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Cicero: Philippics I-II by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: €33.31€30.29This edition is the first since J. D. Denniston's of 1926 to present the Latin text of and a commentary on the First and Second Philippics, two of the most polished orations in the Ciceronian corpus. These speeches, which were composed less than six... -
Britain in the Age of Arthur: A Military History by Ilkka Syvanne 9781473895201
RRP: €29.75€21.44King Arthur is one of the most controversial topics of early British history. Are the legends based on a real historical figure or pure mythological invention? Ilkka Syvanne's study breaks new ground, adopting a novel approach to the sources by... -
Britannia: The Creation of a Roman Province by John Creighton 9780415487146
RRP: €52.35€45.74This book completely re-evaluates the evidence for, and the interpretation of, the rule of the kings of Late Iron Age Britain: Cunobelin and Verica. Within a few generations of their reigns, after one died and the other had fled, Rome's ceremonial... -
In Search of the Greeks Second Edition by James Renshaw
RRP: €33.31€30.27In Search of the Greeks offers an engaging introduction to the societies of Classical Greece. Making extensive use of ancient sources and illustrated with some hundred and fifty photographs, drawings, maps and plans, many now for the first time in... -
The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity: AD 395-700 by Averil Cameron 9780415579612
RRP: €52.35€45.74This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity, now covering the period 395-700 AD, provides both a detailed introduction to late antiquity and a direct challenge to conventional views of the end of the Roman... -
History of the Wars: v. 1: Bks.I & II by Procopius
RRP: €29.69€27.27Late 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 533... -
Images of the Ice Age by Paul G. Bahn
RRP: €45.21€39.95Images of the Ice Age, here in its third edition, is the most complete study available of the world's earliest imagery, presenting a fascinating and up-to-date account of the art of our Ice Age ancestors. Authoritative and wide-ranging, it covers not... -
A History of the Alans in the West: From Their First Appearance in the Sources of Classical Antiquity through the Early Middle Ages by Bernard S. Bachrach 9780816656998
RRP: €42.84€38.78A History of the Alans in the West was first published in 1973. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions... -
Critical Ancient World Studies: The Case for Forgetting Classics by Mathura Umachandran 9781032120119
RRP: €44.02€38.71This volume explores and elucidates critical ancient world studies (CAWS), a new model for the study of the ancient world operating critically, setting itself against a long history of a discipline formulated to naturalise a hierarchical, white... -
Roman Britain: A New History 55 BC-AD 450 by Patricia Southern
RRP: €22.60€15.12For nearly four centuries, from AD 43 to 410, Britain was a small province on the north-western edge of the vast Roman Empire. Though it was small, it was not insignificant. There were more Roman soldiers in Britain than there were in the provinces of... -
The Dawn of Christianity: People and Gods in a Time of Magic and Miracles by Robert Knapp
RRP: €15.46€10.82Exploring the origins of Christianity, this book looks at why it was that people first in Judea and then in the Roman and Greek Mediterranean world became susceptible to the new religion. Robert Knapp looks for answers in a wide-ranging exploration of... -
Prehistoric Dorset by Gale John 9780752429069
RRP: €23.80€17.50Dorset is one of the country's richest counties in archaeological remains and over the last 30 years there have been a great number of new discoveries. This detailed, up-to-date and well-illustrated study of prehistoric monuments in and around Dorset... -
Selected Letters from Pliny the Younger's Epistulae: Commentary by Jacqueline Carlon by Jacqueline M. Carlon
RRP: €53.54€45.67This anthology offers a comprehensive introduction to Pliny the Younger's Epistulae for intermediate and advanced Latin students, with the grammatical, lexical, and historical support to enable them to read quickly and fluidly. As the only selection of... -
Nubia: Lost Civilizations by Sarah Schellinger 9781789146592
RRP: €21.42€15.42Nubia, the often overlooked southern neighbour of Egypt, has been home to groups of vibrant and adaptive peoples for millennia. This book explores the Nubians' religious, social, economic and cultural histories, from their nomadic origins during the... -
The Tablet of Destinies by Roberto Calasso 9780141998459
RRP: €13.08€9.25An immersive and mesmerizing narrative that reimagines the Mesopotamian myth of the Great FloodA long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree. He... -
Diseases in the Ancient Greek World by Mirko D. Grmek
RRP: €33.32€29.10What 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 Greek Alexander Romance by Richard Stoneman
RRP: €15.46€10.82Mystery surrounds the parentage of Alexander, the prince born to Queen Olympias. Is his father Philip, King of Macedonia, or Nectanebo, the mysterious sorcerer who seduced the queen by trickery? One thing is certain: the boy is destined to conquer the... -
Handbook for Classical Research by David M. Schaps 9780415425230
RRP: €47.59€42.20One of the glories of the Greco-Roman classics is the opportunity that they give us to consider a great culture in its entirety; but our ability to do that depends on our ability to work comfortably with very varied fields of scholarship. The Handbook... -
Timeline of World History by Matt Baker
RRP: €30.93€24.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645174172Author Matt BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Readerlink Distribution Services, LLCPublisher Readerlink Distribution Services,... -
A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-700 by Stephen Mitchell 9781119768555
RRP: €49.92€44.18A sweeping historical account of the Later Roman Empire incorporating the latest scholarly research In the newly revised 3rd edition of A History of the Later Roman Empire, 284-700, distinguished historians Geoffrey Greatrex and Stephen Mitchell deliver... -
The Story of Tutankhamun by Garry J. Shaw
RRP: €20.22€17.39A lively new biography of Tutankhamun-published for the hundredth anniversary of his tomb's modern discovery The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 sparked imaginations across the globe. While Howard Carter emptied its treasures, Tut-mania gripped... -
Iron Age and Roman Settlement in the Upper Thames Valley: Excavations at Claydon Pike and other sites within the Cotswold Water Park by A. Smith 9780947816742
RRP: €41.64€37.14The Cotswold Water Park Project is a landscape study centred upon parts of the Upper Thames Valley within what is now the Cotswold Water Park. The report is based upon four key excavated rural settlements, the most extensive being that at Claydon... -
Livy: Ab urbe condita Book VI by Livy
RRP: €33.31€31.45Book VI of Livy's Ab urbe condita covers the history of Rome from 390 to 367 BC, a period during which the city, while in the process of recovering from being sacked by the Gauls, faced serious civil disturbance, the resolution of which fundamentally... -
The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction by Jamie Kreiner
RRP: €28.55€23.93The digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We fantasise about escaping our screens. We dream of recapturing the quiet of a world... -
The Romans in the North of England by Paul Chrystal 9781999647018
RRP: €15.46€9.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999647018Author Paul ChrystalFormat PaperbackImprint Destinworld Publishing LtdPublisher Destinworld Publishing Ltd -
Eusebius of Caesarea: Tradition and Innovations by Aaron Johnson 9780674073296
RRP: €24.93€20.13Eusebius of Caesarea was one of the most significant and voluminous contributors to the development of late antique literary culture. Despite his significance, Eusebius has tended to receive attention more as a source for histories of early Christianity... -
The Aztecs: Lost Civilizations by Frances F. Berdan
RRP: €21.42€15.42In this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan casts fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, etiquette, origin myths and human sacrifice. While often... -
The Greeks: Lost Civilizations by Philip Matyszak 9781780239002
RRP: €21.42€15.42This is ancient Greece - but not as we know it. Few people today appreciate that Greek civilization was spread across the Middle East, and that there were Greek cities in the foothills of the Himalayas. This book tells the story of the Greeks outside... -
Cicero: Catilinarians by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: €30.93€28.32As consul in 63 BC Cicero faced a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman state launched by the frustrated consular candidate Lucius Sergius Catilina. Cicero's handling of this crisis would shape foreverafter the way he defined himself and his statesmanship... -
How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership by Plutarch 9780691192116
RRP: €17.84€14.13Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any fieldThe ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous-and massive-Lives, including politicians... -
Celtic Wales by Miranda Aldhouse-Green 9781786830425
RRP: €14.27€10.71Celtic Wales is about the beginnings of Wales and how the period from the Iron Age to medieval times helped shape and define the modern nation of Wales. Early Wales has a spectacular archaeological, literary and mythical heritage. This book uses... -
On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel: Angels in Ancient Jewish Culture by Mika Ahuvia
RRP: €35.70€32.59Angelic beings can be found throughout the Hebrew Bible, and by late antiquity the archangels Michael and Gabriel were as familiar as the patriarchs and matriarchs, guardian angels were as present as one's shadow, and praise of the seraphim was as sacred... -
Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians by Enrico Ascalone
RRP: €35.70€27.63This beautifully illustrated guide to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is the perfect companion for travelers and armchair travelers alike. It provides a concise survey of three ancient cultures... -
Invitation to Syriac Christianity: An Anthology by Michael Philip Penn
RRP: €40.46€31.48Despite their centrality to the history of Christianity in the East, Syriac Christians have generally been excluded from modern accounts of the faith. Originating from Mesopotamia, Syriac Christians quickly spread across Eurasia, from Turkey to China,... -
City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish: Greek Lives in Roman Egypt by Peter Parsons
RRP: €11.89€8.09How an ancient rubbish dump has given us a unique view of life 2,000 years agoIn 1897 two Oxford archaeologists began digging a mound south of Cairo. Ten years later, they had uncovered 500,000 fragments of papyri. Shipped back to Oxford, the meticulous... -
Hermetica II: The Excerpts of Stobaeus, Papyrus Fragments, and Ancient Testimonies in an English Translation with Notes and Introduction by M. David Litwa
€27.67This volume presents in new English translations the scattered fragments and testimonies regarding Hermes Thrice Great that complete Brian Copenhaver's translation of the Hermetica (Cambridge, 1992). It contains the twenty-nine fragments from Stobaeus... -
Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean by Charles Freeman
RRP: €46.40€44.91Egypt, Greece, and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world, having sold more than 80,000 copies in its first two editions. It is written for the general reader and the student coming to the subject for the first time... -
From Babylon to Timbuktu by Rudolph Windsor 9780962088117
RRP: €16.60€10.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962088117Author Rudolph WindsorFormat HardbackPage Count 155Imprint Windsor Golden SeriesPublisher Windsor Golden Series -
Dangerous Days in Ancient Egypt: Pyramids, Plagues, Gods and Grave-Robbers by Terry Deary 9780297870623
RRP: €15.46€4.08Think that Ancient Egypt is just a load of old obelisks?Don't bet your afterlife on it.Ancient Egypt should be deader than most of our yesterdays. After all it was at its height 5,000 years ago. Yet we still marvel at its mummies and ponder over its... -
Lives of the Sophists. Lives of Philosophers and Sophists by Philostratus
RRP: €29.69€27.27Two sophists on the history of sophistry.Flavius Philostratus, known as "the Elder" or "the Athenian," was born to a distinguished family with close ties to Lesbos in the later second century, and died around the middle of the third. A sophist who...