Greece & Rome
The worlds of Greece and Rome, including archaeology, history, literature and culture: Archaic Greece, the Greek colonies around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the Classical Greek Age, Hellenistic expansion in the East, Rome and its Empire to AD 400.
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Pylai Aidao Un Percorso Iconografico e Letterario Sulla Diffusione del Tema delle Porte dell' ade da Oriente a Occidente: Un percorso iconografico e letterario sulla diffusione del tema delle Porte dell’Ade da Oriente a Occidente [Paperback]
Annalisa Tasso (Author)
£24.00ISBN: 9781407311425
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2524
This work focuses on the persistence of the ‘Gates of Hades’ iconographic theme among the peoples of the ancient Mediterranean. The analysis considers both the written tradition and the iconographic evidence surviving ... .... Learn More -
Roman and medieval development south of Cheapside: Excavations at Bow Bells House, City of London, 2005–6 [Paperback]
Isca Howell (Author); Lyn Blackmore (Author); Christopher Phillpotts (Author); Amy Thorp (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9781907586170
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: MoLAS Archaeology Studies Series
Volume: 26
Excavations on the south side of Cheapside found evidence for Roman timber buildings and pits dating to the later 1st and 2nd centuries AD, and a masonry building constructed after c AD 125. The main west–east road through L... .... Learn More -
Roman Invasion of Britain: Archaeology versus History [Hardback]
Birgitta Hoffmann (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781848840973
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
The purpose of this book is to take what we think we know about the Roman Conquest of Britain from historical sources, and compare it with the archaeological evidence, which is often contradictory. Archaeologists and historians al... .... Learn More -
Merry and Jovial: Reconsidering the Effigies Immortalis and the Commemoration of Roman Boys [Paperback]
Crispin Corrado (Author)
£21.00ISBN: 9781407311036
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2489
This book undertakes to answer questions relating to the creation of deity assimilation statues for young boys, a
common mode of commemoration for the Romans. In addition, it demonstrates that many statues traditionally underst... .... Learn More -
Zeus in Early Greek Mythology and Religion : From prehistoric times to the Early Archaic period [Paperback]
Olga A. Zolotnikova (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9781407311067
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2492
This monograph examines the religious and mythological concepts of Zeus from prehistoric times until the Early Archaic period. The research was performed as an interdisciplinary study involving the evidence of the Homeric poems, a... .... Learn More -
The Theodosian Age (A.D. 379-455) : Power, place, belief and learning at the end of the Western Empire [Paperback]
Rosa García-Gasco (Editor); Sergio González (Editor); David Hernandez de la Fuente (Editor)
£47.00ISBN: 9781407311074
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2493
Papers presented at the conference on the age of the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius (Segovia 2009). .... Learn More -
The Pagan Image of Greco-Roman Palestine and Surrounding Lands [Paperback]
Pau Figueras (Author)
£39.00ISBN: 9781407311098
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2495
The present collection refers not only to the remains of the pagan religion of Greeks and Romans, but also to those of Edomites, Nabataeans and Itureans in the Hellenistic and Roman period. Furthermore, it also includes motifs whi... .... Learn More -
Mosaici Tardoantichi dell'isola di Cos: Scavi italiani 1912–1945 [Paperback]
Lorella Maria De Matteis (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781407311333
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2515
This monograph examines the mosaic floors of the Early Christian basilicas of Kos island brought to light by the Italian Archaeological School of Athens during the military occupation. The documentation consisted of mostly unpubli... .... Learn More -
The Meroë Head of Augustus [Paperback]
Thorsten Opper (Author)
£5.00ISBN: 9780714150918
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Objects In Focus
Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the 'Meroe Head' is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted heir Augustus (63 BC-AD 14). Once forming part of a statue of Rome's revered first true ... .... Learn More -
Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome [Hardback]
Claire L Lyons (Author)
£70.00ISBN: 9781606061336
Published by : Getty Trust Publishing
This is a richly illustrated volume that demonstrates Sicily's essential role in the development of the ancient Mediterranean world. Ancient Sicily, a prosperous island at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, occupied a pivotal pl... .... Learn More