Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. Offers a translation of one of the greatest accounts of ancient Rome. This title recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68. Translator(s): Damon, Cynthia. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455649
- ISBN
- 9780140455649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAG; HPCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- African American Images
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913543788
- ISBN
- 9780913543788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.06
€ 17.99
€ 17.06
Paperback. For a thousand years, an extraordinary empire made possible Europe's transition to the modern world: Byzantium. This book provides various short chapters that focus on a theme, such as a building (the great church of Hagia Sophia), a clash over religion (iconoclasm), sex and power (the role of eunuchs), and a symbol of civilization (the fork). Num Pages: 416 pages, 24pp colour inset. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141031026
- ISBN
- 9780141031026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.36
€ 17.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. This book offers a fresh assessment of the Western Roman Empire's ostensible decline. Neil Christie presents a compelling argument that the Roman Empire did not dissolve; rather it was simply transformed in the West and persisted in the East. Series: Historical Endings. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 black and white figures and maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340759660
- ISBN
- 9780340759660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.51
€ 44.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863157981
- ISBN
- 9780863157981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.01
€ 26.99
€ 20.01
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DCF; HBLA1; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691601991
- ISBN
- 9780691601991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.18
€ 52.99
€ 37.18
Paperback. It explores how the texts from classical Greece and Rome have survived and gives an account of the reasons why it was thought worthwhile to preserve them for future generations. In this 4th edition adjustments have been made to the text and the notes have been revised in order to take account of advances in scholarship over the last twenty years. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pp black and white plates, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 1QDAG; 2ADL; 2AHA; CFL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199686339
- ISBN
- 9780199686339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.63
€ 55.63
Paperback. The Discobolus or discus-thrower is a marvellous classical piece of sculpture that over time has come to mean different things to different people. It is originally cast in bronze by the fifth-century BC sculptor Myron. This book tells the story of Myron's Discobolus both as an archaeological artefact and bearer of meaning. Series: Objects in Focus. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; AFKB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 161 x 6. Weight in Grams: 170. Series: Objects in Focus. 64 pages, 30 colour illustrations. The Discobolus or discus-thrower is a marvellous classical piece of sculpture that over time has come to mean different things to different people. It is originally cast in bronze by the fifth-century BC sculptor Myron. This book tells the story of Myron's Discobolus both as an archaeological artefact and bearer of meaning. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; AFKB; HBJD; HBLA1. Dimension: 207 x 161 x 6. Weight: 170.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714122717
- ISBN
- 9780714122717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.24
€ 9.24
Paperback. The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. This book describes the political, military and economic rise of the Mughals, their system of rule, and their gradual collapse, finally supplanted by the British colonial empire in 1857. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 92 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 208 x 25. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892515
- ISBN
- 9781861892515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.37
€ 46.99
€ 32.37
Paperback. Traverses the ancient world's three great centres of cultural exchange - Babylonian Nineveh, Egyptian Memphis, and Iranian Persepolis - to situate classical Greece in its proper historical place, at the Western margin of a Near Eastern-Aegean cultural community that emerged in the Bronze Age and expanded westward in the first millennium BC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023994
- ISBN
- 9780674023994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.69
€ 35.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. A radical reappraisal of homosexuality in Ancient Greece, by a young historian described as 'the best thing to happen to ancient history for decades' (Andrew Roberts, MAIL ON SUNDAY) Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753822265
- ISBN
- 9780753822265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.30
€ 23.99
€ 16.30
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 288 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472576866
- ISBN
- 9781472576866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.52
€ 32.99
€ 27.52
Hardback. Illustrator(s): Sanders, Martin. Series: Raintree Perspectives: Early British History. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDAR; 3D; 5AJ; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 271 x 197 x 7. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Capstone Global Library Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781406291070
- ISBN
- 9781406291070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.85
€ 10.85
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Focus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941051545
- ISBN
- 9780941051545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.19
€ 17.99
€ 14.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 colour plates, 60 black & white illustrations, 43 line drawings, 14 maps, 2 charts, 4. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700002
- ISBN
- 9781501700002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.36
€ 32.99
€ 32.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAZ; ANC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772892191
- ISBN
- 9788772892191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.17€ 41.64
€ 53.17
€ 41.64
Paperback. Grand political accomplishment and artistic productivity were the hallmarks of Augustus Caesar's reign (31 BC to AD 14), which has served as a powerful model of achievement for societies throughout Western history. This book presents an overview, one that brings together political and social history, art, literature, architecture, and religion. Num Pages: 496 pages, 11 color plates 164 halftones 10 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058900
- ISBN
- 9780691058900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 41.40
€ 53.19
€ 41.40
paperback. Presents a portrait of Julius Agricola - the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected father-in-law. This title offers fascinating descriptions of the geography, climate and people of the country, and an account of the early stages of the Roman occupation of Britain. Editor(s): Rives, James. Translator(s): Mattingly, H. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1QDAR; DB; HBJD1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455403
- ISBN
- 9780140455403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.76
€ 12.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Based on experimental archaeology at the author's world-famous research settlement in Cornwall, this book describes the ingredients of prehistoric cooking and the methods of food preparation. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: 1QDA; WBA; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752419435
- ISBN
- 9780752419435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.07
€ 36.99
€ 31.07
Paperback. Surveying the city's life from Christian Antiquity through the Middle Ages, this book focuses on monuments of art and architecture as they reflect the historical events, the ideological currents, and the meaning Rome. It tells a story in which the heritage of antiquity intertwines with the living presence of Christianity. Num Pages: 416 pages, 260 Halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 3F; 3H; AM; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 277 x 212 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1268.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 389
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- With a New foreword by Marvin Trachtenberg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049618
- ISBN
- 9780691049618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 41.45
€ 53.19
€ 41.45