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A compelling new account of the tempestuous last century of the Roman Republic. This new history of the last years of the Roman Republic sets the leading men, and women,...

Author: Thomas HovingBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the life and times of Tutankhamun, offering a fresh perspective on the boy...

Author: Lucy Braggiotti (ed.), Alexandra Doumas (translator)Binding: SoftbackPublished: Greek Ministry of Culture , 1988Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis bilingual (English and Greek) art exhibtion...

Author: Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA, 1988Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores a period of significant cultural and political evolution, focusing on the...

Author: David A. CampbellBinding: SoftbackPublished: Bristol Classical Press, 1982Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book is a selection of early Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poetry. It...

Author: Erwin RohdeBinding: SoftbackPublished: Harper Torchbooks, 1966Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis two-volume set, "Psyche: The Cult of Souls & Belief in Immortality among the Greeks," delves...

Author: National Szechenyi Library, Csaba CsapodiBinding: SoftbackPublished: National Szechenyi Library, Budapest, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book is about the Bibliotheca Corviniana, covering the years...

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A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR Who said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. Caesarism is alive and well. Yet in...

The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what...

The past, present and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover. 'Engaging and wide-ranging ... The Age of Cats...

Discover the rise and fall of the world's greatest empire in the stunning first instalment of The Golden Age, an epic new series from the nation's finest historical novelist After...

Why did Rome fall - and what can it teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist investigate Over the last three centuries,...

This definitive three-volume Penguin Classics edition provides a complete and unmodernized text, presenting the History as it appeared to its early readers Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and...

This is a lightly revised edition of Mattingly's original translation plus a new introduction, new notes, a chronology and further reading, by James Rives The Agricola is both a portrait...

A revised edition of Robert Graves' classic translation (9780140449211), with completely fresh editorial material As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives...

One of the masterpieces of classical literature, the Histories describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. But...

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...

Books VI - X of Livy's monumental History of Rome Books VI-X of Livy's monumental work trace Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386...

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...

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...

A major new reinterpretation of the religious superstate that defined both Europe and Christianity, by one of our foremost medieval historians In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded...

This definitive three-volume Penguin Classics edition provides a complete and unmodernized text, presenting the History as it appeared to its early readers Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and...

The extraordinary story of Rome told through one of the world's once most ubiquitous objects- coins. The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history's greatest superpower, as told through humankind's most...

Plutarch traces the fortunes of Athens through nine lives - from Theseus, its founder, to Lysander, its Spartan conqueror - in this seminal work What makes a leader? How does...

The most celebrated historical work in the English language Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one...

Bestselling science writer Michael Brooks takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of civilisation, as he explains why maths is fundamental to our understanding of the world. 1,...

A fascinating illustrated history of the most important cities of antiquity, from Alexandria to York From Alexandria to York, this unique illustrated guide shows us the great centres of classical...

What is history and how should it be written? This important new anthology contains all the seminal texts that relate to the writing of history in the ancient world The...

Penguin Classics relaunch Josephus' account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and...

Geoffrey of Monmouth's history - or legend - of the earliest kings of Britain Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britain traces the story of the realm...

The epic story of one of the world's most enduring civilisations and empires. 'For who is so indifferent or indolent as not to wish to know by what means the...

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...

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...

The second volume of Foucault's pioneering analysis of sexuality and power relations, now reissued in Penguin Modern Classics The second volume of Michel Foucault's pioneering analysis of the changing nature...

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...

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...

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...

Eusebius is regarded as *the* historian of Christian antiquity Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned...

John Carter's modern translation conveys the compelling style of the original. His extensive introduction provides an in-depth assessment of Appian as historian and places the work in context Taken from...

The historical account of the end of the Roman Empire Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later...

Caesar's own account of his struggle with Pompey over leadership of Republican Rome A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his...

A fascinating historical account of Greece at a point of crisis Xenophon's History recounts nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Continuing the story...

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's...

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...

Discover the rise and fall of the world's greatest empire in the stunning second novel in THE GOLDEN AGE series, from the nation's finest historical novelist Pericles returns to Athens...

Two and a half thousand years ago, the Greeks and the Persians fought an epic battle to decide the future of our world. This is their story. 490 B.C. Two...

The first popular biography of the great warlord, Attila the Hun. The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly household...