In this spirited tale of adventure, Vincent Wingfield, who is not yet sixteen, returns home to Virginia after four years of school in England to find conditions in America greatly unsettled. When w…
Eusebius of Caesarea wrote ten books that preserve the early history of the brave martyrs, the dauntless defenders of the faith, and even those who renounced their faith in the face of persecution.…
Herodotus was born at Halicarnassus, 484 BC, and died at Thurium in Italy, about the year 425. As in the case of Plutarch, our knowledge of his personal history is very meagre, aside from the littl…
Livy dedicated most of his life to writing some 142 volumes of history, the first five of which comprise The Early History of Rome. With stylistic brilliance, he chronicles nearly 400 years of hist…
This series takes a step-by-step look at how great buildings of the past were constructed. It introduces the people who created them and explores their knowledge, beliefs and culture to build up a …
Toledo, Spanyol, Tahun 1274 Hujan deras datang mengguyur, angin kencang membawa gema suara guntur. Seorang perempuan berdiri di tepi Sungao Tajo, air mengombak di bawah telapak kakinya. Apakah…
Sejarah kesusastraan Indonesia modern lazim dibagi ke dalam beberapa periode atau babak. Kita kenal, misalnya, periodisasi yang dibuat oleh Ajip Rosidi (Masalah Angkatan dan Periodisasi Sejarah Sas…
Jauh sebelum Republik Indonesia berdiri, ribuan kerajaan baik besar maupun kecil tersebar di berbagai titik di Nusantara. Kerajaan-kerajaan itu tidak hanya berada di tanah Jawa dan Sunda, tetapi be…