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Persia, from Xerxes to Alexander. This study appeared as Chapter 1 in Volume 6 of the Cambridge Ancient History [Macedon 401-301 B.C.] (Cambridge, 1933). Chapter 1 includes: 1. Xerxes and His Successors; 2. The Enterprise of Cyrus; 3. The Battle of Cunaxa; 4. The Retreat of the Ten Thousand to Trapezus; 6. The Ten Thousand from Trapezus to Pergamum; 7. The Great King and the Satraps; 8. Artaxerxes III and the Reconquest of Egypt. Includes Title Page, Table of Contents, Chapter 1 (pp. 1-24), Abbreviations and the Bibliography for Chapter 1 in 34 pdf pages.
Alexander: the Conquest of Persia. This study appeared as Chapter 12 in Volume 6 of the Cambridge Ancient History [Macedon 401-301 B.C.] (Cambridge, 1933). Chapter 12 includes: 1. Alexander's Early Years; 2. The Preparations for Invading Persia; 3. Granicus and Asia Minor; 4. The Battle of Issus; 5. The Administration of Asia Minor; 6. Tyre and Egypt; 7. The Battle of Gaugamela; 8. The Death of Darius. Includes Title Page, Table of Contents, Chapter 12 (pp. 352-386), Abbreviations and the Bibliography for Chapter 12 in 52 pdf pages.
Alexander: the Conquest of the Far East. This study appeared as Chapter 13 in Volume 6 of the Cambridge Ancient History [Macedon 401-301 B.C.] (Cambridge, 1933). Chapter 13 includes: 1. Alexander, Philotas, and Parmenion; 2. The Conquest of Turkestan; 3. Cleitus, Callisthenes, and Alexander's Divine Descent; 4. India: from Bactria to the Jhelum; 5. India: from the Jhelum to the Beas; 6. India: from the Beas to Patala; 7. Gedrosia and Susa; 8. Alexander's Deification and Death; 9. Alexander's Character and Policy; 10. Finance and the New Cities; 11. The Empire: Alexander's Personality. Includes Title Page, Table of Contents, Chapter 13 (pp. 387-437), Abbreviations and the Bibliography for Chapter 13 in 69 pdf pages.
Notes on Hellenism in Bactria and India. This study appeared in the Journal of Hellenic Studies 22(1902) pp. 268-293. Based on classical sources the author considers aspects of Graceo-Bactrian and Graeco-Indian culture. Topics include: the founding of cities, the intermarriage of populations, the Menander legend, coinage, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Parthia, the Kushans, language, architecture, sculpture, and trade. Extensive and invaluable scholarly notes. 28 pdf pages.
Alexander and the Ganges, from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 43, Part 2 (1923), pp. 93-101.
The First Syrian War [B. C. 277], from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 46, Part 2 (1926), pp. 155-162.
The Hellenistic Ruler-Cult and the Daemon, from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 48, Part 2 (1928), pp. 206-219.
A Greek Inscription from Kurdistan (C. I. G. 4673), from the Classical Review, Vol. 43, No. 2 (May, 1929), pp. 53-55.
Also, a later note on this inscription: A Greek Inscription from Kurdistan: Postscript, from the Classical Review, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Sep., 1929), p. 125.
Antony's Legions, from the Classical Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Apr., 1932), pp. 75-81.
Alexander Helios and the Golden Age, from the Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 22, Part 2 (1932), pp. 135-160.
Two Notes on Ptolemaic History, from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 53, Part 1 (1933), pp. 57-68.
Alexander's Plans, from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 59, Part 1 (1939), pp. 124-135.
The Hellenistic Age, (323-276 B.C.) by J. B. Bury and others (Cambridge, 1923). Includes Bury's "The Hellenistic Age and the History of Civilization"; "Alexandrian Literature" by E. A. Barber; "Hellenistic Popular Philosophy" by Edwyn Bevan; "The Social Question in the Third Century" by W. W. Tarn. File size: 4.7 MB.
Parthia [in the Time of the Roman Republic 133-44 B.C.]. This study appeared as Chapter 14 in Volume 9 of the Cambridge Ancient History [The Roman Republic 133-44 B.C.] (London, 1932). Chapter 14 includes: 1. The Early Kings; 2. Mithridates I and Phraates II; 3. The Sacas and Mithridates II; 4. The Parthians and Their Empire; 5. Parthia and Rome; 6. The Invasion of Crassus. Includes Title Page, Table of Contents, Chapter 14 (pp. 574-614), Abbreviations and the Bibliography for Chapter 14 in 50 pdf pages.
The Greek Warship. This study appeared in the Journal of Hellenic Studies 25(1905) pp. 137-156 and 204-224 and covers the period from the 5th century B.C. to the Battle of Actium (31 B.C.). The author considers evidence from historians, inscriptions, scholiasts, lexicographers, and monuments to suggest what these ships may have been like, especially the types known as triremes and quinqueremes. Extensive scholarly notes. 43 pdf pages.
The Fleet of Xerxes [I, 486-465 B.C.]. This study appeared in the Journal of Hellenic Studies 28(1908) pp. 202-233. The author considers evidence from Herodotus, Aeschylus, and other classical historians describing the Persian and Greek fleets at Doriscus, Artemisium, Salamis, Mycale, and subsequent battles (480-478 B.C.) during the reign of the Iranian shah Xerxes I (486-465 B.C.). Among topics examined: the size and composition of the fleets, crew sizes, type of ship in use, and war casualty figures. Extensive scholarly notes. 34 pdf pages.
The Fleets of the First Punic War [264-241 B.C.]. This study appeared in the Journal of Hellenic Studies 27(1907) pp. 40-71. The author considers evidence from classical historians describing the size of the Roman and Carthaginian fleets, crew sizes, types of ships in use, and war casualty figures among other topics. Extensive scholarly notes. 15 pdf pages.