Excerpt taken from The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (Cato) by Plutarch Cato the Elder Educates His Son … As soon as he had a son born, though he had never such urgent business upon his hands, unless it were some public matter, he would be by when his wife washed it and [...]

Aulus Gellius Attic Nights (written 2nd century A.D.) Book 5, Chapter 2 About the horse of king Alexander, called Bucephalas. 1 The horse of king Alexander was called Bucephalas because of the shape of his head. 2 Chares wrote that he was bought for thirteen talents and given to king Philip; that amount in Roman [...]

Aulus Gellius Attic Nights (written 2nd century A.D.) Book XII, Chapter 1 A discourse of the philosopher Favorinus, in which he urged a lady of rank to feed with her own milk, and with that of other nurses, the children whom she had borne. 1 Word was once brought in my presence to the philosopher [...]

1. Great Pyramid of Giza 2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 3. Statue of Zeus at Olympia 4. Temple of Artemis [Diana] at Ephesus 5. Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 6. Colossus of Rhodes 7. Lighthouse of Alexandria Josephus, Against Apion, 1.19-20 I will now relate what hath been written concerning us in the Chaldean histories, [...]

Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 17.89.1-6 and 17.90.1, 4-7 [Concerning Alexander the Great in India] Written in the first century B.C. 89. [1] Many were slain in their flight, but then Alexander, satisfied with his brilliant victory, ordered the trumpets to sound the recall. Of the Indians, there fell in the battle more than twelve thousand, [...]

Perla Adams reviews Ancient History from Primary Sources: A Literary Timeline (in English and Spanish) and asks a question. Ancient History from Primary Sources is on sale this week.

Excerpt from Ancient History from Primary Sources: A Literary Timeline by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn Strabo c. 66 b.c.-a.d. 24 Strabo was a Greek historian and geographer writing in the early days of the Roman Empire under the first two Roman emperors, Augustus and Tiberius. (His history has been lost.) Much of his geographical information [...]

Andrew Napolitano at FFF Conference, Part 2 of 4 Parts 1, 3, and 4 can be found on YouTube.

Excerpt from Ancient History From Primary Sources: A Literary Timeline by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn Here is a select list of literature from Egypt. We have chosen those works commonly considered to be culturally important, yet not inappropriate for students ages twelve and up. All this literature can be found on the DVD which accompanies [...]

Excerpt from Ancient History from Primary Sources: A Literary Timeline by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn Ambrose c. a.d. 339-397 (Ambrosius) Ambrose was brought up in a Christian home in Gaul and educated in Rome. He first became a government official, and later a bishop of Milan. He was reputedly involved in the conversion of Augustine. [...]