History Audio Books

Eric H. Cline
The Modern Scholar: History of Ancient Greece

In this intriguing series of lectures, Eric H. Cline delves into the history of ancient Greece, frequently considered to be the founding nation of democracy in Western civilization.

Herodotus
The Persian War from The Histories

In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia...

Justin Pollard and Howard Reid
The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind (Unabridged)

Founded by Alexander the Great and built by self-styled Greek pharaohs, the city of Alexandria at its height dwarfed both Athens and Rome....

Edith Hamilton
The Roman Way (Unabridged)

The Roman Way makes vividly interesting the contrast between Roman and Greek culture....

Paul Cartledge
The Spartans (Unabridged)

The Spartans of ancient Greece were a powerful and unique people, radically different from any civilization before or since....

Paul Cartledge
Thermopylae (Unabridged)

In 480 B.C., a huge Persian army, led by the inimitable King Xerxes, entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae to march on Greece, intending to conquer the land with little difficulty....

Compiled by Matthew Lewin
They Saw It Happen: Eyewitness Accounts from Ancient Greece to Hiroshima

Here are more than 60 eyewitness accounts of notable historical events beginning with the Spartans at Thermopylae in 480 BC through to and including the Bombing of Hiroshima in 1945....

Geza Vermes
Who's Who in the Age of Jesus (Unabridged)

This remarkable work paints a comprehensive picture of the world that Jesus knew. Who's Who in the Age of Jesus is a critical, in-depth look at one of the most tumultuous eras in history....