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Guide to Appian of Alexandria original ↗

14 Oct 2023

Celts: Appian of Alexandria on their character and on ambassadorial relations with Romans (second century CE)original ↗

14 Oct 2023

Germans: Appian of Alexandria on large, savage and spirited Germans (second century CE)original ↗

14 Oct 2023

Kolchians, Phrygians, and others: Vitruvius theorizes development from primitives to civilized peoples (first century BCE)original ↗

14 Oct 2023

Carians: Strabo on long-term interactions with Greeks and on “Carianizing” (early first century CE)original ↗

13 Oct 2023

Cretans: Diodoros on Cretan (Greek) contributions to civilization (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

13 Oct 2023

Barbarian peoples: Hellanikos, Nymphodoros, Nikolaos, and others with collections of “barbarian customs” (fifth century BCE on)original ↗

12 Oct 2023

Ethiopians and Thracians: Xenophon of Kolophon theorizes human representations of gods (sixth century BCE)original ↗

30 Sept 2023

Babylonian wisdom: Lucian’s Menippos visits Mithrobarzanes the Chaldean / Magian wise man (late second century CE)original ↗

19 Sept 2023

Mediterranean peoples: Maximus of Tyre on images for the gods as ubiquitous among peoples (late second century CE)original ↗

18 Sept 2023

Persians: Maximus of Tyre on “barbarizing” and the excesses of royal pleasure (late second century CE)original ↗

18 Sept 2023

Sikelians, Sikanians, Phoenicians and Greeks: Thucydides on settlement of Sicily (late fifth century BCE)original ↗

14 Aug 2023

Romans: Ammianus Marcellinus on the danger of decline into uncivilized lifestyles (late fourth century CE)original ↗

2 Aug 2023

Guide to Ammianus Marcellinus original ↗

2 Aug 2023

Egyptians: Ammianus on their “dark” complexion and insubordinate behaviour (late fourth century CE)original ↗

2 Aug 2023

Thracians and other Black Sea peoples: Ammianus Marcellinus on their “savage” character and on Roman control (late fourth century CE)original ↗

1 Aug 2023

Libyans / Africans: Ancient and modern composite statue of “The Moor”original ↗

1 Aug 2023

Huns and Alans: Ammianus Marcellinus on “savage” nomadic threats (late fourth century CE)original ↗

1 Aug 2023

Persians and neighbouring eastern peoples: Ammianus Marcellinus on Persian territories and lifestyles (late fourth century CE)original ↗

31 Jul 2023

Barbarians: Modern colonial repurposing of images of captives original ↗

29 Jul 2023

Celts: Pliny the Elder on medicine, rites and Magian skill among Druids (first century CE)original ↗

27 Jul 2023

Tyrrhenians: Diodoros on Etruscan inventions, lifestyle, and decline (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

26 Jul 2023

Ligurians: Diodoros on their harsh environment, hard work and noble spirit (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

26 Jul 2023

Celtiberians, Iberians, and Lusitanians: Diodoros on their customs and military skill (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

25 Jul 2023

Celts: Diodoros on Galatian origins, “savage” customs and invasions of Italy and Greece (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

25 Jul 2023

Britons: Diodoros on a simple way of life (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

24 Jul 2023

Persians: Plato on Persian decline into effeminacy and tyranny (early fourth century BCE)original ↗

24 Jul 2023

New scholarly article: Harland, “Subject Peoples and Civilizational Priority: Competition among Babylonians, Egyptians, and Judeans in the Hellenistic Era”original ↗

4 Jul 2023

Parthians, Medes, and Babylonians: Pliny the Elder (first century CE)original ↗

22 Jun 2023

Peoples of Arachosia and Ariana: Pliny the Elder on peoples between Baktria and India (first century CE)original ↗

21 Jun 2023

Guide to Pliny the Elder original ↗

21 Jun 2023

Asian Albanians, Iberians, Mardians and others: Demodamas and Pliny the Elder on peoples in the Caucasus region and further east (third century BCE / first century CE)original ↗

21 Jun 2023

Sarmatians and others: Pliny the Elder on peoples of northwestern Asia (first century CE)original ↗

20 Jun 2023

Celts: Pliny the Elder on three Roman subdivisions of Gaul (first century CE)original ↗

20 Jun 2023

Hyperboreans: Herodotos, Hekataios, Diodoros, and others on a legendary northern people (four century BCE to third century CE)original ↗

20 Jun 2023

Scythians, Germans, and others: Pliny the Elder on peoples on the western and northern coasts of the Black Sea (first century CE)original ↗

20 Jun 2023

Europeans, Africans, and Asians: Pliny the Elder on the framework for his ethnographic survey and on the superiority of Europeans (first century CE)original ↗

20 Jun 2023

Cilicians: Plutarch on foreign “pirates” threatening Roman ways (early-second century CE)original ↗

20 Jun 2023

Indians, Taprobanians, and Serians: Pliny the Elder on numerous peoples and customs in India and beyond (first century CE)original ↗

17 Jun 2023

Judean wisdom: Testament of Solomon on Solomon’s superiority in controlling lower spirits and in healing (first-third century CE)original ↗

15 Jun 2023

Judean wisdom: Pseudo-Clementines on Abraham the astrologer and legends of migration (second-fourth centuries CE)original ↗

14 Jun 2023

Guide to Trogus original ↗

8 Jun 2023

Panchaians: Euhemeros and Diodoros on a noble people worshipping Zeus on a utopian island (fourth / first century BCE)original ↗

7 Jun 2023

Midianites and Moabites / Arabians: Josephos and Philo on intermixing and the dangers of acculturation (first century CE)original ↗

7 Jun 2023

Egyptians: Josephos on the envy of an inferior people (last-first century CE)original ↗

5 Jun 2023

Judean wisdom: Josephos’ self-presentation as the optimum wise Judean (late-first century CE)original ↗

2 Jun 2023

Judean wisdom: Josephos on Solomon as the ultimate wise man, controller of lower spirits, and healer (late-first century CE)original ↗

2 Jun 2023

People on an idyllic island in the Atlantic off Libya: Diodoros on their natural resources and on Carthaginian colonization plans (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

2 Jun 2023

Baliaridians and other barbarian peoples off Iberia: Diodoros on their paradoxical customs (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

2 Jun 2023

Trojans, Teukrians, and Dardanians: Diodoros on their origins (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

30 May 2023

Taurians and Kolchians: Diodoros on the origins of human sacrifice in the Black Sea area (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

30 May 2023

Amalekites: Josephos and Philo on a prototypical arch-enemy people (first century CE)original ↗

25 May 2023

Guide to Josephos of Jerusalem original ↗

22 May 2023

Judean wisdom: Josephos on Abraham’s dissemination of astrological knowledge (late-first century CE)original ↗

21 May 2023

Dacians and Istrians: Trogus on peoples west of the Black Sea (first century BCE)original ↗

21 May 2023

Celts: Trogus on Gallic invasions and character (first century BCE)original ↗

20 May 2023

Persians: Trogus, Diodoros, and Curtius Rufus on Alexander of Macedon’s decline into eastern ways (first century BCE on)original ↗

20 May 2023

Assyrians: Trogus on the achievements of Ninos and Semiramis and on the extreme effeminacy of Sardanapalus (first century BCE)original ↗

20 May 2023

Judean wisdom: Aristoboulos on Moses and the Judean god as source for Plato and Pythagoras (mid-second century BCE)original ↗

19 May 2023

Libyans, Assyrians and Arabians: Kleodemos and Josephos on Abraham and Keturah’s descendants and their many colonies (second or first century BCE on)original ↗

19 May 2023

Arabians and Judeans: Jubilees, Molon, and Josephos on identifying the Ishmaelites (second century BCE on)original ↗

18 May 2023

Greek diasporas and indigenous Iberians and Celts: Herodotos, Aristotle, Trogus and others on tales of Phokaian colonization (mid-fifth century BCE on)original ↗

18 May 2023

Greek diasporas and indigenous Libyans: Herodotos on tales of colonization (mid-fifth century BCE)original ↗

18 May 2023

Spartans and Judeans: First Maccabees’ and Josephos’ claims about kinship ties (ca. 100 BCE / ca. 90s CE)original ↗

16 May 2023

Celts, Iberians, and Libyans: Polybios on the mixed composition of Hannibal of Carthage’s army and on military equipment (second century BCE)original ↗

15 May 2023

Iberians and others: Avienus on a journey along the southern coast of Spain (mid-fourth century CE)original ↗

11 May 2023

Guide to circumnavigation authors original ↗

10 May 2023

Mediterranean peoples: Dionysios of Alexandria’s poetic Guide to the Inhabited World (117-138 CE)original ↗

10 May 2023

Kolchians, Heniochians, Drillians, and others: Arrian on his journey along the Black Sea coast near the Caucasus mountains (ca. 131-132 CE)original ↗

8 May 2023

Barbaria’s inhabitants, Arabians, and Indians: Anonymous author on trade and peoples on the Erythraian sea all the way to eastern India (mid-first century CE)original ↗

7 May 2023

Indians: Hierokles on visiting the Brahmans (fifth century CE or earlier)original ↗

5 May 2023

Guide to Clement of Alexandria original ↗

5 May 2023

Indian wisdom: Alexander Polyhistor and Clement of Alexandria (VII) on the Brahmans and naked sages (first century BCE / late second century CE)original ↗

5 May 2023

Scythians: Lucian on Anacharsis and Solon’s dialogue about the superiority of Greek customs (mid-second century CE)original ↗

5 May 2023

Serians (Chinese), Ottorokorians and others: Pliny the Elder on the savage silk people (first century CE)original ↗

3 May 2023

Indians: Bardaisan of Edessa on Indian ambassadors’ tales and the Brahmans (early third century CE)original ↗

3 May 2023

Guide to Agatharchides of Knidos original ↗

1 May 2023

Guide to Diodoros of Sicily original ↗

1 May 2023

Guide to Herodotos of Halikarnassos original ↗

1 May 2023

Guide to Curtius Rufus original ↗

30 Apr 2023

Indians: Curtius Rufus on the environment and the peoples (first century CE)original ↗

30 Apr 2023

Sogdians: Curtius Rufus on Alexander’s assessment of their noble and courageous character (first century CE)original ↗

29 Apr 2023

Parapamisadians: Curtius Rufus on peoples east of Baktria (first century CE)original ↗

29 Apr 2023

Amazons: Curtius Rufus on Alexander’s relationship with Thalestris (first century CE)original ↗

28 Apr 2023

Mardians among Persians: Curtius Rufus on Alexander’s conquest of an uncivilized cave people (first century CE)original ↗

28 Apr 2023

Parthians: Curtius Rufus on their Scythian origins (first century CE)original ↗

28 Apr 2023

Persians: Curtius Rufus on military processions and royal luxury (first century CE)original ↗

28 Apr 2023

Persians, Hyrkanians, Armenians, Derbikians and others: Curtius Rufus on the mixed composition of the army of Darius III (first century CE)original ↗

28 Apr 2023

Canaanites / non-Judean peoples: Jubilees on the Dinah story and intermarriage (mid-second century BCE)original ↗

25 Apr 2023

Egyptians: The Judean tale of Joseph and Aseneth on rejecting Egyptian gods and on intermarriage (ca. first century CE)original ↗

24 Apr 2023

Persians: Emperor Diocletian on strange and monstrous Manicheans (ca. 300 CE)original ↗

20 Apr 2023

Libyans and Maurians: Corippus’ poetic survey of northern African peoples in the tale of John Troglita (after 548 CE)original ↗

17 Apr 2023

Axumite perspectives: Inscription by the king of Axum on the Ethiopian and Arabian peoples he conquered (late-second or early-third century CE)original ↗

15 Apr 2023

Ethiopians: Artapanos and Josephos on Moses, intermarriage, and the Kushites (second century BCE-first century CE)original ↗

14 Apr 2023

Ethiopians or Nubians: Pottery from Athens and Greek cities of Italy depicting a darker-skinned youth devoured by a crocodile (fifth-fourth centuries BCE)original ↗

13 Apr 2023

Ethiopians or Nubians: Athenian-style pottery depictions of darker-skinned subjects (sixth-fifth centuries BCE)original ↗

12 Apr 2023

Libyans and Ausourianians: Synesios on years of incursions into Cyrenaica (early fifth century CE)original ↗

11 Apr 2023

Romans: Diodoros on Herakles’ journey to Rome before Rome (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

6 Apr 2023

Libyans, Egyptians, Iberians, and Celts: Diodoros on Herakles’ civilizing expeditions (mid-first century BCE)original ↗

6 Apr 2023

Libyans, Maurians and Ausourianians: Ammianus Marcellinus on their savage behaviour and banditry (late fourth century CE)original ↗

6 Apr 2023