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Horace: A Very Short Introduction by Llewelyn Morgan 9780192849649
RRP: €10.70€7.68Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Horace was one of the greatest poets during the reign of Augustus and is seen as a mark of cultural sophistication since this time. This Very Short Introduction examines how Horace's poetry has... -
The Civil Wars by Appian
RRP: €15.46€10.82Taken from Appian's Roman History, the five books collected here form the sole surviving continuous historical narrative of the era between 133-35 BC - a time of anarchy and instability for the Roman Empire. A masterly account of a turbulent epoch, they... -
Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical Walter Burkert (University of Zurich) 9780631156246
RRP: €36.83€33.14"Greek Religion . . . already has the standing of a classic, and the publication of an English version, which incorporates new material and is in effect a second edition, demands a toast . . . Anyone who pretends to survey Greek religion must be... -
Ancient Greek Housing by Lisa C. Nevett
RRP: €29.74€25.68The temples and theatres of the ancient Greek world are widely known, but there is less familiarity with the houses in which people lived. In this book, Lisa Nevett provides an accessible introduction to the varied forms of housing found across the Greek... -
Nemesis: Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens by David Stuttard 9780674660441
RRP: €29.69€24.15Alcibiades was one of the most dazzling figures of the Golden Age of Athens. A ward of Pericles and a friend of Socrates, he was spectacularly rich, bewitchingly handsome and charismatic, a skilled general, and a ruthless politician. He was also a serial... -
In Search Of The Trojan War by Michael Wood
RRP: €17.84€13.03For thousands of years we have been enthralled by tales of Troy and its heroes. Achilles and Hector, Paris and the famed beauty Helen remain some of the most enduring figures in art and literature. But did these titanic characters really walk the earth?... -
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Simon Baker 9781846072840
RRP: €17.84€13.03This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points that shaped Roman history. Welcome to Rome as you've never seen it before -... -
Ancient Egyptian Magic: A Hands-on Guide Christina Riggs 9780500052129
RRP: €17.84€11.66In the ancient world the magicians of Egypt were considered the best. But was magic harmless fun, heartfelt hope, or something darker? Whether you needed a love charm, a chat with your dead wife, or the ability to fly like a bird, an Egyptian magician... -
King Arthur's Wars by Jim Storr 9781912390526
RRP: €23.74€17.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912390526Author Jim StorrFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Jewish War by Josephus
RRP: €15.46€10.82Josephus' account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader, Josephus changed sides after he was captured to become a... -
The Ancient Celts, Second Edition by Barry Cunliffe
RRP: €31.52€23.34Fierce warriors and skilled craftsmen, the Celts were famous throughout the Ancient Mediterranean World. They were the archetypal barbarians from the north and were feared by both Greeks and Romans. For two and a half thousand years they have continued... -
Et tu, Brute?: The Best Latin Lines Ever by Harry Mount
RRP: €17.84€13.03Harry Mount and John Davie unlock the wisdom of the past in this light-hearted and fascinating book, revealing how ancient Latin can help us to live better in the present. There are so many Latin phrases in everyday use that often we use them without... -
Attila The Hun by John Man
RRP: €13.08€9.25The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly household name, but what do we really know about the man himself, his position in history and the world in which he lived? This riveting biography reveals... -
The Greeks: A Global History by Professor Prof Roderick Beaton
RRP: €15.46€10.19'Monumental . . . A wonderful book.' Peter Frankopan'Magisterial . . . remarkable.' Guardian'Erudite and highly readable . . . An authoritative guide to the countless ways in which Greek words and ideas have shaped the modern world.' Financial TimesThe... -
The Dragon in the West: From Ancient Myth to Modern Legend by Daniel Ogden 9780198830184
€41.54An exploration of how the image and idea of the dragon has evolved through history How did the dragon get its wings? Everyone in the modern West has a clear idea of what a dragon looks like and of the sorts of stories it inhabits, not least devotees of... -
The Republic and The Laws by Cicero
RRP: €9.51€6.89`However one defines Man, the same definition applies to us all. This is sufficient proof that there is no essential difference within mankind.' (Laws l.29-30) Cicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible governement written just... -
Ancient Rome: An Illustrated History Nigel Rodgers 9780754834205
RRP: €23.80€18.91The legacy of Ancient Rome shapes the world we inhabit today. The history of Rome - as a tiny primitive kingdom, as an ever-growing republic, as a world-ruling empire dominating the known world - is still influential. The first half of this book focuses... -
The Rise of Rome by Anthony Everitt 9781801108195
RRP: €22.60€16.20A gripping account of the ascent of Rome - from agrarian backwater to capital of the world's greatest empire.'An elegant, swift and faultless introduction to the subject' The Spectator Starting with the founding myth of Romulus and Remus, Anthony Everitt... -
Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece by Dennis D. Hughes 9780415755276
RRP: €64.25€55.78Numerous ancient texts describe human sacrifices and other forms of ritual killing: in 480 BC Themistocles sacrifices three Persian captives to Dionysus; human scapegoats called pharmakoi are expelled yearly from Greek cities, and according to some... -
Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther: Achaemenid Court Culture in the Hebrew Bible Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (Cardiff University, UK) 9780755603022
RRP: €29.74€24.32A Spectator 2023 Book of the Year Esther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and was largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au fait with the rarefied world of the Achaemenid court. It therefore provides an... -
Frogs and Other Plays by Aristophanes
RRP: €13.08€9.25Marrying deft social commentary to a rich, earthy comedy, the three comedies collected in Aristophanes' The Frogs and Other Plays offers a unique insight into one of the most turbulent periods in Ancient Greek history. This Penguin Classics edition is... -
Papyrus: THE MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER Irene Vallejo 9781529343960
RRP: €29.75€19.97The bestselling phenomenon - an enthralling 6,000-year journey through the history of books and readingA FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR'Outstanding, universal and unique' NEW YORK TIMES'A literary phenomenon.' TLS'Masterly... -
Ten Cities that Led the World: From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity by Paul Strathern 9781529356441
RRP: €13.08€7.70'A book of ideas [...] Strathern ably guides us through these moments of glory.' -- The Times ***Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born... -
The Shadow King: The brand new 2023 historical epic about Alexander The Great from the Sunday Times bestseller by Harry Sidebottom 9781838777975
RRP: €23.80€16.72FOR A KING TO RISE, ALEXANDER THE GREAT MUST FALL . . .The new historical fiction epic from one of Britain's best-loved authors shines new light on the greatest hero of the Ancient World, Alexander The Great._____________________334 BC. Alexander the... -
To the Ends of the Earth: How Ancient Explorers, Scientists, and Traders Connected the World by Raimund J. Schulz 9780197668023
RRP: €27.36€23.28A sweeping history of ancient exploration, the first full-scale account in over a century Odysseus. Jason and the Argonauts. Heracles. Greek mythology is full of tales of heroes setting out for the unknown. Such tales reflected and instilled a sense... -
Who Ate the First Oyster?: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History by Cody Cassidy
RRP: €15.46€10.23Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other world-changing... -
The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine by Simon Price 9780140274851
RRP: €23.79€16.99'The Penguin History of Europe series ... is one of contemporary publishing's great projects' New StatesmanTo an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level from languages to calendars to political... -
The Jews Among Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire Judith Lieu 9780415049726
RRP: €136.85€118.24In the period of Roman domination there were communities of Jews, some still in Palestine, some dispersed in and around the Roman Empire; they had to face at first the world-wide power of the pagan Romans and later on the emergence of Christianity as an... -
Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint by David Potter 9780190692759
RRP: €22.00€18.12Two of the most famous mosaics from the ancient world, in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, depict the sixth-century emperor Justinian and, on the wall facing him, his wife, Theodora (497-548). This majestic portrait gives no inkling of Theodora's... -
The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian
RRP: €15.46€10.82The most important historical source on one of the most powerful leaders of the ancient world, Arrian's The Campaigns of Alexander illustrates how Alexander the Great came to rule over a vast empire of his own making, translated from the Greej by Aubrey... -
A Book of the Beginnings, Vol.1 by Gerald Massey 9781602068292
RRP: €33.31€29.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602068292Author Gerald MasseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 516Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 885gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm... -
The Returning Hero: nostoi and Traditions of Mediterranean Settlement by Simon Hornblower 9780198811428
€141.49A recurring and significant theme in ancient Greek literature is that of returns and returning, chiefly - but by no means only - of mythical Greek heroes from Troy. One main, and certainly the most 'marked', ancient Greek word for 'return' is nostos... -
Ireland's Ancient East by Neil Jackman
RRP: €17.84€16.20From medieval Carlingford in Louth to Blarney Castle in Cork, discover the top 100 places to visit in Ireland's Ancient East. Wander through time at sites such as Clonmacnoise, Newgrange and the Rock of Cashel, as well as at hidden gems like Athassel... -
The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 1: Books 1-4 by G. S. Kirk
RRP: €52.35€45.16This is the first volume of a projected six-volume Commentary on Homer's Iliad, under the General Editorship of professor G. S. Kirk. Professor Kirk himself is the editor of the present volume, which covers the first four Books of Iliad. It consists of... -
Pro Caelio by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: €29.69€27.83Three postconsular speeches.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of ... -
Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age and Death by Peter Jones 9781786494825
RRP: €11.89€6.10In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were already dealt with by our ancient ancestors two... -
Philosophos: Plato's Missing Dialogue by Mary Louise Gill 9780198708650
€43.71Plato famously promised to complement the Sophist and the Statesman with another work on a third sort of expert, the philosopher--but we do not have this final dialogue. Mary Louise Gill argues that Plato promised the Philosopher, but did not write it,... -
Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall and Scilly, 4000BC -1000AD by Craig Wetherhill
RRP: €23.79€16.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841147482Author Craig WetherhillFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Donald P. Ryan
RRP: €10.70€7.40'Lively and amusing [...] an engaging read. Ryan successfully makes this ancient civilisation more immediate and accessible.' - Current World Archaeology _____________________'[Donald] Ryan - who has worked in and on Egypt for decades, as an... -
Roman Quests: Escape from Rome: Book 1 Caroline Lawrence 9781510100237
RRP: €9.51€6.66The first in a brand new historical adventure series from million-copy-selling Caroline Lawrence, set in Roman Britain during the reign of the evil Emperor Domitian.The year is AD 94. When the evil Emperor Domitian sends soldiers to seize his family's...