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Empires & historical states

Paperback. This Athenian Agora Picture Book provides a general introduction to the Greater Panathenaia, the week-long religious and civic festival held in ancient Athens every four years, in honour of the city's patron goddess Athena. Series: Excavations of the Athenian Agora Picture Book. Num Pages: 32 pages, 6 b/w illustrations, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 141 x 2. Weight in Grams: 86.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876616413
ISBN
9780876616413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.85

Paperback. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415859714
ISBN
9780415859714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.90

Hardback. Gaiseric successfully defeated Roman attempts at reconquest of these vital provinces and his fleets dominated the Western Mediterranean. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781590188
ISBN
9781781590188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. Series: Dover Stencils. Num Pages: 6 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 105 x 3. Weight in Grams: 29.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
6
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486431093
ISBN
9780486431093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780934426
ISBN
9781780934426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.98

Paperback. Yet the very permeability of the frontiers, Whittaker contends, permitted a transformation of Roman society, breathing new life into the empire rather than causing its complete extinction. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 341 pages, 55, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801857850
ISBN
9780801857850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.12

Paperback. Presents the history of the Roman world from 133 BC to 68 AD. This book explores the decline and fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 34. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415584883
ISBN
9780415584883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.25

Paperback. Stressing the unity of Greek history and the centrality of Athens, the author covers a rich and diverse range of political, economic, military and cultural issues in the Greek world, from the early history of the Greeks, including early Sparta and the wars with Persia, to the ascendancy of Athens and the Peloponnesian War. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415584876
ISBN
9780415584876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Hardback. Michael Grant's narrative is lucid and colourful, lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps. He successfully provides an examination of a comparatively unexplored area and constructs the history of the empire. Num Pages: 218 pages, illustrations, 46 b&w photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3D; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KOC0011970
ISBN
9780415147538
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. Looks at the transformation of the Roman world under the combined impact of Christianity and barbarian incomers. This book charts these and other significant developments which marked the transformation of Ancient Rome into medieval Byzantium. It provides a clear analytical narrative of pivotal political, military, and religious developments. Series Editor(s): Richardson, J. S. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627912
ISBN
9780748627912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.72

Hardback. Presents a collection of papers in ancient moral philosophy. This book interprets Aristotle's ethical theory as a response to Protagoras. It ranges from a literary study of Homer's influence on Plato's Protagoras to analytic studies of Aristotle's metaphysics and his ideas about deliberation. Editor(s): Burnyeat, Myles. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131238
ISBN
9780691131238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.98
€ 59.46

Paperback. Analyzing the 'democratic' features and institutions of the Athenian democracy in the fifth century BC, this work traces their development from Solon's judicial reforms to the flowering of popular sovereignty, when the people assumed the right both to enact all legislation and to hold magistrates accountable for implementing what had been enacted. Num Pages: 500 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520067981
ISBN
9780520067981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.00

Paperback. The calamity that proved lethal for Pompeii inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily life that has captured the imagination of generations, including Renoir, Freud, Hirohito, Mozart, Dickens, Twain, Rossellini, and Ingrid Bergman. Interwoven is the thread of Rowland s own impressions of Pompeii." Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088092
ISBN
9780674088092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.75

Hardback. This volume brings together the work of leading scholars on two of the most important, yet puzzling, extant ensembles of Hellenistic Age sculpture: the Great Altar at Pergamon and the Cave at Sperlonga in Italy. Editor(s): De Grummond, Nancy Thomson; Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 339 pages, 125 illustrations, 2 maps, 1 plan, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; ACG; AFKB; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223271
ISBN
9780520223271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.90
€ 63.58

Paperback. Offers an alternative perspective on Britain's late imperial period by looking at the lives and the writings of the men who chose to defy the conventional social and political attitudes of the British ruling classes towards the Near East. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780764078
ISBN
9781780764078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167492
ISBN
9789774167492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.31

paperback. This volume tells the story of the French overseas empire, assembled as much by chance as by sytematic design. It was an imperial presence that brought commerce, technolgy and culture to indigenous peoples, while at the same time promoting the slave trade and suppressing independence movements. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBJD; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275975432
ISBN
9780275975432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Paperback. In April 1204, the armies of Western Christendom wrote another bloodstained chapter in the history of holy war. Two years earlier, aflame with religious zeal, the Fourth Crusade set out to free Jerusalem from the grip of Islam. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001632
ISBN
9781844130801
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Chronicles the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025. This title shows an understanding of the power politics that characterized the empire and led to its decline. Translator(s): Sewter, E.R.A. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441697
ISBN
9780140441697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.77

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856685613
ISBN
9780856685613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.94

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