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Empires & historical states

Paperback. In Books 6 to 10 of his monumental history of Rome, Livy deals with the period in which Rome recovered from its Gallic disaster to impose mastery over almost the entire Italian peninsula in a series of ever greater wars. Vivid portrayals of personalities, politics, warfare, and religion bring 4th-century Italy vividly alive in this new translation. Translator(s): Yardley, J. C. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199564859
ISBN
9780199564859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. The Third Macedonian War ended the kingdom created by Philip II and Alexander the Great and was a crucial step in Rome's dominance of the Mediterranean. Livy's narrative is also a moral study of the individuals involved. This edition includes the Periochae, later summaries of Livy's original 142-book history. Translator(s): Chaplin, Jane D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199556021
ISBN
9780199556021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. A lively, engrossing history of the downfall of the Roman Republic. Series: Ancient Warfare and Civilization. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190663469
ISBN
9780190663469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.69

Paperback. Few regions possess so many and mainly complete Roman bridles as do the Vesuvian sites. Singular find conditions permit both comprehensive antiquarian-historian analyses of their production, functionality, and everyday use and new approaches to their typology and chronology. Series: Archaeopress Roman Archaeology. Num Pages: 246 pages, illustrated throughout in black & white. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBW; HDDK; WNGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 296 x 14. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
Archaeopress
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784910341
ISBN
9781784910341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.40

Hardcover. A compelling, fresh account of the battle of Rorke's Drift, featuring an array of previously unpublished material including defender accounts and artwork. The author questions what is widely believed to be historical fact and instead offers up his own interpretation of one of the most established actions of the hospital fight. Num Pages: 208 pages, 49 illustrations, 21 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555538
ISBN
9781781555538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.57

Paperback. Crammed with quick quizzes and putrid pictures, the Horrible Histories Sticker Activity Book: Rotten Romans covers all things horrible. With over 250 savage stickers, explore the Roman's extraordinary empire. Get boggled by their baths, terrified by their torture and cured by their dastardly doctors. Illustrator(s): Brown, Martin. Series: Horrible Histories Sticker Activity Book. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 5AJ; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 210 x 274 x 1. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Scholastic
Condition
New
SKU
9781407143729
ISBN
9781407143729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.44

Paperback. Series: Yale Egyptological Studies. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HDDG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216. Weight in Grams: 23.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale Egyptological Institute United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974002576
ISBN
9780974002576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.19

Hardcover. Featuring over 400 photographs, this volume presents a range of ancient Egyptian gold objects and jewels. It constitutes a study of the subject, not only revealing an array of dazzling jewellery and metalwork but also tracing the development of the goldsmiths' techniques and fashions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 400 colour and b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; ACG; AFKG; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 325 x 245. . Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KOC0011894
ISBN
9781860645273
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. The aim of this book is to approach Ptolemaic and Imperial royal sculpture in Egypt dating between 300 BC and AD 220 from a contextual point of view. To collect together the statuary items that are identifiably royal and have a secure archaeological context, within Egypt. Series: Archaeopress Egyptology. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 298 x 19. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Archaeopress
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784911515
ISBN
9781784911515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.64

paperback. ' The Book that really held me, in fact, obsessed me, was Rubicon ..This is narrative history at its best. Bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, brilliant oratory, amazing feats of conquest and cruelty.' Ian McEwan, Books of the Year, GUARDIAN Num Pages: 464 pages, Section: 24, b/w and col. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 392.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115634
ISBN
9780349115634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Explores the real every-day life of the Romans and the effort required to run a Roman household. This title features sections on how the Romans collected water and fuel, milled flour, produced thread, cleaned the house, illuminated it, did the washing up, cleaned their clothes, got rid of waste water and sewage, and threw out their rubbish. Num Pages: 160 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752465173
ISBN
9780752465173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.25

Hardback. This book presents the results of the extensive excavation of a small, rural village from the period of emerging cities in upper Mesopotamia (modern northeast Syria) in the early to middle third millennium BC. Editor(s): Schwartz, Glenn M. Series: Monumenta Archaeologica. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938770043
ISBN
9781938770043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.55

Hardback. The first comprehensive attempt to reconstruct, on its own terms, the world of Athens outside the city walls during the classical fifth and fourth centuries B.C. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237740
ISBN
9780812237740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Anness Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780193540
ISBN
9781780193540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Hardback. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 463 pages, 24 color and 442 b 139 b&w illus., 3 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1QDAK; 3D; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 813. Weight in Grams: 681.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
463
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477308738
ISBN
9781477308738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. Sir Ronald Syme became the first historian of the twentieth century to place Sallust - whom Tacitus called the most brilliant Roman historian - in his social, political, and literary context. This is a foreword of Syme that delivers biographical essays of Sir Ronald Syme in English. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 433 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QDH; 3D; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
433
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234796
ISBN
9780520234796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. The Histories of Sallust (86-35 BCE), while fragmentary, provide invaluable information about a crucial period of history from 78 to around 67 BCE. In this volume, John T. Ramsey has freshly edited the Histories and the two pseudo-Sallustian Letters to Caesar, completing the Loeb Classical Library edition of his works. Num Pages: 655 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 116 x 37. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996861
ISBN
9780674996861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Recounts the events of the year 63 B C E when a disgruntled nobleman, L Sergius Catilina, after two electoral defeats, made himself the leader of a group of heavily indebted young aristocrats and the Roman poor and tried to kill his rival Cicero and overthrow the government. This work is suitable for second-year or advanced Latin study. Editor(s): Ramsey, J.T. Series: American Philological Association Classical Texts with Commentary S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195320855
ISBN
9780195320855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
Imprint unknown
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993537813
ISBN
9780993537813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.55

Paperback. The Sasanians were the last of the ancient Persian dynasties, and the largest empire to espouse Zoroastrianism, before the encounter with the Arabs swept away the pre-Islamic institutions. In this clear and comprehensive book, Touraj Daryaee provides an unrivalled account of Sasanian Persia. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 3D; 3F; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763781
ISBN
9781780763781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

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