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Cynics William Desmond 9781844651290
RRP: £37.99£33.38Once regarded as a minor Socratic school, Cynicism is now admired as one of the more creative and influential philosophical movements in antiquity. First arising in the city-states of late classical Greece, Cynicism thrived through the Hellenistic and... -
Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel: When Archaeology and the Bible Intersect by William G. Dever 9780802867018
£25.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802867018Author William G. DeverFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing... -
Intimations of Christianity Among the Ancient Greeks Simone Weil 9781032533995
RRP: £16.99£15.22Simone Weil (1909-1943) is one of the most brilliant and unorthodox religious and philosophical minds of the twentieth century. She was also a political activist, worked in the Renault car factory in France in the 1930s and fought briefly as an anarchist... -
The Histories: v. 3, Bk. 5-8 by Polybius
RRP: £24.95£23.39Hellenistic 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... -
The Archaeology of Egyptian Non-Royal Burial Customs in New Kingdom Egypt and Its Empire by Wolfram Grajetzki
RRP: £17.00£14.72This Element provides a new evaluation of burial customs in New Kingdom Egypt, from about 1550 to 1077 BC, with an emphasis on burials of the wider population. It also covers the regions then under Egyptian control: the Southern Levant and the area of... -
History of Ancient Egypt by John Romer
RRP: £39.99£25.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250030115Author John RomerFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 160mm... -
Macedonian Phalangite vs Persian Warrior by Dr Murray Dahm
RRP: £13.99£9.75In August 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the Persian Empire and systematically set about its conquest. At the core of Alexander's army were 10,000 members of the phalanx, the phalangites. Armed with a long pike and fighting in formations up to 16... -
The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald M. Kagan
RRP: £24.99£22.07The first volume of Donald Kagan's acclaimed four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War offers a new evaluation of the origins and causes of the conflict, based on evidence produced by modern scholarship and on a careful reconsideration of the ancient... -
Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture: Imagery, Values and Identity in Italy, 50 BC-AD 250 by Zahra Newby
RRP: £36.99£29.75Images of episodes from Greek mythology are widespread in Roman art, appearing in sculptural groups, mosaics, paintings and reliefs. They attest to Rome's enduring fascination with Greek culture, and its desire to absorb and reframe that culture for new... -
Egypt: faith after the pharaohs Cacilia Fluck 9780714151144
RRP: £25.00£17.98Due to its arid climate, Egypt preserves a unique range and abundance of evidence providing insights into the emergence and establishment of new religions, their relationship to each other and the pagan past. Over 300 objects have been specially selected... -
Collapse of the Bronze Age: The Story of Greece, Troy, Israel, Egypt, and the Peoples of the Sea by Manuel Robbins 9780595136643
RRP: £22.99£18.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595136643Author Manuel RobbinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 191mm * 24mm -
Hellenistic Naval Warfare and Warships 336-30 BC: War at Sea from Alexander to Actium by Michael Paul Pitassi
RRP: £30.00£20.95The Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great to the Battle of Actium, was a time of great technological change and innovation in naval design. There was a naval arms race between the Successor States that culminated in a plethora of ship types and... -
The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone by Edward Dolnick 9781501198946
RRP: £20.00£12.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501198946Author Edward DolnickFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster -
Alcibiades: Athenian Playboy, General and Traitor by P J Rhodes
RRP: £12.99£9.09Alcibiades is one of the most famous (or infamous) characters of Classical Greece. A young Athenian aristocrat, he came to prominence during the Peloponnesian War (429-404 BC) between Sparta and Athens. Flamboyant, charismatic (and wealthy), this close... -
Murder Trials by Cicero
RRP: £14.99£10.95Cicero's speeches "In Defence of Sextus Roscius of Amerina," "In Defence of Aulus Cluentius Habitus," "In Defence of Gaius Rabirius," "Note on the Speeches in Defence of Caelius and Milo," and "In Defence of King Deiotarus" provide insight into Roman... -
Egyptian Art by Bill Manley
RRP: £12.95£8.98The art and architecture of Egypt during the age of the pharaohs continue to capture the imagination of the modern world. Vivid, graceful forms decorating monuments that emanated ambition and authority spark our wonder about this distant culture. Ever... -
Rome in the Ancient World by David Potter
RRP: £35.00£31.73This authoritative, highly readable textbook offers a complete survey of the history of Rome from its origins, through the Republic and Empire, to the period of its decline and fall, ending with the emergence of Mohammed in the 6th century. Written by a... -
Antigonus The One-Eyed: Greatest of the Successors by Jeff Champion 9781526774897
RRP: £12.99£9.09Plutarch described Antigonus the One Eyed (382-301 BC) 'as 'the oldest and greatest of Alexander's successors.' Antigonus loyally served both Philip II and Alexander the Great as they converted his native Macedonia into an empire stretching from India to... -
The Cambridge Companion to Ovid by Philip Hardie
RRP: £34.99£29.75Ovid was one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity, and arguably the single most influential ancient poet for post-classical literature and culture. In this Cambridge Companion, chapters by leading authorities from Europe and North America... -
In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire by Robert G. Hoyland
RRP: £23.49£17.01In just over a hundred years--from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750--the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. Their armies threatened states as far... -
Egyptian Shaman: the Primal Spiritual Path of Ancient Egypt by Nick Farrell
RRP: £15.00£9.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906958428Author Nick FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 360g -
Attila the Hun: Arch-enemy of Rome by Hughes, Ian 9781781590096
RRP: £19.99£14.28Attila the Hun is a household name. Rising to the Hunnic kingship around 434, he dominated European history for the next two decades. Attila bullied and manipulated both halves of the Roman empire, forcing successive emperors to make tribute payments or... -
From Fratricide to Forgiveness: The Language and Ethics of Anger in Genesis by Matthew SCHLIMM 9781575062242
RRP: £38.95£35.03In the first book of the Bible, every patriarch and many of the matriarchs become angry in significant ways. However, scholars have largely ignored how Genesis treats this emotion, particularly how Genesis functions as Torah by providing ethical... -
Fodder & Drincan: Anglo-Saxon Culinary History by Emma Kay
RRP: £20.00£16.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909248755Author Emma KayFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books -
Bar Kokhba: The Jew Who Defied Hadrian and Challenged the Might of Rome Lindsay Powell 9781783831852
RRP: £25.00£18.02_BAR KOKHBA_ is the search for the truth of the epic struggle between two strong-willed leaders over who would rule a nation. One was Hadrian, the cosmopolitan ruler of the vast Roman Empire, then at its zenith, who some regarded as divine; the other... -
Legion versus Phalanx: The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World by Myke Cole
RRP: £14.99£10.95From the time of Ancient Sumeria, the heavy infantry phalanx dominated the battlefield. Armed with spears or pikes, standing shoulder to shoulder with shields interlocking, the men of the phalanx presented an impenetrable wall of wood and metal to the... -
Hippolytus by Euripides 9780862920746
£25.45This useful edition includes Ferguson's introduction to the history of Greek theatre along with full notes and vocabulary.Book InformationISBN 9780862920746Author EuripidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury... -
Posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaeus
RRP: £24.95£23.39A late epic bridge between Homeric masterpieces.Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica, the only long mythological epic to survive in Greek from the period between Apollonius' Argonautica (3rd century BC) and Nonnus' Dionysiaca (5th century AD), fills in the... -
Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age by Robert N. Bellah
RRP: £24.95£20.89A 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... -
Carthage's Other Wars: Carthaginian Warfare Outside the 'Punic Wars' Against Rome by Dexter Hoyos 9781781593578
RRP: £19.99£14.28Carthage was the western Mediterranean's first superpower, long before Rome, and her military history was powerful, eventful, and chequered even before her Punic Wars' against Rome. Although characterized in the surviving sources and modern studies as a... -
Cicero: Catilinarians by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: £25.99£22.61As consul in 63 BC Cicero faced a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman state launched by the frustrated consular candidate Lucius Sergius Catilina. Cicero's handling of this crisis would shape foreverafter the way he defined himself and his statesmanship... -
The History of Central Asia: The Age of the Steppe Warriors (Volume 1) by Christoph Baumer 9781780760605
RRP: £85.00£76.91The epic plains and arid deserts of Central Asia have witnessed some of the greatest migrations, as well as many of the most transformative developments, in the history of civilization. Christoph Baumer's ambitious four-volume treatment of the region... -
The Negro Question Part 2 the Slave Ships That Came from Judah by Lee Cummings 9781492719120
RRP: £9.99£8.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492719120Author Lee CummingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Depicting the Dead: Self-Representation and Commemoration on Roman Sarcophagi with Portraits by Stine Birk 9788771240184
£48.27Apologies 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 Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art by Robin M. Jensen 9780367734398
RRP: £43.99£38.44The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art surveys a broad spectrum of Christian art produced from the late second to the sixth centuries. The first part of the book opens with a general survey of the subject and then presents fifteen essays that... -
The Tablet of Destinies by Roberto Calasso 9780141998459
RRP: £10.99£7.77An immersive and mesmerizing narrative that reimagines the Mesopotamian myth of the Great FloodA long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree. He... -
The Anubis Slayings (Amerotke Mysteries, Book 3): Murder, mystery and intrigue in Ancient Egypt Paul Doherty 9780747263098
RRP: £9.99£6.80Hatusu, the remarkable young widow of Pharaoh Tuthmosis II, has forced Egyptian society to acknowledge her as Pharaoh, and her success in battle is spreading Egypt's glory well beyond its frontiers. In the Temple of Anubis, Hatusu and the defeated King... -
A People's History of Classics: Class and Greco-Roman Antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939 by Edith Hall
RRP: £32.99£29.16A People's History of Classics explores the influence of the classical past on the lives of working-class people, whose voices have been almost completely excluded from previous histories of classical scholarship and pedagogy, in Britain and Ireland from... -
Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology 2: The Golden Age: 1881–1914 by Jason Thompson
RRP: £24.99£20.29The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we... -
Juvenal: Satires Book I by Juvenal
RRP: £27.99£24.27Satire was a genre of poetry invented and developed by the Romans. When it came into Juvenal's hands, he stamped his mark upon it: indignation. His angry voice had an overwhelming influence upon later European satirists and persists in modern forms of...