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Empires & historical states
Hardback. Translator(s): Walker, Henry John. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206755
- ISBN
- 9780872206755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.02€ 45.20
€ 57.02
€ 45.20
Paperback. Popular in its day both as a sourcebook for writers and orators and as a guidebook for living a moral life, this remarkably rich document serves as an engaging introduction to the cultural and moral history of ancient Rome. Translator(s): Walker, Henry John. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206748
- ISBN
- 9780872206748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.67
€ 26.99
€ 20.67
Hardback. Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger were major figures in early Christian history, using their wealth, status, and forceful personalities to shape the development of nearly every aspect of the religion we now know as Christianity. This volume examines their influence on late antique Christianity. Editor(s): Chin, Catherine M.; Schroeder, Caroline T. Series: Christianity in Late Antiquity, the Official Series of the North American Patris. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBG; HBLA; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780520292086
- ISBN
- 9780520292086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 73.24
€ 95.06
€ 73.24
Hardback. Noted historian Nancy H. Demand joins the growing group of scholars who have abandoned traditional isolationist models of the development of the Greek polis and cast their gaze seaward, to the sparkling waters of the Mediterranean. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405155519
- ISBN
- 9781405155519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.52
€ 144.52
Paperback. A study that employs modern international relations theory to place Roman militarism and expansion of power within the broader Mediterranean context of interstate anarchy. It challenges claims that Rome was an exceptionally warlike and aggressive state - not merely in modern but in ancient terms. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 394 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259928
- ISBN
- 9780520259928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Series: Excavations of the Athenian Agora Picture Book. Num Pages: 32 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 141 x 268 x 5. Weight in Grams: 60.
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876616185
- ISBN
- 9780876616185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.71
€ 13.71
Paperback. 'The only true history of a country', wrote Thomas Macaulay, 'is to be found in its newspapers'. Media and the British Empire explores how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire by viewing it from the perspective of the colonized as well as the colonizers. Editor(s): Kaul, Chandrika. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBAH; HBTQ; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358318
- ISBN
- 9781137358318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.13
€ 127.13
Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in A...
Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 61. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACK; HPCA; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474095
- ISBN
- 9780801474095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. Rather than view the contours of Late Classic Maya social life solely from towering temple pyramids or elite sculptural forms, this book considers a suite of small anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and supernatural figurative remains excavated from household refuse deposits. Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 colour and 99 b&w illustrations, 3 maps, 6 graphs. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292771307
- ISBN
- 9780292771307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. Includes discoveries and new theories from the past decade and a half. This title presents a guide to the art of the ancient. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 254 illustrations, 191 in colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; ACG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500204221
- ISBN
- 9780500204221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. "May The Best Man Win" investigates the continual re-assessment and reassertion of various masculine ideals associated with sport in the British empire between 1880 and 1935. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBT; WS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606357
- ISBN
- 9780230606357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Paperback. Describing in detail weaponry and armor, daily life on the march or in camp, clothing, food, medical care, military law, and titles of the Byzantine army of the seventh century, this text offers insights into the Byzantine military ethos. It also provides data for the historian, and even for the ethnologist. Translator(s): Dennis, George T. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJF1; HBLA; JWA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217728
- ISBN
- 9780812217728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.13
€ 32.99
€ 32.13
Hardback. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 156 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HDD; PBB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319225234
- ISBN
- 9783319225234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
She employs Julia Domna as a case study to explore the creation of ideology between the emperor and its subjects. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408477
- ISBN
- 9781421408477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.61
€ 71.61
Paperback. Masters of Commandcompares how the three greatest generals of the ancient world, Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar, waged war. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b-w photos; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA; HBW; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439164495
- ISBN
- 9781439164495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.41
€ 20.99
€ 18.41
Paperback. Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor is a substitution of something unfamilar for something familiar, metonymy connects something familiar with something else already familiar. Nagy offers close readings of over one hundred examples of metonymy in the arts of Greek and other cultures. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088320
- ISBN
- 9780674088320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Paperback. Text with translation, commentary and notes. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DN; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685903
- ISBN
- 9780856685903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.36
€ 34.99
€ 31.36
Paperback. Series: Flashbacks. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; YFCF; YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472934147
- ISBN
- 9781472934147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Series: Ancients in Action. Num Pages: 136 pages, 12 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 183.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474214711
- ISBN
- 9781474214711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.27
€ 48.27
Hardback. Explores the political, cultural, and ecclesiastical forces that linked the metropolis of Byzantium to the margins of its far-flung empire. Focusing on the provincial region of Hellas and Peloponnesos in central and southern Greece, this title shows how the prestige of Constantinople was reflected in the military, civilian, and more. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3H; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153018
- ISBN
- 9780691153018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.23€ 60.10
€ 77.23
€ 60.10