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In the Darkest of Days: Exploring Human Sacrifice and Value in Southern Scandinavian Prehistory by Matthew J. Walsh 9781789258592
£41.72This book collects recent works on the subjects of sacrificial offerings, ritualised violence and the relative values thereof in the contexts of Scandinavian prehistory from the Neolithic to the Viking era. It provides a detailed re-appraisal of key... -
A History of Greece, 1300 to 30 BC by Victor Parker
RRP: £30.95£28.45A History of Greece: 1300-30 BC, offers a comprehensive introduction to the foundational political history of Greece, from the late Mycenaean Age through to the death of Cleopatra VII, the last Hellenistic monarch of Egypt. Introduces textual and... -
Suetonius: Life of Augustus by D. Wardle 9780199686469
RRP: £60.00£48.66Suetonius' Life of Augustus is the most commonly read ancient account of the life of Rome's first emperor, presenting a mass of historical and biographical detail about both his public and personal lives. This volume provides the first large-scale... -
The Matter of the Gods: Religion and the Roman Empire by Clifford Ando 9780520259867
RRP: £30.00£23.29What did the Romans know about their gods? Why did they perform the rituals of their religion, and what motivated them to change those rituals? To these questions Clifford Ando proposes simple answers: in contrast to ancient Christians, who had faith,... -
From Solon to Socrates: Greek History and Civilization During the 6th and 5th Centuries BC by Victor Ehrenberg
RRP: £37.99£33.78From Solon to Socrates is a magisterial narrative introduction to what is generally regarded as the most important period of Greek history. Stressing the unity of Greek history and the centrality of Athens, Victor Ehrenberg covers a rich and diverse... -
The Army of the Early Roman Empire 30 BC-AD 180: History, Organization and Equipment by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: £25.00£24.95The legionary soldier of the early Empire period, with his distinctive segmented armour, is one of the images most closely associated by popular imagination with ancient Rome. Such soldiers conquered most of Britain, suffered and avenged the terrible... -
Statues and Cities: Honorific Portraits and Civic Identity in the Hellenistic World by John Ma 9780198738930
RRP: £55.00£54.72Why say thank you with a portrait statue? This book combines two different and quite specialized fields, archaeology and epigraphy, to explore the phenomenon of portraits in ancient art within the historical and anthropological context of city-states... -
Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger: An Introduction by Roy K. Gibson 9780521603799
RRP: £26.99£19.99This is the first general introduction to Pliny's Letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context and adopting a fresh and innovative approach to reading the letters as an artistically structured collection. Chapter 1... -
Geoponika: Farm Work - A Modern Translation of the Roman and Byzantine Farming Handbook by Andrew Dalby 9781903018699
RRP: £45.00£37.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018699Author Andrew DalbyFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books -
Variety: The Life of a Roman Concept by William Fitzgerald 9780226299495
RRP: £48.00£45.99The idea of variety may seem too diffuse, obvious, or nebulous to be worth scrutinizing, but modern usage masks the rich history of the term. This book examines the meaning, value, and practice of variety from the vantage point of Latin literature and... -
Dictionary of Roman Religion by Lesley Adkins 9780195142334
RRP: £14.99£12.79Long overshadowed by Greek mythology or treated peripherally in gernal texts on the ancient Roman world, Roman religion is finally accorded its due in this unique reference work. While perhaps most familiar in the context of Greek-influenced gods, Roman... -
Neolithic Horizons: Monuments and Changing Communities in the Wessex Landscape by David Field 9781781552995
RRP: £18.99£14.32Neolithic Horizons investigates some of our most remarkable and iconic archaeological sites: the great public monuments at Stonehenge and Avebury and others like them and places them within their landscape context-the rolling chalklands of Wessex. ... -
Tacitus: Histories Book I by Cornelius Tacitus 9780521578226
RRP: £28.99£25.82The first historical work by Rome's greatest historian, Tacitus' Histories hold a crucial place in the history of Latin literature. Book I covers the beginning of the infamous 'Year of the Four Emperors' (69 CE), which brought imperial Rome to the brink... -
The Emperor Nero: A Guide to the Ancient Sources by Anthony A. Barrett 9780691156514
RRP: £32.00£24.76Nero's reign (AD 54-68) witnessed some of the most memorable events in Roman history, such as the rebellion of Boudica and the first persecution of the Christians--not to mention Nero's murder of his mother, his tyranny and extravagance, and his suicide,... -
Divination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic by Federico Santangelo 9781009296359
RRP: £22.99£20.66This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the intersection between Roman politics, culture and divination in the late Republic. It discusses how the practice of divination changed at a time of great political and social change and explores the... -
The Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar 9781515433262
£20.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515433262Author Julius CaesarFormat HardbackPage Count 172Imprint Wilder PublicationsPublisher Wilder PublicationsWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
Sophocles: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles 9780521617352
RRP: £30.99£22.85'Sophocles ... created a masterpiece that in the eyes of posterity has overshadowed every other achievement in the field of ancient drama ...' With these words Dr Dawe sets out the importance of Oedipus Rex. He investigates why it has for so long... -
The Histories: v. IV, Bk. 9-15 by Polybius
RRP: £24.95£23.39Hellenistic 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... -
The Babylonian World by Gwendolyn Leick
RRP: £45.99£41.73The Babylonian World presents an extensive, up-to-date and lavishly illustrated history of the ancient state Babylonia and its 'holy city', Babylon.Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding... -
Atlas of Classical History by Benet Salway
RRP: £37.99£33.38Featuring over 130 colour maps of ancient physical and human landscapes spanning Britain to India and deep into the Sahara, this atlas is a compact kaleidoscope of peoples, migrations, empires, strife, cultures, cities and travels from Greece's Bronze... -
The Throne of Adulis: Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam by G. W. Bowersock 9780199739325
RRP: £36.49£26.91Just prior to the rise of Islam, in the sixth century AD, southern Arabia was embroiled in a holy war between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs. The Jewish kingdom, composed of ethnic Arabs who had converted to Judaism more than a century before, had... -
Greek Historians by John Marincola 9780199225019
RRP: £19.99£17.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780199225019Author John MarincolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 264g -
Ethiopia and the Origin of Civilization by John G Jackson 9780592438849
RRP: £19.99£12.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780592438849Author John G JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.comWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm)... -
Hannibal by G. P. Baker 9780815410058
RRP: £14.99£11.53Hannibal forged a career of daring exploits and stunning victories that came perilously close to annihilating Rome.Book InformationISBN 9780815410058Author G. P. BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.Publisher... -
The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic: Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica and the Poetics of Impersonation by Emma Greensmith
RRP: £36.99£28.38This book offers a radically new reading of Quintus' Posthomerica, the first account to combine a literary and cultural-historical understanding of what is the most important Greek epic written at the height of the Roman Empire. In Emma Greensmith's... -
Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism: Oracles of the Gods by Crystal Addey
RRP: £39.99£35.06Why did ancient philosophers consult oracles, write about them, and consider them to be an important part of philosophical thought and practice? This book explores the extensive links between oracles and philosophy in Late Antiquity, particularly... -
Viking and early medieval buildings in Dublin: A study of the buildings excavated under the direction of A.B. O Riordain in High Street Winetavern Street and Christchurch Place Dublin 1962-63, 1967-76 by Hilary K. Murray 9780860542353
£53.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860542353Author Hilary K. MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 215Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR Publishing -
Julius Caesar: A Life by Patricia Southern 9781445650456
RRP: £20.00£19.07Julius Caesar is part historical figure and part legend. He was a complex individual, a brilliant politician, a successful general, an accomplished psychologist. He grew up in a world where political and military careers were inextricably intertwined,... -
Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East by Amanda H. Podany 9780195313987
RRP: £51.00£37.56Amanda 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 to... -
Impossible Histories: The Soviet Republic of Alaska, the United States of Hudsonia, President Charlemagne, and Other Pivotal Moments of History That Never Happened by Hal Johnson
RRP: £19.99£13.75What does women's suffrage have to do with the telephone? How could elephants have brought a thousand years of peace to the Middle East? Which Roman emperor might have saved the life of Louis XVI? Could Sophocles's least popular play have rescued the... -
The Constitution of the Roman Republic by Andrew Lintott 9780199261086
RRP: £66.00£55.96There is no other published book in English studying the constitution of the Roman Republic as a whole. Yet the Greek historian Polybius believed that the constitution was a fundamental cause of the exponential growth of Rome's empire. He regarded the... -
Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra: History and Society under the Ptolemies by Michel Chauveau
RRP: £23.99£20.84Few other civilizations rival Ancient Egypt in its power to capture the modern imagination, and Cleopatra VII, monarch at the end of the Ptolemaic period, has always been preeminent among its cast of characters. Coming to power just before the unstable... -
Origins of Human Society by P Bogucki 9781557863492
RRP: £121.95£106.27The Origins of Human Society traces the development of human culture from its origins over 2 million years ago to the emergence of literate civilization. In addition to a global coverage of prehistoric life, the book pays specific attention to the... -
The Deleuze-Lucretius Encounter by Ryan J. Johnson
RRP: £28.99£23.38Explores how Deleuze's thought was shaped by Lucretian atomism a formative but often-ignored influence from ancient philosophyMore than any other 20th-century philosopher, Deleuze considers himself an apprentice to the history of philosophy. But... -
Propertius: Elegies Book IV by Gregory Hutchinson 9780521525619
RRP: £30.99£27.52Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy: Institutions, Markets, and Growth in the City-States by Alain Bresson 9780691144702
RRP: £45.00£36.32This comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greek economy revolutionizes our understanding of the subject and its possibilities. Alain Bresson is one of the world's leading authorities in the field, and he is helping to redefine it. Here he combines a... -
Ancient Greek Agriculture: An Introduction by Signe Isager 9780415116718
RRP: £43.99£38.44The initial focus of Ancient Greek Agriculture is firmly on the art of agriculture proper, the tools and the technique, the plants cultivated and the animals reared. Thereafter, Isager and Skydsgaard focus on the position of agriculture in the society of... -
The Roman Invasions of Britain by Gerald Grainge 9780752433387
RRP: £18.99£14.32The Romans invaded Britains on three occasions, twice under Julius Caesar in 55 and 54 BC, under Claudius in AD 43 and in AD 296 under Constantius Chlorus. Grainge looks at the challenges and how they were overcome, reconstructing the ships and examining... -
Roman History, Volume VI: Civil Wars, Book 5. Fragments by Appian
RRP: £24.95£23.39Rome's internal conflicts, from the Gracchi to the Empire.Appian (Appianus) is among our principal sources for the history of the Roman Republic, particularly in the second and first centuries BC, and sometimes our only source, as for the Third Punic War... -
Roman Theories of Translation: Surpassing the Source by Siobhan McElduff 9781138243101
RRP: £54.99£47.72For all that Cicero is often seen as the father of translation theory, his and other Roman comments on translation are often divorced from the complicated environments that produced them. The first book-length study in English of its kind, Roman Theories...