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History of the Wars by Procopius - The Gothic War by Procopius
RRP: £12.24£10.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785431388Author ProcopiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint ConflictPublisher ConflictWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm -
Roman Disasters by Jerry Toner
RRP: £50.00£43.51Roman Disasters looks at how the Romans coped with, thought about, and used disasters for their own ends. Rome has been famous throughout history for its great triumphs. Yet Rome also suffered colossal disasters. From the battle of Cannae, where... -
Scythia: The History and Legacy of the Scythians by Charles River Editors 9781973722410
RRP: £10.24£8.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781973722410Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
The Seleukid Empire of Antiochus III, 223-187 BC by John D Grainger 9781526774934
RRP: £14.99£10.95The second volume in John Grainger's history of the Seleukid Empire is devoted to the reign of Antiochus III. Too often remembered only as the man who lost to the Romans at Magnesia, Antiochus is here revealed as one of the most powerful and capable... -
The World of the Gladiator by Susanna Shadrake 9780752434421
£22.43The figure of the gladiator is as compelling to us as it was to the Romans. Why are we drawn to this ancient blood sport? The usual explanation of the savagery lurking beneath our veneer of civilisation is too simplistic. Gladiatorial combat has always... -
The Fragmentary History of Priscus: Attila, the Huns and the Roman Empire, Ad 430-476 by Priscus 9781935228141
£19.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935228141Author PriscusFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Evolution Publishing & ManufacturingPublisher Evolution Publishing &... -
Memorable Deeds and Sayings: One Thousand Tales from Ancient Rome by Valerius Maximus 9780872206748
£16.44Popular in its day both as a sourcebook for writers and orators and as a guidebook for living a moral life, this remarkably rich document serves as an engaging introduction to the cultural and moral history of ancient Rome. Valerius' "thousand tales" are... -
The Army of the Early Roman Empire 30 BC-AD 180: History, Organization and Equipment by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: £25.00£17.62The legionary soldier of the early Empire period, with his distinctive segmented armour, is one of the images most closely associated by popular imagination with ancient Rome. Such soldiers conquered most of Britain, suffered and avenged the terrible... -
The Emperor Nero: A Guide to the Ancient Sources by Anthony A. Barrett 9780691156514
£24.76Nero's reign (AD 54-68) witnessed some of the most memorable events in Roman history, such as the rebellion of Boudica and the first persecution of the Christians--not to mention Nero's murder of his mother, his tyranny and extravagance, and his suicide,... -
Hadrian's Wall Through Time by Alan Michael Whitworth
RRP: £15.99£10.85This is a unique and visual companion to the best-known and most spectacular monument to the Roman Empire in Britain. A fascinating look at Hadrian's Wall uses James Irwin Coates 'old views' of the Wall as a comparison to how it looks today. Alan Michael... -
The Histories: v. IV, Bk. 9-15 by Polybius
£23.39Hellenistic history.The historian Polybius (ca. 200-118 BC) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. From 168 to 151 he... -
Hannibal by G. P. Baker 9780815410058
£11.53Hannibal forged a career of daring exploits and stunning victories that came perilously close to annihilating Rome.Book InformationISBN 9780815410058Author G. P. BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.Publisher... -
Julius Caesar: A Life by Patricia Southern 9781445650456
RRP: £27.95£19.62Julius Caesar is part historical figure and part legend. He was a complex individual, a brilliant politician, a successful general, an accomplished psychologist. He grew up in a world where political and military careers were inextricably intertwined,... -
The Deleuze-Lucretius Encounter by Ryan J. Johnson
RRP: £28.99£23.38Explores how Deleuze's thought was shaped by Lucretian atomism a formative but often-ignored influence from ancient philosophyMore than any other 20th-century philosopher, Deleuze considers himself an apprentice to the history of philosophy. But... -
The Roman Colosseum by Fiona MacDonald 9781906714994 [USED COPY]
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The Roman Invasions of Britain by Gerald Grainge 9780752433387 [USED COPY]
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The Roman Invasions of Britain by Gerald Grainge 9780752433387
£14.32The Romans invaded Britains on three occasions, twice under Julius Caesar in 55 and 54 BC, under Claudius in AD 43 and in AD 296 under Constantius Chlorus. Grainge looks at the challenges and how they were overcome, reconstructing the ships and examining... -
Roman History, Volume VI: Civil Wars, Book 5. Fragments by Appian
£23.39Rome's internal conflicts, from the Gracchi to the Empire.Appian (Appianus) is among our principal sources for the history of the Roman Republic, particularly in the second and first centuries BC, and sometimes our only source, as for the Third Punic War... -
Roman Theories of Translation: Surpassing the Source by Siobhan McElduff 9781138243101
RRP: £54.99£47.72For all that Cicero is often seen as the father of translation theory, his and other Roman comments on translation are often divorced from the complicated environments that produced them. The first book-length study in English of its kind, Roman Theories... -
428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire by Giusto Traina 9780691150253
£12.15This is a sweeping tour of the Mediterranean world from the Atlantic to Persia during the last half-century of the Roman Empire. By focusing on a single year not overshadowed by an epochal event, 428 AD provides a truly fresh look at a civilization in... -
Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain by Roger Bland 9781785708558
RRP: £99.00£83.63More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a... -
The Pocket Stoic by John Sellars 9780226682969
RRP: £15.00£9.63To counter the daily anxieties, stress, and emotional swings caused by the barrage of stimuli that plagues modern life, many people have been finding unexpected solace in a philosophy from a very different and distant time: Stoicism. Today, more than... -
Augustan Rome 44 BC to AD 14: The Restoration of the Republic and the Establishment of the Empire by J. S. Richardson 9780748619559
RRP: £32.00£26.44Augustus: How the Roman Empire came about The reign of Augustus, the first of the Roman emperors, has been seen, both by contemporaries and over the centuries that have followed, as a pivotal moment in the history of Rome. The final stage in the move to... -
The Complete Histories of Polybius by Polybius 9781420934236 [USED COPY]
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Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire: Civil War, Panegyric, and the Construction of Legitimacy by Adrastos Omissi
RRP: £29.99£28.91One of the great maxims of history is that it is written by the victors, and nowhere does this find greater support than in the later Roman Empire. Between 284 and 395 AD, no fewer than 37 men claimed imperial power, though today we recognize barely half... -
Works: v.2 by Ammianus Marcellinus
£23.39A soldier's chronicle of Rome in decline.Ammianus Marcellinus (ca. AD 325-ca. 395), a Greek of Antioch, joined the army when still young and served under the governor Ursicinus and the emperor of the East Constantius II, and later under the emperor... -
The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason by Charles Freeman
RRP: £18.95£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400033805Author Charles FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A... -
Ab Urbe Condita: Bks. 8-10, v. 4 by Livy
£23.39Rome, from the beginning.Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in AD 12 or 17. Livy's only extant work is part of his history of Rome... -
Ancient Dynasties: The Families that Ruled the Classical World, circa 1000 BC to AD 750 by Grainger, John D
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Magnus: Rising Sun by Robert Allen Johnson 9781494793333
RRP: £13.95£13.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781494793333Author Robert Allen JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic by Sallust 9780691212364
RRP: £16.95£10.61An energetic new translation of an ancient Roman masterpiece about a failed coup led by a corrupt and charismatic politicianIn 63 BC, frustrated by his failure to be elected leader of the Roman Republic, the aristocrat Catiline tried to topple its... -
Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD by Peter Brown
RRP: £35.00£31.10Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual... -
Military History of Late Rome 395-425 by Ilkka Syvanne 9781848848542
RRP: £52.95£36.16This ambitious series gives the reader a comprehensive narrative of late Roman military history from 284-641. Each volume gives a detailed account of the changes in organization, equipment, strategy and tactics among both the Roman forces and her... -
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy by Christer Brunn
RRP: £44.49£42.18Epigraphy, or the study of inscriptions, is critical for anyone seeking to understand the Roman world, whether they regard themselves as literary scholars, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, religious scholars or work in a field that touches on... -
The Digest of Justinian, Volume 1 by Alan Watson
£63.00When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527, he ordered the preparation of three compilations of Roman law that together formed the Corpus Juris Civilis. These works have become known individually as the Code, which collected the... -
Roman Arabia by G. W. Bowersock 9780674777569
£33.00The Roman province of Arabia occupied a crucial corner of the Mediterranean world, encompassing most of what is now Jordan, southern Syria, northwest Saudi Arabia, and the Negev. Mr. Bowersock's book is the first authoritative history of the region from... -
Rome's Most Notorious Defeats: The History and Legacy of the Battle of Cannae and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest by Charles River Editors 9781540797759
RRP: £9.24£7.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540797759Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames: The Early Historical Period: AD1-1000 by Paul Booth 9780954962753
RRP: £70.00£65.09The gravel terraces of the river Thames have revealed a wealth of archaeological information about the evolution of the landscape of the region, the development of the settlement pattern, and past human occupation. Much of this has come to light in... -
The War for Gaul: A New Translation by Julius Caesar 9780691174921
£17.36A new translation that captures the gripping power of one of the greatest war stories ever told-Julius Caesar's pitiless account of his brutal campaign to conquer GaulImagine a book about an unnecessary war written by the ruthless general of an occupying... -
Constantine and the Bishops: The Politics of Intolerance by H. A. Drake 9780801871047
RRP: £40.00£38.34Historians who viewed imperial Rome in terms of a conflict between pagans and Christians have often regarded the emperor Constantine's conversion as the triumph of Christianity over paganism. But in Constantine and the Bishops, historian H. A. Drake...