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Paperback. A unique edition of the sayings of Diogenes, whose biting wit and eccentricity inspired the anecdotes that express his Cynic philosophy. It includes the accounts of his immediate successors, such as Crates and Hipparchia, and the witty moral preacher Bion. The contrasting teachings of the Cyrenaics and the hedonistic Aristippos complete the volume. Translator(s): Hard, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HPCA; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199589241
ISBN
9780199589241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The Sasanians were the last of the ancient Persian dynasties, and the largest empire to espouse Zoroastrianism, before the encounter with the Arabs swept away the pre-Islamic institutions. In this clear and comprehensive book, Touraj Daryaee provides an unrivalled account of Sasanian Persia. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 3D; 3F; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763781
ISBN
9781780763781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99

Hardcover. The Histories of Sallust (86-35 BCE), while fragmentary, provide invaluable information about a crucial period of history from 78 to around 67 BCE. In this volume, John T. Ramsey has freshly edited the Histories and the two pseudo-Sallustian Letters to Caesar, completing the Loeb Classical Library edition of his works. Num Pages: 655 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 116 x 37. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996861
ISBN
9780674996861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. Sir Ronald Syme became the first historian of the twentieth century to place Sallust - whom Tacitus called the most brilliant Roman historian - in his social, political, and literary context. This is a foreword of Syme that delivers biographical essays of Sir Ronald Syme in English. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 433 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QDH; 3D; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
433
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234796
ISBN
9780520234796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

Hardback. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 463 pages, 24 color and 442 b 139 b&w illus., 3 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1QDAK; 3D; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 813. Weight in Grams: 681.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
463
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477308738
ISBN
9781477308738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.40

Hardback. Presents an interpretive framework that unearths deep continuities between the ancient and medieval worlds, recovers a forgotten transformation in female imperial power, this book offers a striking reinterpretation of early Christian art. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 185 x 38. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284012
ISBN
9780520284012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.86
€ 58.34

Hardcover. Featuring over 400 photographs, this volume presents a range of ancient Egyptian gold objects and jewels. It constitutes a study of the subject, not only revealing an array of dazzling jewellery and metalwork but also tracing the development of the goldsmiths' techniques and fashions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 400 colour and b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; ACG; AFKG; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 325 x 245. . Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KOC0011894
ISBN
9781860645273
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. Series: Yale Egyptological Studies. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HDDG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216. Weight in Grams: 23.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale Egyptological Institute United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974002576
ISBN
9780974002576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.37

Paperback. Crammed with quick quizzes and putrid pictures, the Horrible Histories Sticker Activity Book: Rotten Romans covers all things horrible. With over 250 savage stickers, explore the Roman's extraordinary empire. Get boggled by their baths, terrified by their torture and cured by their dastardly doctors. Illustrator(s): Brown, Martin. Series: Horrible Histories Sticker Activity Book. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 5AJ; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 210 x 274 x 1. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Scholastic
Condition
New
SKU
9781407143729
ISBN
9781407143729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.44

Paperback. In Books 6 to 10 of his monumental history of Rome, Livy deals with the period in which Rome recovered from its Gallic disaster to impose mastery over almost the entire Italian peninsula in a series of ever greater wars. Vivid portrayals of personalities, politics, warfare, and religion bring 4th-century Italy vividly alive in this new translation. Translator(s): Yardley, J. C. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199564859
ISBN
9780199564859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Compulsively readable, Rome's Christian Empress is the first full-length work to give this fascinating and complex ruler her due. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20, 1 colour illustrations, 11 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings, 7. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; AN; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417004
ISBN
9781421417004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.23

Paperback. The rise and fall of the Roman Empire by those that saw it. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849010832
ISBN
9781849010832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. Surveying the city's life from Christian Antiquity through the Middle Ages, this book focuses on monuments of art and architecture as they reflect the historical events, the ideological currents, and the meaning Rome. It tells a story in which the heritage of antiquity intertwines with the living presence of Christianity. Num Pages: 416 pages, 260 Halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 3F; 3H; AM; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 277 x 212 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1268.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
389
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
With a New foreword by Marvin Trachtenberg
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049618
ISBN
9780691049618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Hardback. Narrates the seismic events of this dramatic decade of warfare that recast the map of the ancient world. Shows how wars raging from India to North Africa were interconnected. Puts Roman expansion in wider context Num Pages: 219 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848848252
ISBN
9781848848252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Nathan Rosenstein charts Rome's incredible journey and command of the Mediterranean over the course of the third and second centuries BC. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 6 maps, 26 b&w illustrations, 4 t. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QRM; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 540. The Imperial Republic. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. 320 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 6 maps, 26 b&w illustrations, 4 t. Nathan Rosenstein charts Rome's incredible journey and command of the Mediterranean over the course of the third and second centuries BC. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QRM; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight: 540.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623228
ISBN
9780748623228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.28

Paperback. Take a trip back in time to the age of the Romans in this volume, designed both for children studying history for the first time and those investigating a particular interest. Detailed illustrations and an imaginary helmet should help them to recreate the past and imagine life as a Roman. Illustrator(s): Courtwright, Simon. Series: Usborne Time Traveller S. Num Pages: 32 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 4KHF; YNH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 274 x 218 x 3. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
E.D.C. Publishing
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746030714
ISBN
9780746030714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

Hardback. Who were the ancient Romans? Where did they go to eat, shop and wash? What did they do for fun? You'll find the answers to these questions and lots more in this book about life in Roman times, featuring short, informative text, vivid, full colour illustrations and photographs on every page. Illustrator(s): Larkum, Adam. Series: Beginners. Num Pages: 32 pages, Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 4KHA; 5AD; YNH; YQH. Category: (JN) Preschool (0-5). Dimension: 159 x 212 x 8. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474903172
ISBN
9781474903172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752428864
ISBN
9780752428864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. Series: Tuttle Classics of Asian Literature S. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; BT; FC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804834674
ISBN
9780804834674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.66

Paperback. Translator(s): Brewitt-Taylor, C.H. Series: Tuttle Classics of Asian Literature S. Num Pages: 1024 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; BT; FC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 46. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing United States
Number of pages
1024
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804834681
ISBN
9780804834681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.66

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