History
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Hadrian: Arts, Politics and Economy [Paperback]
Thorsten Opper (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861591756
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 175
This book presents the proceedings of the 2009 conference relating to the 2008 exhibition at the British Museum entitled "Hadrian: Empire and Conflict" and complements and expands upon the exhibition catalogue. It covers... .... Learn More -
Making Textiles in pre-Roman and Roman Times: People, Places, Identities [Hardback]
Margarita Gleba (Editor); Judit Judit Pásztókai-Szeőke (Editor)
Regular Price: £30.00
Special Price: £22.00
ISBN: 9781842177679
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Volume: 14
Textile production is an economic necessity that has confronted all societies in the past. While most textiles were manufactured at a household level, valued textiles were traded over long distances and these trade networks were i... .... Learn More -
Imperial Brothers: Valentinian, Valens and the Disaster at Adrianople [Hardback]
Ian Hughes (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781848844179
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
The latest of Ian Hughes' Late Roman biographies here tackles the careers of the brother emperors, Valentinian and Valens. Valentian was selected and proclaimed as emperor in AD 364, when the Empire was still reeling from the disa... .... Learn More -
Sertorius and the Struggle for Spain [Paperback]
Philip Matyszak (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781848847873
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
When, after a brutal civil war, the dictator Sulla took power in Rome (82 BC), among the many who refused to accept his rule was a young army officer called Quintus Sertorius. Sertorius fled, first to Africa and then to Spain, whe... .... Learn More -
Germanicus: The Magnificent Life and Mysterious Death of Rome's Most Popular General [Hardback]
Lindsay Powell (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781781591208
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Germanicus (a.k.a. Germanicus Iulius Caesar) was regarded by many Romans as a hero in the mold of Alexander the Great. His untimely death, in suspicious circumstances, ended the possibility of a return to a more open republic and ... .... Learn More -
Eager for Glory: The Untold Story of Drusus the Elder, Conqueror of Germania [Paperback]
Lindsay Powell (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9781783030033
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Drusus the Elder (Nero Claudius Drusus) was regarded by the Romans as the first conqueror of Germania (western Germany) and a hero in the mold of Alexander the Great. Yet there has never been a full volume dedicated to his remarka... .... Learn More -
Roman Conquests: The Danubian Provinces [Hardback]
Michael Schmitz (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781848848245
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
The Roman conquests of Macedonia in the 2nd century BC led directly to the extension of their authority over the troublesome tribes of Thrace to the south of the Danube. But their new neighbor on the other side of the mighty river... .... Learn More -
Roman Conquests: Egypt and Judaea [Hardback]
John D. Grainger (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781848848238
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Egypt was the last of the Macedonian Successor states to be swallowed up by Roman expansion. The Ptolemaic rulers had allied themselves to Rome while their rivals went down fighting. However, Cleopatra's famous love affair with Ma... .... 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 -
Palladius: Opus Agriculturae [Hardback]
John G. Fitch (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781903018927
Published by : Prospect Books
Palladius wrote in the 5th century AD. His is the latest of Roman agricultural texts and perhaps for that reason was the treatise most widely distributed in the medieval world, being translated into Italian, Catalan and Middle English, among other... .... Learn More