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Constantine the Emperor by David Potter 9780199755868
RRP: €36.28€27.08This year Christians worldwide will celebrate the 1700th anniversary of Constantine's conversion and victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. No Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply... -
Ardor by Roberto Calasso
RRP: €15.46€10.82In 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:... -
Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff
RRP: €20.22€14.61Cleopatra'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... -
Bronze Drum by Phong Nguyen 9781538753705
RRP: €21.41€16.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538753705Author Phong NguyenFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Lydia by Paula Gooder
RRP: €20.22€17.22The 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... -
The Roman Shore Forts: Coastal Defences of Southern Britain by Andrew Pearson
RRP: €29.75€22.06The eleven forts constructed by the Romans along the British coast between Branchester in Norfolk and Portchester in Hampshire have traditionally been referred to as the 'Forts of the Saxon Shore'. However, recent research suggests that these sites may... -
Aspects of Greek History 750-323BC: A Source-Based Approach by Terry Buckley
RRP: €44.02€39.19Aspects of Greek History 750- 323 BC: A Source-Based Approach offers an indispensable introduction to the central period of Greek History for all students of classics, from pre-university to undergraduate level. Chapter by chapter, the relevant... -
The House of Whispers by Anna Mazzola
RRP: €17.84€13.03*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... -
The Murder of Cleopatra: History's Greatest Cold Case by Pat Brown 9781616146504
RRP: €17.84€13.72A 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... -
Knossos: Myth, History and Archaeology by James Whitley 9781472532848
RRP: €26.17€21.69Knossos 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... -
Hellenistic Philosophy by John Sellars
€33.19The Hellenistic period was a rich and exciting time for philosophy. It saw the birth of two new schools of thought, Epicureanism and Stoicism, and important developments in Plato's Academy. Aristotelians and Cynics were also active during the period, all... -
Cities of the Classical World: An Atlas and Gazetteer of 120 Centres of Ancient Civilization by Colin McEvedy 9781846144288
RRP: €15.46€10.82'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... -
Origins of the Sphinx: Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization by Robert M. Schoch 9781620555255
RRP: €22.60€19.10In this provocative collaboration from two Egyptology outsiders, Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D., and Robert Bauval combine their decades of research to show how the Sphinx is thousands of years older than the conventional Egyptological timeline and was built by... -
Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet by Nicholas Reeves
RRP: €15.46€10.23One of the most compelling and controversial figures in history, Akhenaten has captured the imagination like no other Egyptian pharaoh. Known today as a heretic, Akhenaten sought to impose upon Egypt and its people the worship of a single god - the sun -... -
Armies of Julius Caesar 58-44 BC by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: €17.84€13.03Gaius 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... -
Becoming Neolithic: The Pivotal Transformation in Human History in Southwest Asia by Trevor Watkins 9780415221528
€38.71Becoming Neolithic examines the revolutionary transformation of human life that was taking place around 12,000 years ago in parts of southwest Asia. Hunter-gatherer communities were building the first permanent settlements, creating public monuments and... -
Parmenides' Vision: A Study of Parmenides' Poem by Stuart B. Martin
RRP: €92.82€81.97This 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,"... -
Images of the Ice Age by Paul G. Bahn
RRP: €47.59€41.92Images of the Ice Age, here in its third edition, is the most complete study available of the world's earliest imagery, presenting a fascinating and up-to-date account of the art of our Ice Age ancestors. Authoritative and wide-ranging, it covers not... -
Complete Letters by Pliny the Younger
RRP: €13.08€9.25'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... -
Property and Wealth in Classical Sparta by Lecturer in Ancient History Stephen Hodkinson 9781905125302
€28.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905125302Author Lecturer in Ancient History Stephen HodkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 511Imprint Classical Press of WalesPublisher Classical Press of... -
Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World by Bob Brier
RRP: €27.95€19.77It 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... -
How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero 9780691154084
RRP: €17.84€13.46How 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... -
Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts by Andrew Robinson 9780500288160
RRP: €29.69€20.65Beginning with the stories of three great decipherments - Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan Linear B and Mayan glyphs - Lost Languages moves on to dissect the most well-known and enigmatic undeciphered scripts from around the world. These include the... -
A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 3: From the Shepherd Kings to the End of the Theban Monarchy by John Romer
RRP: €53.55€37.85The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known stateArchaeologist John Romer has spent a lifetime chronicling the history of Ancient Egypt, and here he tells the epic story of an era dominated by titans of the... -
Imperial Triumph: The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine (AD 138-363) by Michael Kulikowski
RRP: €17.84€13.03Imperial 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... -
Crassus: The First Tycoon by Peter Stothard 9780300274172
RRP: €13.08€11.15The story of Rome's richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory "A perfectly paced biography."-Tom Holland, Times Literary Supplement Marcus Licinius Crassus (115-53 BCE) was a modern man in an ancient world, a pioneer... -
New Science by Giambattista Vico
RRP: €15.46€10.82Barely acknowledged in his lifetime, the New Science of Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) is an astonishingly perceptive and ambitious attempt to decipher the history, mythology and laws of the ancient world. Discarding the Renaissance notion of the... -
Avebury by Evelyn Francis 9781904263159
RRP: €7.13€4.89Avebury 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... -
Imperial Rome AD 284 to 363: The New Empire by Jill Harries
RRP: €38.08€35.66A 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... -
Roman Army Units in the Eastern Provinces 1: 31 BC-AD 195 by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: €15.46€10.82Between 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... -
The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History by Greg Woolf 9780199664733
RRP: €37.47€26.58The human race is on a 10,000 year urban adventure. Our ancestors wandered the planet or lived scattered in villages, yet by the end of this century almost all of us will live in cities. But that journey has not been a smooth one and urban civilizations... -
Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Context by Mary T. Boatwright 9780197777008
RRP: €23.79€22.15The Imperial Women of Rome explores the constraints and activities of the women who were part of Rome's imperial families from 35 BCE to 235 CE, the Roman principate. Boatwright uses coins, inscriptions, papyri, material culture, and archaeology, as well... -
Roman Britain: A New History 55 BC-AD 450 Patricia Southern 9781445611907
RRP: €22.60€15.12For nearly four centuries, from AD 43 to 410, Britain was a small province on the north-western edge of the vast Roman Empire. Though it was small, it was not insignificant. There were more Roman soldiers in Britain than there were in the provinces of... -
Diocletian and the Military Restoration of Rome Lee Fratantuono 9781526771834
RRP: €29.75€20.97The third century AD was one of unprecedented crisis and chaos for the Roman Empire. Nightmares both internal and external threatened to spell the end of Rome's thousand-year history. Diocletian was born either a slave or a freedman, and he grew up to... -
That Tyrant, Persuasion: How Rhetoric Shaped the Roman World by J. E. Lendon
RRP: €41.65€33.49How rhetorical training influenced deeds as well as words in the Roman EmpireThe assassins of Julius Caesar cried out that they had killed a tyrant, and days later their colleagues in the Senate proposed rewards for this act of tyrannicide. The killers... -
Nero: the man behind the myth Thorsten Opper 9780714122915
RRP: €29.75€21.40One 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... -
Book of the Dead by E. A. Wallis Budge 9780486218663
RRP: €20.22€13.66Apologies 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 Dream of Rome by Boris Johnson
RRP: €11.89€7.90Focussing on how the Romans made Europe work as a homogenous civilisation and looking at why we are failing to make the EU work in modern times, this is an authoritative and amusing study from bestselling author Boris Johnson. In addition to... -
The Technique of Greek Sculpture by Chief Nurse Sheila Adam
RRP: €22.60€17.04They were told to hold the fort. They did far more than that.When the Second World War broke out, the task of keeping society afloat fell on the shoulders of the women left behind. Women the world over stepped into boots they'd never worn before -... -
Ancient Magic in Greece and Rome: A Hands-on Guide by Philip Matyszak 9780500026410
RRP: €17.84€11.66Bestselling author Philip Matyszak explores how the Greeks and Romans used magic, who performed it - and why. Magic was everywhere in the ancient world. The supernatural abounded, turning flowers into fruit and caterpillars into butterflies. Magic...