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The Fall of Roman Britain: and Why We Speak English by Lambshead, John 9781399075565
RRP: £20.00£14.29The end of empire in the island of Great Britain was both more abrupt and more complete than in any of the other European Roman provinces. When the fog clears and Britain re-enters the historical record, it is, unlike other former European provinces of... -
Herodotus and the Question Why by Christopher Pelling
RRP: £49.00£39.58In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus wrote the first known Western history to build on the tradition of Homeric storytelling, basing his text on empirical observations and arranging them systematically. Herodotus and the Question Why offers a comprehensive... -
Cicero, Pro Cluentio: A Selection Matthew Barr (Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, UK) 9781350060340
RRP: £16.99£15.22This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Cicero's Pro Cluentio, sections 1-7 and 10-11, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of sections 27-32 and 35-37, giving full Latin text,... -
Publius Quinctilius Varus: The Man Who Lost Three Roman Legions in the Teutoburg Disaster by Joanne Ball 9781399088329
RRP: £25.00£17.62Publius Quinctilius Varus is famous as the incompetent commander duped into an ambush that wiped out three legions in one of the most humiliating defeats in Roman history. Yet this is the first full length biography of the man. Dr Joanne Ball revisits... -
Between Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire by David J. Mattingly
RRP: £38.95£32.63Between Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire challenges orthodox views of the story of Africa under Roman domination. It presents a new framework for understanding this and other territories incorporated in the Roman empire. Based on decades of... -
The Oracles of the Ancient World: A Complete Guide by Trevor Curnow 9780715631942
RRP: £60.00£59.62Ranging from Abai to Zeleia, from massive temples in Egypt to modest tombs in Turkey, oracles were a major feature of the religions of many ancient cultures until their demise under the Christian Roman emperors. This work is a guide to all the known... -
Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley 9780140175967
RRP: £15.99£11.61In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property, work outside the home, marry foreigners... -
Rome's Italian Wars: Books 6-10 by Livy
RRP: £12.99£9.09'People have it in their minds that he would have been a match for Alexander, had Alexander turned his arms on Europe.' So Livy characterizes Papirius Cursor, one of Rome's famous generals in the fourth century BC. In Books 6 to 10 of his monumental... -
Trajan: Rome's Last Conqueror by Jackson, Nicholas 9781784387075
RRP: £25.00£17.62Until the publication of this captivating biography, no such volume on Trajan's life has been tailored to the general reader. The unique book illuminates a neglected period of ancient Roman history, featuring comprehensive maps and photographs to help... -
Greek and Roman Political Ideas: A Pelican Introduction by Melissa Lane
RRP: £10.99£7.77Where do our ideas about politics come from? What can we learn from the Greeks and Romans?How should we exercise power?Melissa Lane teaches politics at Princeton University, and previously taught political thought at the University of Cambridge, where... -
Libraries in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson 9780300097214
RRP: £12.99£11.46This delightful book tells the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Renowned classicist Lionel Casson takes us on a lively tour, from the royal libraries of the... -
Londinium: A Biography: Roman London from its Origins to the Fifth Century Professor Richard Hingley (Durham University, UK) 9781350047297
RRP: £28.99£26.22*** Winner of the PROSE Award (2019) for Classics *** This major new work on Roman London brings together the many new discoveries of the last generation and provides a detailed overview of the city from before its foundation in the first century to... -
Magnus Maximus: The Neglected Roman Emperor and his British Legacy by Maxwell Craven
RRP: £25.00£16.43This is an in-depth re-assessment of the life of Magnus Maximus, Roman Emperor ruling in the west from 383 to 388, drawn from Classical sources and archaeology, which provides a very different impression of his life to the one created by the post-Roman... -
How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero 9780691154084
RRP: £14.99£10.20How 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... -
Thermopylae: Great Battles by Chris Carey
RRP: £12.99£9.09The story of Thermopylae, the battle that helped define the identity of the ancient Greeks: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it means for us today. During the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, a Greek force of approximately 7,000... -
Hathor Rising: The Secret Power of Ancient Egypt by Alison Roberts
RRP: £15.99£10.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952423300Author Alison RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Northgate PublishersPublisher Northgate PublishersWeight(grams) 510g -
Ancient and Medieval Siege Weapons: A Fully Illustrated Guide To Siege Weapons And Tactics by Konstantin S. Nossov 9780762782642
RRP: £14.99£11.93In this richly illustrated guide, author Konstantin Nossov masterfully analyzes and recreates the weaponry, tactics, and stratagems of the ancient world. He offers first a comprehensive history of siege warfare in Ancient Egypt, Assyria, Judea, Persia,... -
The Wisdom of the Myths: How Greek Mythology Can Change Your Life by Luc Ferry 9780062215451
RRP: £10.99£7.25More than 100,000 copies sold in France A fascinating new journey through Greek mythology that explains the myths' timeless lessons and meaning Heroes, gods, and mortals. The Greek myths are the founding narratives of Western civilization: to... -
Roman Southwark - Settlement and Economy Carrie Cowan 9781901992786
RRP: £27.95£26.95This report presents an overview of Roman urban development in London south of the Thames. The establishment of the Roman bridge and the first approach roads and landing places, made Southwark an ideal location for the development of facilities for... -
Polis: An Introduction to the Ancient Greek City-State by Mogens Herman Hansen 9780199208500
RRP: £42.99£30.70From antiquity until the nineteenth century, there have been two types of state: macro-states, each dotted with a number of cities, and regions broken up into city-states, each consisting of an urban centre and its hinterland. A region settled with... -
Masters of Rome by Simon Turney
RRP: £8.99£6.45Their rivalry will change the world forever. As competition for the imperial throne intensifies, Constantine and Maxentius realise their childhood friendship cannot last. Each man struggles to control their respective quadrant of empire, battered by... -
Roman Building Techniques by Tony Rook
RRP: £26.99£18.94Building and architecture flourished throughout the Roman Empire. The Romans discovered new techniques to solve problems but also to impress the world. They built aqueducts to bring water into their cities and towns, grand baths for cleansing and... -
The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul by Wayne A. Meeks 9780300098617
RRP: £21.00£20.31In this classic work, Wayne A. Meeks analyzes the earliest extant documents of Christianity-the letters of Paul-to describe the tensions and the texture of life of the first urban Christians. In a new introduction, he describes the evolution of the field... -
Athenian Trireme vs Persian Trireme: The Graeco-Persian Wars 499-449 BC by Nic Fields
RRP: £14.99£10.95A fascinating and detailed exploration of one of the most famous warships of the Ancient world - the trireme - and its tactical employment by the opposing sides in the 5th-century BC Graeco-Persian Wars. You may be familiar with the Athenian trireme -... -
The Material Fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 Ce by Robin Fleming
RRP: £35.00£31.14Although lowland Britain in 300 CE had been as Roman as any province in the empire, in the generations on either side of 400, urban life, the money economy, and the functioning state collapsed. Many of the most quotidian and fundamental elements of... -
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae by J. T. Ramsey
RRP: £32.49£26.85In his Bellum Catilinae, C. Sallustius Crispus or Sallust (86-35/34 B.C.E.) recounts the dramatic events of the year 63 B.C.E. when a disgruntled and impoverished nobleman, L. Sergius Catilina, after two electoral defeats, made himself the leader of a... -
Martial: Select Epigrams by Martial
RRP: £27.99£24.27Despite his enduring popularity, Martial has recently suffered from serious critical neglect. The present work is the first edition of selections from Martial to be published for decades, and includes a fully representative selection of the oeuvre of the... -
Heroines of Olympus: The Women of Greek Mythology by Ellie Mackin Roberts
£15.47Cunning, seductive, monstrous, virtuous - whether in divine or mortal form, women shape the foundations of ancient Greek mythology, but have long been eclipsed by their male counterparts. Now, it's time for their stories to be told.Heroines of Olympus... -
Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century by Christina Riggs
RRP: £12.99£8.56'Impeccably researched and beautifully written' David Wengrow'Utterly original' Paul StrathernWhen it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world, turning the boy-king into a household name overnight and... -
The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction by Eric H. Cline
RRP: £8.99£6.45Homer's tale of the abduction of Helen to Troy and the ten-year war to bring her back to Greece has fascinated mankind for centuries since he related it in The Iliad and The Odyssey. More recently, it has given rise to countless scholarly articles and... -
Women in Antiquity: New Assessments by Richard Hawley
RRP: £45.99£40.13The study of gender in classical antiquity has undergone rapid and wide-ranging development in the past. The contributors reassess the role of women in diverse contexts and areas, such as archaic and classical Greek literature and cult, Roman imperial... -
Understanding Early Christian Art Robin M. Jensen (University of Notre Dame, USA) 9781032105482
RRP: £35.99£31.69Surveying the content and character of early Christian iconography from the third to the sixth century CE, this substantially revised and updated new edition of Understanding Early Christian Art makes the critical tools of art historians accessible to... -
Agricola: Architect of Roman Britain by Simon Turney
RRP: £20.00£13.74Gnaeus Julius Agricola was a man fated for conquest and tied to the island of Britannia. He cut his teeth on military command during the revolt of Boudicca, later commanded a legion against the warlike Brigantes and was finally given the governorship of... -
Tollund Man by Christian Fischer 9780752486352
RRP: £22.00£16.44On May 6, 1950, Viggo and Emil Hojgaard from the small village of Tollund were cutting mud to find peat for their stove in the Bjaeldskovdal peat bog, 12km west of Silkeborg, Denmark. As they worked, one of their wives noticed in the peat layer a corpse... -
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... -
Statius: Silvae Book II by P. Papinius Statius
RRP: £71.99£63.30With the exception of a poem on the unscripted death of a lion in the Colosseum, Book II of Statius' Silvae is largely domestic in theme. It reflects the more private side of Roman culture, its pleasures, houses, gardens, friendships, and personal... -
Amarna: A Guide to the Ancient City of Akhetaten by Anna Stevens 9789774169823
RRP: £29.99£25.16This informed and richly illustrated guidebook brings the ancient city of Akhetaten alive with a keen archaeological eye, drawing on ongoing archaeological research and the knowledge and insight of Amarna's modern-day communities and caretakers to... -
Roman Conquests: North Africa by Nic Fields 9781844159703
RRP: £19.99£14.28The third in the Roman Conquests series briefly covers Rome's first forays into the dark continent during the First and Second Punic Wars, then covers in detail her vindictive final conquest and destruction of Carthage in the Third Punic War. The... -
A Gift of Geology: Ancient Egyptian Landscapes and Monuments by Colin Reader
RRP: £24.99£20.29An introduction to the geology of Egypt and its influence on ancient Egyptian cultureWhile much is known about Egypt's towering pyramids, mighty obelisks, and extraordinary works of art, less is known about the role played by Egypt's geological history... -
Medea by Emma Griffiths 9780415300704
RRP: £25.99£22.63Giving access to the latest critical thinking on the subject, Medea is a comprehensive guide to sources that paints a vivid portrait of the Greek sorceress Medea, famed in myth for the murder of her children after she is banished from her own home and...