×


 x 

Shopping cart

Empires & historical states

Results 1581 - 1600 of 2474

Empires & historical states

Paperback. The variety of ways in which Jews in Israel responded to and appropriated Greek culture is the subject of this volume. The contributors provide corroborating evidence of the influence of Greek culture in Judea and Galilee, from before the Maccabean revolt on into the rabbinic period. Editor(s): Collins, John J.; Sterling, Gregory E. Series: Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1QDA; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HRAX; HRJ; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030520
ISBN
9780268030520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.05

Paperback. Jonathan M. Hall explores questions of ethnic and national identity in the context of ancient Greece in Hellenicity, drawing on an exceptionally wide range of evidence to determine when, how, why, and to what extent the Greeks conceived themselves as a single people. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b/w figs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313306
ISBN
9780226313306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.57

Hardcover. This work explores the question of national identity in the context of Ancient Greece, drawing on a wide range of evidence to determine when, how, why and to what extent the Greeks conceived themselves as a single people. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 maps, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313290
ISBN
9780226313290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.25
€ 79.61

Hardback. Covering an expanse of more than three thousand years, this title charts the history of Greece's religious cultures from antiquity all the way through to present, post-independence Greece. Num Pages: 364 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; HRAX; HRCC; HRKP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795682
ISBN
9780814795682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

paperback. All you need to know about Greek Myths concerning the Trojan War. Series: Put it in Your Pocket Series. Num Pages: 16 pages, warrior on cover. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRKP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 106 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 20.
Publisher
Orpington Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955383496
ISBN
9780955383496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.69

Paperback. As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for close on three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. For millennia she has been viewed as an exquisite agent of extermination. But who was she? Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 235 x 38. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845952143
ISBN
9781845952143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.80

Paperback. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475054
ISBN
9780801475054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Scholars Press United States
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555404277
ISBN
9781555404277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.44

Paperback. Hecuba, in slavery after Troy's fall, fails to dissuade Odysseus, whose life she once saved, from sacrificing her daughter to honour his dead friend, Achilles; but the girl dies proudly, true to her royal blood in surmounting degradation. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856682377
ISBN
9780856682377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.36

Paperback. Tells the story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The author evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plantations, as she traces the impact of empire on places as diverse as Sierra Leone and Fiji. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571290697
ISBN
9780571290697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.08

Paperback. Combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed light on the stories, and folk roots. This book examines ancient Greek and Roman beliefs about death and the departed and the various kinds of ghost stories that arose from these beliefs. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DSBB; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292725089
ISBN
9780292725089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.76

Paperback. Hatchepsut was an astonishing woman - defying tradition she became the female embodiment of a male role, dressing in men's clothes and even wearing a false beard. Combining archaeological and historical evidence from a range of sources, this book strips away the myths and misconceptions and restores the female pharaoh to her rightful place. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; BGH; HBG; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140244649
ISBN
9780140244649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Har/Chrt
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934536612
ISBN
9781934536612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 106 includes "A Picnic, a Tomb, and a Crow: Hesiod's Cult in the Works and Days"; "Sapphica"; "A New Manuscript of Classical Authors in Spain"; "The Dates of the Dramatists of the Fabula Togata"; "The Coroebus Episode in Virgil's Aeneid"; "Herod's Last Days"; and other essays. Editor(s): Coleman, Kathleen M. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 374 pages, 8 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072015
ISBN
9780674072015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.06

Hardcover. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 108 includes James Adams, "The Latin of the Magerius Mosaic"; Lucia Floridi, "The Construction of a Homoerotic Discourse in the Epigrams of Ausonius"; Benjamin Garstad, "Rome in the Alexander Romance"; Christopher Jones, "The Greek Letters Ascribed to Brutus"; and other essays. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 147 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417540
ISBN
9780674417540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 879.
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789212061
ISBN
9780789212061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472905611
ISBN
9781472905611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.13

Paperback. Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans over the following sixteen years. This new translation captures the brilliance of Livy's style, and is accompanied by a fascinating introduction and notes. Editor(s): Hoyos, Dexter. Translator(s): Yardley, J. C. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555970
ISBN
9780199555970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Provides evidence which not only outlines the history of the Carthaginian army during the period of the Punic Wars but which also describes the organisation and equipment of the army. This book addresses how Carthage's army matched up to other Hellenistic armies. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 illustrations 25 colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; JW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752441214
ISBN
9780752441214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.69

Hardback. The life of Rome's fiercest would-be conquerer Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976862
ISBN
9781597976862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 42.78

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!