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Stratagems by Frontinus
Booksplease Price: $49.35Ancient expertise on water and warfare.Frontinus, Sextus Iulius, ca. AD 35-103, was a capable Roman civil officer and military commander. Praetor of the city in 70 and consul in 73 or 74, 98 and 100,... -
Frontinus: De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae by Frontinus 9780521101189
Booksplease Price: $98.53In 97 CE Julius Frontinus was appointed by the Emperor Nerva to the post of water commissioner for the city of Rome. In the De Aquaductu Urbis Romae he sets forth his duties, responsibilities and... -
Frontinus and the Curae of the Curator Aquarum by Professor of Classics Michael Peachin 9783515086363
Booksplease Price: $126.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783515086363Author Professor of Classics Michael PeachinFormat PaperbackPag -
Water Distribution in Ancient Rome: The Evidence of Frontinus by Harry B. Evans 9780472084463
RRP: $50.60Booksplease Price: $48.77Water Distribution in Ancient Rome examines the nature and effects of Rome's system of aqueducts, drawing on the difficult but important work of the Roman engineer Frontinus. Among other questions,... -
Sextus Julius Frontinus and the Roman Empire: Author of Stratagems, Advisor to Emperors, Governor of Britain, Pacifier of Wales by John D Grainger 9781399051224
Booksplease Price: $58.54Sextus Iulius Frontinus is best known as author of the military handbook Strategems but, in addition to writing this and other works (now lost), he also had a varied and surprisingly influential... -
The Roman Auxiliary Units of Britain Simon Turney 9781399056038
RRP: $48.75Booksplease Price: $37.97The majority of work on Roman Britain's military focuses on the legions, with much less attention paid to the auxilia, even though the latter formed the vast majority of the manpower. The auxiliary... -
Forts and Roman Strategy: A New Approach and Interpretation by Coby, Paul
RRP: $58.50Booksplease Price: $44.23Paul Coby here proposes a new system for the recording and mapping of Roman forts and fortifications that integrates all the data, including size, dating and identification of occupying units. ... -
Nerva and the Roman Succession Crisis of AD 96-99 by Dr. John D. Grainger 9780415349581
RRP: $81.88Booksplease Price: $77.40The imperial succession at Rome was notoriously uncertain, and where possible hereditary succession was preferred. John Grainger's detailed study looks at aperiod of intrigue and conspiracy. He... -
A Casebook on Roman Water Law by Cynthia Jordan Bannon 9780472037865
RRP: $56.45Booksplease Price: $53.90The Romans are famous for constructing aqueducts, canals, and dams. But their law is also a lasting, if less visible, monument to their attempts to control water. A Casebook on Roman Water Law... -
Gladiatrix by Russell Whitfield 9781905802098
RRP: $15.58Booksplease Price: $12.23Under the Flavian Emperors the Roman public's hunger for gladiatorial combat has never been greater. The Emperor Domitian's passion for novelty and variety in the arena has given rise to a very... -
Livy: The Composition of His History by Torrey James Luce 9780691610474
RRP: $107.25Booksplease Price: $90.75Professor Luce considers to what extent Livy may be said to have been in control of his historical material. What is the significance, the author asks, of the units by which Livy structured his... -
Roman Literature under Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian: Literary Interactions, AD 96–138 by Alice König
RRP: $85.80Booksplease Price: $83.95This volume is the first holistic investigation of Roman literature and literary culture under Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138). With case studies from Frontinus, Juvenal, Martial, Pliny the... -
Piranesi Unbound by Carolyn Yerkes
RRP: $132.60Booksplease Price: $111.70Why Piranesi's greatest works weren't his famous prints but rather the books for which he made themA draftsman, printmaker, architect, and archaeologist, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) is best... -
Livy: The Composition of His History by Torrey James Luce 9780691656267
RRP: $292.50Booksplease Price: $231.08Professor Luce considers to what extent Livy may be said to have been in control of his historical material. What is the significance, the author asks, of the units by which Livy structured his... -
Antiquity Made Present in Reformation England: Classical Translation and the Politics of Counsel, 1530–1580 by Fred Schurink 9781009647656
RRP: $185.25Booksplease Price: $167.97In this interdisciplinary study, Fred Schurink provides a major reinterpretation of translations of the classics in the half-century following Henry VIII's break from Rome. He reveals how translators... -
Greek and Roman Military Manuals: Genre and History by James T. Chlup
RRP: $89.68Booksplease Price: $84.01This volume explores the enigmatic primary source known as the ancient military manual. In particular, the volume explores the extent to which these diverse texts constitute a genre (sometimes... -
After 69 CE - Writing Civil War in Flavian Rome by Lauren Donovan Ginsberg 9783110736885
RRP: $61.43Booksplease Price: $45.32The fall of Nero and the civil wars of 69 CE ushered in an era scarred by the recent conflicts; Flavian literature also inherited a rich tradition of narrating nefas from its predecessors who had... -
After 69 CE - Writing Civil War in Flavian Rome by Lauren Donovan Ginsberg 9783110583960
RRP: $281.78Booksplease Price: $190.32The fall of Nero and the civil wars of 69 CE ushered in an era scarred by the recent conflicts; Flavian literature also inherited a rich tradition of narrating nefas from its predecessors who had... -
Creative Writing: Writers on Writing by Amal Chatterjee 9781907076114
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $30.23Creative Writing: Writers on Writing anthologises original literary work by eight contemporary authors; Amal Chatterjee, Colm Breathnach, Fred D'Aguiar, Jane Draycott, Philip Gross, Kathryn Heyman,... -
Harvard Studies in Classical Philology: No. 103 by Albert Henrichs 9780674021303
RRP: $81.80Booksplease Price: $68.68Volume 103 of Harvard Studies in Classical Philology includes the following contributions: Renaud Gagne, "Winds and Ancestors: The Physika of Orpheus"; Jonas Grethlein, "The Poetics of the Bath in... -
Researching Creative Writing by 9781907076374
Booksplease Price: $208.69In this learned but practical book, Jen Webb shows how 'research practices can invigorate writing; creative practices can invigorate research; and - if properly organised and managed - creative... -
Studying Creative Writing by Sharon Norris 9781907076435
RRP: $39.00Booksplease Price: $19.60What can you expect from a creative writing course? What skills do you need to develop? How can you make the most of your degree course - and the opportunities it can create? This book is designed to... -
Water in Ancient Mediterranean Households by Rick Bonnie (University of Helsinki) 9781032214009
RRP: $89.68Booksplease Price: $84.01This book provides the first detailed study of the water supply of households in antiquity. Chapters explore settings from Classical Greece to the Late Roman Empire across a wide variety of...