Description: A revisionist history of the ancient world that shifts our focus from Athens and Rome to the long-ignored societies on the borders.
Brief description: Owen Rees is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Nottingham and holds a PhD in Ancient History from Manchester Metropolitan University. A founder and lead editor of historical fact-checking site badancient.com, he currently lives in Nottingham, UK.
Review Quotes: This refreshingly original tour of the ancient world's lesser-known locales challenges readers to imagine familiar stories from the other side for a change. ... By highlighting how cultural partisans of the past shaped how history was told, Rees aims to help readers see beyond the stereotyping that bluntly divided the ancient world into tidy categories such as civilized and uncivilized, citizen and barbarian. His book is a reminder that while neatly defined narratives may seem appealing, the truth is rarely so straightforward.--Michael Patrick Brady "Wall Street Journal"