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The Last Greek by Christian Cameron 9781409176596
RRP: £20.99£15.34Few writers are better at conjuring up a vision of Ancient Greece' THE TIMES* * * * * * *210BCE. The most powerful empires in the world brawl over the spoils of a declawed Greece.Philopoemen has a vision to end the chaos and anarchy that consumes his... -
King Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb by Zahi Hawass
RRP: £39.95£27.83The tomb of Tutankhamun, with its breathtaking treasures, remains the most sensational archaeological find of all time. This brilliantly illustrated volume takes the reader through Tutankhamun's tomb room-by-room in the order that it was discovered and... -
Clan Fabius, Defenders of Rome: A History of the Republic's Most Illustrious Family by McCall, Jeremiah 9781473885615
RRP: £34.95£22.66The 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... -
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... -
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs Illustrated: A Formal Writing System Used in Ancient Egypt by Trevor Naylor 9781838863234
£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... -
Abu Simbel: A Short Guide to the Temples by Nigel Fletcher-Jones
RRP: £9.99£8.17The three-thousand-year-old rock-cut temples at Abu Simbel and the story of their rescue from the rising waters of Lake Nasser in the 1960s are almost as familiar worldwide as the tale of the gold funerary mask and brief life of the boy king Tutankhamun... -
Semiramis' Legacy: The History of Persia According to Diodorus of Sicily by Jan Stronk
£29.09Presents and contextualises extracts from the Historical Library of DiodorusThere are only a few detailed histories of Persia from Ancient Greek historiography that have survived time. Diodorus of Sicily, a first century BC author, is the only one to... -
Wandering Greeks: The Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great by Robert Garland 9780691173801
£23.29Most classical authors and modern historians depict the ancient Greek world as essentially stable and even static, once the so-called colonization movement came to an end. But Robert Garland argues that the Greeks were highly mobile, that their movement... -
Ancient Egyptian Literature by Miriam Lichtheim 9780520305847
£23.69First published in 1973, this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world's earliest civilizations. Beginning with the early and gradual evolution of... -
The Real Gladiator: The True Story of Maximus Decimus Meridius by Sullivan, Tony
RRP: £20.00£14.29Are you not entertained? shouts Russell Crowe, playing the part of General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the Oscar winning 2000 film Gladiator. The crowd, having witnessed Maximus defeating several gladiators, cheer in response. Film goers too were... -
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... -
Roman Law in Context by David Johnston
RRP: £19.99£17.61This book explains how Roman law worked for those who lived by it, by viewing it in the light of the society and economy in which it operated. Written in an accessible style with the minimum of legal technicality, the book is designed for students and... -
The Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe by Barry Cunliffe
RRP: £33.99£24.61Edited by Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's leading archaeologists, this book provides a comprehensive account of prehistoric Europe from the coming of the Stone Age to the fall of the Roman Empire. Unique in its approach, it is a history of both... -
On Roman Religion: Lived Religion and the Individual in Ancient Rome by Jorg Rupke
£44.26Provocative reading for anyone interested in Roman culture in the late Republic and early Empire. Religious Studies Review Was religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude... -
Ancient Egyptian Tombs: The Culture of Life and Death by Steven Snape
RRP: £27.95£24.65This book explores the development of tombs as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Egypt and examines what tombs reveal about ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptians' belief in the afterlife. Investigates the roles of tombs in the development of funerary... -
The Greeks in Asia by John Boardman 9780500252130
RRP: £32.00£21.61This book, by Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art, recounts the influence of Greek communities and their culture through Central Asia, India and Western China, from the Bronze Age through to the rise of Islam. Boardman examines a... -
The Fragmentary Latin Histories of Late Antiquity (AD 300–620): Edition, Translation and Commentary by Lieve Van Hoof
£100.11The first systematic collection of fragmentary Latin historians from the period AD 300-620, this volume provides an edition and translation of, and commentary on, the fragments. It proposes new interpretations of the fragments and of the works from which... -
Awakening Osiris: The Spiritual Keys to the Egyptian Book of the Dead by Normandi Ellis
RRP: £15.99£12.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637480106Author Normandi EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
Justinian and the Sixth Century by Fiona Haarer
RRP: £29.99£24.16This book combines comprehensive discussion of the main aspects of Justinian's rule, together with a varied selection of source material, from both textual and material culture, making it a valuable resource for students and lecturers alike.Book... -
Classics and Imperialism in the British Empire by Mark Bradley 9780199584727
£107.59While the study of Classics in postcolonial worlds has received a great deal of recent attention, this is the first comprehensive study of the relationship between classical ideas and British colonialism. In this collection of essays, classical scholars... -
Ashen Sky - The Letters of Pliny the Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius by Barry Moser 9780892369003
RRP: £16.99£14.61Pliny the Younger (C61-112AD) was a Roman official and writer. He has become famous for his two letters to the historian Tacitus, which detail his eye-witness account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD which took the life of his uncle, Pliny the... -
Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia by Christopher I. Beckwith
£19.59Pyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC. There he met with early Buddhist masters. Greek Buddha shows how their Early Buddhism shaped the philosophy... -
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw 9780192802934
RRP: £23.49£17.61The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is the only book available providing detailed historical coverage of Egypt from the early Stone Age to its incorporation into the Roman Empire. The lively essays and beautiful illustrations portray the emergence and... -
A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire by Emma Southon 9781419760181
RRP: £27.00£18.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419760181Author Emma SouthonFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Harry N. AbramsPublisher Harry N. AbramsWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 251mm * 155mm *... -
The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History by Greg Woolf
RRP: £22.49£15.94The human race is on a 10,000 year urban adventure. Our ancestors wandered the planet or lived scattered in villages, yet by the end of this century almost all of us will live in cities. But that journey has not been a smooth one and urban civilizations... -
The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East: The Making of a Regional Identity by Aaron A. Burke 9781108811361
RRP: £27.99£26.05In this book, Aaron A. Burke explores the evolution of Amorite identity in the Near East from ca. 2500-1500 BC. He sets the emergence of a collective identity for the Amorites, one of the most famous groups in Ancient Near Eastern history, against the... -
The Development of Neolithic House Societies in Orkney by Colin Richards
£25.08Considering that Orkney is a group of relatively small islands lying off the northeast coast of the Scottish mainland, its wealth of Neolithic archaeology is truly extraordinary. An assortment of houses, chambered cairns, stone circles, standing stones... -
The Tragic Imagination: The Literary Agenda by Dr. Rowan Williams
RRP: £23.49£19.97The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always been... -
Greco-Roman Medicine and What It Can Teach Us Today by Summerton, Nick 9781526752871
RRP: £25.00£17.62There can be little doubt that the Romans experienced many of the illnesses that are still encountered today, and individuals have always had to decide how best to deal with their health-related concerns. The Roman Empire was an amalgam of many... -
The Silk Road in World History by Xinru Liu
RRP: £27.99£20.76The Silk Road was the current name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking East Asia with Central Asia, South Asia, and the Mediterranean world. This network of exchange emerged along the borders between agricultural China and the steppe nomads... -
Neolithic Britain: The Transformation of Social Worlds by Keith Ray 9780198823896
RRP: £40.49£35.05The Neolithic in Britain was a period of fundamental change: human communities were transformed, collectively owning domesticated plants and animals, and inhabiting a richer world of material things: timber houses and halls, pottery vessels, polished... -
History Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events that Shaped the World by DK 9780241605400
RRP: £30.00£23.35Discover the world's most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the War of Jenkins' Ear? Who was Rosa Parks? How did the Arab Spring unfold? Discover... -
Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many by Erik Hornung
£23.32An excellent historical overview of the gods... It is a recommended necessary reading for those studying Ancient Egyptian religion. Frankie's Reviews in Egyptology A work of extraordinary distinction, Hornung's book will appeal to anyone interested in... -
The Reign of Emperor Gallienus: The Apogee of Roman Cavalry by Ilkka Syvanne 9781526745217
RRP: £25.00£18.02This is the only fully illustrated military life of the Emperor Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (253-268). Considered the most blatantly military man of all of the soldier emperors of the third century, Gallienus is the emperor in Harry Sidebottom's... -
The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C. - Third Edition by Robert Drews
RRP: £42.00£35.91The Bronze Age came to a close early in the twelfth century b.c. with one of the worst calamities in history: over a period of several decades, destruction descended upon key cities throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, bringing to an end the Levantine,... -
Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A Sourcebook of Basic Documents by Thomas K. Hubbard
£28.89The most important primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome are translated into modern, explicit English and collected together for the first time in this comprehensive sourcebook. Covering an extensive period - from the earliest Greek... -
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... -
A History of the Archaic Greek World, ca. 1200-479 BCE by Jonathan M. Hall 9781118301272
RRP: £41.95£37.13A History of the Archaic Greek World offers a theme-based approach to the development of the Greek world in the years 1200-479 BCE. Updated and extended in this edition to include two new sections, expanded geographical coverage, a guide to electronic... -
What the Greeks Did for Us by Tony Spawforth
£18.82An enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like "pandemic," a Freudian state of mind like the "Oedipus... -
The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge by Paul Anthony Rahe
RRP: £16.99£15.01A fresh appreciation of the pivotal role of Spartan strategy and tactics in the defeat of the mightiest empire of the ancient world More than 2500 years ago a confederation of small Greek city-states defeated the invading armies of Persia, the most...