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"Did I Not Bring Israel Out of Egypt?": Biblical, Archaeological, and Egyptological Perspectives on the Exodus Narratives by Alan R. Millard
RRP: £56.95£51.19The Hebrew Scriptures consider the exodus from Egypt to be Israel's formative and foundational event. Indeed, the Bible offers no other explanation for Israel's origin as a people. It is also true that no contemporary record regarding a man named Moses... -
Rameses III, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife by Aidan Dodson 9789774169403
RRP: £29.99£25.16Rameses III-often dubbed the "last great pharaoh"-lived and ruled during the first half of the 12th-century bc, a tumultuous time that saw the almost complete overthrow of established order in the eastern Mediterranean, and among Rameses's... -
Rome and Its Empire, AD 193-284 by Olivier Hekster
RRP: £29.99£27.79This was a time of civil war, anarchy, intrigue, and assassination. Between 193 and 284 the Roman Empire knew more than twenty-five emperors, and an equal number of usurpers. All of them had some measure of success, several of them often ruling different... -
Roman Imperialism: A Concise History of the Rise and Expansion of Ancient Rome by Dexter Hoyos
RRP: £40.00£30.38Rome - Urbs Roma: city of patricians and plebeians, emperors and gladiators, slaves and concubines - was the epicentre of a far-flung imperium whose cultural legacy is incalculable. How a tiny settlement, founded by desperate adventurers beside the banks... -
Lives of the Caesars: v. 2 by Suetonius
RRP: £24.95£23.39Antiquity's imperial biographer par excellence.Suetonius (C. Suetonius Tranquillus, born ca. AD 70), son of a military tribune, was at first an advocate and a teacher of rhetoric, but later became the emperor Hadrian's private secretary, 119-121. He... -
Julius Caesar by Philip Freeman 9780743289542
RRP: £20.00£12.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743289542Author Philip FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 218mm *... -
The Dissociative Mind Lawrence M. Kowerski 9780881634952
RRP: £42.99£37.59Drawing on the pioneering work of Janet, Freud, Sullivan, and Fairbairn and making extensive use of recent literature, Elizabeth Howell develops a comprehensive model of the dissociative mind. Dissociation, for her, suffuses everyday life; it is a... -
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies by Alessandro Barchiesi 9780198856009
£49.72The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies is an indispensable guide to the latest scholarship in this area. Over fifty distinguished scholars elucidate the contribution of material as well as literary culture to our understanding of the Roman world. The... -
Ancient Astrology by Tamysn Barton
RRP: £39.99£35.06An 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... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Egyptian Book of the Dead by Rita Lucarelli
RRP: £107.50£98.19Among the broad spectrum of ancient Egyptian religious literature, the Book of the Dead is the most representative of ancient Egyptian mortuary religion and of the magical and ritual practices belonging to it. Moreover, its rich corpus of texts and... -
Bonds of Blood: Gender, Lifecycle, and Sacrifice in Aztec Culture by Caroline Dodds Pennock 9780230285644
RRP: £44.99£39.48The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a... -
Gods of Rome by Simon Turney
RRP: £8.99£6.45For one to rule, the other must die. AD 312: A year of horrific and brutal warfare. Although outnumbered, Constantine's legions seem unstoppable as they surge through Maxentius' Italian heartlands. Constantine is determined to reach and seize the... -
Roman Military Dress by Graham Sumner 9780752445762
RRP: £30.00£22.43The Roman military was one of the most powerful forces of the ancient world. But what did its soldiers wear? This book presents an accurate and illuminating study of a popular yet understudied subject. Spanning 1000 years from the Late Republic to the... -
In Search of the Labyrinth: The Cultural Legacy of Minoan Crete by Nicoletta Momigliano
RRP: £22.99£20.11Shortlisted for the European Association of Archaeologies 2023 book prize In Search of the Labyrinth explores the enduring cultural legacy of Minoan Crete by offering an overview of Minoan archaeology and modern responses to it in literature, the... -
Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East by Amanda H. Podany 9780199858682
RRP: £39.49£24.20Amanda Podany here takes readers on a vivid tour through a thousand years of ancient Near Eastern history, from 2300 to 1300 BCE, paying particular attention to the lively interactions that took place between the great kings of the day. Allowing them... -
Julius Caesar's Civil War: Tactics, Strategies and Logistics by Julian Romane 9781399089425
RRP: £25.00£17.62Julian Romane examines the campaigns of Julius Caesar throughout the civil wars that followed his famous crossing of the Rubicon, through to the defeat of the final Pompeian diehards at the battle of Munda. He analyses Caesar's generalship in the widest... -
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: Slip-Cased Edition by Arcturus Publishing
RRP: £19.99£12.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789505672Author Ea Wallis BudgeFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Sirius EntertainmentPublisher Sirius EntertainmentWeight(grams) 794gDimensions(mm)... -
Christianizing the Roman Empire: (A. D. 100-400) by Ramsay MacMullen 9780300036428
RRP: £21.00£20.31How did the early Christian church manage to win its dominant place in the Roman world? In his newest book, an eminent historian of ancient Rome examines this question from a secular-rather than an ecclesiastical-viewpoint. MacMullen's provocative... -
Homer by Barbara Graziosi
RRP: £12.99£9.09Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are considered to be two of the most influential works in the history of Western literature. Yet their author, 'the greatest poet that ever lived' is something of a mystery. By... -
Lives of the Sophists. Lives of Philosophers and Sophists by Philostratus
RRP: £24.95£23.39Two sophists on the history of sophistry.Flavius Philostratus, known as "the Elder" or "the Athenian," was born to a distinguished family with close ties to Lesbos in the later second century, and died around the middle of the third. A sophist who... -
The Fall of the Roman Republic by David Shotter 9780415319409
RRP: £36.99£32.53Revised and updated to include the latest research in the field, this second edition of a popular history text examines how the Roman republic was destabilized by the unplanned growth of the Roman Empire.Central discussion points include:the government... -
A Writer'S Guide to Ancient Rome by Carey Fleiner 9781784993184
RRP: £14.99£13.64'A really fun idea for a book - and full of great stuff.' Greg Jenner, Public HistorianThis is the perfect guide for any writer who wants to recreate the Roman world accurately in their fiction. It will aid any novelist, screenwriter, games designer or... -
Ovid's Heroides: A New Translation and Critical Essays by Paul Murgatroyd
RRP: £31.99£28.33This volume offers up-to-date translations of all 21 epistles of Ovid's Heroides. Each letter is accompanied by a preface explaining the mythological background, an essay offering critical remarks on the poem, and discussion of the heroine and her... -
Alexandrian, African and Spanish Wars by Julius Caesar
RRP: £24.95£23.39Arrivals, inspections, victories.In this volume are three works concerning the campaigns engaged in by the great Roman statesman Julius Caesar (100-44 BC), but not written by him. The Alexandrian War, which deals with troubles elsewhere also, may have... -
Carpe Diem: The Poetics of Presence in Greek and Latin Literature by Robert A. Rohland 9781009018555
RRP: £29.99£25.94Carpe diem - 'eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die!' - is a prominent motif throughout ancient literature and beyond. This is the first book-length examination of its significance and demonstrates that close analysis can make a key contribution... -
Carthaginian Armies of the Punic Wars, 264–146 BC: History, Organization and Equipment by Gabriele Esposito 9781399067546
RRP: £25.00£17.62The Carthaginians were undoubtedly the most formidable enemies of the ever-expanding Roman Republic, due to their sophisticated and often well-led military forces. Although the citizens of Carthage itself, a seafaring, mercantile state by tradition, may... -
The End of Empire: Cyprus: A Soldier's Story Martin Bell 9781473848184
RRP: £25.00£17.62Martin Bell, the former BBC war reporter and Independent MP, served as a soldier in the British army in Cyprus in the late 1950s during the EOKA rebellion against British rule, and recently he discovered the letters he had written home during the... -
Pompeii by Alex Butterworth 9780753820766
£14.87A visceral history of Pompeii - the living city brought back to life.This startling new book concentrates on the twenty years between 59 and 79AD, thus beginning with the earthquake which all but destroyed Pompeii and ending with the volcanic eruption... -
The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Edward J. Watts
RRP: £26.49£22.79As this book intriguingly explores, for those who would make Rome great again and their victims, ideas of Roman decline and renewal have had a long and violent history. The decline of Rome has been a constant source of discussion for more than 2200... -
Abraham or Aristotle? First Millennium Empires and Exegetical Traditions: An Inaugural Lecture by the Sultan Qaboos Professor of Abrahamic Faiths Given in the University of Cambridge, 4 December 2013 by Garth Fowden
RRP: £23.99£12.37Judaism, Christianity and Islam - the three scriptural monotheisms, still often studied separately - are here intertwined within a historical frame. The approach outlined in this lecture pivots around the Qur'an as it emerged in seventh-century Arabia on... -
Unearthing London: The Ancient World Beneath the Metropolis by Simon Webb 9780752462745
RRP: £14.99£11.55Unearthing London reveals the almost-forgotten ritual landscape which lies hidden beneath the streets of the modern capital. It is the city nobody knows, a vast and intricate network of hilltop shrines, tracks, sacred rivers, mounds, ditches, enclosures... -
Sunderland at War 1939-45 Craig Armstrong 9781473891258
RRP: £14.99£10.95Sunderland was a key shipbuilding and repair facility with a long history of providing vessels for the British Merchant Navy. As well as its shipbuilding industry, the town also possessed other important industries such as paint manufacturing and... -
The Etruscans: 9th-2nd Centuries BC Raffaele D'Amato (Author) 9781472828316
RRP: £14.99£10.95Ancient Rome had deep roots in the 'Villanovan' culture that we call today the Etruscans. Their long-lived civilization can be traced to 900-750 BC in north-west Italy. They were a sea-faring people trading with and competing against Greek and Phoenician... -
England: An Archaeological Guide to Sites from earliest Times to AD 1600 by Timothy Darvill 9780192841018
£34.63Travelling around England is in many senses a journey back in time. On all sides, and sometimes even under the road or footpath itself, there are fragments of the ancient past side by side with the clutter of the modern world. Medieval villages, castles,... -
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt
RRP: £20.00£12.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812970586Author Anthony EverittFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 234mm... -
Clan Fabius, Defenders of Rome: A History of the Republic's Most Illustrious Family by McCall, Jeremiah 9781473885615
£21.62The history of the Fabii Maximii is in many ways that of the Roman Republic. In the legends and historical scraps that survived the Republic, the members of the Fabius clan were, more often than not, the hammers that forged the empire. Few families... -
Yeavering: People, Power & Place by Paul Frodsham 9780752433448
RRP: £22.50£17.19A history of Yeavering.About the AuthorThe volume will be edited by Paul Frodsham and Colm O'Brian, with contributions by different experts. The chapters are by: Rob Young (prehistory) Clive Waddington (Stone Age Yeavering) Trevor Pearson (the Iron... -
Roman Dress Accessories by Ellen Swift 9780747805670
£3.38This book provides an introduction to Roman dress accessories - defined here as what would today be called costume jewellery (non-precious metal jewellery). Items such as bracelets and pins are widely found in the Roman period in copper alloy, bone,... -
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs Illustrated: A Formal Writing System Used in Ancient Egypt by Trevor Naylor 9781838863234
RRP: £29.99£20.92The Ancient Egyptians used a hieroglyphic writing system that still resonates today for its graphic representation of things, people, pharaohs and concepts. These hieroglyphics were discovered by adventurers and archeologists in temples, tombs and on... -
Religions of Rome: Volume 2: A Sourcebook by Mary Beard 9780521456463
RRP: £34.99£31.34Volume two reveals the extraordinary diversity of ancient Roman religion. A comprehensive sourcebook, it presents a wide range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world - from the foundations of the city in the eighth century BC to the...