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300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World by Luke Edward Hall 9780241575734
RRP: $48.75$34.36Steeped in honey, Juventius, your golden eyes, and as sweet too when I press my lips to them - three hundred thousand kisses is not close to enoughFor centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a... -
Tacitus, Annals XIV: A Selection by John Storey
RRP: $25.33$23.13This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Annals XIV, 1-13, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A... -
Seneca: A Life by Emily Wilson
RRP: $21.43$15.15Philosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a stern ascetic morality while amassing a fortune under Nero and eventually committing suicide. This definitive... -
A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from History's Most Orthodox Empire by Anthony Kaldellis
RRP: $31.18$22.64Weird, decadent, degenerate, racially mixed, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate, and even hyper-literate, Byzantium has long been regarded by many as one big curiosity. According to Voltaire, it represented "a worthless collection of miracles, a... -
The Ancient City - Imperium Press by Numa Denis Fustel De Coulanges 9780648690542
RRP: $33.05$24.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648690542Author Numa Denis Fustel De CoulangesFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Imperium PressPublisher Imperium PressWeight(grams) 449g -
The Roman Army: The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World Chris McNab 9781849088138
RRP: $39.00$33.99The image of the Roman legionary is as familiar today as it was to the citizens - and enemies - of the vast Roman Empire two thousand years ago. This book goes beyond the stereotypes found in popular culture to examine the Roman Army from the first armed... -
OCR Ancient History GCSE Component 2: Rome by Paul Fowler
RRP: $29.23$27.18This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for GCSE Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 2, both the compulsory longer Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Longer Period... -
A Natural History of Latin Tore Janson (, Emeritus Professor of Latin, University of Goeteborg) 9780199214051
RRP: $20.46$14.51Beginning in Rome around 600 BC, Latin became the language of the civilized world and remained so for more than two millennia. French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian are among its progeny and it provides the international vocabulary of law and life... -
24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Dr Philip Matyszak 9781782438564
RRP: $25.33$17.02Walk a day in a Roman’s sandals.What was it like to live in one of the ancient world’s most powerful and bustling cities – one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York? In this entertaining and enlightening guide, bestselling... -
The Early History of Rome by Livy
RRP: $25.33$17.73'I hope my passion for Rome's past has not impaired my judgement; for I do honestly believe that no country has ever been greater or purer than ours or richer in good citizens and noble deeds'Livy dedicated most of his life to writing some 142 volumes of... -
Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius
RRP: $19.48$13.86The Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitelius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian. Suetonius composed his material from a variety of... -
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vols 4-6: Volumes 4,5,6 The Eastern Empire by Edward Gibbon
RRP: $117.00$86.68The first three volumes of Gibbon's DECLINE AND FALL (the western empire) were published by Everyman in 1993. Volumes 4-6 complete the set which is now available for the first time in many years. This year is the bicentenary of Gibbon's death, which has... -
Britain AD: A Quest for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons by Francis Pryor
RRP: $25.33$16.54Leading archaeologist Francis Pryor retells the story of King Arthur, legendary king of the Britons, tracing it back to its Bronze Age origins. The legend of King Arthur and Camelot is one of the most enduring in Britain's history, spanning... -
Roman Britain's Missing Legion: What Really Happened to IX Hispana? by Simon Elliott 9781526765727
RRP: $38.98$27.85Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the northern frontiers in Britain. But the last evidence for its existence in Britain comes from AD 108/. The mystery of their disappearance has inspired debate and... -
On Ovid's Metamorphoses by Gareth David Williams 9780231200714
RRP: $25.33$17.90Ovid's Metamorphoses has entranced audiences for two thousand years, from Rome under Augustus to humanities classrooms today. Borrowing liberally from Greek and Roman mythology, the poem tells hundreds of stories that share one essential theme: each tale... -
Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History by Peter Brown
RRP: $74.10$56.80A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world's most influential and distinguished historiansThe end of the ancient world was long regarded by historians as a time of decadence, decline, and fall. In his... -
The Rotten Romans by Terry Deary 9780439944007 [USED COPY]
RRP: $11.68$3.47Go back into the really rotten times of the Romans, where there were beastly battles, deadly doctors and marvellous myths. Discover what Roman soldiers wore under their kilts, how ancient Britons got their hair nice and spikey and why rich Romans needed... -
Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History by John Dickson
RRP: $29.23$23.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780310119371Author John DicksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint ZondervanPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams) 471gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 153mm * 26mm -
Tacitus, Annals XII: A Selection by Simon Allcock
RRP: $25.33$23.13This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Tacitus Annals XII, 25-26, 41-43, 52-53, 56-59, 64-69, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction. It is AD 48 and the... -
The Scorpion's Strike: Empire X Anthony Riches 9781473628700
RRP: $19.48$13.86With his compelling Centurions trilogy complete, Anthony Riches returns to his bestselling Empire sequence of novels with his storytelling skills polished to perfection. Set in the second century AD, The Scorpion's Strike continues the story of Marcus... -
The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus by Cassius Cocceianus Dio
RRP: $25.33$17.73Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC-AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war. This selection from Cassius Dio's Roman History gives the fullest description of that long struggle and ultimate triumph... -
Works by Marcus Aurelius
RRP: $48.65$45.61Stoic musings of a philosopher-emperor at war.Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180), Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, born at Rome, received training under his guardian and uncle emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned 138-161), who adopted him. He was converted to... -
Garrison Life at Vindolanda: A Band of Brothers by Anthony Birley 9780752419503
RRP: $43.88$32.74The ink writing-tablets, first indentified at Roman Vindolanda, just south of Hadrian's Wall, in 1973, revealed a hitherto unknown papyrus-substitute, thin leaves of wood for day-to-day book-keeping and letters. Dating mostly from the years AD 90-125... -
Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus by Lindsay Powell 9781399024808
RRP: $29.23$23.95Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Lives: v. 7 by Plutarch
RRP: $48.65$45.61Comparative biographies of distinguished Greeks and Romans.Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45-120, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular... -
Rome: An Empire's Story by Greg Woolf 9780192895172
RRP: $29.23$21.35The complete history of the Roman Empire - how it was created, how it was sustained in crisis, and how it shaped the world of its rulers and subjects, from the eighth century BCE to the dawn of the Middle Ages. Rome in the archaic age was a minor... -
Caligula: The Damned Emperors Book 1 Simon Turney 9781409175186
RRP: $21.43$14.43'An engrossing new spin on a well-known tale' Antonia Senior, The Times'Caligula as you've never seen him before! A powerfully moving read from one of the best ancient world authors in the business' Kate Quinn, author of The Alice Network Everyone... -
Roman Standards & Standard-Bearers (1): 112 BC-AD 192 Raffaele D'Amato (Author) 9781472821805
RRP: $29.23$21.35Roman unit standards played a important role, both ceremonially and on the battlefield. With the armies of the late Roman Republic and early Empire continually engaged on the frontiers, the soldiers selected for the dangerous honour of carrying them were... -
50 Finds of Roman Coinage by Andrew Brown
RRP: $31.18$21.16Roman coinage represents the largest single category of object recorded through the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), with over 300,000 single finds in addition to several thousand hoards. This dataset, unparalleled anywhere else in the... -
The Cimbrian War 113-101 BC: The Rise of Caius Marius Nic Fields 9781472854919
RRP: $33.13$23.95A gripping illustrated narrative of the Cimbrian (or Cimbric) War, in which the armies of the Roman Republic finally defeated the Germanic tribes of the Cimbri, Teutons, Ambrons and Tigurini. Rome's victory in the Cimbrian War was born of a number of... -
The Dawn of the Roman Empire: Books 31-40 by Livy
RRP: $25.33$17.73'With a single announcement from a herald, all the cities of Greece and Asia had been set free; only an intrepid soul could formulate such an ambitious project, only phenomenal valour and fortune bring it to fruition. (Livy, 33. 33) Thus Livy... -
The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins
RRP: $29.23$21.35Why did Rome fall? Vicious barbarian invasions during the fifth century resulted in the cataclysmic end of the world's most powerful civilization, and a 'dark age' for its conquered peoples. Or did it? The dominant view of this period today is that... -
The Throne of Caesar Steven Saylor 9781472123633
RRP: $19.48$13.26In The Throne of Caesar, award-winning mystery author Steven Saylor turns to the most famous murder in history . . .It's Rome, 44 BC, and the Ides of March are approaching.Julius Caesar has been appointed Dictator for life by the Roman Senate. Having... -
The Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius
RRP: $29.23$21.35The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200-118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. Opening with the Punic War in 264 BC, he vividly... -
The Later Roman Empire: (a.D. 354-378) by Ammianus Marcellinus 9780140444063 [USED COPY]
RRP: $25.33$20.22Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius,... -
The Later Roman Empire: (a.D. 354-378) by Ammianus Marcellinus
RRP: $25.33$17.73Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius,... -
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome Harry Sidebottom 9780861546855
RRP: $21.43$13.65What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? Discover the scandalous life and times of Rome's worst emperor. 'Buy the book; it's very entertaining.' David Aaronovitch, The Times On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old... -
Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Garrett Ryan
RRP: $33.13$25.39Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drink fine wine, use birth control, or survive surgery? In a series of short and humorous essays, Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants explores... -
Pertinax: The Son of a Slave Who Became Roman Emperor by Simon Elliott
RRP: $48.75$34.36The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the very top through hard work, grit and determination. Born in AD 126, he made a late career change from working as a grammar... -
Vergil: The Poet's Life by Sarah Ruden 9780300256611
RRP: $37.03$31.55A biography of Vergil, Rome's greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid "Ms. Ruden has converted the writer of the Aeneid from a noble and stodgy 'ancient' into our contemporary . . . persuasively re-imagined [as] a sympathetic,...