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The first edition, consisting of twelve volumes, was planned by j. Organised on an intercollegiate basis, this course is jointly run with kings college london and university college london to enable you to take full advantage of the teaching expertise of all three participating. Volume iii of the cambridge ancient history was first published in 1925 in one volume. Empire and successors, ad 425600 by averil cameron, bryan wardperkins, michael whitby hardcover from cambridge university press. The cambridge ancient history is a multivolume work of ancient history from prehistory to late antiquity, published by cambridge university press. Cambridge ancient history how is cambridge ancient history. Cambridge core ancient history the cambridge ancient history edited by alan k. The subject categories containing the most volumes are regional history, general history with its chronological series and literary studies, but there are also several series on the history of religion, philosophy and economic history. Cambridge histories online rutgers university libraries. The second series was published between 1970 and 2005, consisting of 14. The cambridge ancient history 14 volume set in 19 hardback.
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