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Water and Urbanism in Roman Britain: Hybridity and Identity by Jay Ingate
RRP: £39.99£35.06The establishment of large-scale water infrastructure is a defining aspect of the process of urbanisation. In places like Britain, the Roman period represents the first introduction of features that can be recognised and paralleled to our modern water... -
East Asia at the Center: Four Thousand Years of Engagement with the World by Warren I. Cohen 9780231101097
RRP: £25.00£19.99A common misconception holds that Marco Polo "opened up" a closed and recalcitrant "Orient" to the West. However, this sweeping history covering 4,000 years of international relations from the perspective of China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia shows... -
Herodotus and the Question Why by Christopher Pelling 9781477324257
RRP: £31.00£27.36In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus wrote the first known Western history to build on the tradition of Homeric storytelling, basing his text on empirical observations and arranging them systematically. Herodotus and the Question Why offers a comprehensive... -
Flood Legends: Sorted: Global from Local and Some Evidence for Each by R Pilotte 9781490795645
RRP: £22.95£16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781490795645Author R PilotteFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm) 235mm *... -
Blood of the Provinces: The Roman Auxilia and the Making of Provincial Society from Augustus to the Severans by Ian Haynes 9780199655342
RRP: £125.00£114.10Blood of the Provinces is the first fully comprehensive study of the largest part of the Roman army, the auxilia. This non-citizen force constituted more than half of Rome's celebrated armies and was often the military presence in some of its territories... -
A History of the Classical World: The Story of Ancient Greece and Rome by Elizabeth Wyse 9781398824508
RRP: £24.99£17.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398824508Author Elizabeth WyseFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans by Peter Richardson
RRP: £39.99£35.46Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans examines the life, work, and influence of this controversial figure, who remains the most highly visible of the Roman client kings under Augustus. Herod's rule shaped the world in which Christianity arose... -
Cracking the Philosophers' Stone: Origins, Evolution and Chemistry of Gold-Making (Paperback Black & White Edition) by J Erik Laport 9780990619802
RRP: £21.99£16.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990619802Author J Erik LaportFormat PaperbackPage Count 658Imprint Quintessence Publishing (IL)Publisher Quintessence Publishing (IL)Weight(grams) 953g -
Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome by Gregory S. Aldrete
RRP: £29.00£26.08Life in Rome was relentlessly public, and oratory was at its heart. Orations were dramatic spectacles in which the speaker deployed an arsenal of rhetorical tricks and strategies aimed at arousing the emotions of the audience, and spectators responded... -
War and Society in the Roman World by John Rich
RRP: £53.99£46.87This volume focuses on the changing relationship between warfare and the Roman citizenry; from the Republic, when war was at the heart of Roman life, through to the Principate, when it was confined to professional soldiers, and to the Late Empire and the... -
Herodotus by James S. Romm 9780300072303
£19.17Herodotus, widely known as the father of history, was also described by Aristotle as a mythologos, or "tale-teller." In this stylish and insightful book, intended for both general readers and students, James Romm argues that the author of the Histories... -
The Syriac Legend of Alexander's Gate: Apocalypticism at the Crossroads of Byzantium and Iran by Tommaso Tesei 9780197646878
£83.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197646878Author Tommaso TeseiFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 163mm * 33mm -
Works: v. 10: Jewish Antiquities, Bks.XIV-XV by Flavius Josephus
RRP: £24.95£23.88Greco-Roman antiquity's premier Jewish historian.Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about AD 37. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in... -
The Roman Historians by Ronald Mellor
RRP: £37.99£33.38The Romans' devotion to their past pervades almost every aspect of their culture. But the clearest image of how the Romans wished to interpret their past is found in their historical writings. This book examines in detail the major Roman historians:*... -
Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography by John Marincola 9780521545785
RRP: £44.99£38.14This book is a study of the various claims to authority made by the ancient Greek and Roman historians throughout their histories and is the first to examine all aspects of the historian's self-presentation. It shows how each historian claimed veracity... -
Suetonius: Diuus Claudius by Suetonius 9780521596763
RRP: £27.99£24.27The first-century emperor Claudius did not leave the fledgling Roman Empire as he had found it: his contribution was to turn its developing institutions into an imperial tradition. But the ancient sources represent him as an odd personality - active but... -
Genesis: Procreation and the Politics of Identity by Mark G. Brett
RRP: £36.99£32.53Combining insights from social and literary theory as well as traditional historical studies, Mark Brett argues that the first book of the Bible can be read as resistance literature.Placing the theological text firmly within its socio-political context,... -
In the Footsteps of Alexander: The Soldiers Who Conquered the Ancient World by Miles Doleac
RRP: £19.99£18.61In just 11 years, Alexander the Great's army marched 22,000 miles and secured the Balkans, conquered Asia Minor, the Levant and Egypt, defeated the Persian Empire and invaded India. By the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires of the... -
Seneca Letters: A Selection by Eliot Maunder
RRP: £14.99£14.34This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Seneca's Letters, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for Letters 51, 53 and 57, with a detailed introduction that also covers the... -
The Portable Antiquities Scheme and Roman Britain by Tom Brindle 9780861591961
£62.30A comprehensive evaluation of the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the archaeological value of its findings particularly in relation to Roman Britain.About the AuthorTom Brindle is a Research Fellow at the University of Reading on a Leverhulme Trust... -
Imperial Visions of Late Byzantium: Manuel II Palaiologos and Rhetoric in Purple by Florin Leonte
RRP: £25.99£23.58With a special focus on the first two decades of Manuel II Palaiologos' rule, 1391 1417, Leonte offers a new understanding of the imperial ethos in Byzantium by combining rhetorical analysis with investigation of social and political phenomena.About the... -
A Companion to Byzantium by Liz James 9781405126540
RRP: £124.95£108.82Using new methodological and theoretical approaches, A Companion to Byzantium presents an overview of the Byzantine world from its inception in 330 A.D. to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Provides an accessible overview of eleven centuries of... -
Sparta and War by Stephen Hodkinson 9781905125111
£59.27This title includes ten new essays from a distinguished international cast that treat Spartas most famous area of activity. The results are challenging. Among the contributors, Thomas Figueira explores the paradox that Spartas cavalry was an... -
City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria by Edward J. Watts 9780520258167
RRP: £29.00£22.54A lively and wide-ranging study of the men and ideas of late antique education, this book explores the intellectual and doctrinal milieux in the two great cities Athens and Alexandria from the second to the sixth century to shed new light on the... -
Prehistoric Copper Mining in Europe: 5500-500 BC by William O'Brien 9780199605651
£110.45This volume examines prehistoric copper mining in Europe, from the first use of the metal eight thousand years ago in the Balkans to its widespread adoption during the Bronze Age. The history of research is examined, as is the survival of this mining... -
The Inscription of Queen Katimala at Semna: Textual Evidence for the Origins of the Napatan State by John Coleman Darnell
RRP: £17.00£16.13This is the first complete translation and commentary on the important tableau and inscription of Queen Katimala/Karimala at Semna. Proper understanding of the paleography, grammar and content reveals Katimala to have been a Nubian ruler at the time of... -
Life in a Roman Villa by Brenda Williams
RRP: £6.00£4.44When the Romans came to Britain in AD 43, they brought a new style of domestic life, one that better-off Britons soon copied. This informative guide looks at how villas were built, and at the accommodation and daily life villa residents enjoyed - their... -
How to Win a Roman Chariot Race: Lives, Legends and Treasures from the Ancient World by Jane C. Hood
RRP: £8.99£3.38Who first thought of atoms? How much can you learn about archaeology from an oil lamp? Who came up with the theory of the 'wandering womb'?Oxford Classicist Jane Hood delves into the history, culture, literature, mythology and philosophy of ancient... -
Melania: Early Christianity through the Life of One Family by Catherine Michael Chin
RRP: £30.00£27.39Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger were major figures in early Christian history, using their wealth, status, and forceful personalities to shape the development of nearly every aspect of the religion we now know as Christianity... -
A Late Roman Town House and its Environs by Emma Durham 9780907764397
£62.12This report publishes the 1937-8 excavations in Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, which revealed one of the best preserved late Roman town houses so far discovered in Roman Britain. Extensively decorated with mosaics, the building has recently been... -
Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity by Kelly Olson
RRP: £39.99£35.06In Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity, Olson argues that clothing functioned as part of the process of communication by which elite male influence, masculinity, and sexuality were made known and acknowledged, and furthermore that these concepts... -
Catullan Questions Revisited by T. P. Wiseman 9781009235747
RRP: £75.00£15.23Catullan Questions Revisited offers a new insight into the brilliant poet who loved an aristocratic girl, attacked Julius Caesar and became a satirical playwright. Insisting on scrupulous use of the primary sources, Peter Wiseman combines textual,... -
Empires of Trust: How Rome Built--and America Is Building--a New World by Thomas F. Madden 9780452295452
RRP: £18.90£14.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452295452Author Thomas F. MaddenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 335g -
Death on the Nile by Helen Strudwick 9781907804717
RRP: £45.00£34.99'Death on the Nile: Uncovering the Afterlife of Ancient Egypt' reflects the continuing public fascination with Egyptian coffins, mummies and burials. This new volume draws on 100 objects from the Fitzwilliam Museum's Egyptian collection, and deepens our... -
Broken Cities: A Historical Sociology of Ruins by Martin Devecka 9781421438429
RRP: £30.50£27.37A comparative study of cities that fell into ruin through human involvement.We have been taught to think of ruins as historical artifacts, relegated to the past by a catastrophic event. Instead, Martin Devecka argues that we should see them as processes... -
Greeks & Romans Bearing Gifts: How the Ancients Inspired the Founding Fathers by Carl J. Richard 9780742556249
RRP: £14.99£11.53This lively and engaging book is the only popular work to explore the profound impact of Ancient Greece and Rome on the Founding Fathers. The classical education they imbibed as young students inspired them to undertake the American Revolution and... -
Lost Voices of the Nile: Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt by Charlotte Booth
RRP: £9.99£6.64When we think of ancient Egypt, we think of the gods, the pharaohs and the pyramids. However, life for the average Egyptian was very different from this glorious perception and was not so unrecognisable from the lives we live today. This book tells... -
Metropolis and Hinterland: The City of Rome and the Italian Economy, 200 BC-AD 200 by Neville Morley 9780521893312
RRP: £37.99£31.31Ancient Rome was one of the greatest cities of the pre-industrial era. Like other such great cities, it has often been deemed parasitic, a drain on the resources of the society that supported it. Rome's huge population was maintained not by trade or... -
Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt: Women's Bodies, Society and Domestic Space by Ada Nifosi 9780367731823
RRP: £39.99£35.06How did Greco-Roman Egyptian society perceive women's bodies and how did it acknowledge women's reproductive functions? Detailing women's lives in Greco-Roman Egypt this monograph examines understudied aspects of women's lives such as their coming of... -
Statius: Silvae Book II by P. Papinius Statius 9780521666237
RRP: £29.99£26.67With the exception of a poem on the unscripted death of a lion in the Colosseum, Book II of Statius' Silvae is largely domestic in theme. It reflects the more private side of Roman culture, its pleasures, houses, gardens, friendships, and personal...