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Mimetic Contagion: Art and Artifice in Terence's Eunuch by Robert Germany
$129.57When we are confronted with a work of art, what is its effect on us? In contrast to post-Enlightenment conceptions, which tend to restrict themselves to aesthetic or discursive responses, the ancient Greeks and Romans often conceived works of art as... -
Controlling Laughter: Political Humor in the Late Roman Republic by Anthony Corbeill
RRP: $51.60$40.67Although numerous scholars have studied Late Republican humor, this is the first book to examine its social and political context. Anthony Corbeill maintains that political abuse exercised real powers of persuasion over Roman audiences and he... -
Work and Labour in the Cities of Roman Italy by Miriam J. Groen-Vallinga
$131.08Work and labour are fundamental to an understanding of Roman society. In a world where reliable information was scarce and economic insecurity loomed large, social structures and networks of trust were of paramount importance to the way work was provided... -
Living and Cursing in the Roman West: Curse Tablets and Society by Stuart McKie
RRP: $116.10$115.95Focusing on the Roman west, this book examines the rituals of cursing, their cultural contexts, and their impact on the lives of those who practised them. A huge number of Roman curse tablets have been discovered, showing their importance for helping... -
Dining Posture in Ancient Rome: Bodies, Values, and Status by Matthew B. Roller
RRP: $38.70$35.33What was really going on at Roman banquets? In this lively new book, veteran Romanist Matthew Roller looks at a little-explored feature of Roman culture: dining posture. In ancient Rome, where dining was an indicator of social position as well as an... -
Roman Military Law by C. E. Brand
RRP: $28.37$22.63Rome was the law-giver for much of the modern world. She was also the greatest military power of antiquity, operating her military organization with remarkable efficiency and effectiveness throughout most of the then-known world. In view of the... -
Experiencing the Frontier and the Frontier of Experience: Barbarian perspectives and Roman strategies to deal with new threats by Alexander Rubel
$68.67Experiencing the Frontier and the Frontier of Experience deals with the Roman Empire's responses to the threats which were caused by the new geostrategic situation brought on by the crisis of the 3rd century AD, induced by the 'barbarians' who - often... -
Julius Caesar: The Gallic War Books V-VI by Jennifer Gerrish
$136.75Books V-VI of Julius Caesar's The Gallic War narrate Caesar's campaigns in Britain, Gaul, and Germany in 55 and 54 BCE. His political rival Pompey was at the height of his popularity in Rome, making it all the more incumbent upon Caesar to deliver... -
Verissimus: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius by Donald J Robertson
RRP: $32.25$28.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250270955Author Donald J. RobertsonFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 876gDimensions(mm)... -
Caesar: Civil War (C. Iuli Caesaris commentarii de bello civili) by Cynthia Damon 9780199659746
$103.65Oxford Classical Texts, also known as Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, provide authoritative, clear, and reliable editions of ancient texts, with apparatus criticus on each page. In this revised critical edition of Caesar's account of his... -
Augustus Caesar: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History 9781720450832
RRP: $11.60$10.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781720450832Author Hourly HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Roman History: v. 6 by Cassius Cocceianus Dio
RRP: $32.19$31.66A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and... -
Edge of Empire: Rome'S Frontier on the Lower Rhine by Jona Lendering 9789490258054
$32.87Every ancient author writing about the Low Countries, was preoccupied with the complete contrast between the civilized people of the Roman Empire and the tribes of noble savages or barbarians living outside it. Julius Caesar exploited this preconception... -
De Re Militari (Concerning Military Affairs): the Classic Treatise on Warfare at the Pinnacle of the Roman Empire's Power by Flavius Vegetius Renatus 9780857068200
$22.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857068200Author Flavius Vegetius RenatusFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 281g -
Roman Imperialism: Readings and Sources by Craige B. Champion
RRP: $50.25$44.63This broad-ranging reader on Roman imperialism brings together ancient documents in translation and a selection of the best recent scholarly essays, in order to introduce students to the major problems and controversies in studying this central aspect of... -
Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins 9780471095705
$32.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471095705Author Stephen Dando-CollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Limits of Empire by Simon Forty
RRP: $32.25$23.25The borders of the Roman Empire were frontiers that were often wild and dangerous. The expansion of the empire after the Punic Wars saw the Roman Republic become the dominant force in the Mediterranean as it first took Carthaginian territories in Gaul,... -
House of the Surgeon, Pompeii: Excavations in the Casa del Chirurgo (VI 1, 9-10.23) by Michael Anderson 9781785707285
$108.93The House of the Surgeon represents the first major publication of an important series of excavations undertaken by the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii (1994-2006) at the ancient city of Pompeii in a city block known as Insula VI 1. This is one of the... -
Tacitus Historiae by C. D. Fisher 9780198146346
$48.76Tacitus HistoriaeBook InformationISBN 9780198146346Author C. D. FisherFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressDimensions(mm) 194mm * 129mm * 21mm -
69 AD: The Year of Four Emperors by Gwyn Morgan 9780195315899
RRP: $19.34$14.74The Year of Four Emperors, so the ancient sources assure us, was one of the most chaotic, violent and frightening periods in all Roman history: a time of assassinations and civil wars, of armies so out of control that they had no qualms about occupying... -
Roman History: v. 4 by Cassius Cocceianus Dio
RRP: $32.19$31.66A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and... -
Roman History: v. 5 by Cassius Cocceianus Dio
RRP: $32.19$31.66A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and... -
Chariot Racing in the Roman Empire by Fik Meijer 9780801896972
$40.00A massive crowd of people, cloaked in the colors of their beloved athletes, slowly fill a 150,000-seat arena to cheer on their favorite teams. Athletes enter the stadium amid great pomp and circumstance as opposing fans hurl insults at one another and... -
Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier by Guy de la Bédoyère 9780226750231
$46.26Gladius delivers a stunning ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the fighting force that made the Roman Empire. Empire. The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in the ancient world. More than that, it was the single... -
A Companion to Julius Caesar by Miriam Griffin 9781405149235
RRP: $54.12$48.67A Companion to Julius Caesar comprises 30 essays from leading scholars examining the life and after life of this great polarizing figure. Explores Caesar from a variety of perspectives: military genius, ruthless tyrant, brilliant politician, first class... -
Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen: Myth versus Reality by Gregory S. Aldrete 9781538159514
RRP: $38.70$36.52An unparalleled exploration of films set in Ancient Rome, from the silent Cleopatra to the modern rendition of Ben-Hur.No sooner had the dazzling new technology of cinema been invented near the end of the 19th century than filmmakers immediately turned... -
Secrets of Pompeii - Everyday Life in Ancient Rome by Emidio de Albentiis 9780892369416
RRP: $51.60$44.62This title presents a lavishly illustrated and fascinating exploration of the art, architecture, and archaeology of one of the world's best preserved Roman cities. The remains of the ancient city of Pompeii, frozen in time following the tragic eruption... -
The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss
RRP: $16.76$10.55A "splendid" (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history's most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire.Following Caesar's... -
Roman History: v. 2 by Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674990418 [USED COPY]
RRP: $32.19$17.75A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and... -
Roman History: v. 2 by Cassius Cocceianus Dio
RRP: $32.19$31.66A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and... -
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon 9780679423089
RRP: $129.00$88.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679423089Author Edward GibbonFormat HardbackPage Count 1902Imprint Everyman's Library USAPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 2092gDimensions(mm)... -
Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion by Stephen Dando-Collins 9780471675013
RRP: $28.37$26.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471675013Author Stephen Dando-CollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing Company -
Gill Mill: Later Prehistoric Landscape and a Roman Nucleated Settlement in the Lower Windrush Valley at Gill Mill, near Witney, Oxfordshire by Paul Booth 9781905905423
$53.78The valley floodplain landscape covered by the Gill Mill quarry, almost 130ha, was intensively exploited from about 300 BC at a variety of Iron Age settlements. The largest of these remained in occupation into the early 3rd century AD, but meanwhile a... -
Livy: The History of Rome, Books 21-25 (Titi Livi ab urbe condita libri XXI-XXV) by John Briscoe
$70.94Oxford Classical Texts, also known as Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, provide authoritative, clear, and reliable editions of ancient texts, with apparatus criticus on each page. In this volume, Briscoe provides readers with a revised... -
The Dignity of Labour: Image, Work and Identity in the Roman World by Dr Iain Ferris
RRP: $25.80$17.21This is the first book to present an analysis of images of working people in Roman society and to interpret their meaning and significance. What did work mean to the Romans? Numerous incidental illustrations of agricultural workers occur in Roman... -
Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion by Jacob L. Mackey
RRP: $49.02$39.23A groundbreaking reinterpretation that draws on cognitive theory to show that belief wasn't absent from-but rather was at the heart of-Roman religionBelief and Cult argues that belief isn't uniquely Christian but was central to ancient Roman religion... -
Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny by Edward J. Watts
RRP: $19.34$14.42In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and... -
Turia: A Roman Woman's Civil War by Josiah Osgood 9780199832354
RRP: $52.88$33.93The civil wars that brought down the Roman Republic were fought on more than battlefields. Armed gangs infested the Italian countryside, in the city of Rome mansions were besieged, and bounty-hunters searched the streets for "public enemies."... -
The Complete Histories of Polybius by Polybius 9781420934236 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.92$18.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420934236Author PolybiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 606Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 875gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 34mm -
The Complete Histories of Polybius by Polybius 9781420934236
RRP: $21.92$20.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420934236Author PolybiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 606Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 875gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 34mm