What If Julian the Apostate Had Lived?
September 26, 2023
Philip Freeman— Sometimes when I’m teaching ancient history to my undergraduate students, I like to ask them how the world today would be different if some key event in the… READ MORE
Category: Ancient Lives Series
Ep. 119—The World’s First Media Celebrity
August 29, 2023
Acclaimed translator Sarah Ruden talks with us about her new biography, Vergil: The Poet’s Life. In this volume of the Ancient Lives Series, Ruden uses evidence from Roman life and… READ MORE
Ep. 98 – Ancient Lives with James Romm
January 13, 2023
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with author James Romm about Demetrius: Sacker of Cities. At the end of the episode, we discuss the larger… READ MORE
The First Tycoon
November 21, 2022
“The marble busts that now appear stark, blank stones were once painted in vivid colors that made them seem fully human. The Ancient Lives series is founded on the conviction that what… READ MORE
Demetrius, The First Celebrity Politician
November 17, 2022
“We are very excited to add Ancient Lives to Yale’s successful series of interpretive biographies as a fresh way of telling history. Imagining ancient lives is a way to recapture not only the… READ MORE
Walter Jens’s Tragedies