Rome & the Roman Provinces
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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 -
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 -
Beyond the Romans: Posthuman Perspectives in Roman archaeology [Hardback]
Irene Selsvold (Editor); Lewis Webb (Editor)
Regular Price: £40.00
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ISBN: 9781789251364
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: TRAC Themes in Archaeology
Volume: 3
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This latest volume in the TRAC Themes in Theoretical Roman Archaeology series takes up posthuman theoretical perspectives to interpret Roman material culture. These perspectives provide novel and compelling ways of grappling with theoretical prob... .... Learn More -
City Walls in Late Antiquity: An Empire Wide Perspective [Hardback]
Emanuele Intagliata (Editor); Christopher Courault (Editor); Simon J. Barker (Editor)
Regular Price: £55.00
Special Price: £44.00
ISBN: 9781789253641
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The construction of urban defences was one of the hallmarks of the late Roman and late-antique periods (300–600 AD) throughout the western and eastern empire. City walls were the most significant construction projects of their time and they redefi... .... Learn More -
Ovid in Exile [Paperback]
Adrian Radulescu (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781592110209
Published by : Vita Histria
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The Roman poet Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 17) was a rock star of the newly-founded empire ruled by Caesar Augustus. A sensitive, artistic soul, his verse, focused on the art of love, attracted the Roman youth of his day and made him a celebrity in the imp... .... Learn More -
Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain [Hardback]
Roger Bland (Author); Adrian Chadwick (Author); Eleanor Ghey (Author); Colin Haselgrove (Author); David J. Mattingly (Author)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £48.75
ISBN: 9781785708558
Published by : Oxbow Books
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More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with... .... Learn More -
Illerup Adal 13 [Hardback]
Xenia Pauli Jensen (Author)
£48.95ISBN: 9788788415629
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Illerup Ådal Vol. 13 discusses the relationship between the use of weapons in war and the civilian use of bow and arrow for hunting or axes as a tool for daily tasks. Xenia Pauli Jensen writes about bows and arrows, and Lars Christian Nørbach anal... .... Learn More -
All the Emperor's Men: Roman Soldiers and Barbarians on Trajan's Column [Hardback]
J. C. Coulston (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781842173008
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Trajan's Column, set up in the heart of Rome, was completed in 113 CE to commemorate the emperor Trajan's wars across the Danube. Its reliefs provide a uniquely detailed picture of the army at war in perfect harmony with Trajan who in his own ... .... Learn More -
Butrint 5: Life and Death at a Mediterranean Port: The Non-Ceramic Finds from the Triconch Palace [Hardback]
William Bowden (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £33.75
ISBN: 9781785708978
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: BUTRINT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS
Volume: 5.2
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This is the second volume arising from the 1994–2003 excavations of the Triconch Palace at Butrint (Albania), which charted the history of a major Mediterranean waterfront site from the 2nd to the 15th centuries AD. The sequence (Butrint 3: Excava... .... Learn More -
What did the Sarcophagus of Symmachus Look Like?: Late Antique Pagan Sarcophagi [Paperback]
Niels Hannestad (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9788771847437
Published by : Aarhus University Press
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This book concerns the chronology of Roman mythological sarcophagi. The traditional chronology assumes a peak in production during the reign of Gallienus (AD 259-268) to fade away with the reign of Constantine. This chronology has some obvious f... .... Learn More
