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  • Devil's Reign by Chip Zdarsky 9781804910320

    Devil's Reign by Chip Zdarsky 9781804910320

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804910320Author Chip ZdarskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Panini BooksPublisher Panini Publishing Ltd
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  • Messalina: The Life and Times of Rome’s Most Scandalous Empress by Honor Cargill-Martin 9781801102605

    Messalina: The Life and Times of Rome’s Most Scandalous Empress by Honor Cargill-Martin 9781801102605

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    This is the story of Messalina - third wife of Emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world. According to the Roman historians Tacitus and Suetonius, the Empress Messalina was a sexually insatiable schemer...
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  • The Myths and Mythology Collection: 5-Book Paperback Boxed Set by Nathaniel Hawthorne 9781398827202

    The Myths and Mythology Collection: 5-Book Paperback Boxed Set by Nathaniel Hawthorne 9781398827202

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398827202Author Nathaniel HawthorneImprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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  • Library of History: v. 10 by Siculus Diodorus

    Library of History: v. 10 by Siculus Diodorus

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    Remains 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;...
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  • Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy

    Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy

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    The story of one of the most brilliant, flamboyant and historically important men who ever lived.'A superb achievement' LITERARY REVIEW'Combines scholarship with storytelling to bring the ancient world to life: in his masterly new CAESAR he shows us the...
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  • The Historical Figure of Jesus by E. Sanders

    The Historical Figure of Jesus by E. Sanders

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    A biography of the historical figure of Jesus. The book studies the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, distinguishing the certain from the improbable, and assessing the historical and religious context of Christ's time. The spread of...
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  • Luxury and power: Persia to Greece by James Fraser

    Luxury and power: Persia to Greece by James Fraser

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    An eye-opening publication that contrasts perceptions of luxury - together with its positive and negative connotations - in imperial Persia, democratic Athens and the Hellenistic world between 600 and 200 BCE. 'Luxuriously illustrated' - Asian Review of...
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  • Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold by Stephen Fry

    Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold by Stephen Fry

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    Discover the most legendary story ever told in the SUNDAY TIMES bestseller TROY, Stephen Fry's most epic book yet'An inimitable retelling of the siege of Troy . . . Fry's narrative, artfully humorous and rich in detail, breathes life and contemporary...
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  • Socrates' Defence by Plato

    Socrates' Defence by Plato

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    'I'll stop doing it as soon as I understand what I'm doing.'Somewhere between a historical account and work of philosophy, Socrates' Defence details the final plea of Plato's beloved mentor.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th...
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  • The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome by Robin Lane Fox

    The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome by Robin Lane Fox

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    Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome is a comprehensive and enthralling introduction to Ancient civilization. The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for centuries and continue to intrigue...
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  • A World Beneath the Sands: Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology by Toby Wilkinson

    A World Beneath the Sands: Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology by Toby Wilkinson

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    'It is a story full of drama, with the Nile, the pyramids and the Valley of the Kings as backdrop. That A World Beneath the Sands is also a subtle and stimulating study of the paradoxes of 19th-century colonialism is a bonus indeed.' - Tom Holland,...
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  • Ecclesiastical History of the English People: With Bede's Letter to Egbert and Cuthbert's Letter on the Death of Bede by the Venerable Saint Bede 9780140445657

    Ecclesiastical History of the English People: With Bede's Letter to Egbert and Cuthbert's Letter on the Death of Bede by the Venerable Saint Bede 9780140445657

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    Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns who helped to develop Anglo-Saxon government and religion during the crucial formative...
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  • The Last Days of Socrates by Plato

    The Last Days of Socrates by Plato

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    Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo'Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death'The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of classical Athens. In tracing these...
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  • Phaedrus by Plato 9780199554027

    Phaedrus by Plato 9780199554027

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    'Some of our greatest blessings come from madness Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially...
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  • Alexander the Great: The Truth Behind the Myth by Paul Cartledge

    Alexander the Great: The Truth Behind the Myth by Paul Cartledge

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    At eighteen Alexander had conquered mainland Greece, was crowned King of Macedonia at twenty and by twenty-six he had made himself master of the once mighty Persian Empire. By the time of his death, aged only thirty-three, in 323BCE he was ruler of the...
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  • Infamy: The Crimes of Ancient Rome by Jerry Toner

    Infamy: The Crimes of Ancient Rome by Jerry Toner

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    Rome is an empire with a bad reputation. From its brutal games to its depraved emperors, its violent mobs to its ruthless wars, its name resounds down the centuries like a scream in an alley. But was it as bad as all that? Join the historian Jerry Toner...
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  • Marcus Aurelius: Warrior, Philosopher, Emperor by Frank McLynn

    Marcus Aurelius: Warrior, Philosopher, Emperor by Frank McLynn

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    Marcus Aurelius is the one great figure of antiquity who still speaks to us today, nearly 2,000 years after his death. A philosopher as well as an emperor, his was an extraordinary reign. He proved himself a great leader, protecting the Empire from...
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  • How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks by Adam Nicolson 9780008490829

    How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks by Adam Nicolson 9780008490829

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    A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other? Before the...
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  • The Histories by Polybius

    The Histories by Polybius

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    'no one else in our times has attempted to write a universal history' Polybius' ambitious goal was to describe how Rome conquered the Mediterranean world in less than fifty-three years. This great study of imperialism takes the reader back to Rome's...
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  • The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire by Kyle Harper 9780691192062

    The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire by Kyle Harper 9780691192062

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    How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient worldHere is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential...
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  • Collins Latin Essential Dictionary by Collins Dictionaries

    Collins Latin Essential Dictionary by Collins Dictionaries

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    The home of trusted Latin dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy and affordable Latin to English and English to Latin dictionary for everyday use, including guidance on Latin grammar and insights into Roman culture. The clear...
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  • de Romanis Book 1: dei et deae by Katharine Radice

    de Romanis Book 1: dei et deae by Katharine Radice

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    This is the new Latin course that you have long been waiting for! An introduction to both the Latin language and the cultural world of the Romans, it also develops English literacy skills through derivation tasks and two-way translation exercises,...
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  • Phaedo by Plato 9780198140146

    Phaedo by Plato 9780198140146

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    PhaedoBook InformationISBN 9780198140146Author PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Clarendon PressPublisher Oxford University PressDimensions(mm) 187mm * 124mm * 17mm
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  • Sea Peoples of the Bronze Age Mediterranean c.1400 BC-1000 BC by Raffaele D'Amato

    Sea Peoples of the Bronze Age Mediterranean c.1400 BC-1000 BC by Raffaele D'Amato

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    This title features the latest historical and archaeological research into the mysterious and powerful confederations of raiders who troubled the Eastern Mediterranean in the last half of the Bronze Age. Research into the origins of the so-called...
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  • Homer and His Iliad by Robin Lane Fox

    Homer and His Iliad by Robin Lane Fox

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    A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicistsHomer's Iliad is the famous epic poem set among the tales of Troy. Its subject is the anger of the hero Achilles...
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  • How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion by Marcus Tullius Cicero 9780691164335

    How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion by Marcus Tullius Cicero 9780691164335

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    All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct--and often...
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  • Titans of War by Wilbur Smith 9781838776329

    Titans of War by Wilbur Smith 9781838776329

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    BOOK 2 IN A THRILLING NEW ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SERIES, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The...
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  • The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony 9780691148182

    The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony 9780691148182

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    Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now...
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  • Socrates: A Very Short Introduction by C.C.W. Taylor

    Socrates: A Very Short Introduction by C.C.W. Taylor

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    Socrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy; it is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for his influence on Plato, the whole development of Western philosophy might have been unimaginably different. Yet Socrates wrote nothing...
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  • Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt by Ilona Regulski

    Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt by Ilona Regulski

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    Praise for the exhibition ***** The Telegraph ***** The Times ***** Daily Telegraph **** The Evening Standard "Plunge into the infinity pool of ancient Egyptian history with this dizzying array of artworks" - Waldemar Januszczack, Sunday Times Culture...
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  • Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome by Annalisa Marzano

    Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome by Annalisa Marzano

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    The book investigates the cultural and political dimension of Roman arboriculture and the associated movement of plants from one corner of the empire to the other. It uses the convergent perspectives offered by textual and archaeological sources to...
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  • Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb by Zahi Hawass

    Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb by Zahi Hawass

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    The 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...
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  • On Sparta by Plutarch

    On Sparta by Plutarch

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    Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Sparta's leaders and...
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  • Horace: A Very Short Introduction by Llewelyn Morgan 9780192849649

    Horace: A Very Short Introduction by Llewelyn Morgan 9780192849649

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    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Horace was one of the greatest poets during the reign of Augustus and is seen as a mark of cultural sophistication since this time. This Very Short Introduction examines how Horace's poetry has...
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  • Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World by Tim Whitmarsh

    Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World by Tim Whitmarsh

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    How new is atheism?Long before the Enlightenment sowed seeds of disbelief in a deeply Christian Europe, atheism was a matter of serious public debate in the Greek world. But history is written by those who prevail, so the lively free-thinking voices of...
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  • Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325 by Geza Vermes

    Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325 by Geza Vermes

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    Geza Vermes, translator and editor of The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls and worldwide expert on the life and times of Jesus, tells the enthralling story of early Christianity and the origins of a religion. The creation of the Christian Church is one of the...
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  • The Horus Killings (Amerotke Mysteries, Book 2): A captivating murder mystery from Ancient Egypt by Paul Doherty

    The Horus Killings (Amerotke Mysteries, Book 2): A captivating murder mystery from Ancient Egypt by Paul Doherty

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    After the death of her husband Pharoh Tuthmosis II, Hatusu has confounded her critics by winning a great battle against the Mitanni. Aided by her lover, Senenmut, she is determined that all sections of Egyptian society should accept her as the first...
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  • Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide by Filippo Coarelli

    Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide by Filippo Coarelli

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    This superb guide brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and well-known scholars of Roman topography, archeology and art, to a broad English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and illustrated...
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  • The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Kelly

    The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Kelly

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    The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates in Syria, and from the...
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  • Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army by Guy de la Bedoyere

    Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army by Guy de la Bedoyere

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    The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine the ancient world produced. The Roman Empire depended on soldiers not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers and control the seas but also to act as the engine of the state. Roman legionaries and...
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