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Empires & historical states
Hardcover. Colourful scenes with over 50 flaps to lift reveal fascinating historical details of life in Ancient Rome. Bright, clear illustrations show scenes such as a gladiator fight at the Colosseum, the workings of a Roman Bath and the Roman legion defending the farthest reaches of the Empire. Illustrator(s): Hancock, David. Series: Usborne See Inside. Num Pages: 16 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 5AD; YBGP; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 285 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Usborne Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 16
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746070031
- ISBN
- 9780746070031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Hardcover. Priest, the Prince, and the Pasha. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 220 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- MFA Publications - The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878467969
- ISBN
- 9780878467969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.89
€ 26.99
€ 24.89
paperback. Contains chapters that include Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), and The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths. This book offers an insight into the workings of a Roman town. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861975966
- ISBN
- 9781861975966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.41
€ 16.99
€ 12.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Nagy, Blaise. Series: Focus Classical Commentary. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; CJB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 13. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585104123
- ISBN
- 9781585104123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.85
€ 34.99
€ 25.85
Paperback. The book includes a completely new final chapter, text and notes rewritten throughout to incorporate evidence and scholarship that has appeared over the past twenty-five years, and an index of ancient sources. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416861
- ISBN
- 9781421416861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.87
€ 35.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 15 halftones & maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBJF1; HBLA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199858682
- ISBN
- 9780199858682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.70
€ 63.70
Paperback. Shows the Romans from a non-Roman perspective and reveals that most of those written off by the Romans as uncivilized, savage and barbaric were in fact organized, motivated and intelligent groups of people, with no intentions of overthrowing Rome and plundering its Empire. This book presents their cultural and technological achievements. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QDH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563539162
- ISBN
- 9780563539162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. This book presents an in-depth analysis of the architecture of tomb security in Egypt from the Predynastic Period until the early Fourth Dynasty by extrapolating data on the security features of published tombs from the whole of Egypt and gathering it together for the first time in one accessible database. Series: Archaeopress Egyptology. Num Pages: 566 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 207 x 291 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1968.
- Publisher
- Archaeopress
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784912994
- ISBN
- 9781784912994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.92
€ 186.92
Paperback. Where was the Hanging Garden of Babylon and what did it look like? Why did the ancient Greeks and Romans consider it to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World? Renowned Babylonian expert Stephanie Dalley delves into the legends filled with myth and mystery to piece together the enigmatic history of this elusive world wonder. Num Pages: 304 pages, 90 black and white in-text illustrations and 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; HBJF1; HBLA; HDDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198728849
- ISBN
- 9780198728849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.74
€ 29.74
Paperback. Christian communities flourished during late antiquity in a Zoroastrian political system, known as the Iranian Empire. In placing the social history of East Syrian Christians at the center of the Iranian imperial story, this book helps explain the endurance of a culturally diverse empire across four centuries. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 b/w images, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 3D; HRAF; HRAX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292451
- ISBN
- 9780520292451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Animals for Show and Pleasure in Ancient Rome is a complete and comprehensive investigation of the rise, function, and pageantry of wild and domesticated animals as household pets and as fodder for entertainment in the Roman world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ASZX; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219197
- ISBN
- 9780812219197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. The greatest conflict of antiquity, the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Carthage. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3B; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- W&N
- Number of pages
- 412
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Messianic ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304366422
- ISBN
- 9780304366422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Hardcover. The letters and diaries from 1443 to 1449 of Cyriac of Ancona, one of the first scholars to study the physical remains of the ancient world in person. This is the period of his final voyages, which took him from Italy to the Greek mainland, the Aegean islands, Constantinople and Crete. Editor(s): Bodnar, Edward W.; Foss, Clive. Translator(s): Bodnar, Edward W. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DN; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007581
- ISBN
- 9780674007581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.83
€ 40.99
€ 33.83
Paperback. Series: Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, 71 b 21 b&w illus., 10 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 279 x 14. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477309933
- ISBN
- 9781477309933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Hardback. In 1490/92 the Florentine Platonist Marsilio Ficino made new translations of two treatises he believed were the work of Dionysius the Areopagite, the disciple of St. Paul mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. They are presented here in new critical editions accompanied by English translations, the first into any modern language. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRCC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 144 x 34. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674743793
- ISBN
- 9780674743793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.07
€ 40.99
€ 34.07
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
€ 23.99€ 20.52
€ 23.99
€ 20.52
Hardback. Illustrator(s): Greenberg, Isabel. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; 5AH; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 305 x 238. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408876787
- ISBN
- 9781408876787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752414218
- ISBN
- 9780752414218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.33
€ 30.99
€ 26.33
Paperback. Translator(s): Rudd, Niall. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540112
- ISBN
- 9780199540112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. Series: Ancients in Action. Num Pages: 136 pages, 12 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 183.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474214711
- ISBN
- 9781474214711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.57
€ 46.57