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Ancient Astrology by Tamysn Barton
RRP: $77.98$68.37An account of astrology from its beginnings in Mesopotamia, focusing on the Greco-Roman world, Ancient Astrology examines the theoretical development and changing social and political role of astrology. AwardsWinner of Routledge Ancient History Prize... -
Conquering the Ocean: The Roman Invasion of Britain by Richard Hingley
RRP: $53.61$38.38An authoritative new history of the Roman conquest of Britain Why did Julius Caesar come to Britain? His own account suggests that he invaded to quell a resistance of Gallic sympathizers in the region of modern-day Kent -- but there must have been... -
Library of History: v. 8 by Siculus Diodorus
$45.61Remains of a universal chronicle.Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily (ca. 80-20 BC), wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War;... -
Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley 9780140175967
RRP: $31.18$22.64In 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... -
Satyricon. Apocolocyntosis by Petronius
$45.61Two rollicking Roman satires.The Satyrica (Satyricon liber), a comic-picaresque fiction in prose and verse traditionally attributed to the Neronian Petronius (d. AD 66) but possibly of Flavian or Trajanic date, survives only as fragments of a much larger... -
Warriors of the Ancient Greek World by Kevin L Giles
RRP: $48.75$34.36This in-depth visual guide, Warriors of the Ancient Greek World, boasts over 140 lavishly detailed photographed and illustrated recreations of the warrior panoplies of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. It covers the heavy infantry and cavalry of... -
Sumer: The History of the Cities and Culture that Established Ancient Mesopotamia's First Civilization by Charles River Editors 9781986839990
RRP: $33.95$28.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781986839990Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Greek Art by John Boardman
RRP: $25.25$17.51John Boardman has updated his classic account of one of the most popular historic artistic traditions among Western audiences. In the twenty years since the last edition was released, valuable evidence has come to light which has dramatically enhanced ... -
The First Stones: Penywyrlod, Gwernvale and the Black Mountains Neolithic Long Cairns of South-East Wales by William Britnell
RRP: $74.10$68.07The First Stones brings together the results of recent research on the Neolithic long cairns lying in the shadow of the Black Mountains in south-east Wales, focusing upon Penywyrlod and Gwernvale, the two best known tombs within the group, previously... -
Seneca's Letters from a Stoic by Lucius Seneca 9780486811246
RRP: $21.43$13.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486811246Author Lucius SenecaFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Stonehenge: A New Interpretation of Prehistoric Man and the Cosmos by John North 9781416576464
RRP: $79.85$63.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416576464Author John NorthFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 995gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Reign of Arrows: The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East by Nikolaus Leo Overtoom
RRP: $55.56$52.01From its origins as a minor nomadic tribe to its status as a major world empire, the rise of the Parthian state in the ancient world is nothing short of remarkable. In their early history, the Parthians benefitted from strong leadership, a flexible and... -
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius 9781420970241
$25.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420970241Author Diogenes LaertiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm... -
The Cambridge Companion to Sappho by P. J. Finglass
RRP: $60.43$54.15No ancient poet has a wider following today than Sappho; her status as the most famous woman poet from Greco-Roman antiquity, and as one of the most prominent lesbian voices in history, has ensured a continuing fascination with her work down the... -
The Art of the Roman Empire: AD 100-450 by Jas Elsner 9780198768630
RRP: $45.81$33.17The passage from Imperial Rome to the era of late antiquity, when the Roman Empire underwent a religious conversion to Christianity, saw some of the most significant and innovative developments in Western culture. This stimulating book investigates the... -
Desert Ascetics of Egypt by Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom 9781641891677
RRP: $33.05$32.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641891677Author Darlene L. Brooks HedstromFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
Historia Augusta: Volume I by David Magie
$45.61March of the emperors.The Historia Augusta is a biographical work roughly following the model of the imperial biographer Suetonius (LCL 31, 38) and covering the lives of the Roman emperors from Hadrian (r. 117-138) to Carinus (r. 283-285), with a lacuna... -
Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry Strauss
RRP: $25.33$23.30Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers "an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire...much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones" (The Wall Street Journal)-a summation of three and a half centuries of the... -
Archaeology in Hertfordshire: Recent Research by Kris Lockyear
$35.57Celebrating the rich heritage of archaeology and of archaeological research in Hertfordshire, the 15 papers collected in this work focus on various aspects of the region, including the Neolithic to the post-Medieval periods, and include a report on the... -
The Oracles of Apollo in Asia Minor by H. W. Parke
RRP: $105.28$91.40Delphi, although by far the most prestigious, was not the only oracular site dedicated to the god of prophecy. The Oracles of Apollo in Asia Minor, first published in 1985, presents the first unified account of these lesser-known religious... -
The Romans: A Captivating Guide to the People, Emperors, Soldiers and Gladiators of Ancient Rome, Starting from the Roman Republic through the Roman Empire to the Byzantine Empire by Captivating History 9781637163078
RRP: $31.14$21.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637163078Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm)... -
Keeping Their Marbles: How the Treasures of the Past Ended Up in Museums - And Why They Should Stay There by Tiffany Jenkins
RRP: $33.13$23.95The fabulous collections housed in the world's most famous museums are trophies from an imperial age. Yet the huge crowds that each year visit the British Museum in London, the Louvre in Paris, or the Metropolitan in New York have little idea that many... -
Amarna Sunrise: Egypt from Golden Age to Age of Heresy by Aidan Dodson 9789774167744
RRP: $29.23$24.47The latter part of the fifteenth century bc saw Egypt's political power reach its zenith, with an empire that stretched from beyond the Euphrates in the north to much of what is now Sudan in the south. The wealth that flowed into Egypt allowed its kings... -
Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age by Robert N. Bellah
$40.74A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An ABC Australia Best Book on Religion and Ethics of the Year Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological AssociationReligion in Human Evolution is a work of... -
Aurelian and Probus: The Soldier Emperors Who Saved Rome by Ilkka Syvanne 9781526767509
RRP: $58.50$41.63This is a narrative military history of the emperors Lucius Domitius Aurelianus ( Aurelian', reigned 270-275) and Marcus Aurelius Probus (276-282) which also includes the other reigns between the years 268 and 285. It shows how these two remarkable... -
Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium. Apology by Xenophon
$45.61Socrates without Plato.Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BC), a member of a wealthy but politically quietist Athenian family and an admirer of Socrates, left Athens in 401 BC to serve as a mercenary commander for Cyrus the Younger of Persia, then joined the... -
Roman Heavy Cavalry (2): AD 500–1450 by Dr Andrei Evgenevich Negin
RRP: $29.23$21.35In the twilight of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th-6th centuries, the elite of the field armies was the heavy armoured cavalry - the cataphracts, clad in lamellar, scale, mail and padded fabric armour. After the fall of the West, the Greek-speaking... -
Lemuria: A Civilization Time Forgot by Una Marcotte 9781982206413
RRP: $23.30$16.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982206413Author Una MarcotteFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Balboa PressPublisher Balboa PressWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm -
Ancient African Civilizations: Kush and Axum by Stanley Mayer Burstein 9781558765054
RRP: $52.55$41.65The first edition of this book provided teachers of African history, for the first time, with fully annotated translations of the most important Greek and Roman sources for the history of these two remarkable ancient African civilizations. The new... -
Agricola and Germany by Cornelius Tacitus
RRP: $21.43$15.15`Long may the barbarians continue, I pray, if not to love us, at least to hate one another.' Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last great writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. He was inspired to... -
Caesar's Civil War: 49–44 BC by Adrian Goldsworthy
RRP: $25.33$19.09Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to Julius Caesar's Civil War. Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals Rome had ever produced. Together they had brought vast stretches of... -
Hunnic Warrior vs Late Roman Cavalryman: Attila's Wars, AD 440-53 by Dr Murray Dahm
RRP: $29.23$21.35Roman and Hunnic fighting men are assessed and compared in this fully illustrated study of Attila's bid to conquer Europe in the 5th century AD. The Huns burst on to the page of western European history in the 4th century AD. Fighting mostly on... -
Alesia 52 BC by Nic Fields
RRP: $33.13$23.95In 52 BC Caesar's continued strategy of annihilation had engendered a spirit of desperation, which detonated into a revolt of Gallic tribes under the leadership of the charismatic young Arvernian noble Vercingetorix. Major engagements were fought at... -
Ethiopia and the Origin of Civilization by John G Jackson 9780592438849
RRP: $38.98$25.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780592438849Author John G JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.comWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm)... -
Sextus Julius Frontinus and the Roman Empire: Author of Stratagems, Advisor to Emperors, Governor of Britain, Pacifier of Wales by John D Grainger 9781399051224
RRP: $48.75$34.36Sextus Iulius Frontinus is best known as author of the military handbook Strategems but, in addition to writing this and other works (now lost), he also had a varied and surprisingly influential career in military and civil posts� around the Roman Empire... -
Sacred Symbols of the Dogon: The Key to Advanced Science in the Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Laird Scranton
RRP: $31.18$20.44In The Science of the Dogon, Laird Scranton demonstrated that the cosmological structure described in the myths and drawings of the Dogon runs parallel to modern science--atomic theory, quantum theory, and string theory--their drawings often taking the... -
Boudica: The British Revolt Against Rome AD 60 by Graham Webster
RRP: $74.08$65.09Queen Boudica, leader of the Iceni, revolted against the Romans in AD60 only to have her efforts avenged by a humiliated Roman army. This lively and fascinating book examines in detail the evidence and theories which surround these events.About the... -
Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt by Chris Naunton 9780500051993
RRP: $58.40$36.64Where are the tombs of Alexander the Great or Cleopatra? Both rulers were buried in Egypt, but their tombs have never been found despite years of intensive research and excavation. Yet we have tantalizing clues. Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt... -
A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War by Gary Forsythe 9780520249912
RRP: $56.55$52.51During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italian peninsula in 264 B.C., the Romans in large measure developed the social, political, and military structure that would be the foundation of their... -
The Confessions by Edmund Augustine
RRP: $29.23$21.35Augustine's spiritual autobiography is not only a major document in the history of Christianity and a classic of Roman Africa: it also marks a vital moment in the history of Western culture. As Augustine explains how, when and why he became the man he is...