Selected Bibliography

The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithridates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy (2009)
Fossil Legends of the First Americans (2005)
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World (2003)
The First Fossil Hunters: Palaeontology in Greek and Roman Times (2000)

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Adrienne Mayor

Adrienne Mayor, a research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford, is the author of a life of Mithridates.

In the LRB Archive:

Pacesetter: Carthage · 24 June 2010
- Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Mediterranean Civilisation by Richard Miles

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