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Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity Panagiotis G. Pavlos 9781032092003
RRP: €47.59€41.72Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity examines the various ways in which Christian intellectuals engaged with Platonism both as a pagan competitor and as a source of philosophical material useful to the Christian faith. The chapters are... -
Divine Institutions: Religions and Community in the Middle Roman Republic by Dan-el Padilla Peralta
RRP: €49.98€39.79How religious ritual united a growing and diversifying Roman RepublicMany narrative histories of Rome's transformation from an Italian city-state to a Mediterranean superpower focus on political and military conflicts as the primary agents of social... -
Neoplatonism Pauliina Remes 9781844651252
RRP: €45.21€39.72Although Neoplatonism has long been studied by classicists, until recently most philosophers saw the ideas of Plotinus et al as a lot of religious/magical mumbo-jumbo. Recent work however has provided a new perspective on the philosophical issues in... -
Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt: Awakening the Healing Power of the Heart by Nicki Scully 9781591430681
RRP: €19.03€14.41In Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt, Nicki Scully and Linda Star Wolf renew humanity's connection to the ancient gods of Egypt, the neteru. Voices from these divine ancestors remind us of the healing power of the heart, and call us to bring their... -
Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284: The Critical Century Clifford Ando 9780748620517
RRP: €38.08€31.46This title presents a pioneering history of this 'period of crisis' for the Roman Empire. The Roman empire during the period framed by the accession of Septimus Severus in 193 and the rise of Diocletian in 284 has conventionally been regarded as one of... -
Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts: The Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt by Jeremy Naydler
RRP: €28.56€21.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892817559Author Jeremy NaydlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and... -
Ancient Literacy by William V. Harris 9780674033818
RRP: €52.30€42.30How many people could read and write in the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans? No one has previously tried to give a systematic answer to this question. Most historians who have considered the problem at all have given optimistic assessments, since... -
The Last Kings of Macedonia and the Triumph of Rome by Ian Worthington
RRP: €29.14€24.73In the history of ancient Macedonia, the last three Antigonid kings--Philip V (r. 221-179), his son Perseus (r. 179-168), and the pretender Andriscus or Philip VI (r. 149-148)--are commonly overlooked in favor of their predecessors Philip II (r. 359-336)... -
John Boardman on the Parthenon by John Boardman 9780500027264
RRP: €15.46€10.23Britain’s most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art recounts what the Parthenon and its sculptures meant to the citizens of 5th-century BCE Athens. Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series celebrates... -
Hygiene, Volume I: Books 1-4 by Galen
RRP: €29.69€27.83Antiquity's most prolific and influential medical writer and practitioner.Galen of Pergamum (129-?199/216), physician to the court of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, was a philosopher, scientist, medical historian, theoretician, and practitioner who wrote... -
Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World by III Radcliffe G. G. Edmonds III
RRP: €41.65€33.01An unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman worldWhat did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Romans not only imagine what magic could do, but also use it to try to influence the world around them? In... -
Tacitus: Annals Book IV by Cornelius Tacitus 9780521315432
RRP: €33.31€28.88Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
In Search of the Argonauts: The Remarkable History of Jason and the Golden Fleece Helen Lovatt (University of Nottingham, UK) 9781350115125
RRP: €29.74€24.32Few classical stories are as exciting as that of Jason and the Golden Fleece. The legend of the boy, who discovers a new identity as son of a usurped king and leads a crew of demi-gods and famous heroes, has resonated through the ages, rumbling like the... -
The Histories, Volume VI: Books 28-39. Fragments by Polybius
RRP: €29.69€27.83Hellenistic 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... -
Orations. Other Fragments by Cato
RRP: €29.69€27.83Ancient Rome's original archconservative.M. Porcius Cato (234-149 BC), one of the best-known figures of the middle Roman Republic, remains legendary for his political and military career, especially his staunch opposition to Carthage; his modest way... -
The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity by Francoise Briquel Chatonnet 9780300253535
€33.13A comprehensive survey of Syriac Christianity over three thousand years Syriac is often referred to as the third main language of Christianity, along with Latin and Greek, and it remains a foundational classical, literary, and religious language... -
The First Christians in Their Social Worlds: Social-scientific approaches to New Testament Interpretation by Philip Francis Esler
RRP: €45.21€39.72By applying perspectives from sociology and anthropology to a wide range of biblical data, The First Christians in Their Social Worlds examines how the New Testament documents were influenced by the social realities of the early Christian communities for... -
Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World by Donald G. Kyle 9781118613566
RRP: €47.60€43.19The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle's award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire. * Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in... -
Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth by Jodi Magness 9780691167107
RRP: €29.75€23.79A new account of the famous site and story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman EmpireTwo thousand years ago, 967 Jewish men, women, and children-the last holdouts of the revolt against Rome following the fall of... -
Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis by Peter Der Manuelian
RRP: €50.58€50.41Fifteen 'slab stelae' and stela fragments were found set into the exterior walls of the Giza mastaba tombs from the reign of Khufu and his successors. Taken as a group, they provide one of the most important sources of Egyptian artistic and historical... -
Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture: Volume I. Archaic Greece: The Mind of Athens by Werner Jaeger 9780195004250
RRP: €78.54€61.18Werner Jaeger's highly-acclaimed work treats paideia, the shaping of Greek character, as the basis for study of Hellenism as a whole, to explain the interaction between the historical process by which Greek character was formed and the intellectual... -
Bignor Roman Villa by Miles Russell
RRP: €23.80€17.90Discovered in 1811, Bignor is one of the richest and most impressive villas in Britain, its mosaics ranking among the finest in north-western Europe. Opened to the public for the first time in 1814, the site also represents one of Britain's earliest... -
Greek Ancient Origins: Stories Of People & Civilization Lindsay Powell 9781804175774
RRP: €13.08€8.81Gorgeous Collector's Edition. The period of the first Ancient Greek peoples, the Mycenaean civilization, from the 1700s BCE, through to the Greek Dark Ages and the rise of Classical Antiquity more than a thousand years later is one of profound... -
When Did The Mahabharata War Happen?: The Mystery of Arundhati by Nilesh Nilkanth Oak 9780983034407
RRP: €14.92€13.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983034407Author Nilesh Nilkanth OakFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Danphe Inc.Publisher Danphe Inc.Weight(grams) 395g -
The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume V: The Age of Persia by Karen Radner
RRP: €115.43€104.52This groundbreaking, five-volume series offers a comprehensive, fully illustrated history of Egypt and Western Asia (the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Iran), from the emergence of complex states to the conquest of Alexander the Great. Written by a... -
Excavations at Chester. Roman Land Fivision and a Probable Villa in the Hinterland of Deva: Excavation at Saighton Army Camp, Huntington, Chester by Philip N. Wood
€36.10Excavations at Chester. Roman land division and a probable villa in the hinterland of Deva reports on excavations carried out by Northern Archaeological Associates (NAA) at Saighton Camp - a former British Army training camp - located to the south of the... -
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome (Collins Classics) by E. M. Berens
RRP: €3.56€3.38HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'This was the slaying of the Minotaur, which put an end forever to the shameful tribute of seven youths and seven maidens which was exacted from the... -
Rome in the Ninth Century: A History in Art by John Osborne 9781009415378
RRP: €101.15€91.63Intended as a sequel to Rome in the Eighth Century (Cambridge, 2020), this survey of the material culture of the city of Rome spans the period from the imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 to the nadir of the fortunes of the Roman Church a century... -
Hadrian's Wall: History and Guide by Guy de la Bedoyere
RRP: €22.60€16.20Stretching 73 miles from coast to coast and reaching a height of about 13 feet, Hadrian's Wall should have been counted as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Today, a World Heritage site, it stands as the most imposing monument north of the... -
History of the Wars by Procopius - The Vandalic Wars by Procopius 9781785431401
RRP: €14.57€11.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785431401Author ProcopiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint ConflictPublisher ConflictWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm -
Roman History: v. 8 by Cassius Cocceianus Dio
RRP: €29.69€29.20A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and... -
On Buildings by Procopius
RRP: €29.69€27.83Late antique architecture.Procopius, born at Caesarea in Palestine late in the fifth century, became a lawyer. In AD 527 he was made legal adviser and secretary of Belisarius, commander against the Persians, and went with Belisarius again in 533 ... -
Ab Urbe Condita: Bks. 1-45, v. 12 by Livy
RRP: €29.69€27.83Rome, from the beginning.Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in AD 12 or 17. Livy's only extant work is part of his history of Rome... -
The Parthians: The Forgotten Empire by Uwe Ellerbrock
RRP: €45.21€39.72This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history and culture of the Parthian Empire, which existed for almost 500 years from 247 BC to 224 AD.The Parthians were Rome's great opponents in the east, but comparatively little is known about them... -
Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply by A.Trevor Hodge 9780715631713
€65.60How did a Roman waterworks work? How were the aqueducts planned and built? What happened to the water before it arrived in the aqueduct and after it left, in catchment, urban distribution and drainage? What were the hydraulics and drainage involved? In a... -
Roman Civilization: Selected Readings: The Empire, Volume 2 by Naphtali Lewis 9780231071338
RRP: €59.50€47.03Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold's Roman Civilization is a classic. Originally published by Columbia University Press in 1955, the authors have undertaken another revision which takes into account recent work in the field. These volumes consist of... -
The Future of the Classical Salvatore Settis (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa) 9780745635996
RRP: €17.84€16.16Every era has invented a different idea of the 'classical' to create its own identity. Thus the 'classical' does not concern only the past: it is also concerned with the present and a vision of the future. In this elegant new book, Salvatore Settis... -
Christian Beginnings: A Study in Ancient Mediterranean Religion by Stanley K Stowers 9781399510066
RRP: €113.05€103.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399510066Author Stanley StowersFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams)... -
A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse: Cultural Interaction in the Ancient Mediterranean by Yaron Eliav
RRP: €45.22€35.71A 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... -
Babylonian Genesis by Alexander Heidel 9780226323992
RRP: €22.61€22.02Here is a complete translation of all the published cuneiform tablets of the various Babylonian creation stories, of both the Semitic Babylonian and the Sumerian material. Each creation account is preceded by a brief introduction dealing with the age and...