Ancient

St 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 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...

Apologies 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

Robin 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...

Apologies 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 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...

In 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:...

A 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...

*Picked as one of the best historical novels of 2023 by The Times!*'A creepy, chilling story - another Anna Mazzola triumph!' JENNIFER SAINT'Chilling and compelling, with echoes of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca' ESSIE FOXSometimes the secrets of the past...

"Superbly acute and unashamedly complex."-The Telegraph "Rich and provocative."-Times Literary Supplement "An engaging exploration."-The New Yorker"The phenomenal Ms. Beard has written another cracking book, one of her best."-The Independent What made...

'This book will delight any historian. It's a superb gazetteer of 120 centres of ancient civilization' (Daily Telegraph)From Alexandria to York, this unique illustrated guide allows us to see the great centres of classical civilization afresh. The key...

The New Testament tells us very little about Lydia, a seller of purple cloth who was living in Philippi when she met the apostle Paul on his second missionary journey. And yet she is considered the first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe. In her...

Gaius Julius Caesar remains the most famous Roman general of all time. Although he never bore the title, historians since Suetonius have judged him to be, in practice, the very first 'emperor' - after all, no other name in history has been synonymous...

"[A] magnificently learned, deeply felt and surprisingly pellucid set of essays."-Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World"A delight to read. It is written as history ought to be, especially for nonspecialist readers."-Richard A. Kauffman, Christian...

A brand-new translation of a philosophical classic of the ancient world, The Teaching of Ptahhatp, written in Egypt 4,000 years ago. The Teaching of Ptahhatp, composed two millennia before the birth of Plato, is the oldest surviving statement of...

This book intends to establish, against his numerous modern critics, that the ancient philosopher Parmenides was a mystic. Instead of arriving at his conclusions by cold reason, Parmenides found the unity of Being, which he called "the Truth,"...

Knossos is one of the most important sites in the ancient Mediterranean. It remained amongst the largest settlements on the island of Crete from the Neolithic until the late Roman times, but aside from its size it held a place of particular significance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419752759Author Guillaume DelalandeFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint ABRAMSPublisher ABRAMS

It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of dazzling items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were transported to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and put on display. But there is far more to the boy-king's story...

For centuries the beguiling ancient ruins of Egypt have provided an endless source of fascination for explorers, antiquarians, treasure hunters and archaeologists. All, from the very earliest travellers, were entranced by the beauty and majesty of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063062153Author Erin VearncombeFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus. The...

In the epic clash of Greece and Persia, a hero is forged - a monumental novel from the author of the Tyrant series.Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea and their overbearing neighbours, Thebes. Standing...

Alexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC, when he was only 20 years old, and died at the age of 32, twelve years later. During his reign he conquered the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the largest empire that had ever existed, leading his army...

A distinct perspective on the momentous religious change in the region Diocletian (284-305) and his principal successor, Constantine (306-337), would rule the Roman world for over half a century and Constantine's sons would build on their legacy...

State Formation in Italy and Greece offers an up-to-date and comprehensive sampler of the current discourse concerning state formation in the central Mediterranean. While comparative approaches to the emergence of political complexity have been applied...

According to legend the Ark of the Covenant was an ornate golden chest that was both a means of communicating with God and a terrible weapon used against the enemies of the ancient Israelites. In order to use it the high priest had to wear a breastplate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496428769Author Tessa AfsharFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers

The general perception of the archaeology of the Mesolithic in Britain and Ireland is that the period is somewhat impoverished. Often assumed to have an exceptionally limited range of evidence, the period is also perceived as a theoretical backwater,...

Egypt's Copts make up one of the oldest and largest Christian communities in the Middle East. Yet despite the availability of a large number of books on aspects of Coptic culture, including art and architecture, monasticism, theology, and music, there is...

`the fates ordained the founding of this great city and the beginning of the world's mightiest empire, second only to the power of the gods' Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at the bridge, the saga of Coriolanus, Cincinnatus called...

Throughout history, man has been performing rituals at the launch of a new ship to seek supernatural or divine protection for his ship and those who will sail in her. The form of the ritual varies according to local custom and religion: from the breaking...

Between the reigns of Augustus and Septimius Severus, the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire frequently saw brutal fighting, most notably during the conquest of Dacia by Trajan, the suppression of the Great Revolt in Judea and intermittent clashes...

Books VI-X of Livy's monumental work trace Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 bc. In this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486260136Author Stephane RossiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 295g

Imperial Triumph presents the history of Rome at the height of its imperial power. Beginning with the reign of Hadrian in Rome and ending with the death of Julian the Apostate on campaign in Persia, it offers an intimate account of the twists and often...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486218663Author Sir E. A. WallisFormat PaperbackPage Count 533Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The period of relative peace enjoyed by the Roman Empire in its first two centuries ended with the Marcomannic Wars. The following centuries saw near-constant warfare, which brought new challenges for the Roman Navy. It was now not just patrolling the...

Cleopatra's palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone...

Rome's foreign wars, nation by nation.Appian (Appianus) is among our principal sources for the history of the Roman Republic, particularly in the second and first centuries BC, and sometimes our only source, as for the Third Punic War and the destruction...