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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Gladiators: Fighting to the Death in Ancient Rome [Paperback]
M. C. Bishop
£7.99ISBN: 9781612005133
Published by : Casemate UK
Series: Casemate Short History
The gladiator is one of the most enduring figures of Ancient Rome. Heroic, though of lowly status, they fought vicious duals in large arenas filled with baying crowds. The survivor could be either executed (the famous ‘thumbs down' signal) or spar... .... Learn More -
The Iconography of the Satyr in Greece and Rome [Hardback]
Allison Surtees (Author)
£105.00ISBN: 9781472465672
Published by : Routledge
The satyr is a ubiquitous figure in ancient art and this work explores the changing iconography of the satyr, from his inception in the visual record in archaic Athens to his usage in the Roman imperial period, using the Pouring Satyr statue type ... .... Learn More -
Essays on Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics [Hardback]
Robert Heinaman (Editor)
£95.00ISBN: 9780754663461
Published by : Routledge
Series: Ashgate Keeling Series in Ancient Philosophy
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Two major works on ethics have come down to us under Aristotle's name, the Nicomachean Ethics and the Eudemian Ethics, but, quite unjustifiably, the Eudemian Ethics has been largely neglected by students of ancient philosophy. This important colle... .... Learn More -
Ovid: Amores. Text, Prolegomena and Commentary in Four Volumes: Volume IV: A Commentary on Book Three [Hardback]
J. C. McKeown (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9780905205403
Published by : Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd
Series: Ovid: Amores
Volume: 4
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The final instalment of this substantial work of scholarship on Ovid. .... Learn More -
Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World [Hardback]
Emma Dench (Author)
£59.99ISBN: 9780521810722
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Series: Key Themes in Ancient History
This book evaluates a hundred years of scholarship on how empire transformed the Roman world, and advances a new theory of how the empire worked and was experienced. It engages extensively with Rome's Republican empire as well as the 'Empire of th... .... Learn More -
Personal Names in the Roman World [Paperback]
Clive Cheesman (Author)
£16.99ISBN: 9780715636183
Published by : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
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The Persian War: A Military History [Hardback]
William Shepherd (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781472808639
Published by : Osprey
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The victory of a few Greek city-states over the world's first superpower was an extraordinary military feat that secured the future of western civilization. All modern accounts of the war as a whole, and of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, the b... .... Learn More -
Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes [Paperback]
Eleni Hasaki (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780876615539
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Hesperia Supplement
Volume: 51
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An unparalleled assemblage of Archaic black-figure painted plaques was uncovered near Penteskouphia, a village west of ancient Corinth, over a century ago. The plaques—represented by over 1,200 fragments—and their depictions of gods, warriors, ani... .... Learn More -
The Julian Basilica: Architecture, Sculpture, Epigraphy [Hardback]
Paul D. Scotton (Author); Catherine de Grazia Vanderpool (Author); Carolynn Roncaglia (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9780876610237
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Corinth
Volume: 22
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Early-20th-century explorations of the Roman Forum at Ancient Corinth revealed a massive early imperial building now known as the Julian Basilica. The structure stood on a podium over four meters high, and it dominated the east end of the forum in... .... Learn More -
The Mycenaean Settlement on Tsoungiza Hill [Hardback]
Mary K. Dabney (Author); James C. Wright (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9780876619247
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Nemea Valley Archaeological Project
Volume: 3
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A hill dominating the Nemea Valley, Tsoungiza is located only 10 kilometers northwest of the citadel of Mycenae. Excavations there have uncovered the remains of a Late Helladic settlement that stood at its southern end. This volume presents the re... .... Learn More
