Greece & the Hellenistic World
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Beyond the Gates of Fire: New Perspectives on the Battle of Thermopylae [Hardback]
Christopher Matthew (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781848847910
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
The Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC is one of the most famous battles in history. The heroism of the 300 Spartans who opted to remain behind to face the full might of the Persian host while their Greek allies made good their esca... .... Learn More -
The Architecture, Settlement, and Stratigraphy of Lerna IV [Hardback]
Elizabeth C. Banks (Author)
£100.00ISBN: 9780876613061
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: LERNA
Volume: VI
In 1995 Jeremy B. Rutter presented the pottery of the Fourth Settlement at Lerna in Lerna III: The Pottery of Lerna IV. The present volume is the companion to the Rutter volume, outlining the architectural sequence of the EH III p... .... Learn More -
Exploring the Hospitable Sea : Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Black Sea in Antiquity held in Thessaloniki, 21-23 September 2012 [Paperback]
£35.00ISBN: 9781407311142
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2498
This volume presents the proceedings of an international workshop hosted by the School of Humanities of the International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki (September 2012) on the theme of ‘The Black Sea in Antiquity’,... .... Learn More -
Los altares de las iglesias hispanas tardoantiguas y altomedievales : Estudio arqueológico [Paperback]
Isaac Sastre de Diego (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781407311197
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2503
In this work the author focuses on early Hispanic churches built before the arrival of the Roman Liturgy and the Romanesque techniques by examining liturgical sculptural evidence. This material record provides a detailed understan... .... Learn More -
Reading the Landscapes of the Rural Peloponnese : Landscape change and regional variation in an early ‘provincial’ setting [Paperback]
£31.00ISBN: 9781407311203
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2504
The extent, nature and causes of settlement change in the rural Peloponnese (Greece) in the last centuries of the Hellenistic period and the early centuries of Roman rule (c.200 BC to c.AD 200) are the focus of this study. Underst... .... Learn More -
Rough Cilicia: New Historical and Archaeological Approaches [Hardback]
Michael C. Hoff (Editor); Rhys F. Townsend (Editor)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781842175187
Published by : Oxbow Books
The region of Rough Cilicia (modern area the south-western coastal area of Turkey), known in antiquity as Cilicia Tracheia, constitutes the western part of the larger area of Cilicia. It is characterised by the ruggedness of its t... .... Learn More -
The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean [Hardback]
Peter F. Bang (Editor); W. Scheidel (Editor)
£95.00ISBN: 9780195188318
Published by : Oxford University Press
This Handbook offers a comprehensive survey of ancient state formation in western Eurasia and North Africa. Eighteen experts introduce readers to a wide variety of systems spanning 4,000 years, from the earliest known states in wo... .... Learn More -
Euripides: Electra [Paperback]
M. J. Cropp (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781908343697
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Classical Texts
King Agamemnon is long dead and his killers rule at Argos. Orestes returns from exile to avenge his father by killing his mother Clytemnestra and her seducer Aegisthus. His vengeance will release his sister Electra from oppression... .... Learn More -
After Alexander: The Time of the Diadochi (323-281 BC) [Hardback]
Victor Alonso Troncoso (Editor); Edward M. Anson (Editor)
Regular Price: £36.00
Special Price: £27.00
ISBN: 9781842175125
Published by : Oxbow Books
When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC without a chosen successor he left behind a huge empire and ushered in a turbulent period, as his generals fought for control of vast territories. The time of the Successors (Diadochi) is us... .... Learn More -
Rome, Portus and the Mediterranean [Hardback]
Simon Keay (Editor)
£90.00ISBN: 9780904152654
Published by : British School at Rome
Series: Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome
Volume: 21
One of the greatest consequences of Rome’s expansion across the Mediterranean world in the course of the Republic and the earliest years of the Empire was an exponential growth in the population and extent of the city itself... .... Learn More