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The British Museum Colouring Book of Ancient Rome by John Green
RRP: $3.86$3.35Providing a fun way to find out about Ancient Rome, this activity book includes word puzzles, picture puzzles, logic and maths puzzles, and jokes and cartoons.Providing a fun way to find out about Ancient Rome, this activity book includes word puzzles,... -
Settlement, Urbanization, and Population by Alan Bowman 9780198788515
$38.98This volume presents a collection of studies focussing on population and settlement patterns in the Roman empire in the perspective of the economic development of the Mediterranean world between 100 BC and AD 350. The analyses offered here highlight the... -
Virgil Aeneid X: A Selection by Christopher Tanfield 9781474266109
RRP: $19.34$6.37This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Virgil's Aeneid X, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for lines 215-250, 260-307, 362-398 and 426-542. A detailed introduction covers the... -
Paganism in the Roman Empire by Ramsay MacMullen 9780300029840
$27.49"MacMullen...has published several books in recent years which establish him, rightfully, as a leading social historian of the Roman Empire. The current volume exhibits many of the characteristics of its predecessors: the presentation of novel,... -
The Digest of Justinian, Volume 4 by Alan Watson
RRP: $92.88$73.96When 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... -
The Romans and Their World: A Short Introduction by Brian Campbell
RRP: $19.34$16.81Drawing on an array of ancient sources, and covering topics of interest to readers with little prior background in Roman history as well as those already familiar with the great civilization, Brian Campbell provides a fascinating and wide-ranging... -
Poseidon's Warriors: Classical Naval Warfare 480-31 BC by John Lambshead 9781472814180
RRP: $16.76$16.64Poseidon's Warriors is a set of wargaming rules for large-scale naval actions between fleets of Classical galleys from the Greek and Persian clash at the battle of Salamis to the battle of Actium that decided the fate of Rome. With so many of these... -
Diocletian and the Tetrarchy by Roger Rees 9780748616619
RRP: $38.69$35.85This book aims to make accessible the sources and controversies concerning a key period in the history of the Roman Empire -- the reign of Diocletian and its immediate aftermath. Diocletian was an emperor of unusual ambition, and his reign saw... -
Soldiers and Silver: Mobilizing Resources in the Age of Roman Conquest by Michael J. Taylor
RRP: $63.21$50.54By the middle of the second century BCE, after nearly one hundred years of warfare, Rome had exerted its control over the entire Mediterranean world, forcing the other great powers of the region-Carthage, Macedonia, Egypt, and the Seleucid empire-to... -
Roman Shields by Hilary Travis
RRP: $25.80$17.21The Roman military is an iconic, ancient institution; everybody is familiar with the image of fearsome Roman soldiers marching in their famous columns. In this book, Roman military experts John and Hilary Travis turn their attention to the shields used... -
Disclosure and Discretion in Roman Astrology: Manilius and his Augustan Contemporaries by Steven J. Green 9780199646807
$130.88In light of modern scepticism towards the practice, it is easy to overlook just how important a role astrology played in the career of Rome's first Emperor, Augustus. Augustus' enthusiasm for employing astrological predictions and symbols to cement his... -
Perpetua: Athlete of God by Barbara K. Gold 9780197620243
RRP: $36.75$33.93Perpetua was an early Christian martyr who died in Roman Carthage in 203 CE, along with several fellow martyrs, including one other woman, Felicitas. She has attracted great interest for two main reasons: she was one of the earliest martyrs, especially... -
Mythic Rome by Pete Nash 9780994758958
RRP: $40.67$36.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994758958Author Pete NashFormat HardbackPage Count 242Imprint Design MechanismPublisher Design MechanismWeight(grams) 848g -
Roman Hispania: The History of Ancient Rome's Conquest of Spain and the Iberian Peninsula by Charles River Editors 9781718732230
RRP: $13.21$10.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781718732230Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Intelligence Activities in Ancient Rome: Trust in the Gods But Verify by Rose Mary Sheldon
RRP: $56.75$49.59Professor Sheldon uses the modern concept of the intelligence cycle to trace intelligence activities in Rome whether they were done by private citizens, the government, or the military.Examining a broad range of activities the book looks at the many... -
Zenobia: Shooting Star of Palmyra by Nathanael Andrade 9780190638818
RRP: $45.14$33.46Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (also Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. But sources for her life and career are scarce... -
The Navies of Rome by Michael Pitassi
RRP: $33.53$28.50A groundbreaking new chronological study of the role played by the Navy in the successful development of the Roman Empire. Both welcome and useful. [...] This is a narrative history as well as a focused study of the development of the ships, officers,... -
Evil Lords: Theories and Representations of Tyranny from Antiquity to the Renaissance by Nikos Panou
RRP: $109.65$69.34Evil Lords uses the prism of bad rule or tyranny to enhance our undestranding of political discourse from the ancient world to the renaissance, offering insights into pre-modern conceptions of sovereignty, as well as into the relation between ethics and... -
Romans and the People of God: Essays in Honor of Gordon D. Fee on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday by Sven K. Soderlund 9780802821294
RRP: $32.24$21.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802821294Author Sven K. SoderlundFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing... -
Pliny's Roman Economy: Natural History, Innovation, and Growth by Richard Saller
RRP: $41.28$31.94The first comprehensive study of Pliny the Elder's economic thought-and its implications for understanding the Roman Empire's constrained innovation and economic growthThe elder Pliny's Natural History (77 CE), an astonishing compilation of 20,000... -
Divine Institutions: Religions and Community in the Middle Roman Republic by Dan-el Padilla Peralta
RRP: $54.18$43.14How religious ritual united a growing and diversifying Roman RepublicMany narrative histories of Rome's transformation from an Italian city-state to a Mediterranean superpower focus on political and military conflicts as the primary agents of social... -
Constantine the Great: A Captivating Guide to the First Christian Roman Emperor and How He Ruled the Roman Empire by Captivating History 9781647486600
RRP: $25.76$15.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647486600Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm)... -
The Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Context by Mary T. Boatwright
RRP: $119.97$102.09The Imperial Women of Rome explores the constraints and activities of the women who were part of Rome's imperial families from 35 BCE to 235 CE, the Roman principate. Boatwright uses coins, inscriptions, papyri, material culture, and archaeology, as well... -
Ab Urbe Condita: Bks. 1-45, v. 13 by Livy
RRP: $32.19$30.17Rome, 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... -
Gladiators: Fighting to the Death in Ancient Rome by M. C. Bishop 9781612005133
$12.27The gladiator is one of the most enduring figures of Ancient Rome. Heroic, though of lowly status, they fought vicious duals in large arenas filled with baying crowds. The survivor could be either executed (the famous 'thumbs down' signal) or spared at... -
The End of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty in Rome: The History of Nero's Reign and the Year of the Four Emperors by Charles River Editors 9781540748355
RRP: $13.08$10.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540748355Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Virgil Aeneid VIII: A Selection by Keith MacLennan 9781474271905
$21.63This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-level (Group 3) prescription of Virgil's Aeneid VIII, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for lines 86-279 and 558-584, along with a detailed introduction. ... -
Ovid Heroides: A Selection by John Godwin 9781474265904
RRP: $18.05$17.35This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Ovid's Heroides, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for Heroides VI, lines 1-100 and 127-64, and X, lines 1-76 and 119-50. A detailed... -
Ancient Rome The Republic 753BC-30BC by Patricia Southern
RRP: $12.89$8.57Rome began as a collection of primitive huts on the banks of the Tiber, some considerable time before Romulus founded the great city. Ruled by kings for the first two and a half centuries, the Romans abolished the monarchy and created for their little... -
Rome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty by Anthony A. Barrett 9780691233949
RRP: $20.63$15.16Drawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Rome's Great Fire-and how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman EmpireAccording to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his majestic imperial capital on the night of July 19, AD... -
Cassius Dio by Jesper Majbom Madsen 9781350033375
$36.86This volume offers an introduction to the life and work of the 3rd-century-AD Greco-Roman senator and historian Cassius Dio, whose work, although imperfectly preserved in 80 books, is of fundamental importance to our understanding of Roman history. It is... -
Dea Senuna: Treasure, Cult and Ritual at Ashwell, Hertfordshire by Ralph Jackson 9780861591947
$87.62The hoard of Roman-British temple treasure discovered at Ashwell in 2002 provides fascinating new insights into the ritual of Roman religion. This is the first full publication of the Ashwell treasure since its high profile discovery in 2002, and... -
Cicero's Orations by MarcusTullius Cicero 9780486822853
RRP: $12.89$9.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486822853Author Marcustullius CiceroFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Seneca: Selected Dialogues and Consolations: Selected Dialogues & Consolations by Seneca 9781624663680
RRP: $20.63$17.23Seneca's dialogues--as his epistolary essays have traditionally been known--offer an ideal path into the philosophical thought of first-century Rome's most famous Stoic, whose compelled suicide in 65 CE (by order of his former pupil Emperor Nero) drew... -
Roman Conquests: Asia Minor, Syria and Armenia by Richard Evans 9781844159710
$31.81While conquering Greece and Macedonia the Romans defeated an intervention by the Seleucid Empire, the most powerful of the Hellenistic states founded by Alexander the Great's successors. Soon Roman armies crossed to Asia for the first time to carry the... -
The Transformation of Greek Amulets in Roman Imperial Times by Christopher A. Faraone
RRP: $127.71$103.10The era of the Roman Empire was distinguished by an explosion of images and texts in a variety of media-metal, papyrus, mosaic, gemstone-all designed to protect, heal, or grant some abstract benefit to the persons who wore them on their bodies or placed... -
Reconstructing the Roman Republic: An Ancient Political Culture and Modern Research by Karl-J. Holkeskamp 9780691140384
$73.88In recent decades, scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was essentially democratic in nature, stressing the central role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. Karl-J. Holkeskamp challenges this view in Reconstructing... -
When in Rome: A Social Life of Ancient Rome by Paul Chrystal 9781781556047
RRP: $32.25$23.92A vibrant, accessible social history of Rome, from 753 BCE to the fall of the Empire some 1300 years later. To support its findings the book features hundreds of translations of inscriptions and graffiti from original authors-Roman, Greek and Jewish-and... -
Roman Scandal: A Brief History of Murder, Adultery, Rape, Slavery, Animal Cruelty, Torture, Plunder, and Religious Persecution in the Ancient Empire of Rome by Frank H Wallis 9781523733064
RRP: $12.89$11.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523733064Author Frank H WallisFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Pilgrimage to Rome in the Middle Ages - Continuity and Change by Debra J. Birch 9780851157719
RRP: $32.24$20.56Debra Birch's lively account of pilgrimage to Rome throughout the medieval period is well-documented and clearly presented. HISTORY TODAY [Emma Mason]Well researched, clearly written, and, quite apart from the eternal city, provides an excellent...