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Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: £16.99£11.54The epic story of one of the most famous love affairs in history, by the bestselling author of Caesar.The love affair between Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most famous stories from the ancient world and has been depicted in countless novels, plays... -
Works by Cornelius Nepos
RRP: £24.95£22.92Roman biographies of foreign commanders.Cornelius Nepos was born in Cisalpine Gaul but lived in Rome and was a friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Catullus. Most of his writings, which included poems, moral examples from history, a chronological sketch of... -
Ovid: A Very Short Introduction by Llewelyn Morgan 9780198837688
RRP: £8.99£6.45"Vivam" is the very last word of Ovid's masterpiece, the Metamorphoses: "I shall live." If we're still reading it two millennia after Ovid's death, this is by definition a remarkably accurate prophecy. Ovid was not the only ancient author with... -
Beyond the Second Sophistic: Adventures in Greek Postclassicism by Tim Whitmarsh
RRP: £30.00£22.82The "Second Sophistic" traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire's power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization... -
Augustine: Conversions and Confessions by Robin Lane Fox
RRP: £20.00£14.29A major new interpretation of how one of the great figures of Christian history came to write the greatest of all autobiographiesAugustine is the person from the ancient world about whom we know most. He is the author of an intimate masterpiece, the... -
Killer of Kings by Matthew Harffy
RRP: £8.99£6.45AD 636. Anglo-Saxon Britain. Beobrand has land, men and riches. He should be content. And yet he cannot find peace until his enemies are food for the ravens. But before Beobrand can embark on his bloodfeud, King Oswald orders him southward, to escort... -
Scenes from Prehistoric Life: One Million Years of Life in the British Isles by Francis Pryor
RRP: £25.00£18.02An invigorating journey through Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants. 'Highly compelling' Spectator, Books of the Year 'An evocative foray into the prehistoric past' BBC Countryfile Magazine 'Vividly... -
The Search for the Durotriges: Dorset and the West Country in the Late Iron Age by Martin Papworth
RRP: £25.00£18.15The tribe of the Durotriges was listed by the Greek geographer Ptolemy in the second century AD. Traditionally it has been believed that the Durotrigans formed an Iron Age tribe whose territory included Dorset and parts of neighbouring Somerset,... -
Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry Strauss
RRP: £12.99£12.13Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers "an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire...much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones" (The Wall Street Journal)-a summation of three and a half centuries of the... -
Livy, History of Rome I: A Selection by John Storey
RRP: £12.99£11.86This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Livy's History of Rome, Book I, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for chapters 53-54, 56 (haec agenti ...)-60, with a detailed... -
Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
RRP: £35.00£29.97The Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) recorded his moral philosophy and reflections on life as a highly original kind of correspondence. Letters on Ethics includes vivid descriptions of town and country life in Nero's Italy,... -
The Complete Tutankhamun: 100 Years of Discovery by Nicholas Reeves
RRP: £40.00£27.75A fully updated and revised edition of a classic bestseller: the definitive guide to Tutankhamun and his tomb - what it contained, why, and what it means today. With its breathtaking treasures, the Tomb of Tutankhamun continues to exert a unique... -
Roman Britain: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Salway
RRP: £8.99£6.45For four centuries Britain was an integral part of the Roman Empire, a political system stretching from Turkey to Portugal and from the Red Sea to the Tyne and beyond. Its involvement with Rome started long before the Conquest launched by the Emperor... -
Complete Letters by Pliny the Younger
RRP: £10.99£7.97'Gaius Pliny sends greetings to his friend Septicius Clarus...' In these letters to his friends and relations, Pliny provides a fascinating insight into Roman life in the period 97 to 112 AD. Part autobiography, part social history, they document the... -
Teaching Latin: Contexts, Theories, Practices by Steven Hunt
RRP: £24.99£20.44Building on and updating some of the issues addressed in Starting to Teach Latin, Steven Hunt provides a guide for novice and more experienced teachers of Latin in schools and colleges, who work with adapted and original Latin prose texts from beginners'... -
The Roman World 44 BC-AD 180 by Martin Goodman 9780415559799
RRP: £39.99£35.46The Roman World 44 BC - AD 180 deals with the transformation of the Mediterranean regions, northern Europe and the Near East by the military autocrats who ruled Rome during this period. The book traces the impact of imperial politics on life in the city... -
Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen: Myth versus Reality by Gregory S. Aldrete 9781538159514
RRP: £30.00£27.97An unparalleled exploration of films set in Ancient Rome, from the silent Cleopatra to the modern rendition of Ben-Hur.No sooner had the dazzling new technology of cinema been invented near the end of the 19th century than filmmakers immediately turned... -
The Lost Empire of Atlantis: History's Greatest Mystery Revealed by Gavin Menzies
RRP: £12.99£8.60The bestselling author of 1421: THE YEAR THE CHINESE DISCOVERED THE WORLD uncovers the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis. After a chance conversation in Egypt in 2008, bestselling historian Gavin Menzies launched himself on a quest that would reveal... -
Nero by Thorsten Opper
RRP: £25.00£19.22One of the best known figures from Roman history, Nero (r. AD 54-68) is most often characterised as a tyrannical and ineffectual ruler, who fiddled while Rome burnt. Such a reputation has, however, been shaped by ancient literary sources written by his... -
The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates by Robin Lane Fox
RRP: £12.99£9.09Longlisted for the RUNCIMAN AWARD, 2021Medicine is one of the great fields of achievement of the Ancient Greeks. Hippocrates is celebrated worldwide as the father of medicine and the Hippocratic Oath is admired throughout the medical profession as a... -
King Arthur's Wars by Jim Storr 9781912390526
RRP: £19.95£14.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390526Author Jim StorrFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor 9780691170275
RRP: £14.99£12.27Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a... -
Poisoned Legacy: The Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty by Aidan Dodson 9789774167522
RRP: £12.99£11.01After the death of RamesesII, the Nineteenth Dynasty, soon fell into decline and familial conflict, culminating in a final civil war that ended with the accession of a new dynasty. Sethy I and Rameses II's promotion of a concept of a wider 'royal family'... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece by Robert Morkot
RRP: £19.99£14.28The cradle of Western civilisation, Ancient Greece was a land of contradictions and conflict. Intensely quarrelsome and competitive, the Greek city-states consistently proved unwilling and unable to unite. Yet, in spite of or even because of this... -
Atlas of Lost Cities: A Travel Guide to Abandoned and Forsaken Destinations by Aude de Tocqueville
RRP: £20.00£13.75Like humans, cities are mortal. They are born, they thrive, and they eventually die. In Atlas of Lost Cities, Aude de Tocqueville tells the compelling narrative of the rise and fall of such notable places as Pompeii, Teotihuacan, and Angkor. She also... -
The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain by M. C. Bishop 9781526761132
RRP: £14.99£10.95There have been many books on Britain's Roman roads, but none have considered in any depth their long-term strategic impact. Mike Bishop shows how the road network was vital not only in the Roman strategy of conquest and occupation, but influenced the... -
Annals by Cornelius Tacitus
RRP: £12.99£9.09A compelling new translation of Tacitus' Annals, one of the greatest accounts of ancient Rome, by Cynthia Damon.Tacitus' Annals recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68. With... -
Death and Immortality in Ancient Philosophy by A. G. Long
RRP: £22.99£19.56Death and immortality played a central role in Greek and Roman thought, from Homer and early Greek philosophy to Marcus Aurelius. In this book A. G. Long explains the significance of death and immortality in ancient ethics, particularly Plato's... -
The Mayan and Other Ancient Calendars by Geoff Stray 9781904263609
RRP: £5.99£4.11Ever since humans first began to count, people have clocked days, moons and years, tried to make sense of them in terms of each other, and formed calendars to order their lives. In an amazing leap, the ancient Maya managed to synchronize all the visible... -
Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics by Christopher Rowe 9780198838326
£40.10Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics was until recently treated as a poor cousin of the better-known Nicomachean Ethics - poor enough even to have to borrow its three central books (IV-VI) from the latter. The work has now emerged from its relative obscurity;... -
Maximus the Confessor by Andrew Louth 9780415118460
RRP: £37.99£33.38St Maximus the Confessor, the greatest of Byzantine theologians, lived through the most catastrophic period the Byzantine Empire was to experience before the Crusades. This book introduces the reader to the times and upheavals during which Maximus lived... -
Avebury by Evelyn Francis 9781904263159
RRP: £5.99£4.11Avebury is the largest stone circle on Earth! Silbury Hill is as old as the Great Pyramid! What is the secret geometry of the ancient stones? Was a lost science once practiced here? Packed with rare old engravings and great new research this timeless... -
Fall of the Roman Republic by Plutarch
RRP: £12.99£12.05Dramatic artist, natural scientist and philosopher, Plutarch is widely regarded as the most significant historian of his era, writing sharp and succinct accounts of the greatest politicians and statesman of the classical period. Taken from the Lives, a... -
Life of Christ by Abbot Giuseppe Ricciotti 9781258885854
RRP: £51.95£47.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781258885854Author Abbot Giuseppe RicciottiFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 934g -
Travelling Heroes: Greeks and their myths in the epic age of Homer by Robin Lane Fox
RRP: £14.99£10.95Robin Lane Fox's Travelling Heroes: Greeks and their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer proposes a new way of thinking about ancient Greeks, showing how real-life journeys shaped their mythical tales. The tales of the ancient Greeks have inspired us for... -
Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients by David Hatcher Childress 9780932813732
RRP: £18.50£12.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932813732Author David Hatcher ChildressFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams)... -
A History of the Hellenistic World: 323 - 30 Bc by R.Malcolm Errington 9780631233886
RRP: £33.95£29.98A History of the Hellenistic World provides an engaging look at the Macedonian monarchies in the period following the reign of Alexander the Great, and examines their impact on the Greek world. Offers a clearly organized narrative with particular... -
Ardor by Roberto Calasso
RRP: £12.99£9.09In this revelatory volume, Roberto Calasso, whom the Paris Review has called 'a literary institution', explores the ancient texts known as the Vedas. Little is known about the Vedic people who lived more than three thousand years ago in northern India:... -
The Murder of Cleopatra: History's Greatest Cold Case by Pat Brown 9781616146504
RRP: £14.99£11.26A world-renowned criminal profiler takes a fascinating look at one of the most tragic mysteries in history. For more than two thousand years, the great pharaoh Cleopatra VII has been portrayed as a failed monarch. Various ancient sources state that... -
Lectures on Ancient Philosophy: Companion to the Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall
RRP: £21.00£15.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585424320Author Manly P. HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...