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BCE to c 500 CE

Paperback. Here, David Gwynn reflects on the remarkable legacy of the Roman Republic. The rise and fall of the Republic holds a special place in the history of Western civilization; it has been presented as a model, a source of inspiration, but also a warning. Placing the events in their wider context, he provides a fascinating history of culture and society. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 12 black and white halftones, and some maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 122 x 9. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199595112
ISBN
9780199595112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Published between 1776 and 1788, this text is acknowledged as a masterpiece of English historical writing. Covering the history of Europe from the 2nd-century AD, to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, this edition includes footnotes, explanatory comments, and a precis of the chapters not included. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 1088 pages, 26 maps, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 58. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
1088
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264993
ISBN
9781853264993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.13

Paperback. Series: DK Findout!. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; 5AH; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 190 x 241 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241282779
ISBN
9780241282779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Paperback. Presents an account of the life and times of the Empress Theodora. This book follows her from her childhood as a Hippodrome bear-keeper's daughter to her imperial roles as Justinian's trusted counselor and as an effective and powerful advocate for the downtrodden. Num Pages: 172 pages, 9 b&w illus., 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 331. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292702707
ISBN
9780292702707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. An illustrated history of the Roman Navy and their warships in the late Empire. A less well-known aspect of Roman history that will appeal to ancient and naval history enthusiasts. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 48 col. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472818263
ISBN
9781472818263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.50

Hardback. Examines the ways in which Christian monks justified occupying the Sinai through creating associations between Biblical narratives and Sinai sites while assigning uncivilized, negative, and oppositional traits to the indigenous nomadic population, whom the Christians pejoratively called Saracens. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283770
ISBN
9780520283770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Paperback. In 221 bc the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. This book highlights the key challenges faced by the court officials and scholars who set about governing an empire of such scale and diversity of people. It illuminates many formative events in China's long history of imperialism. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 23 halftones, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057340
ISBN
9780674057340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167522
ISBN
9789774167522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

Paperback. A general survey of the history of ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and Iran from 6000 BC-AD650. New photography of objects in the Ashmolean Museum's collection is included along with specially commissioned maps. Num Pages: 200 pages, 117 colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 1QDAP; 3D; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 263 x 22. Weight in Grams: 886.
Publisher
Ashmolean Museum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910807088
ISBN
9781910807088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.69

paperback. Describes the emergence and development of the distinctive civilization of the ancient Egyptians, from their prehistoric origins to their conquest by the Persians, Greeks, and Romans. This book presents the changing nature of life and death in the Nile valley, including some of the earliest masterpieces of art, architecture, and literature. Editor(s): Shaw, Ian. Series: Oxford Illustrated History. Num Pages: 528 pages, 24 pp colour, halftones and line illustrations throughout, 11 pp maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1086.
Publisher
Oxford Paperbacks
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802934
ISBN
9780192802934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.37

Paperback. "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Worthington, Ian. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415667432
ISBN
9780415667432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.76

Paperback. The audacious rise to power of a female pharaoh in a man's world Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780747668
ISBN
9781780747668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. New edition of this popular history of the Picts. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3D; 3F; HBJD1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Birlinn General
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780274034
ISBN
9781780274034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.82

Hardcover. What would life have been like as a Roman soldier on Hadrian's Wall? Num Pages: 176 pages, 22 black and white images, 34 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553640
ISBN
9781781553640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.12

Paperback. In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification. Num Pages: 220 pages, 22 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364. Introduction to the Life of an Emperor. 220 pages, 22 b/w illus. 3 maps. In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight: 370.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521744423
ISBN
9780521744423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.40

Paperback. The third edition of Ancient Greek Civilization is a concise, engaging introduction to the history and culture of ancient Greece from the Minoan civilization to the age of the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 294 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119098157
ISBN
9781119098157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.96

Paperback. This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 276 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748612932
ISBN
9780748612932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Socrates' trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. The picture we have of it is that a noble man was put to death in a fit of folly by the ancient Athenian democracy. This title presents an account of this defining period of Western civilization. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235513
ISBN
9780571235513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Hardcover. The historian Polybius (ca 200-118 BCE) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. This title offers a translation of Polybius' work. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 117 x 31. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996380
ISBN
9780674996380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.96

Paperback. From the author of Horrible Histories comes the fourth volume in Terry Deary's gritty and humorous history series for adults. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226385
ISBN
9781780226385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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