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History: earliest times to present day
paperback. What did daily life hold for women in ancient Greece and Rome? How many women read the great histories of Herodotus and Thucydides? Did Socrates' wife, Xanthippe, debate with her husband on issues of beauty and truth? This is an account of women's lives in Greece and Rome'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 215 x 32. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847923837
- ISBN
- 9781847923837
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€ 21.99€ 15.16
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Hardcover. Polybius' overall theme is how and why the Romans spread their power as they did. The main part of his history describes the rise of Rome, her destruction of Carthage, and her eventual domination of the Greek world. It is a vital achievement despite its incomplete state; all but the first five of its original forty books survive. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 116 x 33. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996595
- ISBN
- 9780674996595
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
€ 33.99
€ 28.91
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996601
- ISBN
- 9780674996601
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
€ 33.99
€ 28.91
Hardcover. For this six-volume edition of The Histories, W. R. Paton's 1922 translation has been thoroughly revised, the Buttner-Wobst Greek text corrected, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. All but the first five of forty volumes survive in an incomplete state. Volume VI includes fragments unattributed to particular books of The Histories. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 116 x 32. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Sew Rev
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996618
- ISBN
- 9780674996618
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.62
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paperback. Presenting Punic War in 264 BC, this title records the critical stages of Roman expansion: its campaigns throughout the Mediterranean, the temporary setbacks inflicted by Hannibal and the final destruction of Carthage. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 576 pages, maps, plan, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- Later Printing Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443622
- ISBN
- 9780140443622
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Hardcover. The main part of Polybius' history covers the years 264--146 BCE, describing the rise of Rome, her destruction of Carthage, and her eventual domination of the Greek world. For this edition, W. R. Paton's excellent translation has been thoroughly revised, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996588
- ISBN
- 9780674996588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.62
€ 33.99
€ 28.62
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300185126
- ISBN
- 9780300185126
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Condition: New
€ 80.20
€ 80.20
Hardback. This volume brings together a wide range of readings on the Athenian Empire. Editor(s): Low, Polly. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 764.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625857
- ISBN
- 9780748625857
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Condition: New
€ 189.91
€ 189.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403946843
- ISBN
- 9781403946843
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.70
€ 37.99
€ 31.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, tables & illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198152
- ISBN
- 9781845198152
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Condition: New
€ 129.19
€ 129.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 335 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765627292
- ISBN
- 9780765627292
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Condition: New
€ 84.01
€ 84.01
Hardback. What do the wheel, the law, and belief in a single god have in common? All of these ideas first came to people who lived in the ancient Near East. As if these revolutionary developments weren't enough to make a mark on world history, these ancient innovators also came up with the most fantastic invention of all-writing. Series: The World in Ancient Times. Num Pages: 176 pages, 99 color & 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 235 x 200 x 11. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195161595
- ISBN
- 9780195161595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.94
€ 58.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199664337
- ISBN
- 9780199664337
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.06
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Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Modern Library Paperback Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812971330
- ISBN
- 9780812971330
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Presents nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. This title includes prominent figures who achieved fame for their pivotal roles in Roman history. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140441581
- ISBN
- 9780140441581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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Hardcover. An outstanding new edition of Plutarch, the inventor of biography, focused on five lives that remade the Roman world. Editor(s): Romm, James. Translator(s): Mensch, Pamela. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393292824
- ISBN
- 9780393292824
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.82
€ 37.99
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Paperback. As well as providing an illuminating picture of the first century AD, the author depicts complex and nuanced heroes who display the essential virtues of Greek civilization - courage, patriotism, justice, intelligence and reason - that contributed to the rise of Rome. Editor(s): Tatum, Jeffrey. Translator(s): Tatum, Jeffrey; Pelling, Christopher; Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 832
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449754
- ISBN
- 9780140449754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.88
€ 17.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Romm, James S. Translator(s): Mensch, Pamela. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848466
- ISBN
- 9781603848466
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.25
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Paperback. Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Translator(s): Talbert, Richard J. A. Series Editor(s): Pelling, Christopher. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Rev. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449433
- ISBN
- 9780140449433
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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Paperback. Editor(s): Stadter, Philip A. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540051
- ISBN
- 9780199540051
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.87
€ 15.99
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Paperback. Offers a collection of ten biographies that spans the period from the start of the fourth century BC to the early third, and covers some of the most important figures in Greek history, such as the orator Demosthenes and Alexander the Great, as well as lesser known figures such as Plato's pupil Dion of Syracuse. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian; Duff, Timothy. Num Pages: 672 pages, 5 maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449358
- ISBN
- 9780140449358
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.49
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Paperback. Examines the lives of major figures in Roman history, from Lucullus (118-57 BC), an aristocratic politician and conqueror of Eastern kingdoms, to Otho (32-69 AD), a reckless young noble who consorted with the tyrannical, debauched emperor Nero before briefly becoming a dignified and gracious emperor himself. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian; Pelling, Christopher. Num Pages: 752 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449167
- ISBN
- 9780140449167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.79
€ 20.99
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033828
- ISBN
- 9781906033828
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.58
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An Unsettled Conquest. The British Campaign Against the Peoples of Aca...
Plank, Geoffrey (Associate Professor Of Histo...
paperback. "Ultimately, the story of Nova Scotia's violent integration into the British system offers a case study in the limits of voluntarism in the ramshackle empire that preceded the Seven Years' War."-William and Mary Quarterly Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBCV; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218695
- ISBN
- 9780812218695
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60