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The Histories: No. 1 by Polybius
RRP: £24.95£22.92Hellenistic history.The historian Polybius (ca. 200-118 BC) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. From 168 to 151 he was... -
Aeneas: Virgil's Epic Retold for Young Readers by Virgil
RRP: £21.99£21.36Two thousand years ago the Roman poet Virgil related the adventures of a hero called Aeneas. He was a man who escaped from the burning ruins of Troy and, 'driven by Fate', led his people to a new home in a distant land. The story of Aeneas and the... -
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece (World of Art) by T. H. Carpenter
RRP: £16.99£11.94The Greek myths are so much part of our culture that we tend to forget how they entered it in the first place. Visual sources - vase paintings, engraved gems and sculpture in bronze and stone - often pre-date references to the myths in literature, or... -
Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology: A Study of Hesiod, Xenophanes and Parmenides by Shaul Tor
RRP: £36.99£30.33This book demonstrates that we need not choose between seeing so-called Presocratic thinkers as rational philosophers or as religious sages. In particular, it rethinks fundamentally the emergence of systematic epistemology and reflection on speculative... -
Dangerous Days in Ancient Egypt: Pyramids, Plagues, Gods and Grave-Robbers by Terry Deary
RRP: £9.99£6.80Think that Ancient Egypt is just a load of old obelisks?Don't bet your afterlife on it.Ancient Egypt should be deader than most of our yesterdays. After all it was at its height 5,000 years ago. Yet we still marvel at its mummies and ponder over its... -
Literary Papyri Poetry: Selections: v. 3 by D. L. Page
RRP: £24.95£22.92Scraps of verse from the sands of Egypt.The papyri found in Egypt have yielded fragments large and small of ancient literary authors. We include in this volume from the 5th-4th centuries BC fragments of two tragedies (one a satyr play) by Aeschylus; of... -
The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography by Frank T. Coulson 9780197689707
£40.71Latin books are among the most numerous surviving artifacts of the Late Antique, Mediaeval, and Renaissance periods in European history; written in a variety of formats and scripts, they preserve the literary, philosophical, scientific, and religious... -
Julius Caesar: A Life by Patricia Southern
RRP: £12.99£8.48Julius Caesar is part historical figure and part legend. He was a complex individual, a brilliant politician, a successful general, an accomplished psychologist. He grew up in a world where political and military careers were inextricably intertwined,... -
Before the Pharaohs: Exploring the Archaeology of Stone Age Egypt by Julian Maxwell Heath
RRP: £19.99£14.68The remarkable archaeology of pharaonic Egypt continues to captivate countless people worldwide but evidence for Egypt's prehistoric or Stone Age past has been relatively neglected. This is perhaps understandable, as the archaeology of Stone Age Egypt... -
A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse: Cultural Interaction in the Ancient Mediterranean by Yaron Eliav
RRP: £38.00£29.44A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient RomePublic bathhouses embodied the Roman way of life, from food and fashion to sculpture and sports. The most popular institution of the ancient Mediterranean world, the baths... -
Marcus Aurelius in Love by Marcus Aurelius 9780226378114
RRP: £23.00£22.13In 1815 a manuscript containing one of the long-lost treasures of antiquity was discovered-the letters of Marcus Cornelius Fronto, reputed to have been one of the greatest Roman orators. But this find disappointed many nineteenth-century readers, who had... -
The Histories: v. 3, Bk. 5-8 by Polybius
RRP: £24.95£22.92Hellenistic history.The historian Polybius (ca. 200-118 BC) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. From 168 to 151 he... -
Mercenaries and Their Masters: Warfare in Renaissance Italy by Michael Mallett
RRP: £14.99£10.95Michael Mallett's classic study of Renaissance warfare in Italy is as relevant today as it was when it was first published a generation ago. His lucid account of the age of the condottieri - the mercenary captains of fortune - and of the soldiers who... -
Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture by Marilyn B. Skinner 9781444349863
RRP: £41.00£37.13This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sexual cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Covers a wide range of... -
The Minoans and Mycenaeans: The History of the Civilizations That First Developed Ancient Greek Culture by Charles River Editors
RRP: £8.24£7.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781539767213Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Leucippe and Clitophon by Achilles Tatius
RRP: £10.99£7.97'Her mouth was like the bloom of a rose, when the rose begins to part the lips of its petals. As soon as I saw, I was done for...All my dreams were of Leucippe.' Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon is the most bizarre and risque of the five 'Greek... -
The Persian War in Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices by William Shepherd
RRP: £25.00£18.02'An exciting, highly informative and also enjoyable read: Shepherd writes with clarity and verve... this book should find its way into the hands of all schools, universities and lovers of Herodotus.' - Peter Jones, Classics for All Weaving together... -
Overcoming Ptolemy: The Revelation of an Asian World Region by Geoffrey C. Gunn 9781498590136
RRP: £104.00£95.57Studies on global metageography are enjoying a revival, and in no way is this better referenced than against the geo-world system bequeathed by Claudius Ptolemy almost two thousand years ago. This is all the more important when we consider the longevity... -
The Golden Thread: The Story of Writing by Ewan Clayton
RRP: £14.99£9.80The Golden Thread is an enthralling and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. It is an invention that has been used to share ideas in every field of human endeavour, and a motor of cultural, scientific and political... -
Lucian, True History: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary by Diskin Clay 9780198789659
RRP: £20.99£19.69Lucian of Samosata's True History is a fantastical tale of voyage and imagination. No editor, translator, or reader knows quite how to describe it or fit it comfortably into a familiar genre of Greek literature: 'satires' and 'dialogues' only partially... -
The Age of Alexander by Plutarch
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Parallel Lives of Plutarch are cornerstones of Western literature, and have exerted a profound influence on writers and statesmen since the Renaissance, most notably Shakespeare. This selection of ten biographies spans the period from the start of... -
Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric by Michael Kulikowski
RRP: £34.00£30.93Rome's Gothic Wars is a concise introduction to research on the Roman Empire's relations with one of the most important barbarian groups of the ancient world. The book uses archaeological and historical evidence to look not just at the course of events,... -
A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian: Akkadian-English by Jeremy Black 9783447042642
RRP: £49.95£41.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447042642Author Jeremy BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 474Imprint Harrassowitz VerlagPublisher Harrassowitz VerlagWeight(grams) 894gDimensions(mm) 240mm... -
Rome, Blood and Power: Reform, Murder and Popular Politics in the Late Republic 70-27 BC by Gareth C. Sampson 9781526710178
RRP: £25.00£18.02Following the First Civil War the Roman Republic was able to rebuild itself and restore stability. Yet the problems which had plagued the previous seventy years of the Republic, of political reform being met with violence and bloodshed, had not been... -
Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC by Robin Osborne
RRP: £43.99£38.84Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic... -
Roman Rule in Asia Minor, Volume 1 (Text): To the End of the Third Century After Christ by David Magie 9780691627403
RRP: £92.00£70.58What is known of the expansion of the Roman Empire in Asia and adjacent lands to the East between 133 B.C. and A.D. 285 is presented here in a comprehensive organization of all the existing scholarship. An authority in the field of ancient history and... -
Reading Roman Inscriptions by John Rogan 9780752439525
RRP: £14.99£11.28The abundant Roman inscriptions to be found in British museums tell us much about the everyday life of the inhabitants of Roman Britain - about their hopes and fears, their work and their beliefs. Nor is a fluent command of Latin essential for... -
The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period by Amelie Kuhrt 9780415552790
RRP: £66.99£60.23Bringing together a wide variety of material in many different languages that exists from the substantial body of work left by this large empire, The Persian Empire presents annotated translations, together with introductions to the problems of using it... -
Asclepius: Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies by Emma J. Edelstein
RRP: £40.00£35.88Throughout nearly all of antiquity, the legendary Greek physician, Asclepius, son of Apollo and Coronis, was not only the primary representative of divine healing, but also so influential in the religious life of later centuries that, as Emma J... -
Ley Lines Across the Midlands by Anthony Poulton-Smith
RRP: £12.99£9.37Some maintain that ley lines are the result of some 'earth force', others that they are the earliest routes marked out across the land. In his new book Anthony Poulton-Smith examines the origins and meanings of these ancient trackways, tracing them on... -
The Greek Hoplite Phalanx: The Iconic Heavy Infantry of the Classical Greek World by Taylor, Richard 9781526788566
RRP: £30.00£17.62The Greek hoplite and the phalanx formation in which he fought have been the subject of considerable academic debate over the past century. Dr Richard Taylor provides an overview of the current state of play in the hoplite debate in all its aspects, from... -
Parallel Lives: Agesilaus and Pompey, Pelopidas and Marcellus by Plutarch
RRP: £24.95£22.92Comparative biographies of distinguished Greeks and Romans.Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45-120, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular... -
Early Roman Warfare: From the Regal Period to the First Punic War by Armstrong, Jeremy 9781399074605
RRP: £14.99£10.95While copious amounts have been written about the Roman army, most study has focussed on the later Republic or the Imperial period when the legionary system was already well-developed. Here Dr Jeremy Armstrong traces the development of Rome's military... -
Prehistoric Cooking by Jacqui Wood 9780752419435
RRP: £27.50£20.26If you imagine that our ancient forbears ate weak gruel, some meat, and bread so hard that it was practically inedible, Jacqui Wood's study and recreation of ancient cooking methods and recipes will be a revelation. Based on experimental archaeology at... -
The Classical Art of Command: Eight Greek Generals Who Shaped the History of Warfare by Joseph Roisman 9780199985821
RRP: £39.99£35.49This book uniquely looks at the many facets of Greek generalship through the individual careers of some of the best-known Greek commanders. They include the Spartan king Leonidas, who embodied his countrymen's heroic ethos in the battle of Thermopylae... -
Euripides: Medea by Euripides
RRP: £27.99£25.45This up-to-date edition makes Euripides' most famous and influential play accessible to students of Greek reading their first tragedy as well as to more advanced students. The introduction analyzes Medea as a revenge-plot, evaluates the strands of... -
Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature by Benjamin R. Foster
RRP: £49.95£43.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883053765Author Benjamin R. FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 1044Imprint CDL PressPublisher CDL PressWeight(grams) 1497gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
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... -
A Companion to the Roman Republic by Nathan Rosenstein 9781444334135
RRP: £42.95£38.57This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced. Highlights recent developments, including archaeological discoveries, fresh approaches to textual sources, and the opening up of... -
Greek Orators I: Antiphon, Lysias by M. Edwards 9780856682476
£30.09Rational persuasion and appeal to an audience's emotions are elements of most literature, but they are found in their purest form in oratory. The speeches written by the Greek Orators for delivery in law-courts, deliberative councils and assemblies ...