age through the seventh century ce. The text is enhanced by hundreds of photographs, figures, and maps.

Item Locations: Main Library 4th Floor D57 .C178 (2nd ed.) and D57 .C252 (3rd ed.) and Alexander Room.

This multi-volume set of comprehensive historical essays, with bibliography, can be dated (check your publication date - volumes vary significantly). That said, it's still the best thing going for a starting place on many topics. Includes the Ancient Near East and covers down to Justinian.

The most detailed and comprehensive maps of the ancient Greco-Roman world. The Barrington Atlas includes areas touched by Greek and Roman culture ranging from the British Isles to North Africa, Afghanistan, and western China.