History
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The Art of Contact: Comparative Approaches to Greek and Phoenician Art [Hardback]
S. Rebecca Martin (Author)
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ISBN: 9780812249088
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
The proem to Herodotus's history of the Greek-Persian wars relates the long-standing conflict between Europe and Asia from the points of view of the Greeks' chief antagonists, the Persians and Phoenicians. However humorous or fantastical these acc... .... Learn More -
Women at War in the Classical World [Hardback]
Paul Chrystal (Author)
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ISBN: 9781473856608
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Paul Chrystal has written the first full length study of women and warfare in the Graeco Roman world. Although the conduct of war was generally monopolized by men, there were plenty of exceptions with women directly involved in its direction and e... .... Learn More -
After Alexander: The Time of the Diadochi (323-281 BC) [Paperback]
Edward M. Anson (Editor); Victor Alonso Troncoso (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785705120
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 usually defined as ... .... Learn More -
Travel, Geography and Culture in Ancient Greece, Egypt and the Near East [Paperback]
Jim Roy (Editor); Colin Adams (Editor)
£32.00ISBN: 9781785705502
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Leicester Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society
Volume: 10
This collection of essays looks beyond the focus of existing works on ancient travel and its documentation, to examine its social and cultural implications. For travel (and the reasons behind it) offers a window on to many features of ancient ... .... Learn More -
The Cities of Pamphylia [Paperback]
John D. Grainger (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842173343
Published by : Oxbow Books
Pamphylia, in modern Turkey, was a Greek country from the early Iron Age until the Middle Ages. In that land there were nine cities which can be described more or less as Greek, and this book is an investigation of their history. This was a lan... .... Learn More -
Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC [Paperback]
Anton Powell (Author)
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ISBN: 9781138778467
Published by : Routledge
Beginning in 478 BC when `the city of Athens was in ruins', Anton Powell presents an excellent, well-written account of 5th-century Greek history and society. Powell presents much of the ancient source material, with analysis and comment, along... .... Learn More -
Pyrrhus of Epirus [Paperback]
Jeff Champion (Author)
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ISBN: 9781473886643
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Pyrrhus was born into the royal house of Epirus, northwest Greece, but his mother was forced to flee into exile to protect his life when he was a mere infant. Yet he prospered in troubled times and rose from a refugee to a king. Always an adventur... .... Learn More -
Athens [Hardback]
Niall Livingstone (Author)
Regular Price: £120.00
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ISBN: 9780415212960
Published by : Routledge
The citizens of ancient Athens were directly responsible for the development and power of its democracy; but how did they learn about politics and what their roles were within it? In this volume Livingstone argues that learning about political pra... .... Learn More -
Archaic and Classical Greek Sicily: A Social and Economic History [Hardback]
Franco De Angelis (Author)
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ISBN: 9780195170474
Published by : Oxford University Press
Ancient Greek migrants in Sicily produced societies and economies that both paralleled and differed from their homeland. Since the nineteenth century explanations for these similarities and differences have been heavily debated, with attention foc... .... Learn More -
Democracy's Beginning: The Athenian Story [Hardback]
Thomas Mitchell (Author)
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ISBN: 9780300215038
Published by : Yale University Press
The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively history, author Thomas N. Mitchell tells the full an... .... Learn More
