Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Hardback. This book is about the multiplicity of gods and religions that characterized the Roman world before Constantine. It was not the noble gods such as Jove, Apollo and Diana, who were crucial to the lives of the common people in the empire, bur gods of an altogether more earthly, earth level, whose rituals and observances may now seem bizarre. Series: Ancient World S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200468
- ISBN
- 9780631200468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.87
€ 152.87
Paperback. This book is about the multiplicity of gods and religions that characterized the Roman world before Constantine. It was not the noble gods such as Jove, Apollo and Diana, who were crucial to the lives of the common people in the empire, bur gods of an altogether more earthly, earth level, whose rituals and observances may now seem bizarre. Series: Ancient World S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200475
- ISBN
- 9780631200475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.18
€ 45.99
€ 45.18
Paperback. Traversing a range of discourse and imagery about kitharoidia - poetic and prose texts, iconography, inscriptions - this book offers an account of the aesthetic and socio-cultural complexities of citharodic song and examines the iconic role of the song makers in the popular imagination. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 5 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AS; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021389
- ISBN
- 9780674021389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.21
€ 20.99
€ 19.21
Paperback. Focusing on Ottoman Lebanon, this title shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country. It challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an Islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groups. Num Pages: 274 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1QDT; 3JH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLL; HRAM9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218468
- ISBN
- 9780520218468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.22
€ 35.99
€ 26.22
Hardback. The Cup of Song explores the symbiotic relationship of the symposion and poetry across Greek literary history. Each chapter discusses one aspect of sympotic engagement by key authors across the major genres of Greek poetry, leading to a characterization of the full spectrum of sympotic poetry from its beginnings through to the Hellenistic age. Editor(s): Cazzato, Vanessa; Obbink, Dirk; Prodi, Enrico Emanuele. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199687688
- ISBN
- 9780199687688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.40
€ 205.40
Paperback. Described as a spirited, sometimes quirky, narrative of the ups and downs of simple travel in the Greek islands. in the late nineteenth century', this book is a personal account of two tours made by J Theodore Bent and his wife around the Greek islands between 1882 and 1884. Series: 3rdguide S. Num Pages: 306 pages, 2ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; HDDK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- Archaeopress United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953992317
- ISBN
- 9780953992317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.69
€ 39.69
Paperback. This collection of essays examines the tradition associated with the ancient Cynics. The contributors to this volume - classicists, comparatists and philosophers - draw on a variety of methodologies to explore the ethical, social and cultural practices inspired by the Cynics. Editor(s): Branham, R. Bracht; Goulet-Caze, Marie-Odile. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 465 pages, 10 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 465
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216457
- ISBN
- 9780520216457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.52
€ 41.99
€ 29.52
Hardcover. The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. The Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian King Cyrus the Great (559ae'530BC) after he captured Babylon in 539BC. Translator(s): Finkel, Irving L. Num Pages: 144 pages, 110 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBJF1; HBLA; HDDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714111872
- ISBN
- 9780714111872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.92
€ 45.92
Paperback. This book explores everyday life of the Greek gods, including what their bodies were made of and how they were nourished, the organization of their society, and the sort of life they led in Olympus and the human world. It also shows how citizens carried on everyday relations with the gods. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: Mestizo Spaces/Espaces Metisses. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 half-tone 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736145
- ISBN
- 9780804736145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
hardcover. This book explores everyday life of the Greek gods, including what their bodies were made of and how they were nourished, the organization of their society, and the sort of life they led in Olympus and the human world. It also shows how citizens carried on everyday relations with the gods. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: Mestizo Spaces/Espaces Metisses. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 half-tone 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804736138
- ISBN
- 9780804736138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.97
€ 146.97
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 675
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779345218
- ISBN
- 9788779345218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.42€ 37.88
€ 94.42
€ 37.88
Hardback. "In a study of sixty neglected panel paintings from Roman Egypt, the authors present evidence for a lost link between the panel-painting tradition of Greek antiquity and Christian paintings of Byzantium and the Renaissance"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; AFC; AGR; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 336 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2134.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606065099
- ISBN
- 9781606065099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.11€ 44.95
€ 53.11
€ 44.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Heckel, Waldemar. Translator(s): Yardley, J. C. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555680
- ISBN
- 9780199555680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Paperback. Drawing on notions of personal honor, manly vigor, and sophisticated craftsmanship, the games were a story that the Romans loved to tell themselves about themselves. Series: Witness to Ancient History. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415864
- ISBN
- 9781421415864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.25
€ 27.99
€ 24.25
Hardback. Drawing on notions of personal honor, manly vigor, and sophisticated craftsmanship, the games were a story that the Romans loved to tell themselves about themselves. Series: Witness to Ancient History. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415857
- ISBN
- 9781421415857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.85
€ 58.85
Hardback. With his keen, original analysis of hitherto untapped literary, iconographical, and archaeological sources, Burgess adds greatly to our understanding of this archetypal mythic hero. Num Pages: 208 pages, 26, 23 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBH; DSC; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890291
- ISBN
- 9780801890291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41
€ 59.41
Paperback. The story of the most famous assassination in history, dramatically narrated in the historical context of Rome's ongoing civil wars. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1x8pg b&w insert. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451668810
- ISBN
- 9781451668810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.92
€ 19.99
€ 18.92
Paperback. Second, revised edition of T. P. Wiseman's 'Death of an Emperor' - his acclaimed translation and commentary of Flavius Josephus' account of Caligula's assassination. Includes an updated bibliography and a revised Appendix 1 on the Augustan Palatine which takes account of recent archaeological information. Num Pages: 122 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 211 x 8. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319631
- ISBN
- 9781846319631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.89
€ 30.89
Hardcover. Second, revised edition of T. P. Wiseman's 'Death of an Emperor' - his acclaimed translation and commentary of Flavius Josephus' account of Caligula's assassination. Includes an updated bibliography and a revised Appendix 1 on the Augustan Palatine which takes account of recent archaeological information. Num Pages: 122 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319648
- ISBN
- 9781846319648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.77
€ 185.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA; HPCA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Diaphanes AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037345443
- ISBN
- 9783037345443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.36
€ 14.99
€ 13.36