Ancient Theories

Unlock the riveting journey of humanity’s complex relationship with crime and justice with The Evolution of Criminology. This comprehensive eBook explores the fascinating progression of criminological theories, legal frameworks, and societal responses from ancient times to the digital age. Begin with an engaging Introduction to the Evolution of Criminology, where you will define the field and dive into a historical overview. Traverse through the Ancient Legal Codes, encompassing the powerful Code of Hammurabi, the influential Roman Law and Twelve Tables, and the lasting impacts of Ancient...

Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved country was threatened by power-hungry politicians, dire economic troubles, foreign turmoil, and political parties that refused to work together. Sound familiar? Cicero's letters, speeches, and other writings are filled with timeless wisdom and practical insight about how to solve these and other problems of leadership and politics. How to Run a Country collects the best of these writings to provide an entertaining, common-sense guide for modern leaders and citizens

The phenomenon of “conspiracy” or “fringe” theories has always been with people, which makes sense since captivating and entertaining hypotheses arouse the public interest with seemingly sound conclusions that are often based on incomplete, unrelated, or erroneous suppositions. However, with the correct tweaking, they often appear to propound airtight arguments. Conspiracy theories make good use of real or imagined individuals or organizations operating behind a curtain of secrecy manipulating the action.

What if the Bible has been telling us about alien contact all along? For thousands of years, the Bible has stood as a sacred text — filled with stories of angels, visions, chariots of fire, and mysterious lights in the sky. But what if some of those stories were never just symbolic or spiritual? What if they were real encounters — with non-human intelligences we would now call extraterrestrials? In Behind the Holy Veil: Aliens in the Bible, Logan J. Shields takes you on a gripping investigation into scripture’s most puzzling passages: ✅ Ezekiel’s glowing “wheel within a wheel”...

In this book about Rome’s most infamous emperor, expert author, Stephen Dando-Collins chronicles all the palace intrigues and murders that led to Caligula becoming emperor, and details the horrors of his manic reign and the murderous consequences brought about at the hand of his sister Agrippina the Younger, his uncle Claudius and his nephew Nero.

An illustrated look at ten of the most unheard-of mysteries. Read about the wonders of the past and the unbelievable accomplishments of lost cultures. Is Noah’s Flood a distant memory of what actually occurred in the Black Sea? Why are over one hundred pyramids off limits, not in Egypt but in China? Why do the dolmens of the Caucasus use phallic seals for doorways? What did a curious farmer find at the bottom of massive but rectangular ponds? Learn about these little-known mysteries.

How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother Quintus decided he needed some no-nonsense advice on running a successful campaign.

Best selling history writer Thomas Cahill continues his series on the roots of Western civilization with this volume about the contributions of ancient Greece to the development of contemporary culture. Tracing the origin of Greek culture in the migrations of armed Indo-European horsemen into Attica and the Peloponnesian peninsula, he follows their progress into the creation of the Greek city-states, the refinement of their machinery of war, and the flowering of intellectual and artistic culture.

This is a comprehensive beginner's guide to all things conspiracy! Learn how to decode Illuminati symbolism that's hidden in plain sight with the help of an expert in spotting occult secrets. Conspiracy theorists like David Icke got you confused? Wondering how a reptilian can live among us and shape shift in and out of our dimensions? Are your favorite entertainers part of a transhumanistic alien agenda with mind control signals coming from Saturn and the Moon?

"The Ancient Alien Hypothesis: The Connections Between Ancient Archeological Sites and Ancient Extraterrestrials"© "The Ancient Alien Hypothesis: The Connections Between Ancient Archeological Sites and Ancient Extraterrestrials"© is a captivating exploration into the possibility that extraterrestrial beings have played a crucial role in shaping our past. Drawing from archaeological sites and ancient texts, this book delves into the enigmatic evidence suggesting our ancestors may have had otherworldly help in constructing awe-inspiring monuments. From the world's oldest megalithic ...

In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise. By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these same tools to cynically pursue individual gain and obstruct their opponents.

A Landmark Translation of the Original Renaissance Quadrivium Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680) was the last great Renaissance polymath—and one of the first global scholars. In the mid-1600s, he published his monumental three-volume work, Oedipus Aegyptiacus, which aimed to decode the ancient world’s symbolic language. This volume contains Kircher’s exploration of the Quadrivium: Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, and Astronomy—the four liberal arts of classical education. Drawing on ancient sources from Pythagoras to Plato, Kircher weaves a cosmological vision in which number, form, sound...

This time travel suspense story will bring you along for a wild ride. When young classicist Peter Shelton was hired by the Nehring Project, he assumed they were going to use his skills in historical research. When he learned they were preparing for a trip to Third Century Roman Italy, he was both repulsed and attracted. This meant that the Nehring Project was involved in time travel and time travel was obviously nonsense, but, at the same time, what red-blooded classicist would not jump at the possibility of actually going to the Roman Empire? Then Shelton learned that the head of the ...

In all of Roman history there was never a more turbulent year than A.D. 69, the ill-omened "Year of the Three Emperors". By some miracle, the greatest historian of the age, Tacitus, was able to chronicle those momentous events in a work he called The History. In its pages are some of the most memorable events of Roman history described in some of the most intensely passionate prose ever devised.

Unlock the mysteries of ancient wisdom with "Xenophanes and Democritus: Questioning the Universe," a compelling two-in-one volume that brings together the groundbreaking insights of two of history's most fascinating philosophers. Dive into the transformative ideas of Xenophanes, the bold skeptic who challenged conventional beliefs about the gods and the cosmos. His revolutionary thinking paved the way for modern critical inquiry and philosophical debate. Explore the radical theories of Democritus, the philosopher who laughed at the universe and laid the foundation for atomic theory. His ...

Unlock the secrets of pathworking and tap into the limitless power of the cosmos! In Power of Pathworking: Accessing Spiritual Energies for Manifestation and Growth, you’ll discover a revolutionary approach to spiritual connection and manifestation. Whether you're looking to contact divine beings, harness cosmic energies, or transform your life, this book offers practical techniques to access and wield these forces without the need for complex rituals or tools. Pathworking allows you to journey directly to the entities and energies you seek—placing the power in your hands to connect ...

Embark on an unprecedented exploration through time and beyond the known realms of history. Welcome to "Secrets of the Desert Sky," a fascinating eBook meticulously examining every edge of the mysterious Nazca Lines. With captivating chapters covering diverse theories and compelling evidence, this book will surely leave you awestruck. Dive into Chapter 1, ‘The Enigma of Peru,’ setting the scene for a riveting journey into the heart of the Peruvian desert's enigmatic geoglyphs. But that's just the beginning. March amidst Ancient Astronaut Theory, making pit stops at archaeological ...

The Annals, Part 2 picks up in the year A.D. 32 with the increasingly menacing and tyrannical behavior of Tiberius. With hundreds murdered or driven to suicide and many more in exile, Tiberius descends steadily into growing lust and debauchery on his private estate on the isle of Capri. Overseas, Rome is victorious in her struggle with Parthia, and as Tiberius is being smothered to death in A.D. 37 by Macro, peace at last comes to the eastern frontier.

Dive headfirst into the world’s oddest “facts”—and emerge a lot smarter (and more skeptical). In Truths Behind History’s Greatest Myths Vol. 3, you’ll explore: Nazca Lines & Göbekli Tepe: Were they alien airstrips and stonehenge-style temples built overnight? Or human artistry and pre-agrarian engineering at its finest? Antikythera Mechanism: A 2,000-year-old analog “computer” that could track eclipses, Olympic games, and planetary motions—no microchips required. Cryptozoology & Lost Tech: From giant squids inspiring Kraken tales to the Baghdad Battery’s disputed “...

Unlock the Secrets of the First Heliocentric Thinker. What would it take to turn the universe inside out? Aristarchus of Samos dared to reimagine the cosmos long before Galileo peered through his telescope or Copernicus sketched his orbits. Aristarchus of Samos for Beginners: A Journey Through the Mind of an Ancient Astronomer brings his groundbreaking ideas to light, uncovering the forgotten genius who first put the Sun at the center of everything. Discover the Mind that Defied Centuries of Belief. In an era when the Earth was believed to sit motionless at the universe's core, Aristarchus ...