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Practitioners of the Divine: Greek Priests and Religious Officials from Homer to Heliodorus by Beate Dignas 9780674027879
RRP: £16.95£13.85"What is a Greek priest?" The volume, which has its origins in a symposium held at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., focuses on the question through a variety of lenses: the visual representation of cult personnel, priests as ritual... -
The Personal Voice in Biblical Interpretation Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger 9780415181006
RRP: £37.99£33.38Reading and interpreting the Bible, whether as an 'ordinary' or critical reader, has always been strongly influenced by a person's own experience.They demonstrate the variety of ways in which the Bible can have meaning for different people. The... -
Ushet Hekau Sheti Smai Taui by Muata Ashby 9781884564321
£9.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884564321Author Muata AshbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Cruzian Mystic BooksPublisher Cruzian Mystic BooksWeight(grams) 205gDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
Ancient History from Below: Subaltern Experiences and Actions in Context Cyril Courrier 9781032078809
RRP: £39.99£35.06If ancient history is particularly susceptible to a top-down approach, due to the nature of our evidence and its traditional exploitation by modern scholars, another ancient history-'from below'-is actually possible. This volume examines the... -
Rome, Parthia and India: The Violent Emergence of a New World Order 150-140BC Dr. John D. Grainger 9781848848252
RRP: £19.99£14.28Between 152 and 138 BC a series of wars from Africa to India produced a radically new geopolitical situation. In 150 Rome was confined to the western Mediterranean, and the largest state was the Seleukid empire. By 140 Rome had spread to the borders of... -
Universe and Inner Self in Early Indian and Early Greek Thought by Emeritus Professor of Greek Richard Seaford 9781474427142
£26.91This volume brings together Hellenists and Indologists representing a variety of perspectives on the similarities and differences between the two cultures. It offers a collaborative contribution to the burgeoning interest in the Axial Age and will be of... -
Roman Social History by Susan Treggiari
RRP: £28.99£25.09This lively and original guidebook is the first to show students new to the subject exactly what Roman social history involves, and how they can study it for themselves.After presenting a short history of the development and current position of the... -
Preposterous Poetics: The Politics and Aesthetics of Form in Late Antiquity by Simon Goldhill 9781108797023
RRP: £30.99£25.45How does literary form change as Christianity and rabbinic Judaism take shape? What is the impact of literary tradition and the new pressures of religious thinking? Tracing a journey over the first millennium that includes works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew... -
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern by Mary Beard 9780691225876
RRP: £20.00£15.68From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 yearsWhat does the face of power look like? Who gets... -
The Laws of Ancient Crete, c.650-400 BCE by Michael Gagarin 9780198832515
£35.23This volume presents the Greek text of approximately 200 stone inscriptions, which detail the laws of ancient Crete in the archaic and classical periods, c.650-400 BCE. The texts of the inscriptions, many of which are fragmentary and relatively unknown,... -
From the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple
RRP: £21.00£11.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307948892Author William DalrympleFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm)... -
Paganism in the Roman Empire by Ramsay MacMullen 9780300029840
£21.31"MacMullen...has published several books in recent years which establish him, rightfully, as a leading social historian of the Roman Empire. The current volume exhibits many of the characteristics of its predecessors: the presentation of novel,... -
The Roman Empire: Augustus to Hadrian by Robert K. Sherk 9780521338875
RRP: £44.99£38.14This is a collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions and papyri in English translation. They are all primary sources for our knowledge of the history of Rome from the first emperor, Augustus, to Hadrian. The theme of the present collection is the... -
The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon by Michael A. Flower
RRP: £34.99£30.49This Companion, the first dedicated to the philosopher and historian Xenophon of Athens, gives readers a sense of why he has held such a prominent place in literary and political culture from antiquity to the present and has been a favourite author of... -
Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion by Matthew Dillon
RRP: £37.99£33.78It has often been thought that participation in fertility rituals was women's most important religious activity in classical Greece. Matthew Dillon's wide-ranging study makes it clear that women engaged in numerous other rites and cults, and that their... -
On Medicine: v. 1: Bks.I-IV by Celsus
RRP: £24.95£23.39A Roman layman's account of medicine in his time.A. Cornelius Celsus was author, probably during the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius (AD 14-37), of a general encyclopedia of agriculture, medicine, military arts, rhetoric, philosophy, and... -
Alexandria in Late Antiquity: Topography and Social Conflict by Christopher Haas 9780801885419
RRP: £37.50£21.45Second only to Rome in the ancient world, Alexandria was home to many of late antiquity's most brilliant writers, philosophers, and theologians-among them Philo, Origen, Arius, Athanasius, Hypatia, Cyril, and John Philoponus. Now, in Alexandria in Late... -
The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives by Plutarch 9780393355529
RRP: £13.99£12.25Major figures in the civil wars that ended the Roman Republic, the names Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus and Antony haunt us with questions of character and authority. Plutarch's rich, vivid profiles show character-shaping history through grand scale... -
Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire by Warwick Ball 9780415717779
RRP: £44.99£40.28This new edition of Rome in the East expands on the seminal work of the first edition, and examines the lasting impact of the near Eastern influence on Rome on our understanding of the development of European culture. Warwick Ball explores modern issues... -
Quantifying the Roman Economy: Methods and Problems by Alan Bowman 9780199679294
RRP: £43.49£38.93This collection of essays is the first volume in a new series, Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy. Edited by the series editors, it focuses on the economic performance of the Roman empire, analysing the extent to which Roman political domination of the... -
Imperial Brothers by Ian Hughes 9781848844179
RRP: £25.00£18.02The latest of Ian Hughes' Late Roman biographies here tackles the careers of the brother emperors, Valentinian and Valens. Valentian was selected and proclaimed as emperor in AD 364, when the Empire was still reeling from the disastrous defeat and death... -
Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt by Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer
RRP: £25.00£24.27Issued in conjunction with an exhibit at the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago, this is the first comprehensive study of birds in ancient Egyptian society, economy, art, and religion. Essays address the role of birds in the religious... -
Cultural Identity in the Roman Empire by Ray Laurence 9780415241496
RRP: £37.99£33.38This provocative and often controversial volume examines concepts of ethnicity, citizenship and nationhood, to determine what constituted cultural identity in the Roman Empire. The contributors draw together the most recent research and use diverse... -
Women in Roman Law and Society by Jane F. Gardner 9780415059022
RRP: £37.99£33.38The legal situation of the women of ancient Rome was extremely complex, and - since there was no sharp distinction between free woman, freedwoman and slave - the definition of their legal position is often heard. Basing her lively analysis on detailed... -
Pericles: A Biography in Context by Thomas R. Martin 9780521133357
RRP: £28.99£24.42Pericles was the most famous leader of the most famous ancient Greek democracy - and also the most controversial in his own time and ever since. Was he a brutal imperialist ready to oppress other Greeks, or a clear-eyed defender of Athens' need for power... -
The Symptom and the Subject: The Emergence of the Physical Body in Ancient Greece by Brooke Holmes 9780691163406
RRP: £28.00£27.39The Symptom and the Subject takes an in-depth look at how the physical body first emerged in the West as both an object of knowledge and a mysterious part of the self. Beginning with Homer, moving through classical-era medical treatises, and closing with... -
Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War by George Cawkwell 9780415165525
RRP: £37.99£33.38Understanding the history of Athens in the all important years of the second half of the fifth century B.C. is largely dependent on the work of the historian Thucydides. Previous scholarship has tended to view Thucydides' account as infallible. This book... -
Poseidon's Warriors: Classical Naval Warfare 480-31 BC by John Lambshead 9781472814180
RRP: £12.99£12.90Poseidon's Warriors is a set of wargaming rules for large-scale naval actions between fleets of Classical galleys from the Greek and Persian clash at the battle of Salamis to the battle of Actium that decided the fate of Rome. With so many of these... -
Monarchs of the Nile by Aidan Dodson
RRP: £16.99£14.10This book presents a concise account of the lives and times of some of the more significant occupants of the Egyptian throne, from the unification of the country around 3000 BC down to the extinction of native rule just under three millennia later. Some,... -
Caligula: The Abuse of Power by Anthony A. Barrett
RRP: £41.99£36.75The Roman Empire has always exercised a considerable fascination. Among its numerous colourful personalities, no emperor, with the possible exception of Nero, has attracted more popular attention than Caligula, who has a reputation, whether deserved or... -
Ancient Technology by John W. Humphrey 9780313327636
£48.28Since ancient times, technological advances have increased man's chances for survival. From the practicality of a Roman aqueduct to the art of the written word, man has always adapted his environment to meet his needs, and to provide himself with... -
Bede: Commentary on Revelation by Faith Wallis
RRP: £27.50£24.55The Commentary on Revelation is Bede's first venture into Biblical exegesis -- an ambitious choice for a young monastic scholar in a newly Christianized land. Its subject matter - the climax of the great story of creation and redemption, of history and... -
The Spirit of Badenoch by Judy McCutcheon
RRP: £11.99£8.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528928243Author Judy McCutcheonFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier by Guy de la Bédoyère 9780226750231
£32.32Gladius delivers a stunning ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the fighting force that made the Roman Empire. Empire. The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in the ancient world. More than that, it was the single... -
The Byzantines Averil Cameron (University of Oxford, UK) 9780631202622
RRP: £37.95£33.76Winner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize This book introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity, and identity of the Byzantines. This volume brings Byzantium - often misconstrued as a vanished successor to the classical world - to the... -
The British Museum Colouring Book of Ancient Rome by John Green
RRP: £2.99£2.60Providing a fun way to find out about Ancient Rome, this activity book includes word puzzles, picture puzzles, logic and maths puzzles, and jokes and cartoons.Providing a fun way to find out about Ancient Rome, this activity book includes word puzzles,... -
Soldiers and Silver: Mobilizing Resources in the Age of Roman Conquest by Michael J. Taylor
RRP: £45.00£39.18By the middle of the second century BCE, after nearly one hundred years of warfare, Rome had exerted its control over the entire Mediterranean world, forcing the other great powers of the region-Carthage, Macedonia, Egypt, and the Seleucid empire-to... -
Diseases in the Ancient Greek World by Mirko D. Grmek
RRP: £28.00£24.94What were the illnesses that plagued men, women, and children of the ancient world? Traditional approaches to this subject have often relied exclusively on literary evidence, but ancient texts are extraordinarily difficult to interpret. Different... -
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... -
Prostitutes and Matrons in the Roman World by Anise K. Strong
RRP: £21.99£19.80Prostitutes and Matrons in the Roman World is the first substantial account of elite Roman concubines and courtesans. Exploring the blurred line between proper matron and wicked prostitute, it illuminates the lives of sexually promiscuous women like...