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Empires & historical states
Paperback. Presents a contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta. This title compiles a factual record of this disastrous conflict. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Num Pages: 656 pages, maps, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 448. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- KKD0004921
- ISBN
- 9780140440393
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 17.95
€ 19.99
€ 17.95
Paperback. Presents a contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta. This title compiles a factual record of this disastrous conflict. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Num Pages: 656 pages, maps, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 448. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- KKD0006012
- ISBN
- 9780140440393
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 17.95
€ 19.99
€ 17.95
Paperback. Thucydides' account of the war fought in the fifth century BC between the Athenian and Spartan alliances established a paradigm for the war monograph. The complete text appears here and supporting information is provided by the introduction and annotations. Editor(s): Blanco, Walter; Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert. Translator(s): Blanco, Walter. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 592 pages, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 799
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393971675
- ISBN
- 9780393971675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.51
€ 20.99
€ 19.51
Paperback. This is a fascinating insight into life behind the walls of a Roman Legionary fortress. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445643588
- ISBN
- 9781445643588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.06
€ 25.99
€ 23.06
Paperback. Incorporating up-to-date archaeological evidence, and current methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of Rome's beginnings and rise in a comprehensive text that will be the standard work on the subject. Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 528 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415015967
- ISBN
- 9780415015967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.80
€ 40.99
€ 40.80
Paperback. How new is atheism? This book brings to life the origins of the secular values at the heart of the modern state. It reveals how atheism and doubt, far from being modern phenomena, have intrigued the human imagination for thousands of years. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HRAX; HRQA5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571279319
- ISBN
- 9780571279319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Hardback. The "Second Sophistic" traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire's power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization against the domination of Rome. This book proposes a very different model. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 295
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276819
- ISBN
- 9780520276819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.50
€ 54.99
€ 39.50
Paperback. Drawing on recent scholarly advances and new evidence, Timothy Barnes offers a fresh and exciting study of Constantine and his life. Constantine: Dynasty, Religion and Power in the Later Roman Empire clearly sets out the problems associated with depictions of Constantine and answers them with great clarity. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118782750
- ISBN
- 9781118782750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.56
€ 34.56
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBA; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801435263
- ISBN
- 9780801435263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
paperback. During his tenure of the see, 328 to 373 AD, the Bishop of Alexandria came into conflict with four Roman emperors, Constantine, Constantius, Julian the Apostate and the "Arian" Valens. Barnes's work aims to reveal Athanasius's role in relations between the Emperor and the Church in a critical era. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005495
- ISBN
- 9780674005495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37€ 49.96
€ 51.37
€ 49.96
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848325890
- ISBN
- 9781848325890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.42
€ 40.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. This introduction to the Byzantine civilisation provides a guide for those who know nothing or little about the history of Byzantium. Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 455 pages, 17 maps, 60 b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 455
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405184717
- ISBN
- 9781405184717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.21
€ 44.99
€ 44.21
Hardback. Series: Critical Issues in World and International History. Num Pages: 282 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742520509
- ISBN
- 9780742520509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.98
€ 124.98
Hardback. This book examines how the early modern Portuguese state used convicts and orphans to populate its global empire. In addition, it addresses the issue of gender in the state's use of two distinct groups of single women as colonizers, orphan girls and reformed prostitutes, each given state-awarded dowries if they agreed to relocate overseas. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 half-tones 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1QD; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733595
- ISBN
- 9780804733595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.60
€ 102.60
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861898678
- ISBN
- 9781861898678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.67
€ 43.67
Paperback. Traversing a range of discourse and imagery about kitharoidia - poetic and prose texts, iconography, inscriptions - this book offers an account of the aesthetic and socio-cultural complexities of citharodic song and examines the iconic role of the song makers in the popular imagination. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 5 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AS; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021389
- ISBN
- 9780674021389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.48
€ 20.99
€ 19.48
Paperback. In a new introduction to this paperback edition, Miller describes the growing scholarship on this subject in recent years. Series: Supplement to the Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJF; HBLC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801856570
- ISBN
- 9780801856570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.56
€ 33.99
€ 29.56
Paperback. Pindar's metaphor of the Isthmus as a bridge spanning two seas encapsulates the essence of the place and gives a fitting title for this volume of essays on the history and archaeology of the area. The Isthmus, best known for the panhellenic sanctuary of Poseidon, attracted travelers both before and after Pausanias's visit in the 2nd century A.D., b Editor(s): Gebhard, Elizabeth; Rotroff, Susan I.; Gregory, Timothy E. Num Pages: 400 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876615485
- ISBN
- 9780876615485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.63
€ 103.63
Paperback. Buried under a meter of volcanic ash deposited by the eruption of Vesuvius, the remarkable preservation of this Early Bronze Age village in Southern Italy is unmatched in Europe. Here, micromorphology is used to identify the type and range of human activities, the function of features and buildings, and the intensity of site occupation. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 300 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Archaeopress United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784912116
- ISBN
- 9781784912116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.36
€ 101.36
Paperback. Covers the five centuries preceding the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza. This book examines the background to that great achievement, the mechanisms by which it was accomplished, and the character of life in the Nile valley during the first 500 years of Pharaonic rule. Num Pages: 440 pages, 11 maps and 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJF1; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415260114
- ISBN
- 9780415260114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.62
€ 50.62