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The Roman Cavalry by Karen R. Dixon
RRP: £43.99£38.44The cavalry was a vital part of the army of Rome and it played a significant role in the expansion and success of the Roman Empire. Karen R. Dixon and Pat Southern describe the origins of the mounted units of the Roman army and trace their development... -
Into the Land of Bones: Alexander the Great in Afghanistan by Frank L. Holt
RRP: £25.00£22.43The so-called first war of the twenty-first century actually began more than 2,300 years ago when Alexander the Great led his army into what is now a sprawling ruin in northern Afghanistan. Frank L. Holt vividly recounts Alexander's invasion of ancient... -
The Philosophy of Early Christianity by George Karamanolis
RRP: £36.99£32.53This new edition introduces the reader to the philosophy of early Christianity in the second to fourth centuries AD, and contextualizes the philosophical contributions of early Christians in the framework of the ancient philosophical debates.It examines... -
Prostitution, Sexuality, and the Law in Ancient Rome by Thomas A. J. McGinn 9780195161328
RRP: £64.00£48.66This is a study of the legal rules affecting the practice of female prostitution at Rome approximately from 200 B.C. to A.D. 250. It examines the formation and precise content of the legal norms developed for prostitution and those engaged in this... -
Debate and Dialogue: Christian and Pagan Cultures c. 360-430 Maijastina Kahlos 9781138376076
RRP: £49.99£43.50This book explores the construction of Christian identity in fourth and fifth centuries through inventing, fabricating and sharpening binary oppositions. Such oppositions, for example Christians - pagans; truth - falsehood; the one true god - the... -
Pindar: Victory Odes: Olympians 2, 7 and 11; Nemean 4; Isthmians 3, 4 and 7 by Pindar
RRP: £26.99£23.44The Greek lyric poet Pindar is renowned for his poems celebrating the victories of athletes in the great games of Greece at Olympia, Delphi (the Pythian Games), Corinth (the Isthmian Games) and Nemea. Pindar's victory odes have the reputation of being... -
There Is No Crime for Those Who Have Christ: Religious Violence in the Christian Roman Empire by Michael Gaddis 9780520286245
RRP: £30.00£23.69"There is no crime for those who have Christ," claimed a fifth-century zealot, neatly expressing the belief of religious extremists that righteous zeal for God trumps worldly law. This book provides an in-depth and penetrating look at religious... -
Rome and Persia in Late Antiquity: Neighbours and Rivals by Beate Dignas 9780521614078
RRP: £30.99£25.85The foundation of the Sasanian Empire in Persia in AD 224 established a formidable new power on the Roman Empire's eastern frontier, and relations over the next four centuries proved turbulent. This book provides a chronological narrative of their... -
Medea by Euripides 9780872209237
RRP: £11.99£9.77This is the Medea we have been waiting for. It offers clarity without banality, eloquence without pretension, meter without doggerel, accuracy without clumsiness. No English Medea can ever be Euripides', but this is as close as anyone has come so far,... -
The Nile: Mobility and Management by Judith Bunbury
RRP: £17.00£14.72The ancient Egyptian kingdoms, at their greatest extent, stretched more than 2000 kilometres along the Nile and passed through diverse habitats. In the north, the Nile traversed the Mediterranean coast and the Delta, while further south a thread of... -
History of Rome, Volume VIII: Books 28-30 by Livy
RRP: £24.95£23.39Rome, from the beginning.Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC, where after years in Rome he died in AD 12 or 17. Livy's history, composed as the imperial autocracy of Augustus was replacing the... -
Coan Prenotions, Anatomical and Minor Clinical Writings: v. 9 by Hippocrates
RRP: £24.95£23.39The definitive English edition of the "Father of Medicine."This is the ninth volume in the Loeb Classical Library's ongoing edition of Hippocrates' invaluable texts, which provide essential information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and... -
Roman Building: Materials and Techniques by Jean-Pierre Adam
RRP: £96.99£85.05Now in paperback, Roman Buildings is a thorough and systematic examination of Roman architecture and building practice, with over 750 illustrations . It looks at large- scale public buildings as well as more modest homes and shops. Placing emphasis on... -
The Poetics in its Aristotelian Context Pierre Destree 9781032400365
RRP: £39.99£35.06This volume integrates aspects of the Poetics into the broader corpus of Aristotelian philosophy. It both deals with some old problems raised by the treatise, suggesting possible solutions through contextualization, and also identifies new ways in which... -
Greek and Roman Necromancy by Daniel Ogden
RRP: £45.00£38.39In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and attempting to reanimate corpses and skulls. Ranging over... -
Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum Iran - A Late Sasanian Hoard from Orumiyeh by Daryoosh Abarzadeh 9783700179566
RRP: £119.00£86.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700179566Author Daryoosh AbarzadehFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences... -
The Musical Structure of Plato's Dialogues by J. B. Kennedy 9781844652679
RRP: £41.99£36.75J. B. Kennedy argues that Plato's dialogues have an unsuspected musical structure and use symbols to encode Pythagorean doctrines. The followers of Pythagoras famously thought that the cosmos had a hidden musical structure and that wise philosophers... -
The Jalayirids: Dynastic State Formation in the Mongol Middle East by Patrick Wing
RRP: £23.99£21.85This book traces the origins, history, and memory of the Jalayirid dynasty, a family that succeeded the Mongol Ilkhans in Iran and Iraq in the 14th and early 15th centuries. The story of how the Jalayirids came to power is illustrative of the political... -
Emperor John II Komnenos: Rebuilding New Rome 1118-1143 by Dr Maximilian C. G. Lau 9780198888673
RRP: £100.00£90.90John II Komnenos was born into an empire on the brink of destruction, with his father Alexios barely preserving the empire in the face of civil wars and invasions. A hostage to crusaders as a child, married to a Hungarian princess as a teenager to win... -
Military Leadership from Ancient Greece to Byzantium: The Art of Generalship by Shaun Tougher 9781474459952
RRP: £24.99£20.29Considers the ideals and realities of generalship across the Greek, Roman and Byzantine worlds Addresses a neglected aspect in the study of ancient warfare Analyses views generated in different ancient cultures about the theory and practice of... -
Imperial Projections: Ancient Rome in Modern Popular Culture by Sandra R. Joshel 9780801882685
£28.39The phenomenal success of the recent film Gladiator ensures that ancient Rome will continue to inspire moviemakers and attract audiences as it has done since the dawn of cinema. Indeed, the creators of popular culture have so often appropriated elements... -
Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? by William G. Dever 9780802844163
RRP: £23.99£18.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802844163Author William G. DeverFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing... -
The Science of Roman History: Biology, Climate, and the Future of the Past by Walter Scheidel 9780691162560
RRP: £35.00£27.74How the latest cutting-edge science offers a fuller picture of life in Rome and antiquityThis groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive look at how the latest advances in the sciences are transforming our understanding of ancient Roman history... -
Travel in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson
RRP: £30.00£27.35The only book of its kind in any language, Travel in the Ancient World offers a lively, comprehensive history of ancient travel, from the first Egyptian voyages recorded in Old Kingdom inscriptions through Greek and Roman times to the Christian... -
Claudius Caesar: Image and Power in the Early Roman Empire by Josiah Osgood
RRP: £29.99£25.85The story of Claudius has often been told before. Ancient writers saw the emperor as the dupe of his wives and palace insiders; Robert Graves tried to rehabilitate him as a far shrewder, if still frustrated, politician. In this book, Josiah Osgood shifts... -
War in Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom Anthony J. Spalinger (University of Auckland) 9781405113724
RRP: £32.95£29.14This book is an introduction to the war machine of New Kingdom Egypt from c. 1575 bc--1100 bc. * Focuses on the period in which the Egyptians created a professional army and gained control of Syria, creating an "Empire of Asia". * Written by... -
Eudemian Ethics by Aristotle
RRP: £23.99£19.52This new translation of Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics, noteworthy for its consistency and accuracy, is the latest addition to the New Hackett Aristotle series. Fitting seamlessly with the others in the series, it enables Anglophone readers to read... -
Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography by Peter Green 9780520275867
RRP: £25.00£19.99Until recently, popular biographers and most scholars viewed Alexander the Great as a genius with a plan, a romantic figure pursuing his vision of a united world. His dream was at times characterized as a benevolent interest in the brotherhood of man,... -
History of the Wars: v. 5: Bks.VII, xxxvi-VIII by Procopius
RRP: £24.95£23.39Late antique military operations.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... -
Before and After Muhammad: The First Millennium Refocused by Garth Fowden 9780691168401
RRP: £25.00£19.59Islam emerged amid flourishing Christian and Jewish cultures, yet students of Antiquity and the Middle Ages mostly ignore it. Despite intensive study of late Antiquity over the last fifty years, even generous definitions of this period have reached only... -
Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt: A Sourcebook by Jane Rowlandson 9780521588157
RRP: £35.99£31.71The period of Egyptian history from its rule by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty to its incorporation into the Roman and Byzantine empires has left a wealth of evidence for the lives of ordinary men and women. Texts (often personal letters) written on... -
Broken Legions: Fantasy Skirmish Wargames in the Roman Empire by Mark Latham
RRP: £12.99£9.80The Roman Empire rules the civilised world with an iron fist, seemingly all-powerful and limitless. And yet, the power of Rome is secured not by its mighty legions, but by small bands of warriors and agents fighting a secret war. Tasked by the Emperor to... -
The Luwians of Western Anatolia: Their Neighbours and Predecessors by Fred Woudhuizen 9781784918279
£26.44In scholarly literature, there is much attention given to the Hittites and the Mycenaean Greeks, but the Luwians of Western Anatolia are notoriously neglected. Therefore, a study focussing on the latter is desirable. In this book, the presently available... -
The Roman Era: The British Isles: 55 BC - AD 410 by Peter Salway 9780198731948
RRP: £35.99£34.54The Roman period marks the point at which the past of the British Isles starts to be approachable through substantial written sources as well as archaeology. Recent archaeological and documentary discoveries of major importance - and advances in the ways... -
History of the Goths by Herwig Wolfram
RRP: £33.00£26.61Incorporating exciting new material that has come to light since the last German edition of 1980, Herwig Wolfram places Gothic history within its proper context of late Roman society and institutions. He demonstrates that the barbarian world of the Goths... -
Julius Caesar: A Life by Patricia Southern 9781445650456
RRP: £20.00£18.61Julius 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,... -
Aetius: Attila's Nemesis by Ian Hughes 9781526778840
RRP: £16.99£16.01In AD 453 Attila, with a huge force composed of Huns, allies and vassals drawn from his already-vast empire, was rampaging westward across Gaul (essentially modern France), then still nominally part of the Western Roman Empire. Laying siege to Orleans,... -
A History of Ancient Egypt Nicolas Grimal (Sorbonne University, Paris) 9780631193968
RRP: £40.95£36.29This is an account of the rise and fall of the civilization in the Nile Valley, covering the first human settlement (c 120,000 BC) to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 333 BC. This is the first history of ancient Egypt for 25 yearsBrings together... -
A Companion to Julius Caesar Miriam Griffin (University of Oxford, UK) 9781405149235
RRP: £41.95£37.73A Companion to Julius Caesar comprises 30 essays from leading scholars examining the life and after life of this great polarizing figure. Explores Caesar from a variety of perspectives: military genius, ruthless tyrant, brilliant politician, first class... -
The Ancient Egyptian Book of Two Ways by Leonard H. Lesko
RRP: £34.00£30.87This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices...