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Ancient Egypt 39,000 BCE: The History, Technology, and Philosophy of Civilization X by Edward F. Malkowski 9781591431091
RRP: $40.93$26.25Traditional Egyptologists have long resisted the notion that the architectural achievements of the Ancient Egyptians required the existence of a much more sophisticated technology than would have existed at that time. Yet, no records exist explaining... -
Augustine of Hippo: A Biography by Peter Brown 9780520280410
$48.03This classic biography was first published forty-five years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching.About the AuthorPeter Brown is Rollins Professor of History emeritus at Princeton University... -
The Inner Citadel: The <i>Meditations</i> of Marcus Aurelius by Pierre Hadot
RRP: $58.40$45.22The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius are treasured today-as they have been over the centuries-as an inexhaustible source of wisdom. And as one of the three most important expressions of Stoicism, this is an essential text for everyone interested in ancient... -
The Phaistos Disc and Antikythera Mechanism: The History of the Most Mysterious Artifacts from Ancient Greece by Charles River Editors 9781983846748
RRP: $25.82$21.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781983846748Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Starting to Teach Latin by Steven Hunt 9781350368132
RRP: $48.73$42.76This book for teachers provides both practical, up-to-date guidance and a theoretical overview on a number of key topics in Latin teaching. Updated throughout, this new edition includes information about and analysis of recent Latin textbook publications... -
Works: v. 5 by Demosthenes
RRP: $48.65$44.69The preeminent orator of ancient Athens.Demosthenes (384-322 BC), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a statesman, champion of the past greatness of his city and the present resistance of Greece to Philip of Macedon's... -
Latin Inscriptions by Dirk Booms
RRP: $19.48$13.26Latin inscriptions can appear daunting - a jumble of letters without any structure or meaning. However, once you know how, most are easy to read as they follow strict rules of grammar and abbreviation. This book will teach readers how to 'decipher' them... -
An Introduction to Roman Law by Barry Nicholas
RRP: $77.98$73.42This book sketches the history of Roman Private Law from the Twelve Tables to modern times, and sets out the elements of the system. It does not attempt to summarize the whole law, but explains and evaluates its most characteristic and influential... -
Augustine: A Very Short Introduction by Henry Chadwick
RRP: $17.53$12.89By his writings, the surviving bulk of which exceeds that of any other ancient author, Augustine came to influence not only his contemporaries but also the West since his time. This Very Short Introduction traces the development of Augustine's thought,... -
Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis by Dr Stephen P. Kershaw 9781472145673
RRP: $58.50$38.61Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: 'Eminently sane, highly informative'PAUL CARTLEDGE, BBC History magazineIn 2022 it will be 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King Xerxes. This astonishing... -
The Hittites: Lost Civilizations by Damien Stone
RRP: $35.10$25.27An accessible introduction to the Bronze Age culture in Asia Minor.Famed for their skill in battle, the Hittites flourished in central Anatolia from the seventeenth to the thirteenth century BC. They were much more than a military power, however - their... -
Art and Society in Fourth-Centry Britain: Villa Mosaics in Context by Sarah Scott 9780947816537
RRP: $54.60$44.11This volume builds upon the copious and varied research on villa mosaics in Roman Britain and evaluates it within the context of elite social life in the 4th century AD. It argues that the mosaics were an integral part of the rich lifestyle of the... -
Troy: myth and reality by Alexandra Villing
RRP: $48.75$35.06Troy is familiar to us from the timeless and epic tales of Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Aeneid. These have been retold over the centuries by writers from Chaucer to Shakespeare to Madeline Miller and Rick Riordan, and enacted by stars such as Elizabeth... -
Juvenal Satires: A Selection by Dr John Godwin
RRP: $33.13$29.68This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 3) prescription of Juvenal, Satire 6 and the A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Satires 14 and 15, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction... -
On Ovid's Metamorphoses by Gareth David Williams 9780231200714
RRP: $25.33$18.49Ovid's Metamorphoses has entranced audiences for two thousand years, from Rome under Augustus to humanities classrooms today. Borrowing liberally from Greek and Roman mythology, the poem tells hundreds of stories that share one essential theme: each tale... -
The Fall Of The West: The Death Of The Roman Superpower by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $33.13$22.50A sweeping narrative of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The Fall of the Roman Empire has been a best-selling subject since the 18th century. Since then, over 200 very diverse reasons have been advocated for the collapse of the western half of... -
Cicero, pro Caelio: A Selection by Georgina Longley
RRP: $33.13$29.68This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Cicero's pro Caelio, 51-58, 61-68, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of 33-50, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed... -
Tacitus, Annals IV: A Selection by Dr Robert Cromarty
RRP: $33.13$29.68This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Tacitus' Annals IV, sections 1-4 (... non adversus habebatur), 7-12, and 39-41, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of sections 52-54, 57-60,... -
Warrior of God: Jan Zizka and the Hussite Revolution by Victor Verney
RRP: $29.23$21.35Born in 1360, Jan Zizka was a formidable figure whose life and military career was set amidst the whirlwind of monumental revolutions - military, religious, political and social - that engulfed medieval Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries. The leader... -
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1: The Dryden Translation by Plutarch
RRP: $33.13$22.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375756764Author PlutarchFormat PaperbackPage Count 816Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 459gDimensions(mm) 204mm *... -
Lost Cities of the Ancient World by Philip Matyszak
RRP: $48.75$32.72A fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history, from the Neolithic period up to the late Roman Empire, that offers a fresh new perspective on the roots of urban life. The ruins of ancient Athens, Luxor and Rome are familiar cornerstones of... -
Roman Wales by Sarah Symons
RRP: $31.18$21.16When the Roman army invaded Wales in AD 74, they had to build a continuous chain of fortresses along the length and breadth of the country because of the fierce opposition of the tribal population, the Celts. The clash of cultures that resulted gave... -
The Complete Collection of Plutarch's Parallel Lives by John Dryden 9781505387513
RRP: $11.68$10.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781505387513Author John DrydenFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Golden Mummies of Egypt: Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period by Campbell Price
RRP: $58.50$44.67Golden Mummies of Egypt presents new insights and a rich perspective on beliefs about the afterlife during an era when Egypt was part of the Greek and Roman worlds (c. 300 BCE-200 CE). This beautifully illustrated book, featuring photography by Julia... -
The Basic Works of Aristotle by Richard McKeon
RRP: $40.95$29.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375757990Author AristotleFormat PaperbackPage Count 1520Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 850gDimensions(mm) 204mm *... -
The Treasures of Tutankhamun by Garry J Shaw
RRP: $25.33$16.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500052181Author Garry J ShawFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Thames & Hudson LtdPublisher Thames & Hudson LtdWeight(grams) 121g -
Aspects of Greek History 750-323BC: A Source-Based Approach by Terry Buckley
RRP: $72.13$64.21Aspects 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 Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero by Cornelius Tacitus
RRP: $21.43$15.15'He was atrocious in his brutality, but his lechery was kept hidden... In the end, he erupted into an orgy of crime and ignominy alike' Such is Tacitus' obituary of Tiberius, and he is no less caustic in his opinion of the weak and cuckolded Claudius... -
Res Gestae Divi Augusti: Text, Translation, and Commentary by Augustus
RRP: $48.73$43.25At the end of his life the emperor Augustus wrote an account of his achievements in which he reviewed his rise to power, his conquest of the world and his unparalleled generosity towards his subjects. This edition provides a text, translation and... -
Luxury and power: Persia to Greece by James Fraser
RRP: $68.25$45.69An eye-opening publication that contrasts perceptions of luxury - together with its positive and negative connotations - in imperial Persia, democratic Athens and the Hellenistic world between 600 and 200 BCE. 'Luxuriously illustrated' - Asian Review of... -
The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture by Karen Radner
$79.05The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia... -
Ordained Women in the Early Church: A Documentary History by Carolyn A. Osiek
RRP: $54.60$46.90In a time when the ordination of women is an ongoing and passionate debate, the study of women's ministry in the early church is a timely and significant one. There is much evidence from documents, doctrine, and artifacts that supports the acceptance of... -
Terry Jones' Barbarians by Alan Ereira
RRP: $33.13$23.95Terry Jones' Barbarians takes a completely fresh approach to Roman history. Not only does it offer us the chance to see the Romans from a non-Roman perspective, it also reveals that most of those written off by the Romans as uncivilized, savage and... -
Treasures of Roman Yorkshire by Adam Parker
RRP: $31.18$21.16From the legionary fortress at York to the coastal lookout towers on the coast, and from the artisan potters of Crambeck to the brooch makers of Castleford, the history of Yorkshire has an indelible mark left upon it by the Roman period. The Romans built... -
Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius
RRP: $19.48$14.22The Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitelius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. Suetonius composed his material from a variety of... -
The Red Sea Scrolls: How Ancient Papyri Reveal the Secrets of the Pyramids by Pierre Tallet
RRP: $58.50$39.78The inside story, told by the archaeological detectives themselves, of the extraordinary discovery of the world's oldest papyri - revealing how King Khufu's men built the Great Pyramid at Giza. Pierre Tallet's discovery of the Red Sea Scrolls - the... -
Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts by Dr Emlyn Dodd 9781350346642
$189.54Bringing together a wide array of modern scientific techniques and interdisciplinary approaches, this book provides an accessible guide to the methods that form the current bedrock of research into Roman, and more broadly ancient, wine. Chapters are... -
Emperors of Rome by David Potter
RRP: $25.33$16.77The Emperors of Rome charts the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through profiles of the greatest and most notorious of the emperors, from the autocratic Augustus to the feeble Claudius, the vicious Nero to the beneficent Marcus Aurelius, through to the... -
The Return by Harry Sidebottom
RRP: $29.23$18.95The sensational breakout historical thriller from Sunday Times bestseller and Ancient Rome expert Harry Sidebottom.______________________He came home a hero.But death isn't finished with him yet . . .145BC - CALABRIA, ANCIENT ROME. After years of... -
Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend by Richard Stoneman
RRP: $23.38$19.79In his brief life, Alexander the Great gained fame as the military genius who conquered the known world. After death, his legend only increased. Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) precipitated immense historical change in the Mediterranean and Near...