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Fort Cemetery At Heirakonpolis by Adams 9780415865265
RRP: £19.99£15.94First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415865265Author AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g -
Lives of the Great Commanders by Quintus Curtius 9780578581613
RRP: £24.23£21.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578581613Author Quintus CurtiusFormat HardbackPage Count 278Imprint Quintus CurtiusPublisher Quintus CurtiusWeight(grams) 528g -
Blood in the Arena: The Spectacle of Roman Power by Alison Futrell
RRP: £27.99£24.14From the center of Imperial Rome to the farthest reaches of ancient Britain, Gaul, and Spain, amphitheaters marked the landscape of the Western Roman Empire. Built to bring Roman institutions and the spectacle of Roman power to conquered peoples, many... -
The Archaeology of Mesopotamia: Theories and Approaches by Roger Matthews 9780415253178
RRP: £37.99£33.38The only critical guide to the theory and method of Mesopotamian archaeology, this innovative volume evaluates the theories, methods, approaches and history of Mesopotamian archaeology from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the present day. ... -
Theocritus: A Selection: Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13 by Theocritus
RRP: £29.99£26.67This is the first full-scale commentary on poems by Theocritus since Gow's edition of 1950, and the first to exploit the recent revolution in the study of Hellenistic and Roman poetry; the poems included in this volume (Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and... -
Sallust by Ronald Syme
RRP: £31.00£24.43With this classic book, Sir Ronald Syme became the first historian of the twentieth century to place Sallust - whom Tacitus called the most brilliant Roman historian - in his social, political, and literary context. Scholars had considered Sallust to be... -
Athens After Empire: A History from Alexander the Great to the Emperor Hadrian by Ian Worthington 9780190633981
RRP: £37.49£31.71A major new history of Athens' remarkably long and influential life after the collapse of its empire To many the history of post-Classical Athens is one of decline. True, Athens hardly commanded the number of allies it had when hegemon of its... -
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society by Paul J du Plessis 9780198852896
RRP: £46.99£45.97The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society surveys the landscape of contemporary research and charts principal directions of future inquiry. More than a history of doctrine or an account of jurisprudence, the Handbook brings to bear upon Roman legal... -
Stoics, Epicureans and Sceptics: An Introduction to Hellenistic Philosophy by Professor R. W. Sharples
RRP: £36.99£32.53This study gives a comprehensive and readable account of the principal doctrines of the Stoics, Epicureans and various sceptical traditions from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to about 200 AD. The discussion is arranged by topics, rather than... -
Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries by Deborah F. Sawyer
RRP: £37.99£33.38Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries focuses on religion during the period of Roman imperial rule and its significance in women's lives. It discusses the rich variety of religious expression, from pagan cults and classical mythology to... -
Rethinking Roundhouses: Later Prehistoric Settlement in Britain and Beyond by D. W. Harding 9780192893802
RRP: £97.00£87.83Excavated plans of roundhouses may compound multiple episodes of activity, design, construction, occupation, repair, and closure, reflecting successive stages of a building's biography. What does not survive archaeologically, through use of materials or... -
Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire: Civil War, Panegyric, and the Construction of Legitimacy by Adrastos Omissi
RRP: £29.99£28.91One of the great maxims of history is that it is written by the victors, and nowhere does this find greater support than in the later Roman Empire. Between 284 and 395 AD, no fewer than 37 men claimed imperial power, though today we recognize barely half... -
Egypt: Lost Civilizations by Christina Riggs
RRP: £12.95£9.07Often characterized as a 'lost' civilization that was 'discovered' by adventurers and archaeologists, ancient Egypt has fascin ated and inspired many other cultures. Classical Greek and Roman writers admired ancient Egyptian philosophy; in the... -
Lucan: De Bello Ciuili Book VII by Paul Roche 9781107614451
RRP: £27.99£24.27Book VII of Lucan's De Bello Ciuili recounts the decisive victory of Julius Caesar over Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus on 9 August 48 BCE. Uniquely within Lucan's epic, the entire book is devoted to one event, as the narrator struggles to convey the... -
The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power by J. A. S. Evans 9780415237260
RRP: £37.99£33.38The Age of Justinian examines the reign of the great emperor Justinian (527-565) and his wife Theodora, who advanced from the theatre to the throne. The origins of the irrevocable split between East and West, between the Byzantine and the Persian Empire... -
The Mirror of Herodotus: The Representation of the Other in the Writing of History by Francois Hartog
RRP: £34.00£27.37Herodotus' great work is not only an account of the momentous historical conflict between the Greeks and the Persians but also the earliest sustained exploration in the West of the problem of cultural difference. Francois Hartog asks fundamental... -
The Fragmentary History of Priscus: Attila, the Huns and the Roman Empire, Ad 430-476 by Priscus 9781935228141
£19.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935228141Author PriscusFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Evolution Publishing & ManufacturingPublisher Evolution Publishing &... -
Jerome by Stefan Rebenich 9780415199063
RRP: £37.99£33.38As a scholar, writer and ascetic, Jerome was a major intellectual force in the early Church and influenced the ideals of Christian chastity and poverty for many generations after his death. This book assembles a representative selection of his voluminous... -
The Mystery of Ovid's Exile by John C. Thibault 9780520302273
RRP: £34.00£26.97Toward the end of the year A.D. 8, the emperor Augustus publicly sentenced the poet Ovid to exile in remote and barbaric Tomis on the Black Sea. The action presumably followed a secret hearing before the emperor, and the official reason given for the... -
Roman Archaeology for Historians by Ray Laurence
RRP: £36.99£32.53Roman Archaeology for Historians provides students of Roman history with a guide to the contribution of archaeology to the study of their subject. It discusses the issues with the use of material and textual evidence to explain the Roman past, and the... -
Greek Fiction by J. R. Morgan
RRP: £37.99£33.38First published in 1994. Greek fiction has never been more popular. New approaches to ancient literature, and new courses in literature in translation, have made the ancient novel a fertile field for scholar and student alike. This volume extends the... -
Greek Narratives of the Roman Empire under the Severans: Cassius Dio, Philostratus and Herodian by Adam M. Kemezis
RRP: £36.99£29.35The political instability of the Severan Period (AD 193-235) destroyed the High Imperial consensus about the Roman past and caused both rulers and subjects constantly to re-imagine and re-narrate both recent events and the larger shape of Greco-Roman... -
A History of the Classical World: The Story of Ancient Greece and Rome by Elizabeth Wyse 9781398808041
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398808041Author Elizabeth WyseFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 153g -
The New Pyramid Age: Worldwide Discoveries of New Pyramids Challenge Our Thinking by Phillip Coppens 9781846940460
RRP: £11.99£10.15Pyramids are now being found almost everywhere: in 1994 in China; then in Caral, in Peru, Southern America; then in Northern Italy and in 2005 in Bosnia. Despite their prevalence, massive pyramids remain as mysterious and controversial as ever. Though... -
Thucydides on Strategy: Grand Strategies in the Peloponnesian War and Their Relevance Today by Athanassios G. Platias
RRP: £22.00£19.52Masterfully crafted and surprisingly modern, "History of the Peloponnesian War" has long been celebrated as an insightful, eloquent, and exhaustively detailed work of classical Greek history. The text is also remarkable for its deep political and... -
The Tomb-Builders of the Pharaohs by Morris Bierbrier 9789774167461
RRP: £9.99£8.17The Tomb-Builders of the Pharaohs brings to life the people who lived and died at Deir el-Medina over three thousand years ago: their loves and hates, disputes and scandals, work and leisure. The author carried out extensive research on the tomb-builders... -
The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor: Church and War in Late Antiquity by Geoffrey Greatrex 9781846314940
RRP: £34.99£32.12The Chronicle attributed to Zachariah of Mytilene is one of the most important sources for the history of the church from the Council of Chalcedon in 451 to the early years of the reign of Justinian (527-565). The author who compiled the work in Syriac... -
Early Greek Hexameter Poetry by Peter Gainsford 9781316608883
RRP: £17.99£15.52This is the first book to give an introduction to all genres of early Greek hexameter poetry; not only heroic legend and the origins of the gods, but also wisdom literature, genealogy, oracles, and epigraphy. It introduces both apprentice and expert... -
The Homeric Centos: Homer and the Bible Interwoven by Anna Lefteratou 9780197666555
RRP: £54.00£49.23The Homeric Centos, a poem that is Homeric in style and biblical in theme, is a dramatic illustration of the creative cultural and religious dialogue between Classical Antiquity and Christianity taking place in the Roman Empire during the fifth century... -
Ancient Rome: Social and Historical Documents from the Early Republic to the Death of Augustus by Matthew Dillon 9780415726993
RRP: £47.99£42.81In this second edition, Ancient Rome presents an extensive range of material, from the early Republic to the death of Augustus, with two new chapters on the Second Triumvirate and The Age of Augustus. Dillon and Garland have also included more extensive... -
The Late Third Millennium in the Ancient Near East: Chronology, C14, and Climate Change by Felix Hoflmayer
£12.23During the late third millennium BC one of the biggest transformations of the ancient Near East took place, affecting almost all regions from Egypt to Anatolia and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Iranian plateau. This period not only saw the collapse... -
Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World by Emma Dench
RRP: £23.99£20.37This book evaluates a hundred years of scholarship on how empire transformed the Roman world, and advances a new theory of how the empire worked and was experienced. It engages extensively with Rome's Republican empire as well as the 'Empire of the... -
Alexander the Great: Man and God by Ian Worthington 9781405801621
RRP: £36.99£35.74Alexander the Great conquered territories on a superhuman scale and established an empire that stretched from Greece to India. He spread Greek culture and education throughout his empire, and was worshipped as a living god by many of his subjects. But... -
Temple of the World: Sanctuaries, Cults, and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt by Miroslav Verner 9789774165634
RRP: £29.99£25.76Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare. This new and essential publication from a prominent Czech scholar answers the need for a study that goes beyond temple architecture to examine... -
An Oasis City by Roger S. Bagnall
RRP: £49.00£39.58Scattered through the vast expanse of stone and sand that makes up Egypt's Western Desert are several oases. These islands of green in the midst of the Sahara owe their existence to springs and wells drawing on ancient aquifers. In antiquity, as today,... -
The Ancient Mediterranean by Michael Grant 9780452010376
RRP: £18.90£14.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452010376Author Michael GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 352g -
Alexander the Great and His Empire: A Short Introduction by Pierre Briant
RRP: £22.00£17.36This is the first publication in English of Pierre Briant's classic short history of Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian empire, from the Mediterranean to Central Asia. Eschewing a conventional biographical focus, this is the only book in any... -
Ancient Egyptian Imperialism by Ellen Morris
RRP: £29.95£26.61Offers a broad and unique look at Ancient Egypt during its long age of imperialism Written for enthusiasts and scholars of pharaonic Egypt, as well as for those interested in comparative imperialism, this book provides a look at some of the most... -
Daily Life in Late Antiquity by Kristina Sessa 9780521148405
RRP: £24.99£21.18Daily Life in Late Antiquity is the first comprehensive study of lived experience in the Late Roman Empire, from c.250-600 CE. Each of the six topical chapters highlight historical 'everyday' people, spaces, and objects, whose lives operate as windows... -
Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus 9780521270113
RRP: £30.99£27.52The myth of fire stolen from the gods appears in many pre-industrial societies. In Greek culture Prometheus the fire-stealer figures prominently in the poems of Hesiod, but in Prometheus Bound Hesiod's morality tale has been transformed into a drama of...