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Offers an illustrated
account of ancient Greece
and its classical
heritage. This book
features a special focus
on the life, tactics and
military campaigns of
Alexander the Great. It
explains and examines the
military techniques and
strategies, operations
and training of the Greek
armies.
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Gibbon's "The History of
the Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire" (the
second and third volumes
were originally published
in 1781), is one of the
most famous texts in the
English language. David
Womersley's annotated
edition returns to
manuscript and original
sources.
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Gibbon's "The History of
the Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire" (the
second and third volumes
were originally published
in 1781), is one of the
most famous texts in the
English language. David
Womersley's annotated
edition returns to
manuscript and original
sources.
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An illustrated military
and political chronicle
of the world's greatest
empire: it's leaders and
generals, wars and
campaigns. Over 470
full-colour photographs,
illustrations, maps,
battle plans and diagrams
bring military campaigns,
invasions, victories
and defeats to life.
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In 209 AD the last Roman
invasion of Scotland took
place under Emperor
Septimus Severus. Under
constant attack from the
natives of Caledonia,
the Romans eventually
gave up and returned to
Rome as the Roman Empire
began to crumble on all
fronts. This book
presents the story of
Rome and its relationship
to what is now called
Scotland.
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How did the Roman state
keep law and order
throughout its vast
empire? The answer is a
mix of approaches, many
of which involved Roman
soldiers working as
police among civilians.
Policing the Roman Empire
draws together hundreds
of scattered sources to
provide the first
synoptic overview of this
topic in English.
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In 44 bc, Julius Caesar
was murdered on the Ides
of March. His mistress,
Cleopatra of Egypt, fled
back to Alexandria with
their son. Mark Antony,
Caesar's friend and
henchman, who,
according to some
accounts, was already
besotted by Cleopatra,
took up her son's case
before the Senate. But
they refused to recognize
him as one of Caesar's
heirs.
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The pragmatic demands of
American life have made
higher education's
sustained study of
ancient Greece and Rome
an irrelevant luxury -
and this despite the fact
that American democracy
depends so heavily on
classical language,
literature, and
political theory. This
title offers a concrete
proposal for the role of
classical education.
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Chronicles the rise of
the Achaemenid Persian
Empire and its war with
the Greek city-states.
This book also recounts
the experiences of
Herodotus of
Halicarnassus, an
adventurous Ionian Greek
with the varied peoples
and cultures he had
encountered during his
journey.
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Provides an introduction
to the classical world
from its origins to the
fall of the Roman Empire.
This book focuses on
questions of how we know
about Classical
civilization from
archaeology and history.
It deals with the
Mycenaean era and the
world of Myth and Epic in
Homer's "Iliad &
Odyssey". It explores the
urban environment in
Pompeii.
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Presenting with
illustrations and special
features, this book
distils centuries of
history into an overview
of Ancient Rome,
enhanced with the voices
of Romans in their own
words. Exploring the
intriguing origins of the
ancient Romans, it looks
at what made this
civilization so unique.
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Offers a historical and
literary commentary on
Thucydides, the great
fifth-century BC Greek
historian. This work
contains the
Pylos-Sphakteria
narrative and Brasidas'
operations in the north
of Greece. It discusses
such topics as Thucydides
and Herodotus,
Thucydides' presentation
of Brasidas, Thucydides
and kinship, and more.
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An abridgement of the
"Oxford Classical
Dictionary", this book
offers over 2, 500 A-Z
entries on aspects of
life in ancient Greece
and Rome, from politics,
medicine, philosophy,
art, and architecture,
to history, myth and
religion, mathematics,
and literature. It also
contains biographical
entries on important
individuals of the
period.
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Harriet Flower explains
the reasons behind the
use of wax masks in the
commemoration of
politically prominent
family members by the
elite society of Rome.
She traces the evolution
of ancestor masks, and
puts them into their
legal, social,
political and symbolic
context.
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Athens in the 5th century
BC offers a picture of
the first democracy in
history, the first
empire created and ruled
by a Greek, and a
flourishing of learning,
philosophical thought and
visual and performing
arts. To what extent were
these developments
interrelated? This text
answers this question.
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The Goths' sack of Rome
in AD 410 was an event
which shook the Roman
world to its core. This
book uncovers the key
factors that contributed
to Alaric the Goth's
capture of Rome: mass
migrations, military
incompetence, civil war,
court intrigue,
economic decline and
religious bigotry.
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The Roman empire tends to
be seen as a whole
whereas the early middle
ages tends to be seen as
a collection of regional
histories, roughly
corresponding to the
land-areas of modern
nation states. This book
combines documentary and
archaeological evidence
to create a comparative
history of the period
400-800.
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What factors already
present in the society of
the High Roman Empire
developed and expanded
into the world of Late
Antiquity? What was
distinct in this period
from what went before?
This illustrated
collection of fifteen
essays, written by
internationally known
scholars, aims to
provide answers to these
questions.
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What factors already
present in the society of
the High Roman Empire
developed and expanded
into the world of Late
Antiquity? What was
distinct in this period
from what went before?
This work is an
illustrated collection of
fifteen essays on the
later Roman world.
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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.
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Byzantium occupies an
uncertain place in
European history. Though
often misconstrued as a
vanished successor to the
classical world,
Byzantium belongs in the
mainstream history of
Europe and the
Mediterranean; its impact
is still felt throughout
the Balkans, Eastern
Europe and the Middle
East.
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When Xerxes, King of
Persia, crosses the
Hellespont at the head of
a formidable army, it
seems inevitable that
Greece will be crushed
beneath its might. But,
the Greeks are far harder
to defeat than he could
ever have imagined. As
storms lash the Persian
ships, and sinister
omens predict a cruel
fate for the expedition,
Xerxes strives onward.
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It is 401 BC. After an
epic battle in Persia,
Xenophon is elected
general of the defeated
Greek army and must lead
the men on a fraught
journey back home - a
journey of hundreds of
miles, north from
modern-day Iraq into the
mountains of Kurdistan
and Armenia, and down to
the coast of the Black
Sea, fighting all the
way.
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Pompeius Trogus, a
Romanized Gaul, wrote a
forty-four book universal
history (The Philippic
History) of the
non-Roman, Mediterranean
world, which was later
abbreviated by M.
Junianus Justinus. This
volume supplies a
historical analysis of
this unique source with a
full translation and
running commentary on
Books 13-15.
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Presents a study of the
religious system of
Mithraism, one of the
'mystery cults' popular
in the Roman Empire
contemporary with early
Christianity. This book
describes Mithraism from
the point of view of the
initiate engaging with
the religion and its rich
symbolic system in
thought, word, ritual
action, and cult life.
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Written by a team of
specialist scholars,
this work traces the rise
of Rome from its origins
as a cluster of villages
to the foundation of the
Empire and its
consolidation in the
first two centuries CE.
It includes chapters on
social and political
history, the Emperors,
art and architecture.
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Offers an overview of the
history of ancient
Greece, from its
earliest origins through
to its legacy in the
modern world. This book
traces the evolution of
Greeks from Bronze Age
civilizations through the
emergence of the city
state. It is suitable for
general readers, museum
visitors and
undergraduate students.
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Polybius' overall theme
is how and why the Romans
spread their power as
they did. The main part
of his history describes
the rise of Rome, her
destruction of Carthage,
and her eventual
domination of the Greek
world. It is a vital
achievement despite its
incomplete state; all but
the first five of its
original forty books
survive.
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During the period from
Rome's Stone Age
beginnings on the Tiber
River to its conquest of
the Italian peninsula in
264 BC, the Romans in
large measure developed
the social, political,
and military structure.
This account traces
Rome's early development
within a multicultural
environment of Latins,
Sabines, Etruscans,
Greeks, and Phoenicians.
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Examines the Macedonian
army' initial training,
their rise to an elite
unit under Alexander the
Great, and their
eventual defeat at the
battle of Pydna, in 168
BC. This book also
details the daily life,
weaponry, experience,
and motivations of these
men, using primary
sources and anecdotal
material.
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An account of the
Etruscan peoples and
their society that
flourished in Italy
before the rise of the
Roman Republic. The city
states of the Etruscan
civilization were based
in west-central Italy.
The Etruscans dominated
the region from around
the 8th century to the
4th century BC.
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A story of an empire
breathing its last, this
work is a biography about
Romulus Augustulus. It
focuses on the
personalities behind this
story and reveals the
world into which Romulus
was born - an empire that
was about to die. It
explores how Romulus''s
father Orestes,
secretary to Attila the
Hun, rose through the
ranks to become
kingmaker.
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Follows the trials and
triumphs of Julius
Caesar's Legio X from its
activation to the
slogging battle of Munda
and from Thapsus. This
book incorporates the
history of Rome and the
Roman army at the height
of their power and gory
glory. It paints a
definitive portrait of
daily life in the Tenth
Legion.
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Caesar's commentaries on
his Gallic Wars provide
the most detailed
eye-witness account of a
campaign from antiquity.
Gillver uses this and
other surviving evidence
to consider the
importance of the Gallic
Wars in the context of
the collapse of the Roman
Republic and its slide
toward civil war.
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Julius Caesar was born in
100 BC in Ancient Rome.
After an unspectacular
beginning, he was
elected consul in 59 BC.
It was his methods rather
than his political
programme that made men
turn against him, and
strike him down on the
Ides of March 44 BC. This
work tells the story of
Rome's greatest leader.
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Julius Caesar and Pompey
the Great were two of the
greatest generals Rome
had ever produced. In 49
BC they turned against
each other and plunged
Rome into civil war.
Based on Caesar's own
account of the war,
Goldsworthy provides an
account of this desperate
power struggle.
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In this portrait of life
in Ancient Rome, the
author begins by painting
a backcloth on which the
social, political,
cultural and religious
aspects of the community
are drawn. He enlarges on
the details of everyday
life, following the
typical routine of a
normal day from dawn to
dinner.
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Presents an introduction
to the daily life of the
Celts living in Britain,
Ireland and Europe during
the Iron Age and into the
Roman period. This book
reveals that the Celts
were not merely a
collection of barbaric
tribes but that their
civilization compared
favourably with those of
other ancient
civilizations.
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Incorporating insights
from postcolonial,
psychoanalytic, and
postmodern theories into
close readings of ancient
Greek texts, this title
sets ancient Greek
culture next to the
global ancient world of
Vedic India, the Han
dynasty in China, and
the empires that survived
Alexander the Great.
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This title breaks away
from notions of religious
conflict between
Christians and pagans,
to focus on a number of
approaches to the
Christianization of Rome.
It surveys laws and
political considerations,
and the conflict between
Christians over "real"
Christianity.
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Livy's great history of
Rome contains, in Books
21 to 30, the definitive
ancient account of
Hannibal's invasion of
Italy in 218 BC, and the
war he fought with the
Romans over the following
sixteen years. This new
translation captures the
brilliance of Livy's
style, and is
accompanied by a
fascinating introduction
and notes.
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Within the space of 300
years, up to the great
Persian invasion of
480BC, Greece was
transformed from a simple
society into a
sophisticated
civilization which
dominated the shores of
the Mediterranean. This
book places the
development of Greece in
the context of
Mediterranean
civilization.
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Provides evidence which
not only outlines the
history of the
Carthaginian army during
the period of the Punic
Wars but which also
describes the
organisation and
equipment of the army.
This book addresses how
Carthage's army matched
up to other Hellenistic
armies.
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The author of this fully
illustrated and complete
military history of
Caesar's battles, has
visited every one of the
general's known
battlefields, and making
full use of other
chroniclers and critics,
he supplements them with
his clear, insightful
descriptions of the
battles.
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Tells the stories of
Cyriac of Ancona's quest
to record the appearance
of the Parthenon; Jacques
Spon's quarrel with
Guillet de St-Georges
about the topography of
Athens; and, the
painstaking expeditions
of the Society of
Dilettanti and the
deluded forgeries of the
Abbe Fourmont.
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In this rigorously
researched biography
Jurgen Malitz invites
readers to reconsider the
reputation of the Roman
Emperor Nero. * Focuses
on the growing tension
between Nero's artistic
tendencies and his role
as emperor. * Steers
readers through the
diverse interpretations
of Nero that have arisen
through the ages.
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Three hundred elite
Spartan warriors who,
led by their king,
Leonidas, faced the
vast, inrushing Persian
army at the 'hot gates'
of Thermopylae and fought
to the death for an ideal
dearer to them than life
itself - the ideal of
freedom. This book offers
a re-examination of this
moment in history.
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Reveals the Roman
civilization of antiquity
through the eyes of 100
of its citizens. This
book presents a voice to
not just Romes' most
famous generals and
rulers, such as Caesar
and Caligula, but also
to her builders and
sculptors, her poets,
historians, gladiators,
shepherds, slaves and
courtesans.
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Domitian, Emperor of
Rome AD 81-96, has
traditionally been
portrayed as a tyrant,
and his later years on
the throne as a "reign of
terror". But was Domitian
a despot? Jones argues
that the Court rather
than the Senate was the
centre of Domitian's
power and of his cultural
ambitions.
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Examines a pivotal period
in the history of Europe
and the near East.
Spanning the ancient and
medieval worlds, this
title investigates the
ideal of sacred kingship
that emerged in the late
Roman and Persian
empires. It brings to
life the courts of two
global powers that
affected the cultures of
medieval Europe,
Byzantium, Islam and
South Asia.
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A history of the Roman
occupation of Northern
Africa. The Romans left
their mark on the region,
building some 600 cities
and 12, 000 miles of
roads, but the period
also provided
opportunities for the
talents of a number of
Africa's sons, such as
the writers Terence and
Apuleius.
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In September AD 9 half of
Rome's Western army was
ambushed in a German
forest. Three legions,
comprising some 25, 000
men under the Roman
general Varus, were
wiped out by an army of
Germanic tribes under the
leadership of Arminius.
This book offers an
account of this battle,
the historical
background, and the
implications of defeat.
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This title covers one ot
the defining periods of
European history. The
series of wars between
the Classical Greeks and
the Persian Empire
produced the famous
battles of Marathon,
Thermopylae and Salamis,
as well as the ill-fated
attempt to overthrow the
Persian king in 400 BC.
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This biography draws
together inscriptional
and literary evidence,
as well as academic
research, in order to
examine the reign and
politics of the emperor
Hadrian. In examining
both his private and
public life, it touches
on his building
programme, the Jewish
war and his personal
relationships.
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The concept of a
legionary fortress as a
permanent structure dates
from the reign of
Augustus (27 BC-AD 14).
This book describes the
development, design and
construction of these
fortresses throughout the
length and breadth of the
Empire. It also deals
with the experience of
life within a typical
fortress.
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A full-length study of
the financial,
logistical, and social
organization of the
Athenian navy. Using a
variety of sources,
particularly the enormous
body of inscriptions that
served as naval records,
it examines the
development and function
of the Athenian
trierarchy.
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Presents the story of one
of the most colourful
dynasties in history,
from Caesar's rise to
power in the first
century BC to Nero's
death in AD 68. This work
reviews the long history
of the Julian and
Claudian families in the
Republic and the social
and political background
of Rome.
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Published between 1776
and 1788, this text is
acknowledged as a
masterpiece of English
historical writing.
Covering the history of
Europe from the
2nd-century AD, to the
fall of Constantinople in
1453, this edition
includes footnotes,
explanatory comments,
and a precis of the
chapters not included.
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An account of the
historic sea battle which
ended in a Greek victory
at Salamis in 489 BC. It
evokes the sweep of
events that the Persian
offensive set in motion,
and describes the
everyday details of the
lives of the soldiers,
statesmen and ordinary
citizens.
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The cradle of Western
civilisation, Ancient
Greece was a land of
contradictions and
conflict. Charting topics
as diverse as Minoan
civilization, The
Persian Wars, the
Athenian Golden Age and
the conquests of
Alexander the Great,
this book traces the
development of this
creative and restless
people.
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Oxyrynchus in Egypt is
one of the best
documented cities of the
Roman Empire. This study
draws upon the thousands
of papyrus documents
found there to examine
how the city's landowning
class derived wealth from
the rural hinterland,
and the relationship
between landowner and
farming tenant.
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The Annals is a gripping
account of the Roman
emperors Tiberius,
Claudius, and Nero and
the brutality that marked
their reigns. Tacitus
deplores their depravity,
proof of the corrupting
force of absolute power.
J.C. Yardley's vivid and
accurate translation is
complemented by a
thorough introduction and
notes.
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Ancient Minoan culture
has been typically viewed
as an ancestor of
classical Greek
civilization. This book
shows that Minoan Crete
was on the periphery of a
powerfully dynamic
cultural interchange with
its neighbours. It
considers ancient Crete
in the context of its
powerful competitors to
the east and south.
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Offers an account of the
'classical' period of
Greek history, from the
aftermath of the Persian
Wars in 478 BC to the
death of Alexander the
Great in 323 BC. This
title includes chapters
that cover life and
culture in the classical
Greek world. It focuses
on the evidence for the
period, and how the
evidence is to be
interpreted.
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How did a single village
in Italy grow to become a
world-class imperial
power? This introduction
is a guide to the stages
of Rome's political and
military evolution over
1, 500 years - through
monarchy, republic, and
then empire. It includes
illustrations, maps,
and excerpts from
writings by Romans
themselves.
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Traces the rise and fall
of the Roman Empire. This
book is illustrated and
features more than sixty
full-colour maps. It
looks at its provinces
and cities, its trade
and economy, its armies
and frontier defences;
follows its foreign ward
and internecine
struggles; and charts its
transformation into a
Christian theocracy and
its fall in 476.
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Discusses Alexander's
violent suppression of
the Theban rebellion,
his defeat of Persia and
campaigns through Egypt
and Babylon -
establishing new cities
and destroying others in
his path. This title
presents an objective
portrait of a man of
boundless ambition, who
was exposed to the
temptations of power.
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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.
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The Punic Wars (264-146
BC) sprang from a mighty
power struggle between
two ancient civilizations
- the trading empire of
Carthage and the military
confederation of Rome.
Though this took place
more than 2000 years ago,
Nigel Bagnall argues
that it has remarkable
contemporary
significance.
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Ephesus: History,
Archaeology,
Architecture is the most
complete presentation in
English of the ancient
Greek city of Ephesus.
Its lavishly-illustrated
pages provide an
extraordinary wealth of
information and are the
result of collaboration
among numerous Greek and
Austrian experts:
archaeologists,
historians, architects,
and graphic designers.
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Following the Civil War,
and with renewed hopes
for the restoration of
the Roman Republic,
Cicero launched a fierce
attack on Mark Antony by
delivering a series of
speeches that cannot be
matched for their vigour.
It was these speeches
that would be the cause
of Cicero's death. This
book tells his story.
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History sees Augustus
Caesar as the first
emperor of Rome, whose
system of ordered
government provided a
firm and stable basis for
the expansion and
prosperity of the Roman
Empire. Hailed as
'restorer of the
republic' and regarded by
some as a deity in his
own lifetime, Augustus
was emulated by many of
his successors.
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An examination of the way
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the Roman army's campaign
tactics on its
organization, its
flexibility, weaponry
and leadership,
concluding that it was
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of warfare.
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Provides an introduction
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Greek city-state. This
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topics as the emergence
of the polis, its size
and population, and its
political culture,
ranging from famous
poleis such as Athens and
Sparta through more than
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This title explores the
gladiators of Ancient
Rome. Some were prisoners
of war and criminals,
but others volunteered
for the profession. The
author relates how they
were recruited and
trained, and how they
fought. Many types of
gladiator are covered,
from Retiarius to
Myrmilo.
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Argues for a completely
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long recognized that the
Roman Republic changed
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serious argument against
the idea of republican
continuity that has been
fundamental to modern
historical study.
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In this revised and
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their mythological and
religious origins and
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the sacred ceremony and
the celebrations that
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How can we re-create the
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literature? This work
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questions, focusing on
the intriguing process of
sifting through and
making sense of what
constitutes 'history'.
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Contested bitterly and
bloodily, the ancient
Olympics were not an
idealistic celebration of
unity, but a clash of
military powers in an
arena not far removed
from the battlefield.
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portrait of the Greek
Olympics - fierce
contests between rivals,
in which victors won
kudos and rewards, and
losers faced scorn and
even assault.
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In this book, the author
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that Alexander, the
Great was actually
poisoned by a member of
his court. He recreates
the scene of the crime to
reveal eight prime
suspects, each with the
motive and opportunity to
have assassinated
Alexander. He uncovers
the maze of sexual
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power-play and romantic
tragedy.
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Deals from a philological
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general and topics such
as history of law and
philosophy and the
medieval ecclesiastic
history. This work covers
the period from the
Greco-Roman Antiquity
until the Late Middle
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In 1995, remains of
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dating to Hellenistic and
Roman times were found,
and on one of the walls
there was a Greek
inscription, known as
"The Salmakis
Inscription". An
international symposium
was held where scholars
offered their views on
the inscription. This
book contains the
contributions to that
symposium.
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This title follows the
campaigns of Marathon.
When the Ionian Revolt
broke out in 499 BC,
Athens angered the
Persians by sending
assistance to the Greeks
of Asia. Having crushed
the revolt, the Persian
king, Darius, decided
to punish Athens and
landed his forces at
Marathon 26 miles from
the city.
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In 1095 Pope Urban II
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world to war to secure
access to the Holy Land.
The Christian army
captured Jerusalem,
establishing a kingdom
that was to last for 200
years. This book aims to
bring the confrontation
to life, presenting both
the European and Arab
points of view.
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A comprehensive study of
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Europe, ranging from the
coming of Stone Age Man
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Empire. Containing maps
and drawings, the book
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civilization as a
response to the changing
European landscape and
environment.
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By focusing on a single
year not overshadowed by
an epochal event, this
title provides a fresh
look at Mediterranean
civilization in the midst
of enormous change - as
Christianity takes hold
in rural areas across the
empire, as western Roman
provinces fall away from
those in the Byzantine
east, and as power
shifts from Rome to
Constantinople.
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Through his pax romana,
Augustus created a united
Europe and enabled ideas,
and Christianity, to
spread throughout its
territories. In this
book, Richard Holland
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extraordinary, complex
nature of the young and
inexperienced tyro who
found himself in charge
of the most expansive
empire on earth.
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Focusing on six momentous
turning points that
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history, this work
charts the rise and fall
of the world's first
superpower - a political
machine unmatched in its
brutality, its genius,
its lust for power. It
also covers powerful men
such as Pompey the Great,
Julius Caesar,
Augustus, Nero and
Constantine.
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In 89 BC, Roman
legionaries intervened in
the Black Sea region to
curb the ambitions of
Mithridates VI of Pontos.
Over the next two
centuries, the Roman
presence on the Black Sea
coast was increased. This
volume deals with the
Roman impact on the
indigenous population in
the Black Sea region and
touches on the theme of
romanisation of that
area.
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Jennifer Roberts
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and writing of the 5th
century Greek thinker and
researcher Herodotus of
Halicarnassus, who
invented the genre of
historical investigation.
She discusses all aspects
of his work, including
his fascination with his
origins; his travels; his
interest in seeing the
world; and the recurring
themes of his work.
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A second revised edition
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Roman social history with
selections drawn from
letters, manuals,
recipes, graffitti and
inscriptions as well as
literary sources; which
offer a glimpse into
topics such as: family
life, housing,
entertainment, health,
education, and religion.
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Flavius Josephus is known
for his portraits of
first-century conditions
in Judaea. This book
attempts a detailed
treatment of Josephus'
Roman context: the
significance of his works
for understanding Rome in
the late first century,
and the significance of
that Roman world for
understanding Josephus.
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One of the world's
greatest generals and
commanders, Alexander is
a near-legendary figure.
He dominates classical
history as the general
and king whose military
brilliance and instiable
desire for conquest led
him to conquer half the
known world. This book
opens with the rise of
Macedonia, followed by
an account of Alexander's
military progress.
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Images of children in
Roman society abound: an
infant's first bath,
learning to walk,
playing with pets and
toys, going to school,
and - all too often -
dying prematurely. This
title focuses on the
period between the first
century BCE and the early
third century CE.
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Details nearly fifty
turbulent years of
warfare in Greece between
411 and 362 BC.
Presenting the story of
the Peloponnesian War at
the point where
Thucydides finished his
magisterial history,
this title chronicles the
conflicts that ultimately
led to the decline of
Greece, and the wars
with both Thebes and the
might of Persia.
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This series explores the
culture and achievement
of the civilizations of
Greece and Rome. It is
designed specifically for
students and teachers of
classical civilization
and ancient history, and
provides a collection of
guides on literature,
history, art, values
and social institutions.
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