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The Invention of Law in the West by Aldo Schiavone 9780674047334
RRP: £55.95£45.43Law is a specific form of social regulation distinct from religion, ethics, and even politics, and endowed with a strong and autonomous rationality. Its invention, a crucial aspect of Western history, took place in ancient Rome. Aldo Schiavone, a... -
The Last Pagans of Rome by Alan Cameron 9780199959709
RRP: £65.00£55.99Rufinus' vivid account of the battle between the Eastern Emperor Theodosius and the Western usurper Eugenius by the River Frigidus in 394 represents it as the final confrontation between paganism and Christianity. It is indeed widely believed that a... -
The Classical Debt: Greek Antiquity in an Era of Austerity by Johanna Hanink
RRP: £35.95£28.96Ever since the International Monetary Fund's first bailout of Greece's sinking economy in 2010, the phrase "Greek debt" has meant one thing to the country's creditors. But for millions who claim to prize culture over capital, it means something quite... -
The Emperor Domitian by Brian W. Jones 9780415101950
RRP: £45.99£40.13Domitian, Emperor of Rome AD 81-96, has traditionally been portrayed as a tyrant, and his later years on the throne as a `reign of terror'. Brian Jones' biography of the emperor, the first ever in English, offers a more balanced interpretation of the... -
The Digest of Justinian, Volume 3 by Alan Watson
RRP: £66.00£57.33When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527, he ordered the preparation of three compilations of Roman law that together formed the Corpus Juris Civilis. These works have become known individually as the Code, which collected the... -
History of Rome, Volume IX: Books 31-34 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... -
The Digest of Justinian, Volume 2 by Alan Watson
RRP: £66.00£57.33When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527, he ordered the preparation of three compilations of Roman law that together formed the Corpus Juris Civilis. These works have become known individually as the Code, which collected the... -
The Ides: Caesar's Murder and the War for Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins 9780470425237
RRP: £31.99£20.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470425237Author Stephen Dando-CollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Frankness, Greek Culture, and the Roman Empire by Dana Fields 9780367517991
RRP: £39.99£35.06Frankness, Greek Culture, and the Roman Empire discusses the significance of parrhesia (free and frank speech) in Greek culture of the Roman empire. The term parrhesia first emerged in the context of the classical Athenian democracy and was long... -
The God of Rome: Jupiter in Augustan Poetry by Julia Hejduk 9780190607739
RRP: £85.00£54.15Inspiring reverence and blasphemy, combining paternal benignity with sexual violence, transcendent universality with tribal chauvinism, Jupiter represents both the best and the worst of ancient religion. Though often assimilated to Zeus, Jupiter differs... -
Incas: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Inca Empire and Civilization by Captivating History 9781647485221
RRP: £29.99£18.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647485221Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 86Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm)... -
Crisis and Constitutionalism: Roman Political Thought from the Fall of the Republic to the Age of Revolution by Benjamin Straumann 9780199950928
RRP: £117.50£84.75Crisis and Constitutionalism argues that the late Roman Republic saw, for the first time in the history of political thought, the development of a normative concept of constitutionthe concept of a set of constitutional norms designed to guarantee and... -
Rethinking Greek Religion by Julia Kindt
RRP: £26.99£22.80Who marched in religious processions and why? How were blood sacrifice and communal feasting related to identities in the ancient Greek city? With questions such as these, current scholarship aims to demonstrate the ways in which religion maps on to the... -
Ancient Rome: The Archaeology of the Eternal City by J. C. Coulston 9780947816551
£35.15A major new book on the archaeology of Rome. The chapters, by an impressive list of contributors, are written to be as up-to-date and useful as possible, detailing lots of new research. There are new maps for the topography and monuments of Rome, a... -
History of Rome: Volume VII 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... -
Posidonius: Volume 2, Commentary, Part 1 by Posidonius 9780521604420
RRP: £95.99£81.41Posidonius was one of the most important philosophers and intellectuals writing in the Greco-Roman world of the first half of the first century B.C. This book is a commentary on the surviving testimonia and fragments of his work collected in volume 1... -
The Ancient Ireland Guide by Robert E. Meagher
£15.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566569149Author Robert E. MeagherFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Books -
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... -
Beyond the Texts: An Archaeological Portrait of Ancient Israel and Judah by William G Dever 9780884144915
RRP: £34.00£30.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884144915Author William G DeverFormat PaperbackPage Count 772Imprint SBL PressPublisher SBL PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Ancient Egypt: A Social History by B. G. Trigger
RRP: £34.99£30.49The rich and extensive floodplain of the River Nile can claim to be the cradle of one of the earliest and most spectacular civilizations of antiquity. Ancient Egypt: A Social History, first published in 1983, presents an innovative perspective on the... -
Alexander the Great: Historical Sources in Translation by Waldemar Heckel
RRP: £39.95£35.44This source book presents new translations of the most important ancient writings on the life and legacy of Alexander the Great. Provides comprehensive coverage of Alexander, from his family background to his military conquests, death and legacy.Includes... -
Thucydides: Narrative and Explanation by Tim Rood 9780199275854
RRP: £73.00£59.26`War is a harsh teache' wrote Thucydides in the fifth-century BC. Rood analyses the techniques through which Thucydides' narrative explains the origin and course of the Peloponnesian War and exposes harsh truths about how individuals and states behave... -
Mother of the Gods: From Cybele to the Virgin Mary by Philippe Borgeaud 9780801879852
RRP: £49.00£43.26This important work by a major scholar of ancient religion traces the history of the Mother of the Gods, originally an Anatolian deity whose cult spread through the Hellenistic, Roman, and ultimately Christian worlds, through shifting cultural and... -
The Medieval Greek Romance by Roderick Beaton
RRP: £41.99£36.75First published by CUP in 1989, The Medieval Greek Romance provides basic information for the non-specialist about Greek fiction during the period 1071-1453, as well as proposing new solutions to problems that have vexed previous generations of scholars... -
Hellenistic Epigrams: A Selection by Alexander Sens
RRP: £26.99£23.44Greek 'literary' epigrams constitute one of the most versatile and dynamic poetic forms in the Hellenistic period. Originally modeled on the anonymous epitaphs and dedications inscribed on monuments throughout antiquity, these short poems came to include... -
Plato by Andrew Mason
RRP: £37.99£33.38Plato (c.428-347 BCE) stands at the beginning of many debates that have continued throughout the history of philosophy. His literary career spanned fifty years and the influence of his ideas and those of his followers pervaded philosophy throughout... -
The Complete Histories of Polybius by Polybius 9781420934236
RRP: £16.99£16.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420934236Author PolybiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 606Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 875gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 34mm -
The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, 1768 to 1913: The Long Nineteenth Century by Thomas W. Gallant
RRP: £31.00£29.09Traces the rich social, cultural, economic and political history of the Greeks. Often referred to as the 'Long Nineteenth Century', this period in Greek history conventionally begins with the war of independence in 1821. However, this book adopts a... -
Warfare in Antiquity: History of the Art of War, Volume I by Hans Delbruck
RRP: £35.00£31.74Hans Delbruck's four-volume History of the Art of War is recognized throughout the world as the definitive work on the subject. Appearing in an English-language paperback edition for the first time, volume 1 analyzes in vivid detail the military tactics... -
The Fields of Britannia: Continuity and Change in the Late Roman and Early Medieval Landscape by Stephen Rippon 9780199645824
£107.52It has long been recognized that the landscape of Britain is one of the 'richest historical records we possess', but just how old is it? The Fields of Britannia is the first book to explore how far the countryside of Roman Britain has survived in use... -
Menander: Samia (The Woman from Samos) by Menander 9780521735421
RRP: £27.99£24.27For eight centuries after his death Menander was the third most popular poet in the Greek-speaking world, and his plays, through Roman imitations and adaptations, engendered a tradition of European light drama that extends to our own day. But it is only... -
Judas Maccabaeus: The Jewish Struggle Against the Seleucids by Bezalel Bar-Kochva 9780521016834
RRP: £37.99£35.43This book is an account of the battles fought by Judas Maccabeus between 166 and 160 B.C. against the forces of the Seleucids during the revolt of the Jews against domination by the Seleucid empire. It reexamines the accepted assessments of Judas... -
The Externsteine: Understanding its Cultural and Historical Significance by Damien Pryor 9780958134170
RRP: £12.99£11.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780958134170Author Damien PryorFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Threshold PublishingPublisher Threshold Publishing -
The Glorious Art of Peace: Paths to Peace in a New Age of War by John Gittings
RRP: £14.99£11.22Human progress and prosperity depend on a peaceful environment, and most people have always sought to live in peace, yet our perception of the past is dominated too often not by stories of peace but by tales of war. In this path-breaking study, former... -
The Great Commanders of the Ancient World 1479BC - 453AD by Andrew Roberts
RRP: £12.99£8.60Which was the most brilliant of Hannibal's three crushing defeats of Roman armies? What tactics did Julius Caesar employ to defeat Pompey at Pharsalus? How was Alexander the Great able to command sufficient loyalty from his troops to lead them across... -
The Social Dynamics of Roman Imperial Imagery by Amy Russell
RRP: £30.99£26.43Images relating to imperial power were produced all over the Roman Empire at every social level, and even images created at the centre were constantly remade as they were reproduced, reappropriated, and reinterpreted across the empire. This book employs... -
The Mystery of the Land of Punt Unravelled by Ahmed Ibrahim Awale 9788799520848
RRP: £15.76£12.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788799520848Author Ahmed Ibrahim AwaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Liibaan Publishers, Copenhagen, DenmarkPublisher Liibaan Publishers, Copenhagen,... -
Images of Women in Antiquity by Averil Cameron
RRP: £37.99£33.38The agenda and significance of women in antiquity has gained considerable attention in recent years. In this book diverse roles for and attitudes to women in ancient societies are explored: women as witches, as courtesans, as mothers, as priestesses, as... -
Societies in Transition in Early Greece: An Archaeological History by Alex R. Knodell
RRP: £30.00£23.29A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Situated at the disciplinary boundary between prehistory and history, this book presents a new synthesis of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Greece, from the rise... -
Understanding Greek Religion by Jennifer Larson 9780415688468
RRP: £39.99£35.46Understanding Greek Religion is one of the first attempts to fully examine any religion from a cognitivist perspective, applying methods and findings from the cognitive science of religion to the ancient Greek world. In this book, Jennifer Larson shows...