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Paperback. Examines the Roman games focusing on the practicalities of entertainment and architectural venues. This book offers an introduction to the main forms of spectacle in the Roman world, their nature, context and social importance. It also includes a section which reviews the modern reception of Roman spectacles, especially those involving gladiators. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Duckworth Publishers
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853996962
- ISBN
- 9781853996962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.02
€ 32.02
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€ 28.26
€ 38.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. Spartans: A New History chronicles the rise and fall of ancient Sparta, from its Bronze Age origins to the powerful Greek city-state's demise in Late Antiquity. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 226 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405130004
- ISBN
- 9781405130004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.38
€ 43.38
Paperback. Sarah Pomeroy seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women-including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, this is the first full-length study of Spartan women. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195130676
- ISBN
- 9780195130676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.13
€ 65.13
Paperback. Immortalized through their exploits at the battle of Thermopylae under the legendary Leonidas, as well as countless other victories throughout the classical period, the Spartans were some of the best-trained, organized and most-feared warriors of the ancient world. This book covers various aspects of the Spartan warrior's life. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 169 x 5. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849087001
- ISBN
- 9781849087001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 389
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954384579
- ISBN
- 9780954384579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.79
€ 82.79
paperback. A collection of essays which constitute an introduction to and overview of ancient Spartan history and its reception. It helps readers learn about the institutions that distinguished Sparta from other city-states, including its religion, education process, secret service, unusual system of servitude, and institutionalized pederasty. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- California University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520231245
- ISBN
- 9780520231245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.84
€ 40.84
Paperback. The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HBTV; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753826980
- ISBN
- 9780753826980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Hardback. The slave and gladiator Spartacus has been the subject of myth-making in his own time and of movie-making in ours. Aldo Schiavone brings him squarely into the arena of serious history. Spartacus emerges here as the commander of an army, whose aim was to incite Italy to revolt against Rome and to strike at the very heart of the imperial system. Translator(s): Carden, Jeremy. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 218 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 123 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057784
- ISBN
- 9780674057784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.67
€ 21.99
€ 20.67
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 502
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125388
- ISBN
- 9781905125388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.09
€ 126.09
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125265
- ISBN
- 9781905125265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.86
€ 79.86
Paperback. This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 276 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748612932
- ISBN
- 9780748612932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.22
€ 42.99
€ 38.22
Paperback. Crucial to the understanding of Athenian literature and the political history of numerous Greek states, the history of Sparta is, at last, receiving due attention. Num Pages: 472 pages, b/w figs . BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125319
- ISBN
- 9781905125319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.72
€ 33.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. Studies the effect of Rome's geographic worldview on its politics Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472036233
- ISBN
- 9780472036233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.18
€ 43.99
€ 39.18
Paperback. Features writings of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman Emperor, and his most outspoken critic, Bishop Gregory of Nazianzus, a central figure of Christianity. This book compares these two men not to draw out the obvious contrast between the Church and the Emperor's neo-Paganism, but rather to find their common intellectual and social grounding. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; HRAX; HRCC1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 35. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287549
- ISBN
- 9780520287549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. A prize-winning classicist's thrilling account of the Ten Years' War--the first stage of the Peloponnesian War Num Pages: 576 pages, b&w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 234 x 39. Weight in Grams: 698. The Peloponnesian War Begins. 576 pages, b&w photos, maps. For ten years in the late fifth century BC, the dueling city-states of Athens and Sparta fought the first bloody chapter of the Peloponnesian War, the conflict that turned the Golden Age of Greece to iron. This book gives an account of the epic clash of Athens and Sparta. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Dimension: 181 x 234 x 39. Weight: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465031436
- ISBN
- 9780465031436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.39
€ 24.99
€ 23.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; DC; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Mandrake of Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869928995
- ISBN
- 9781869928995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.87
€ 8.99
€ 7.87
Hardcover. Addresses the historical, social and political contexts within which Solon of Athens instituted wide-ranging reforms to the Athenian constitution (594-93 BCE), the impact of those reforms on the political self-awareness of the archaic Athenians themselves, and the ethical and political philosophies that drove reform. Num Pages: 385 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194031
- ISBN
- 9781845194031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.03
€ 129.03
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Edition
- Volume XVII
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876616178
- ISBN
- 9780876616178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.51
€ 9.51
Paperback. This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates to individual chapters, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction. Editor(s): Raaflaub, Kurt A. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd, Expanded and Updated Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405100618
- ISBN
- 9781405100618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.33
€ 72.33