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Theurgy in Late Antiquity: The Invention of a Ritual Tradition by Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler 9783525540206
RRP: £114.00£111.56Theurgy is commonly taken to denote a complex of rites which are based on the so-called Chaldean Oracles, a collection of oracles in hexameters, which were probably composed during the late 2nd century AD. These rituals are mostly known through... -
Marcus Aurelius: A Biography by Anthony R Birley
RRP: £37.99£33.38Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher-emperor who ruled the Roman Empire between AD 161 and 180, is one of the best recorded individuals from antiquity. Even his face became more than usually familiar: the imperial coinage displayed his portrait for over 40... -
Euripides: Ion by Euripides
RRP: £28.99£25.82Ion is one of Euripides' most appealing and inventive plays. With its story of an anonymous temple slave discovered to be the son of Apollo and Creusa, an Athenian princess, it is a rare example of Athenian myth dramatized for the Athenian stage. It... -
The Falls of Rome: Crises, Resilience, and Resurgence in Late Antiquity by Michele Renee Salzman
RRP: £34.99£30.49Over the course of the fourth through seventh centuries, Rome witnessed a succession of five significant political and military crises, including the Sack of Rome, the Vandal occupation, and the demise of the Senate. Historians have traditionally... -
Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbasaid Society (2nd-4th/5th-10th c.) by Prof. Dimitri Gutas 9780415061339
RRP: £39.99£35.06From the middle of the eighth century to the tenth century, almost all non-literary and non-historical secular Greek books, including such diverse topics as astrology, alchemy, physics, botany and medicine, that were not available throughout the eastern... -
Handbook to Roman Legionary Fortresses by M. C. Bishop 9781848841383
RRP: £29.95£21.47Mike Bishop here provides a handy reference guide to every securely identified Roman legionary fortress. An introductory section details the main building types, the development of fortress plans and construction, their defences and infrastructure. The... -
The The Beat of a Different Drum: More stories from The Hunter-Gatherer Way by Ffyona Campbell 9780957540811
£8.22A new perspective on the Bronze Age; Stone Circles; Stone Rows; Evolution; and the reason for the planet. Plus a large collection of eureka moments whilst gathering wild food on the Ring of the Wild Food Year migration route. Down to earth philosophy and... -
The Roman Frontier in Britain: Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine Wall and Roman Policy in Scotland by David C. A. Shotter
RRP: £9.95£7.08An up-to-date and in-depth historical study of the northern Roman frontier in Britain - why was the military conquest of Scotland never completed and what were the criteria governing Roman policy over the centuries? The idea of the Roman frontier... -
Politics in the Roman Republic by Henrik Mouritsen
RRP: £22.99£19.56The politics of the Roman Republic has in recent decades been the subject of intense debate, covering issues such as the degree of democracy and popular influence, 'parties' and ideology, politics as public ritual, and the character of Rome's political... -
Tacitus: Annals Book XV by Rhiannon Ash
RRP: £27.99£24.27Tacitus' account of Nero's principate is an extraordinary piece of historical writing. His graphic narrative (including Annals XV) is one of the highlights of the greatest surviving historian of the Roman Empire. It describes how the imperial system... -
Roman Architecture by Frank Sear
RRP: £35.99£31.69In this fully updated new edition, Frank Sear offers a thorough overview of the history of architecture in the Roman Empire.Arranged logically in six historical sections interspersed with material on Roman architects and their techniques, the building... -
The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity by James S Jeffers 9780830815890
RRP: £17.99£12.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830815890Author James S. JeffersFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm)... -
Julius Caesar and the Roman People by Robert Morstein-Marx
RRP: £49.99£45.97Julius Caesar was no aspiring autocrat seeking to realize the imperial future but an unusually successful republican leader who was measured against the Republic's traditions and its greatest heroes of the past. Catastrophe befell Rome not because Caesar... -
Yeavering: People, Power & Place by Paul Frodsham 9780752433448
£17.19A history of Yeavering.About the AuthorThe volume will be edited by Paul Frodsham and Colm O'Brian, with contributions by different experts. The chapters are by: Rob Young (prehistory) Clive Waddington (Stone Age Yeavering) Trevor Pearson (the Iron... -
Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis: Volume 1: Introduction, Text and Translation; Volume 2: Commentary and Indexes by Christopher Collard 9781911226475
RRP: £39.99£36.46Sold as a multi-volume set - the individual volumes are not available for purchase.About the AuthorChristopher Collard is Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Swansea. He has published widely on tragedy and Euripides in particular. His work... -
Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity by Sarah F. Derbew
RRP: £29.99£25.94How should articulations of blackness from the fifth century BCE to the twenty-first century be properly read and interpreted? This important and timely new book is the first concerted treatment of black skin color in the Greek literature and visual... -
Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual by Walter Burkert
£20.33"Tantalizingly rich ...this is a splendid book."--Greece and Rome "Burken relegates his learned documentation to the notes and writes in a lively and fluent style. The book is recommended as a major contribution to the interpretation of ancient Greek... -
Jerome by Stefan Rebenich 9780415199063
RRP: £37.99£33.38As a scholar, writer and ascetic, Jerome was a major intellectual force in the early Church and influenced the ideals of Christian chastity and poverty for many generations after his death. This book assembles a representative selection of his voluminous... -
Septimius Severus: The African Emperor by Anthony R. Birley 9780415165914
RRP: £37.99£33.38In this, the only biography of Septimius Severus in English, Anthony R. Birley explors how 'Roman' or otherwise this man was and examines his remarkable background and career.Severus was descended from Phoenician settlers in Tripolitania, and his reign,... -
Ancient African Civilizations: Kush and Axum by Stanley Mayer Burstein 9781558765054
RRP: £24.95£21.92The first edition of this book provided teachers of African history, for the first time, with fully annotated translations of the most important Greek and Roman sources for the history of these two remarkable ancient African civilizations. The new... -
The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity by Benjamin Isaac
£33.44There was racism in the ancient world, after all. This groundbreaking book refutes the common belief that the ancient Greeks and Romans harbored "ethnic and cultural," but not racial, prejudice. It does so by comprehensively tracing the intellectual... -
Trade in Classical Antiquity by Neville Morley
RRP: £28.99£24.42Historians have long argued about the place of trade in classical antiquity: was it the life-blood of a complex, Mediterranean-wide economic system, or a thin veneer on the surface of an underdeveloped agrarian society? Trade underpinned the growth of... -
Anecdota, or Secret History by Procopius
£23.39Late antique muckraking.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 ... -
Scotland's Hidden History by Ian Armit 9780752437644
£15.04People have lived in Scotland for at least 10,000 years. Yet, for the first 9000 of these years, no recognisable concept of 'Scotland' even existed. Most books on Scottish history dispose of these nine millennia in a brief introduction, before moving on... -
Athena by Susan Deacy 9780415300667
RRP: £37.99£33.38In this definitive assessment of the various representations and approaches to Athena, Susan Deacy does what no other has done before and brings all the aspects of this legendary figure into one, outstanding study.A survey of one of the most enduringly... -
Life In Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine by Scott Korb
£14.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594485039Author Scott KorbFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 230g -
Emperors and Gladiators by Thomas Wiedemann
RRP: £43.99£38.44Of all aspects of Roman culture, the gladiatorial contests for which the Romans built their amphitheatres are at once the most fascinating and the most difficult for us to come to terms with. They have been seen variously as sacrifices to the gods or, at... -
Leisure and Ancient Rome by Jerry Toner 9780745621982
£18.09In this book Toner offers a new way of looking at Roman society at all levels, not just among the elite, by examining the imperial games and the baths as well as gambling, the taverns, theatre and carnivals.About the AuthorJerry Toner studied Classics at... -
The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume IV: The Age of Assyria by Karen Radner 9780190687632
£98.37This groundbreaking, five-volume series offers a comprehensive, fully illustrated history of Egypt and Western Asia (the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Iran), from the emergence of complex states to the conquest of Alexander the Great. Written by a... -
Ancient Near East: The Basics by Daniel C. Snell
RRP: £18.99£16.87Ancient Near East: The Basics surveys the history of the ancient Middle East from the invention of writing to Alexander the Great's conquest. The book introduces both the physical and intellectual environment of those times, the struggles of... -
Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology by Adrienne Mayor 9780691202266
RRP: £18.95£12.28The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life-and even invented real automated machines The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by MIT... -
Sulpiciae Eligiae: The Life, Times and Works of a Roman Woman by M E Randall 9781450255981
RRP: £6.95£6.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450255981Author M E RandallFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 3mm -
Homer: Iliad Book XVIII by Homer
RRP: £26.99£23.44Book 18 of the Iliad is an outstanding example of the range and power of Homeric epic. It describes the reaction of the hero Achilles to the death of his closest friend, and his decision to re-enter the conflict even though it means he will lose his own... -
The Hellenistic Far East: Archaeology, Language, and Identity in Greek Central Asia by Rachel Mairs 9780520292468
£23.29In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century B.C., Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central Asia, through Bactria (modern-day Afghanistan) and into India. Over the next three hundred years, these... -
Power and Privilege in Roman Society by Richard Duncan-Jones 9781107149793
RRP: £61.00£54.64How far were appointments in the Roman Empire based on merit? Did experience matter? What difference did social rank make? This innovative study of the Principate examines the career outcomes of senators and knights by social category. Contrasting... -
A Social History of Christian Origins: The Rejected Jesus by Simon J. Joseph
RRP: £35.99£31.69A Social History of Christian Origins explores how the theme of the Jewish rejection of Jesus - embedded in Paul's letters and the New Testament Gospels - represents the ethnic, social, cultural, and theological conflicts that facilitated the... -
Disability in Antiquity by Christian Laes
RRP: £43.99£38.44This volume is a major contribution to the field of disability history in the ancient world. Contributions from leading international scholars examine deformity and disability from a variety of historical, sociological and theoretical perspectives, as... -
Postclassicisms by The Postclassicisms Collective
RRP: £28.00£27.39Made up of nine prominent scholars from three continents, The Postclassicisms Collective aims to map a space for theorizing and reflecting on the values attributed to antiquity. The product of these reflections, Postclassicisms takes up a set of... -
Armies of Celtic Europe 700 BC to AD 106: History, Organization and Equipment by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: £19.99£14.68Although comprised of many distinct tribes and groupings, the Celts shared a distinctive culture that dominated much of Europe for centuries. They enjoyed a formidable reputation as fierce and brave warriors, skilled horsemen and fine metalworkers. In... -
Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World by III Radcliffe G. G. Edmonds III 9780691156934
£33.44An unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman worldWhat did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Romans not only imagine what magic could do, but also use it to try to influence the world around them? In...