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The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons

The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons

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A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. In December...
The First Emperor: Selections from the Historical Records

The First Emperor: Selections from the Historical Records

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'The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted.' The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial...
How to Manage Your Slaves by Marcus Sidonius Falx

How to Manage Your Slaves by Marcus Sidonius Falx

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At last, a clear manual for managing slaves the Roman way. In How to Manage Your Slaves , Marcus Sidonius Falx offers practical advice, showing where and how to buy...
Annals

Annals

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Compelling new translation of the Annals, by Cynthia Damon Tacitus' Annals recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero...
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., Book 1)

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., Book 1)

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You think you know how the world works? Think again. 21st Century America Magic has faded from the minds of mankind , until an encounter between Melisande Stokes, linguistics expert...
The Bad Boy of Athens: Classics from the Greeks to Game of Thrones

The Bad Boy of Athens: Classics from the Greeks to Game of Thrones

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'Mendelsohn takes the classical costumes off figures like Virgil and Sappho, Homer and Horace ... He writes about things so clearly they come to feel like some of the most...
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons

The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons

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A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. In December...
A Concise History of Bolivia

A Concise History of Bolivia

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In its first Spanish edition, Herbert Klein's A Concise History of Bolivia won immediate acceptance within Bolivia as the new standard history of this important nation. Surveying Bolivia's economic, social,...
AD69: Emperors, Armies and Anarchy

AD69: Emperors, Armies and Anarchy

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With the death of Nero by his own shaky hand, the ill-sorted, ill-starred Iulio-Claudian dynasty came to an ignominious end, and Rome was up for the taking. This was 9...
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome

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DK Eyewitness Ancient Rome is a spectacular and informative guide to one of history's greatest civilizations, the Romans, their conquests and achievements that have shaped modern society. Amazing colour photographs...
A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization

A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization

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A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire. The book focuses on questions of how we know about Classical civilization from...
The Cambridge World History

The Cambridge World History

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From 1200 BCE to 900 CE, the world witnessed the rise of powerful new states and empires, as well as networks of cross-cultural exchange and conquest. Considering the formation and...
The Archimedes Palimpsest

The Archimedes Palimpsest

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The Archimedes Palimpsest is the name given to a Byzantine prayer book that was written over a number of earlier manuscripts, including one that contained two unique works by Archimedes,...
The Archimedes Palimpsest

The Archimedes Palimpsest

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The Archimedes Palimpsest is the name given to a Byzantine prayer book that was written over a number of earlier manuscripts, including one that contained two unique works by Archimedes,...
The Idea of Europe: From Antiquity to the European Union

The Idea of Europe: From Antiquity to the European Union

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The creation of the European Union and the progressive integration of the European states has raised serious questions about the existence of a distinctive European identity. Do the British share...
Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses

Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses

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There is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future. Aarathi Prasad's Silk is a gorgeous new history weaving together...
Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses

Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses

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There is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future. Aarathi Prasad's Silk is a gorgeous new history weaving together...
The Early History of Rome

The Early History of Rome

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Livy's brilliant history of the founding and early years of Rome Livy (c. 59 BC-AD 17) dedicated most of his life to writing some 142 volumes of history, the first...
The Rise of the Roman Empire

The Rise of the Roman Empire

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Penguin Classics relaunch The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200-118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their...
The Persian Expedition

The Persian Expedition

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Xenophon's account of the Greek war with Persia through the eyes of a young Athenian searching for his destiny abroad In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who...
Sound Tracks: Uncovering Our Musical Past

Sound Tracks: Uncovering Our Musical Past

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A History of the World in 100 Objects meets Sapiens- the first archaeological history of humanity's musical heritage, in fifty detective stories. Here is the history of humankind's relationship with...
City of God

City of God

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One of the greatest theological works, and is one of the most influential Christian documents. St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, was one of the central figures in the history of...
Seneca: A Life

Seneca: A Life

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The definitive biography of ancient Rome's most powerful and colourful philosopher-politician This book traces the eventful life of Seneca, the Roman philosopher, dramatist, essayist and rhetorician of the first century...
Annals

Annals

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Compelling new translation of the Annals, by Cynthia Damon Tacitus' Annals recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero...
The Age of Alexander

The Age of Alexander

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Vivid biographies of famous characters from the Ancient Greek world, in a revised edition of Ian Scott-Kilvert's seminal translation The Parallel Lives of Plutarch are cornerstones of Western literature, and...
Barbarians at the Wall: The First Nomadic Empire and the Making of China

Barbarians at the Wall: The First Nomadic Empire and the Making of

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The untold story of the first nomadic empire and the making of China. 'Man does for the reader that most difficult of tasks- he conjures up an ancient people in...
Writings from Ancient Egypt

Writings from Ancient Egypt

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The essential writings of ancient Egypt, from songs to stories, newly translated 'Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered.' The...
The Histories

The Histories

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One of the great books in Western history and the very first work of non-fiction, in Tom Holland's compelling new translation The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half...
The Ancient Greeks: Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World

The Ancient Greeks: Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World

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Edith Hall unpacks the mysterious and successful ancient Greek people through ten uniquely ancient Greek personality traits. They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the...
The Conquest of Gaul

The Conquest of Gaul

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Penguin Classics relaunch Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This is the record of his...
The Annals of Imperial Rome

The Annals of Imperial Rome

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Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity...
Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

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Traditionally attributed to Lao Tzu, an older contemporary of Confucius (551 - 479 BC), it is now thought that the work was compiled in about the fourth century BC. An...
Augustus at War: The Struggle for the Pax Augusta

Augustus at War: The Struggle for the Pax Augusta

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The words Pax Augusta - or Pax Romana - evoke a period of uninterrupted peace across the vast Roman Empire. Lindsay Powell exposes this as a fallacy. Almost every year...
Gladiators and Beasthunts

Gladiators and Beasthunts

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'Gladiators and Beasthunts' is a comprehensive survey of arena sports in ancient Rome, focusing upon gladiatorial combat and the beast-hunts (venationes). Whilst numerous books have already been written on arena...
The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past

The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past

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A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' Sunday Telegraph'On nearly every page a random...
Maximinus Thrax

Maximinus Thrax

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Maximinus was a half-barbarian strongman 'of frightening appearance and colossal size' who could smash stones with his bare hands and pull fully laden wagons unaided. Such feats impressed the emperor...
Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World: The Economics of Sex in the Late Antique and Medieval Middle East

Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World: The Economics of Sex

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This groundbreaking book challenges many stereotypical views about the historical practice of prostitution. Based on twenty years' research, and organized by region, it charts the history of sex for sale...
Roman Conquests: Asia Minor, Syria and Armenia

Roman Conquests: Asia Minor, Syria and Armenia

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While conquering Greece and Macedonia the Romans defeated an intervention by the Seleucid Empire, the most powerful of the Hellenistic states founded by Alexander the Great's successors. Soon Roman armies...
On Ancient Warfare

On Ancient Warfare

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Richard Gabriel has been studying and writing about ancient warfare for nearly half a century. He has written fifty-five books on the subject (before this one) and over three hundred...
Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece

Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece

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In the late 3rd century BC, while Rome struggled for her very survival against the Carthaginians in the Second Punic War, Philip V of Macedon allied with Hannibal in pursuit...
Rethinking Roman Alliance: A Study in Poetics and Society

Rethinking Roman Alliance: A Study in Poetics and Society

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In this book, Bill Gladhill studies one of the most versatile concepts in Roman society, the ritual event that concluded an alliance, a foedus (ritual alliance). Foedus signifies the bonds...
Warlords of Republican Rome

Warlords of Republican Rome

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The war between Caesar and Pompey was one of the defining moments in Roman history. The clash between these great generals gripped the attention of their contemporaries and it has...
When in Rome: A Social Life of Ancient Rome

When in Rome: A Social Life of Ancient Rome

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A vibrant, accessible social history of Rome, from 753 BCE to the fall of the Empire some 1300 years later. To support its findings the book features hundreds of translations...
Two Deaths at Amphipolis

Two Deaths at Amphipolis

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Cleonvs Brasidas in the Peloponnesian War This original book looks in detail at arguably the two most significant characters on either side in the middle years of the great Peloponnesian...
Madness of Alexander ther Great: And the Myths of Military Genius

Madness of Alexander ther Great: And the Myths of Military Genius

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Over the years, some 20,000 books and articles have been written about Alexander the Great, the vast majority hailing him as possibly the greatest general that ever lived. Richard A....
The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy

The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy

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The history of alchemy is traced from its earliest roots through to its influence and use in modern-day science.Beginning in China in the search for the secret of immortality, and...
The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past

The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past

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  A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' Sunday Telegraph 'On nearly every...
Phineas and Ferb - It's Ancient History

Phineas and Ferb - It's Ancient History

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Phineas and Ferb - It's Ancient History