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Antioch as a Centre of Hellenic Culture, as Observed by Libanius by A. F. Norman 9780853235958
RRP: £27.50£24.55Focusing on the first and last years of Libanius' Antiochene career (AD 354-388), this volume illustrates his great range of his rhetorical skills, while at the same time illuminating the intrigues of city politics and university life. The shorter... -
Oratory and Political Career in the Late Roman Republic by Henriette van der Blom 9781107051935
RRP: £69.99£63.70Oratory and Political Career in the Late Roman Republic is a pioneering investigation into political life in the late Roman Republic. It explores the nature and extent to which Roman politicians embraced oratorical performances as part of their political... -
The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Thucydides 9789395675192
RRP: £65.00£41.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789395675192Author Thucydides ThucydidesFormat HardbackPage Count 430Imprint Vij Books IndiaPublisher Vij Books IndiaWeight(grams) 798gDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
Ancient Egypt: Treasures from the Collection of the Oriental Institute by Emily Teeter
£20.38This fully-illustrated catalogue offers highlights of the Egyptian collection at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A brief history of the collection is followed by a catalogue of seventy-seven objects, which date from the early third... -
Judeans and Jews: Four Faces of Dichotomy in Ancient Jewish History by Daniel R. Schwartz 9781442648395
£44.99In writing in English about the classical era, is it more appropriate to refer to "Jews" or to "Judeans"? What difference does it make? Today, many scholars consider "Judeans" the more authentic term, and "Jews" and "Judaism" merely anachronisms. In... -
The Anonymous Sayings of the Desert Fathers: A Select Edition and Complete English Translation by John Wortley 9781108439022
RRP: £43.99£37.29The Tales and Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum) are a key source of evidence for the practice and theory respectively of eremitic monasticism, a significant phenomenon within the early history of Christianity. The publication of this... -
The Pharaoh's Treasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization by John Gaudet 9781681778532
RRP: £20.00£13.26For our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the rock walls of caves and coffin lids or carving on tablets. But it was with the advent of papyrus paper when... -
Class in Archaic Greece by Peter W. Rose
RRP: £41.99£30.73Archaic Greece saw a number of decisive changes, including the emergence of the polis, the foundation of Greek settlements throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea, the organization of panhellenic games and festivals, the rise of tyranny, the invention... -
Greeks and Pre-Greeks: Aegean Prehistory and Greek Heroic Tradition by Margalit Finkelberg 9780521107990
RRP: £39.99£33.26By systematically confronting Greek tradition of the Heroic Age with the evidence of both linguistics and archaeology, Margalit Finkelberg proposes a multidisciplinary assessment of the ethnic, linguistic and cultural situation in Greece in the second... -
Dreams in Late Antiquity: Studies in the Imagination of a Culture by Patricia Cox Miller 9780691058351
RRP: £42.00£33.04Dream interpretation was a prominent feature of the intellectual and imaginative world of late antiquity, for martyrs and magicians, philosophers and theologians, polytheists and monotheists alike. Finding it difficult to account for the prevalence of... -
Populus: Living and Dying in Ancient Rome by Guy de la B�doy�re 9780226832944
RRP: £30.00£18.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226832944Author Guy de la B�doy�reFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)... -
Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus by Paweł Gołyźniak
£92.28Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus deals with small, but highly captivating and stimulating artwork - engraved gemstones. Although in antiquity intaglios and cameos had multiple applications (seals, jewellery or... -
Studies in Aeschylus by R. P. Winnington-Ingram 9780521270892
RRP: £39.99£33.26Professor Winnington-Ingram's reputation as an authority on Greek drama is based on a lifetime's careful scholarship. In 1980 the Press published Professor Winnington-Ingram's book on Sophocles and in 1983 he followed it up with some studies on Aeschylus... -
A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome by L. Richardson 9780801843006
RRP: £85.50£76.48The first such dictionary since that of Platner and Ashby in 1929, A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome defines and describes the known buildings and monuments, as well as the geographical and topographical features, of ancient Rome. It... -
The Roman Citizenship by A. N. Sherwin-White 9780198148470
RRP: £59.00£51.96This classic text deals with the political development of the Roman citizenship from earliest times to the 4th century A.D. Sherwin-White examines such controversies of the Republican period as those on the limited franchise, the expansion of tribal... -
Doctrine and Power: Theological Controversy and Christian Leadership in the Later Roman Empire by Carlos R. Galvao-Sobrinho
RRP: £34.00£26.97During the fourth century a.d., theological controversy divided Christian communities throughout the Eastern half of the Roman Empire. At stake was not only the truth about God but also the authority of church leaders, whose legitimacy depended on their... -
Symbolic Blackness and Ethnic Difference in Early Christian Literature: BLACKENED BY THEIR SINS: Early Christian Ethno-Political Rhetorics about Egyptians, Ethiopians, Blacks and Blackness by Gay Byron
RRP: £37.99£33.38How were early Christians influenced by contemporary assumptions about ethnic and colour differences?Why were early Christian writers so attracted to the subject of Blacks, Egyptians, and Ethiopians?Looking at the neglected issue of race brings valuable... -
The Seleucid Army: Organization and Tactics in the Great Campaigns by Bezalel Bar-Kochva 9780521206679
RRP: £90.99£77.09This is a 1976 study of the organization and tactics of the Seleucid armies from 312 to 129 BC. The first part of the book discusses the numerical strength of the armies, their sources of manpower, the contingents of the regular army, their equipment and... -
Alexander the Great Failure: The Collapse of the Macedonian Empire by Dr. John D. Grainger 9781847251886
RRP: £100.00£99.72Alexander the Great's empire stretched across three continents and his achievements changed the nature of the ancient world. But for all his military prowess and success as a conqueror, John Grainger argues that he was one of history's great failures... -
Procopius of Caesarea: Tyranny, History, and Philosophy at the End of Antiquity by Anthony Kaldellis
RRP: £58.00£50.57Justinian governed the Roman empire for more than thirty-eight years, and the events of his reign were recorded by Procopius of Caesarea, secretary of the general Belisarius. Yet, significantly, Procopius composed a history, a panegyric, as well as a... -
Minds on Stage: Greek Tragedy and Cognition by Felix Budelmann 9780192888938
RRP: £83.00£75.34Greek tragedy parades, tests, stimulates, and upends human cognition. Characters plot deception, try to fathom elusive gods, and fail to recognise loved ones. Spectators observe the characters' cognitive limitations and contemplate their own, grapple... -
Writing and Empire in Tacitus by Dylan Sailor 9780521297141
RRP: £44.99£38.14Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories by Kurt A. Raaflaub 9781118645123
RRP: £77.95£67.87Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories conducts a comparative investigation of why certain ancient societies produced explicit concepts and theories of peace and others did not. Explores the idea that concepts of peace in antiquity occurred... -
Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire: From Justin Martyr to Origen by Jared Secord
RRP: £26.95£23.66Early in the third century, a small group of Greek Christians began to gain prominence and legitimacy as intellectuals in the Roman Empire. Examining the relationship that these thinkers had with the broader Roman intelligentsia, Jared Secord contends... -
The Shining Ones: An Etymological Essay on the Amazigh Roots of Egyptian Civilization by Helene E Hagan 9780738825670
£14.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738825670Author Helene E HaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 140mm * 7mm -
Homer: Iliad Book VI by Barbara Graziosi 9780521878845
RRP: £65.99£57.41The sixth book of the Iliad includes some of the most memorable and best-loved episodes in the whole poem: it holds meaning and interest for many different people, not just students of ancient Greek. Book 6 describes how Glaukos and Diomedes, though... -
The Historian's Craft in the Age of Herodotus by Nino Luraghi 9780199215119
RRP: £71.00£59.26Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Lysimachus: A Study in Early Hellenistic Kingship by Helen S. Lund
RRP: £53.99£46.87Although shortlived, Lysimachus' Hellespontine empire foreshadowed those of Pergamum and Byzantium. Lund's book sets his actions significantly within the context of the volatile early Hellenistic world and views them as part of a continuum of imperial... -
Ancient Greek Love Magic by Christopher A. Faraone 9780674006966
RRP: £33.95£32.86The ancient Greeks commonly resorted to magic spells to attract and keep lovers--as numerous allusions in Greek literature and recently discovered "voodoo dolls," magical papyri, gemstones, and curse tablets attest. Surveying and analyzing these various... -
The Festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year: Their Socio-Religious Functions by Masashi Fukaya
£63.82The Festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year: Their socio-religious functions compares the religious and social functions of these three Festivals, the first two of which were often regarded by the Egyptians as a pair; the New Year Festival stands... -
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People by Josiah Ober
RRP: £45.00£35.72This book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenian democracy work as well and for as long as it did? Josiah Ober seeks the answer by analyzing the sociology of Athenian politics and... -
Pindar and the Construction of Syracusan Monarchy in the Fifth Century B.C. by Kathryn A. Morgan 9780199366859
RRP: £105.00£93.60This groundbreaking book attempts a fully contextualized reading of the poetry written by Pindar for Hieron of Syracuse in the 470s BC. It argues that the victory odes and other occasional songs composed by Pindar for the Sicilian tyrant were part of an... -
The Jews Among Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire by Judith Lieu 9780415114486
RRP: £31.99£28.33In 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... -
The Annals of Tacitus: Book 4 by A. J. Woodman 9781108419611
£99.13Book 4 of Tacitus' Annals, described by Sir Ronald Syme as 'the best that Tacitus ever wrote', covers the years AD 23-28, the pivotal period in the principate of the emperor Tiberius. Under the malign influence of Sejanus, the henchman who duped him and... -
Ambrose of Milan: Church and Court in a Christian Capital by Neil B. McLynn
RRP: £62.00£48.62In this new and illuminating interpretation of Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, Neil McLynn thoroughly sifts the evidence surrounding this very difficult personality. The result is a richly detailed interpretation of Ambrose's actions and... -
Butrint 5: Life and Death at a Mediterranean Port: The Non-Ceramic Finds from the Triconch Palace by William Bowden 9781785708978
£59.96This is the second volume arising from the 1994-2003 excavations of the Triconch Palace at Butrint (Albania), which charted the history of a major Mediterranean waterfront site from the 2nd to the 15th centuries AD. The sequence (Butrint 3: Excavations... -
Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death: The Hellenistic Dynasties by Professor Daniel Ogden 9781914535383
RRP: £30.00£29.09The hellenistic royal families, from Alexander the Great to the last Cleopatra, took part in dynastic in-fighting that was vicious, colourful and instructive. In this they anticipated by centuries the better-known excesses under Roman potentates such as... -
The Neoplatonists by John Gregory
RRP: £45.99£40.13This extensively revised and updated second edition of The Neoplatonists provides a valuable introduction to the thought of the four central Neoplatonist philosophers, Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus and Iamblichus.About the AuthorJohn Gregory was born in... -
Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily by Kathryn G. Bosher
RRP: £79.99£72.56Studies of ancient theater have traditionally taken Athens as their creative center. In this book, however, the lens is widened to examine the origins and development of ancient drama, and particularly comedy, within a Sicilian and southern Italian... -
A History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75 by Paul-Alain Beaulieu 9781405188999
RRP: £68.95£61.59Provides a new narrative history of the ancient world, from the beginnings of civilization in the ancient Near East and Egypt to the fall of Constantinople Written by an expert in the field, this book presents a narrative history of Babylon from the time...