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Hardback. Empire of Pleasures presents an evocative and picturesque analysis of the Romans' extraordinary desire for food and wine and how this quest for the luxurious is woven into the literature, art, language and culture. Num Pages: 346 pages, 40 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2AB; 3D; ACG; CFF; DSBB; JFC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 725.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415186247
ISBN
9780415186247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

Hardcover.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125432
ISBN
9781905125432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.22

Paperback. This book examines the course and nature of Roman expansion during the Republic and Early Empire, focusing on the impact of Roman rule on the subject, and the effect of empire on the imperial power. Series: Debates and Documents in Ancient History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619634
ISBN
9780748619634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Public spectacle formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. This text presents a description of Rome's early history, by the historian Livy (16 BCE-17 CE). He presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as a visual monument and public spectacle. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520210271
ISBN
9780520210271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Offers an understanding of the development of criticism, demonstrating that its roots stretch back long before the sophists to public commentary on the performance of songs and poems in the preliterary era of ancient Greece. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120256
ISBN
9780691120256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Paperback. An exploration of the eruption of scientific activity in the Ancient Greek world Series: Icon Science. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 2. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785781919
ISBN
9781785781919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. Aggressive policy, enthusiastic news coverage and sensational novelistic style combined to create a distinctive image of Britain's Empire in late-Victorian print media. The New Journalism, the New Imperialism and the Fiction of Empire, 1870-1900 traces this phenomenon through the work of editors, special correspondents and authors. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBTB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137454362
ISBN
9781137454362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. The story of the Ottoman Empire's religious crusade with the Central Powers against Allied Europe - and its lasting legacy Num Pages: 304 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBW; HRAM9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445666150
ISBN
9781445666150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.96

Paperback. This important synthesis of recent findings and scholarship demonstrates how the Romans acquired, kept and controlled their Empire. A contemporary post-imperial approach to the Roman exercise of power. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim., ports. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415093750
ISBN
9780415093750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.62

Paperback. In this book, Andrew Riggsby surveys the main areas of Roman law, and their place in Roman life. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; LAFR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521687119
ISBN
9780521687119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Paperback. This volume, the third of five, covers the long 19th century, from the achievement of American independence in the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This was the period of Britain's greatest expansion as both empire-builder and dominant world power. Series Editor(s): Louis, Wm Roger. Series: The Oxford History of the British Empire. Num Pages: 800 pages, 15 Maps, numerous tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199246786
ISBN
9780199246786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.27

Hardcover.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954384586
ISBN
9780954384586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.83

Paperback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281691
ISBN
9780520281691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.94

Hardback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition, 1 ed.
SKU
V9780520281684
ISBN
9780520281684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.86
€ 58.34

Hardcover. During his reign and following his death, the physiognomy of Alexander the Great was one of the most famous in history, adorning numerous works of art. This study demonstrates how the various portraits transmit not so much a likeness of Alexander as a set of cliches that symbolized the ruler. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 545 pages, 8 color illustrations, 191 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
545
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520068513
ISBN
9780520068513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.56
€ 80.25

Paperback. Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. This book explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer insights into Roman social life. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 color plates 122 figs. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 253 x 18. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029092
ISBN
9780691029092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 48.64

Paperback. Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this book offers a fascinating history of Rome and the Roman peoples during the rule of the first Roman emperor, Augustus. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD1; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405176545
ISBN
9781405176545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.16

Hardback. Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this book offers a fascinating history of Rome and the Roman peoples during the rule of the first Roman emperor, Augustus. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405176552
ISBN
9781405176552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.30

Hardback. In other words, she gives a voice to silence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412559
ISBN
9781421412559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tarquin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906212295
ISBN
9780906212295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

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