History
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Claudius Caesar: Image and Power in the Early Roman Empire [Hardback]
Josiah Osgood (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780521881814
Published by : Cambridge University Press
It is hard to think of the emperor Claudius without recalling Derek Jacobi's memorable, stuttering portrayal of him back in the 1970s in 'I, Claudius'. But while there is some evidence in the ancient sources for that image, Josiah Osgood shifts... .... Learn More -
Claudius Caesar: Image and Power in the Early Roman Empire [Paperback]
Josiah Osgood (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9780521708258
Published by : Cambridge University Press
It is hard to think of the emperor Claudius without recalling Derek Jacobi's memorable, stuttering portrayal of him back in the 1970s in 'I, Claudius'. But while there is some evidence in the ancient sources for that image, Josiah Osgood shifts... .... Learn More -
Tacitus' Annals [Hardback]
Ronald Mellor (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780195151923
Published by : Oxford University Press
This study of Tacitus' most enduring and important work aims to show how Tacitus conceptualised history, and the impact that the Annals have had on subsequent historical and literary endeavours. Mellor explores the picture which Tacitus present... .... Learn More -
Tacitus' Annals [Paperback]
Ronald Mellor (Author)
£16.95ISBN: 9780195151930
Published by : Oxford University Press
This study of Tacitus' most enduring and important work aims to show how Tacitus conceptualised history, and the impact that the Annals have had on subsequent historical and literary endeavours. Mellor explores the picture which Tacitus present... .... Learn More -
Oxford History of Historical Writing, Volume 1: Beginings to AD 600 [Hardback]
Andrew Feldherr (Author);Grant Hardy (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9780199218158
Published by : Oxford University Press
This is the first book in a five-volume series that has the ambitious aim of exploring representations of the past from earliest times to the present day, and ranges all over the world. Distinguished scholars from a variety of fields here consi... .... Learn More -
Roman Empire in Context [Hardback]
Johann P Arnason (Author);Kurt A. Raaflaub (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9780470655573
Published by : John Wiley & Sons Ltd
This compendium of discussions of the Roman Empire by leading ancient historians, sociologists and political scientists takes a comparative approach. Rome is viewed not merely on its own terms but as a city-state in the ancient Mediterranean; a... .... Learn More -
Tales of the Barbarians [Hardback]
Greg Woolf (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9781405160735
Published by : John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Greg Woolf here considers Roman views of the non-Roman inhabitants of the western empire: Celts, Spaniards, Africans and Britons. He draws on modern theories of ethnography and, exploring how ancient geography, local histories and the stories ... .... Learn More -
Hellenistic and Roman Naval Warfare, 336-31 [Hardback]
John D. Grainger (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781848841611
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
The battle of Actium in 31 BC, in which Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, was the last significant naval encounter in the ancient Mediterranean world. However, before the dominance of Rome was complete, battles at sea w... .... Learn More -
Roman Conquests: Asia Minor, Syria and Armenia [Hardback]
Richard J. Evans (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781844159710
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Balancing readability with scholarly rigour, Richard Evans narrates the course of Rome's expansion into and conquest of the Near East. He describes the wars which Rome fought against the Seleucid Empire, including the pivotal Battle of Magnesia... .... Learn More -
Teutoburg Forest, AD 9 [Paperback]
Michael McNally (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9781846035814
Published by : Osprey
The ambush and near-total destruction of three Roman legions at the hands of the German chieftain - and ex-Roman auxiliary - Arminius in AD 9 had a profound effect on the Roman consciousness. This study, with plentiful illustrations and photog... .... Learn More