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  • Et tu, Brute?: The Best Latin Lines Ever by Harry Mount

    Et tu, Brute?: The Best Latin Lines Ever by Harry Mount

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    Harry Mount and John Davie unlock the wisdom of the past in this light-hearted and fascinating book, revealing how ancient Latin can help us to live better in the present. There are so many Latin phrases in everyday use that often we use them without...
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  • The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters by Adam Nicolson

    The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters by Adam Nicolson

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    Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford) 'A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer ... There's something that hits the mark on every page'...
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  • The Age of Cats: From the Savannah to Your Sofa by Jonathan B. Losos

    The Age of Cats: From the Savannah to Your Sofa by Jonathan B. Losos

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    The past, present and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover. 'Engaging and wide-ranging ... The Age of Cats is a readable and...
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  • Aeneid by Virgil 9780872207318

    Aeneid by Virgil 9780872207318

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    Long a master of the crafts of Homeric translation and of rhapsodic performance, Stanley Lombardo now turns to the quintessential epic of Roman antiquity, a work with deep roots in the Homeric tradition. With characteristic virtuosity, he delivers a...
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  • My Family and Other Romans by Marie Basting

    My Family and Other Romans by Marie Basting

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    A rip-roaring Roman adventure from the acclaimed author of Princess BMX, Marie Basting! 'Perfect funny escapism with added Roman mythology ... Charming and mischievous!' LOUIE STOWELL, author of LOKI 'Full of fun...
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  • Ancient Egyptian Jewelry: 50 Masterpieces of Art and Design by Nigel Fletcher-Jones 9789774169656

    Ancient Egyptian Jewelry: 50 Masterpieces of Art and Design by Nigel Fletcher-Jones 9789774169656

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    Jewelry was worn by ancient Egyptians at every level of society and, like their modern descendants, they prized it for its aesthetic value, as a way to adorn and beautify the body. It was also a conspicuous signifier of wealth, status, and power. But...
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  • The Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius

    The Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius

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    The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200-118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. Opening with the Punic War in 264 BC, he vividly...
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  • The Republic by Plato

    The Republic by Plato

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    The classic translation of the cornerstone work of western philosophyPlato's Republic is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different...
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  • A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies by Spiros Tsoutsoumpis 9781526143495

    A History of the Greek Resistance in the Second World War: The People's Armies by Spiros Tsoutsoumpis 9781526143495

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    A history of the Greek resistance in the Second World War discusses one of the most troubled and fascinating aspects of modern Greek and European history: the anti-axis resistance. It is a pioneering history of the men and women who waged the struggle...
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  • Long Barrows of the Cotswolds and Surrounding Areas by Tim Darvill 9780752429076

    Long Barrows of the Cotswolds and Surrounding Areas by Tim Darvill 9780752429076

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    Long barrows with their massive tapering mounds and hidden burial chambers, bear witness to the architectural proficiency of our ancestors. Built by early farming communities between 4000 and 3000 BC, they form part of Western Europe's earliest surviving...
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  • Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley

    Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley

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    She was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies who had ruled Egypt for three centuries. Highly educated (she was the only one of the Ptolemies to read and speak ancient Egyptian as well as the court Greek) and very clever (her famous...
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  • Belisarius & Antonina: Love and War in the Age of Justinian by David Alan Parnell 9780197574706

    Belisarius & Antonina: Love and War in the Age of Justinian by David Alan Parnell 9780197574706

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    A unique look at a powerful marriage in the celebrated age of Justinian Belisarius and Antonina were titans in the Roman world some 1,500 years ago. Belisarius was the most well-known general of his age, victor over the Persians, conqueror of the...
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  • The Mummy's Curse: The true history of a dark fantasy by Roger Luckhurst 9780199698714

    The Mummy's Curse: The true history of a dark fantasy by Roger Luckhurst 9780199698714

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    In the winter of 1922-23 archaeologist Howard Carter and his wealthy patron George Herbert, the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon, sensationally opened the tomb of Tutenkhamen. Six weeks later Herbert, the sponsor of the expedition, died in Egypt. The popular...
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  • The Complete World of Greek Mythology by Richard Buxton

    The Complete World of Greek Mythology by Richard Buxton

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    From the first millennium BC onwards, Greek myths have been repeated in an inexhaustible series of variations and reinterpretations. Nowadays they can be found in film, television and computer games. This book combines a retelling of Greek myths with a...
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  • The Last Generation of the Roman Republic by Erich S. Gruen

    The Last Generation of the Roman Republic by Erich S. Gruen

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    Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction that reviews related scholarship of the past twenty years, Erich Gruen's classic study of the late Republic examines institutions as well as personalities, social tensions as well as...
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  • The Oxford History of the Biblical World by Michael David Coogan 9780195087079

    The Oxford History of the Biblical World by Michael David Coogan 9780195087079

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    The Oxford History of the Biblical World is a comprehensive, fully illustrated survey of the world from which the Bible emerged. The work is written by leading scholars, all of whom have considerable expertise in archaeology and the study of ancient...
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  • The End of Days: Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return by Zecharia Sitchin 9780061239212

    The End of Days: Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return by Zecharia Sitchin 9780061239212

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    It has been more than three decades since Zecharia Sitchin's trailblazing book "The 12th Planet" brought to life the Sumerian civilization and its record of the Anunnaki - the extraterrestrials who fashioned man and gave mankind civilization and religion...
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  • Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan 9781908906298

    Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan 9781908906298

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    Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic figures by examining Jesus within the context of the times in which he lived: the age of zealotry, an era awash in apocalyptic fervour...
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  • Cicero's Catilinarians by D. H. Berry

    Cicero's Catilinarians by D. H. Berry

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    The Catilinarians are a set of four speeches that Cicero, while consul in 63 BC, delivered before the senate and the Roman people against the conspirator Catiline and his followers. Or are they? Cicero did not publish the speeches until three years...
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  • The Archaeology of Roman York by Adam Parker

    The Archaeology of Roman York by Adam Parker

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    When soldiers of the Roman 9th Legion arrived in AD 70, they built a fortress and this huge military camp formed the foundation of the modern city of York. Roman legionaries were garrisoned in the city for over three centuries and a huge provincial town...
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  • Ancient Rome by DK

    Ancient Rome by DK

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    Step into the world of Ancient Rome and explore the rise and fall of a fascinating ancient civilization like never before!Become an eyewitness to the wonders of one of history's greatest civilizations, from it's vast empire to gladiator fights, this...
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  • The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine by Simon Price 9780140274851

    The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine by Simon Price 9780140274851

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    'The Penguin History of Europe series ... is one of contemporary publishing's great projects' New StatesmanTo an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level from languages to calendars to political...
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  • Julius Caesar's Invasion of Britain: Solving a 2,000-Year-Old Mystery by Roger Stephen Nolan 9781526747914

    Julius Caesar's Invasion of Britain: Solving a 2,000-Year-Old Mystery by Roger Stephen Nolan 9781526747914

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    The two invasions of Britain by Julius Caesar in 55BC and 54BC have never been satisfactorily investigated and in particular no evidence has ever been found of the temporary marching camps his army would undoubtedly have constructed in their progress...
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  • Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson

    Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143122210Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 167g
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  • Agricola: Architect of Roman Britain by Simon Turney

    Agricola: Architect of Roman Britain by Simon Turney

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    Gnaeus Julius Agricola was a man fated for conquest and tied to the island of Britannia. He cut his teeth on military command during the revolt of Boudicca, later commanded a legion against the warlike Brigantes and was finally given the governorship of...
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  • Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated History by Lorna Oakes 9780754834458

    Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated History by Lorna Oakes 9780754834458

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    A detailed history with fascinating insights and a gorgeous visual reference, this book tours the sacred Egyptian sites, from the impressive mortuary temples of the pharaohs to those dedicated to the many gods and goddesses.It includes an in-depth...
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  • The Odyssey by Homer 9781472532480

    The Odyssey by Homer 9781472532480

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    'Muse, tell me of a man: a man of much resource, who was made to wander far and long, after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy. Many were the men whose lands he saw and came to know their thinking: many too the miseries at sea which he suffered in his...
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  • The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon 9781853264993

    The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon 9781853264993

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    Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length alone is a measure of its monumental quality:...
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  • The Dream of Rome by Boris Johnson

    The Dream of Rome by Boris Johnson

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    Focussing on how the Romans made Europe work as a homogenous civilisation and looking at why we are failing to make the EU work in modern times, this is an authoritative and amusing study from bestselling author Boris Johnson. In addition to...
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  • The Roman Army: A History 753BC-AD476 by Patricia Southern 9781445655338

    The Roman Army: A History 753BC-AD476 by Patricia Southern 9781445655338

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    The Roman Army reigned supreme for over 1,000 years. From Britain to Syria, and from the Rhine and Danube to North Africa, there is abundant evidence of the activities of its legionaries and auxiliary soldiers. After the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra in...
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  • Lysistrata and Other Plays by Aristophanes

    Lysistrata and Other Plays by Aristophanes

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    The Acharnians/The Clouds/Lysistrata'We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands'Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes was an eloquent, yet bawdy, challenger to the demagogue...
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  • Meet the Ancient Romans by James Davies

    Meet the Ancient Romans by James Davies

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    There's so much to digest when it comes to History - how do you know where to begin? These incredible short introductions are just the thing for readers who are beginning to explore ancient history. Get to know the basics on Ancient Rome from gladiators...
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  • The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine by Bishop of Caesarea Eusebius

    The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine by Bishop of Caesarea Eusebius

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    Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a...
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  • Sparta's First Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 478-446 B.C. by Paul Anthony Rahe

    Sparta's First Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 478-446 B.C. by Paul Anthony Rahe

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    A companion volume to The Spartan Regime and The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta that explores the collapse of the Spartan-Athenian alliance "Provocative, intriguing and cogently argued."-David Stuttard, Classics for All During the Persian Wars,...
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  • Roman Britain: A New History by Guy de la Bedoyere

    Roman Britain: A New History by Guy de la Bedoyere

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    This lively, authoritative account of a crucial period in Britain's history has been revised and updated to incorporate the very latest findings and research. Guy de la Bedoyere - the popular face of Romano-British archaeological studies - puts the Roman...
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  • The Road To Eleusis by Albert Hoffman

    The Road To Eleusis by Albert Hoffman

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556437526Author R. Gordon WassonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...
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  • Early Greek Philosophy by Jonathan Barnes

    Early Greek Philosophy by Jonathan Barnes

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    The works collected in this volume form the true foundation of Western philosophy - the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and their successors would eventually build. Yet the importance of the Pre-Socratics thinkers lies less in their influence - great...
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  • Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal by Juan Jose Millas

    Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal by Juan Jose Millas

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    A New Scientist Book of the Year Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan Jose Millas has always felt like he doesn't quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all. Perhaps he is a...
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  • Ancient Greece by Charles Kovacs

    Ancient Greece by Charles Kovacs

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    A retelling of Greek mythology and ancient history as recommended for Steiner-Waldorf curriculum Class 5-6 (age 10-12).This welcome new addition to Charles Kovacs' work contains legendary stories of mythical heroes and historic figures from the dawn of...
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  • The History of Alexander by Quintus Curtius Rufus

    The History of Alexander by Quintus Curtius Rufus

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    Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual has attracted so much speculation across the...
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