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Josephus, the Essential Works: A Condensation of "Jewish Antiquities", and, "the Jewish War" by Flavius Josephus 9780825432606
RRP: £25.99£19.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825432606Author Flavius JosephusFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Kregel Publications,U.S.Publisher Kregel Publications,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Aeschylus: Suppliants by Alan H. Sommerstein 9781107686717
RRP: £28.99£25.82Many of the themes of Aeschylus' Suppliants - the treatment of refugees, forced marriage, ethnic and cultural clashes, decisions on war and peace, political deception - resonate strongly in the world of today. The play was, however, for many years... -
Presocratics by James Warren
RRP: £37.99£33.38The earliest phase of philosophy in Europe saw the beginnings of cosmology and rational theology, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethical and political theory. It saw the development of wide range of radical and challenging ideas: from Thales' claim that... -
428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire by Giusto Traina 9780691150253
RRP: £14.99£12.15This is a sweeping tour of the Mediterranean world from the Atlantic to Persia during the last half-century of the Roman Empire. By focusing on a single year not overshadowed by an epochal event, 428 AD provides a truly fresh look at a civilization in... -
Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC by Anton Powell
RRP: £37.99£33.38Athens and Sparta is an essential textbook for the study of Greek history. Providing a comprehensive account of the two key Greek powers in the years after 478 BC, it charts the rise of Athens from city-state to empire after the devastation of the... -
Antioch: A History by Andrea U. De Giorgi 9780367633042
RRP: £36.99£32.53Winner of ASOR's 2022 G. Ernest Wright Award for the most substantial volume dealing with archaeological material, excavation reports and material culture from the ancient Near East and Eastern Mediterranean. This is a complete history of Antioch, one of... -
Anthropocene: A New Introduction to World Prehistory by Joy McCorriston
RRP: £29.95£27.75Since taking their first steps on this planet, humans have changed the environment around them. Anthropocene: A New Introduction to World Prehistory tells the comprehensive story of human prehistory through the lens of anthropogenic environmental change... -
Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander the Great by Matthew Dillon
RRP: £49.99£44.50In this revised edition, Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland have expanded the chronological range of Ancient Greece to include the Greek world of the fourth century. The sourcebook now ranges from the first lines of Greek literature to the death of... -
Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain by Roger Bland 9781785708558
£82.05More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a... -
Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics by Christopher Rowe 9780198838326
£40.10Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics was until recently treated as a poor cousin of the better-known Nicomachean Ethics - poor enough even to have to borrow its three central books (IV-VI) from the latter. The work has now emerged from its relative obscurity;... -
Roman Civilization: Selected Readings: The Empire, Volume 2 by Naphtali Lewis 9780231071338
RRP: £50.00£39.52Naphtali 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... -
Augustan Rome 44 BC to AD 14: The Restoration of the Republic and the Establishment of the Empire by J. S. Richardson 9780748619559
RRP: £32.00£26.44Augustus: How the Roman Empire came about The reign of Augustus, the first of the Roman emperors, has been seen, both by contemporaries and over the centuries that have followed, as a pivotal moment in the history of Rome. The final stage in the move to... -
Senses of the Empire: Multisensory Approaches to Roman Culture by Eleanor Betts 9781032242255
RRP: £39.99£35.06The Roman empire afforded a kaleidoscope of sensations. Through a series of multisensory case studies centred on people, places, buildings and artefacts, and on specific aspects of human behaviour, this volume develops ground-breaking methods and... -
Xenophon on Government by Xenophon 9780521588591
RRP: £28.99£25.82Xenophon of Athens was a pupil of Socrates and a philosopher in his own right. He wrote two of the texts included in this volume, the Hiero (On Tyranny) and the Constitution of the Spartans. The third, the Constitution of the Athenians, is found under... -
The Celtic Revolution: How Europe Was Turned Upside Down from the Early Romans to King Arthur by Simon Young 9781906142421
RRP: £9.99£8.94From the Iron Age to the High Middle Ages, the ancient Celts were an engine of change for the whole of Europe. Here, Simon Young travels back in time to the moments when this ancient people defined indelibly the ancient, medieval and modern world. On... -
Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE–600 CE): A Sourcebook by Kristi Upson-Saia 9780520299726
RRP: £34.00£27.37This sourcebook provides an expansive picture of medicine, health, and healing in ancient Greece and Rome. Covering a wide array of fascinating topics-such as ancient diagnostic practices using the pulse and urine, gynecological theories of women's... -
Roman Britain and Early England: 55 B.C.-A.D. 871 by Peter Blair 9780393003611
RRP: £20.00£16.67By the time of Caesar's first expedition to Britain in 55 B.C., migratory movements had established close ties of kinship and common interest between the peoples who lived in Gaul and some of the inhabitants of Britain. Because the source material is so... -
A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome: 2 Volume Set by Georgia L. Irby 9781119100706
RRP: £48.95£44.23A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome brings a fresh perspective to the study of these disciplines in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives. ... -
Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore by Jennifer Larson 9780195144659
RRP: £49.49£34.63Greek Nymphs: Myths, Cult, Lore is the first comprehensive study of the nymph in the ancient Greek world. This well-illustrated book examines nymphs as both religious and mythopoetic figures, tracing their development and significance in Greek culture... -
In Praise of Later Roman Emperors: The Panegyrici Latini by C. E. V. Nixon 9780520286252
RRP: £38.00£31.01Here, for the first time, is an annotated English translation of the eleven later panegyrics (291-389 C.E.) of the XII Panegyrici Latini, with the original Latin text prepared by R. A. B. Mynors. Each panegyric has a thorough introduction, and detailed... -
Prometheus by Carol Dougherty
RRP: £25.99£22.63With no recent publications discussing Prometheus at length, this book provides a much-needed introduction to the Promethean myth of this rebellious god who defied Zeus to steal fire for mankind.Seeking to locate the nature of this compelling tale's... -
The Book of the Pharaohs by Pascal Vernus
RRP: £46.00£40.03The names of ancient Egyptian kings such as Cheops, Akhenaten, and Ramesses II have become part of popular culture. Yet, for all the tombs and statuary that have survived over the millennia, surprisingly little remains that speaks to the workings of... -
Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 9: Noubadian X-Group Remains from Royal Complexes in Cemeteries Q and 219 and Private Cemeteries Q, R, V, W, B, J, and M at Qustul and Ballana by Bruce B. Williams
RRP: £62.50£60.66The excavations at these cemeteries provide a full range of X-Group objects, dated to the fourth through sixth centuries a.d. Of special interest is the military equipment, including many decorated quivers, parts of several unusual light composite bows,... -
Works: v.2 by Ammianus Marcellinus
RRP: £24.95£23.39A soldier's chronicle of Rome in decline.Ammianus Marcellinus (ca. AD 325-ca. 395), a Greek of Antioch, joined the army when still young and served under the governor Ursicinus and the emperor of the East Constantius II, and later under the emperor... -
The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy by Mario Liverani 9780415679060
RRP: £61.99£54.61The Ancient Near East reveals three millennia of history (c. 3500-500 bc) in a single work. Liverani draws upon over 25 years' worth of experience and this personal odyssey has enabled him to retrace the history of the peoples of the Ancient Near East... -
Sophocles: Oedipus the King by P. J. Finglass
RRP: £41.99£40.49For centuries the myth of Oedipus, the man who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, has exerted a powerful hold on the human imagination; but no retelling of that myth has ever come close, in passion, drama, and menace to the one that we... -
The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason by Charles Freeman
RRP: £18.95£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400033805Author Charles FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A... -
The Invention of Athens: The Funeral Oration in the Classical City by Nicole Loraux
RRP: £28.00£22.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890951597Author Nicole LorauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 32mm -
Ab Urbe Condita: Bks. 8-10, v. 4 by Livy
RRP: £24.95£23.39Rome, 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... -
Christianity and Roman Society by Gillian Clark 9780521633864
RRP: £25.99£21.99Early Christianity in the context of Roman society raises important questions for historians, sociologists of religion and theologians alike. This work explores the differing perspectives arising from a changing social and academic culture. Key issues... -
Ancient Dynasties: The Families that Ruled the Classical World, circa 1000 BC to AD 750 by Grainger, John D
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Greek Tragedy in Action by Oliver Taplin
RRP: £37.99£33.38Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.Professor Taplin explores nine plays, including... -
Isis: Goddess of Egypt & India by Chris Morgan
RRP: £14.99£9.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906958718Author Chris MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint MandrakePublisher MandrakeWeight(grams) 432g -
Pearl of the Desert: A History of Palmyra by Rubina Raja
RRP: £24.49£20.78Palmyra has long attracted the attention of the world. Well before its rediscovery in the seventeenth century, the ancient city gained legendary status because of its Queen Zenobia, who in the third century CE rebelled against Rome and expanded Palmyra's... -
How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic by Sallust 9780691212364
RRP: £13.99£10.20An energetic new translation of an ancient Roman masterpiece about a failed coup led by a corrupt and charismatic politicianIn 63 BC, frustrated by his failure to be elected leader of the Roman Republic, the aristocrat Catiline tried to topple its... -
Ovid: Epistulae ex Ponto Book I by Ovid
RRP: £25.99£22.61When Ovid, already renowned for his love poetry, the Metamorphoses and other works, was exiled by Augustus to Tomis on the Black Sea in AD 8, he continued to write. After five books of Tristia, he composed a collection of verse letters, the Epistulae ex... -
Rationalizing Myth in Antiquity by Greta Hawes
RRP: £35.49£32.45The Greek myths are characteristically fabulous; they are full of monsters, metamorphoses, and the supernatural. However, they could be told in other ways as well. This volume charts ancient dissatisfaction with the excesses of myth, and the various... -
The Medicine of the Ancient Egyptians: 1: Surgery, Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics by Eugen Strouhal 9789774166402
RRP: £49.99£41.10Ancient Egyptian medicine employed advanced surgical practices, while the prevention and treatment of diseases relied mostly on natural remedies and magical incantations. In the first of two volumes, The Medicine of the Ancient Egyptians explores these... -
Lost World of the Golden King: In Search of Ancient Afghanistan by Frank L. Holt 9780520273429
RRP: £34.00£26.97Drawing on ancient historical writings, the vast array of information gleaned in recent years from the study of Hellenistic coins, and startling archaeological evidence newly unearthed in Afghanistan, Frank L. Holt sets out to rediscover the ancient... -
101 Secrets of the Freemasons: The Truth Behind the World's Most Mysterious Society by Barb Karg 9781440503788
RRP: £12.95£8.70From the illustrious George Washington and the infamous J. Edgar Hoover to brilliant imaginer Walt Disney and bad boy of baseball Ty Cobb, Freemasons have influenced every aspect of American life. Yet this secret society remains as controversial and...