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Pro Archia by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: £24.95£22.92Defense of a poet, and five speeches from after exile.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise,... -
OCR Anthology for Classical Greek AS and A Level: 2024–2026 by Sam Baddeley
RRP: £29.99£27.85This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for 2024-26 giving full Greek text, commentary and vocabulary and a detailed introduction for each text that also covers the prescription to be read in English for... -
The Stones of Time: Calendars, Sundials and Stone Chambers of Ancient Ireland by Martin Brennan 9780892815098
RRP: £16.99£11.08This revealing text describes the exciting discovery and deciphering of the 5,000-year-old stone chambers and standing stones of pre-Celtic Ireland. At midwinter sunrise, Martin Brennan and his research partner observed a beam of light shining into the... -
Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook by Alison E. Cooley 9780415666800
RRP: £36.99£32.93The original edition of Pompeii: A Sourcebook was a crucial resource for students of the site. Now updated to include material from Herculaneum, the neighbouring town also buried in the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook allows... -
TA-U-RO-QO-RO: Studies in Mycenaean Texts, Language and Culture in Honor of Jose Luis Melena Jimenez by Julian Mendez Dosuna 9780674272576
RRP: £24.95£19.48TA-U-RO-QO-RO takes up problems of script and language representation and textual interpretation, ranging from the use of punctuation marks and numbers in the Linear B to personal names and place names reflecting the ethnic composition of Mycenaean... -
Hadrian's Wall: Creating Division by Matthew Symonds
RRP: £19.99£16.54Over its venerable history, Hadrian's Wall has had an undeniable influence in shaping the British landscape, both literally and figuratively. Once thought to be a soft border, recent research has implicated it in the collapse of a farming civilisation... -
Homo Sapiens Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution Rewriting Our Origins by Paul Pettitt
RRP: £25.00£16.78An expert palaeoarchaeologist reveals how our understanding of the evolution of our species has been transformed by momentous discoveries and technological advancements. Who are we? How do scientists define Homo sapiens, and how does our species... -
The Athenian Constitution by Aristotle 9780140444315
RRP: £10.99£7.77Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived... -
Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power by Elizabeth Donnelly Carney
RRP: £22.99£20.80Eurydice (c.410-340s BCE) played a significant part in the public life of ancient Macedonia, the first royal Macedonian woman known to have done so, though hardly the last. She was the wife of Amyntas III, the mother of Philip II (and two other... -
The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander the Great by James Romm
RRP: £25.00£17.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400079674Author James RommFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Girl Who Grew Wings by Anna Waterworth
RRP: £8.99£6.36A stunning YA romantasy inspired by Greek mythology by the acclaimed author of The Fandom duology. 'Gorgeous and deeply heartfelt' BEA FITZGERALD 'This book has it all' ALEXANDRA CHRISTO 'A triumph of a... -
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan
RRP: £25.00£16.38The creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions brings to life the bloody battles, political machinations, and human drama that set the stage for the fall of the Roman Republic.The Roman Republic was one of the most... -
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War by Robert B. Strassler 9780684827902
RRP: £22.00£15.05Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition.Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen,... -
The Severans: The Roman Empire Transformed by Michael Grant
RRP: £135.00£117.28The Severans analyses the colourful decline of the Roman Empire during the reign of the Severans, the first non-Italian dynasty. In his learned and exciting style, Michael Grant describes the foreign wars waged against the Alemanni and the Persians, and... -
The Invention of God by Thomas Romer 9780674504974
RRP: £35.95£28.81Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Roemer seeks to answer these questions about the deity of the great monotheisms-Yhwh, God, or Allah-by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period... -
The Inca: Lost Civilizations by Kevin Lane 9781789145465
RRP: £18.00£12.96From their mythical origins to astonishing feats of engineering, an expertly informed reassessment of one of the great empires of the Americas: the Inca. In their heyday, the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle... -
Entering Hekate's Garden: The Magick, Medicine & Mystery of Plant Spirit Witchcraft by Cyndi Brannen
RRP: £19.99£16.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578637225Author Cyndi BrannenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g -
The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate by John H. Walton 9780830824618
RRP: £14.99£13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Christianity Today Book Award (Biblical Studies) 2016.Book InformationISBN 9780830824618Author John H. WaltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint... -
Roman Gardens by Anthony Beeson
RRP: £15.99£10.85This book looks at the origins of ancient Roman garden design and its Greek influences. It includes the use and design of private domestic gardens as well as those connected to theatres and temples. Gardens connected to mausolea are also included. It... -
The Oxford History of the Roman World by John Boardman
RRP: £18.99£13.61In less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. Written by a team of specialist scholars, this book traces the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Empire and its... -
The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe by Barry Cunliffe 9780198820130
RRP: £18.99£14.01Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland... -
Prose Unseens for A-Level Latin: A Guide through Roman History by Mathew Owen
RRP: £14.99£13.54This volume is designed to accompany the OCR A-Level specification in Latin (first teaching September 2016), with practice unseen passages from Livy, the set prose for Paper 1, together with passages from a selection of other writers to support Paper 2,... -
Imperial Panegyric from Diocletian to Honorius by Adrastos Omissi
RRP: £32.99£29.98Imperial Panegyric from Diocletian to Honorius examines one of the most important literatures of the late Roman period - speeches of praise addressed to the reigning emperor - and the panegyrical culture of the late Roman world more generally. Unlike ... -
Doggerland: Lost World under the North Sea by Luc W.S.W. Amkreutz
RRP: £35.00£33.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789464261134Author Luc W.S.W. AmkreutzFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Sidestone PressPublisher Sidestone Press -
Bronze Age Greek Warrior 1600-1100 BC by Raffaele D'Amato
RRP: £14.99£10.95More than a century has passed past since German archeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered the treasures of Bronze Age Mycenae. The richly decorated artefacts of the entombed warriors, whose bodies still lay in their graves, confirmed that Homer's epic... -
Classical Philosophy: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 1 by Peter Adamson
RRP: £21.49£16.07Classical Philosophy is the first of a series of books in which Peter Adamson aims ultimately to present a complete history of philosophy, more thoroughly but also more enjoyably than ever before. In short, lively chapters, based on the popular History... -
A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives by Philip Matyszak
RRP: £12.99£8.60Discover the lives of the ancient Romans, pieced together from inscriptions, discarded letters, biographies and myth over two thousand years of history. The Roman empire witnessed a huge diversity of human experience over its history. At its pinnacle,... -
Aurelius Victor: De Caesaribus by Aurelius Victor
RRP: £27.50£24.55This is the first full-scale translation and commentary in English of Aurelius Victor's De Caesaribus, which provides a brief survey of the emperors of Rome from Octavian Augustus in 30 BC to Constantius II in AD 360.Book InformationISBN... -
Babylon: 'Truly epic' Conn Iggulden by Robert Fabbri 9781838956127
RRP: £9.99£6.52'This may be the greatest tale of the ancient world. Hugely enjoyable' CONN IGGULDEN'Excellent . . . scintillating' THE TIMESWho will conquer the greatest city in the ancient world?Alexander the Great's sudden death has left his vast empire in chaos. War... -
The Tribe of Witches by Stephen James Yeates 9781842173190
RRP: £26.00£21.07Until now the old religions of Britain have only been looked at in a piecemeal way. This book presents a detailed and focused investigation of the religion of the Dobunni and the Hwicce peoples who occupied the Severn valley and the Cotswolds... -
Depicting the Dead: Self-Representation and Commemoration on Roman Sarcophagi with Portraits by Stine Birk 9788771240184
RRP: £35.00£30.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788771240184Author Stine BirkFormat HardbackPage Count 333Imprint Aalborg UniversitetsforlagPublisher Aarhus University PressWeight(grams) 1370g -
The Lost World of the Flood: Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate by Tremper Longman III 9780830852000
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830852000Author Tremper Longman IiiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 246gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 139mm... -
Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis by Dr Stephen P. Kershaw
RRP: £14.99£8.54Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: 'Eminently sane, highly informative'PAUL CARTLEDGE, BBC History magazineThe year 2022 marks 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King Xerxes. This... -
Marvel Deluxe Edition: Marvel Super Heroes - Secret Wars by Jim Shooter 9781804910504
RRP: £39.99£28.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804910504Author Jim ShooterFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Panini BooksPublisher Panini Publishing Ltd -
Civilisations: First Contact / The Cult of Progress: As seen on TV by David Olusoga
RRP: £14.99£11.35Oscar Wilde said, 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.' Was he right? In Cult of Progress, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link nations. We discover what happened to art in the great Age of... -
Music and Metamorphosis in Graeco-Roman Thought by Pauline A. LeVen
RRP: £30.99£22.85Where does music come from? What kind of agency does a song have? What is at the root of musical pleasure? Can music die? These are some of the questions the Greeks and the Romans asked about music, song, and the soundscape within which they lived, and... -
A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture by Sarah B. Pomeroy 9780190925369
RRP: £68.99£63.25Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by six leading ancient... -
Glory of Rome: (Gaius Valerius Verrens 8) by Douglas Jackson
RRP: £10.99£7.77A riveting and all-action historical page-turner from bestselling author Douglas Jackson that will have you gripped from page one! Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane.Readers are loving Gaius Valerius Verrens! "The best Roman historical series... -
Understand Greek Mythology by Steve Eddy
RRP: £12.99£8.60Ancient Greek myths shaped and were shaped by one of the most important culture in the history of the world. Even today, stories such as Oedipus, Narcissus, Odysseus and the Golden Fleece reverberate through our popular culture.This is the ideal... -
When Christians First Met Muslims: A Sourcebook of the Earliest Syriac Writings on Islam by Michael Philip Penn 9780520284944
RRP: £30.00£22.82The first Christians to meet Muslims were not Latin-speaking Christians from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speaking Christians from Constantinople but rather Christians from northern Mesopotamia who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Living under...