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How Do Bridges Work?
Why were bridges invented? What did the first bridges look like? How do they stay up and why are there so many different designs? From architecture to engineering (and other...
Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome
A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient worldLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers,...
General B.O.
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA work of Russian émigré historical biography, General B.O. by Roman...
Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls: Roman Historical Mystery
N.B. R S Downie is published in the US as Ruth Downie and this book, RUSO AND THE DISAPPEARING DANCING GIRLS, is published in the US as MEDICUS: A NOVEL...
Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome
A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient world Living in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians,...
Count Belisarius
A powerful, stirring novel of clashing destinies and lust for power The sixth century was not a peaceful time for the Roman empire. Invaders threatened on all fronties, but they...
More Roman Tales
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear. Chipped along spine and folds. Page Condition: Yellowed/ foxed. Markings: previous owner sticker on FEP. Binding condition: Binding intact. Rome pulses with...
What It Was Like to be ... (2) - What It Was Like to be an Ancient Roman
Author: David Long Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Embark on a fascinating foray into the lives of the Ancient Romans in this second instalment of David Long's What it...
The Lives of the Caesars
A masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biographies of the twelve Caesars, by the award-winning historian and The Rest Is History podcaster Tom Holland. The ancient Roman empire was the...
Tyrant
The latest gripping instalment in the bestselling Nero trilogy follows empress Agrippina's ceaseless pursuit of absolute power for her son to rule over the Roman Empire Ancient Rome, AD 50...
Ancient Rome
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At the Gates of Rome: The Battle for a Dying Empire
A dramatic retelling of the final years of the Western Roman Empire and the downfall of Rome itself from the perspective of the Roman general Stilicho and Alaric, king of...
Emperor of Rome: The Sunday Times Bestseller
Author: Professor Mary Beard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller...
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome matters.Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape...
Polanski
Fifty years ago, a young director named Roman Polanski made his first complete film a two-minute student exercise which he called Murder. In the half-century since, Polanski has become an...
The Wonderbox: Curious histories of how to live
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Romans
Here is the Rome of the Popes, of a poet who loathed priests - Shelley, his wife and their son - in happiness and in tragedy. Here too are the...
Roman Art
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Author: Donald StrongBinding: HardbackPublished: The Pelican History of Art, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsDonald Strong's Roman Art presents a comprehensive overview of artistic achievements during the Roman Empire....
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon...
The Roman
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Author: Mika WaltariBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1966, First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Roman is a historical novel by Finnish author Mika Waltari,...
Medicus and the Disappearing Dancing Girls
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Roman Conquests: Asia Minor, Syria and Armenia
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...
Five Roman Comedies
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhen the Roman stage rang with laughter, it was Plautus and Terence who held the crowd — and...
Warlords of Republican Rome
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...
Crossing the Pomerium: The Boundaries of Political, Religious, and
A multifaceted exploration of the interplay between civic and military life in ancient RomeThe ancient Romans famously distinguished between civic life in Rome and military matters outside the city-a division...
The World The Romans Knew
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Author: N.H.H. SitwellBinding: HardbackPublished: Paladin, 1984Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, The World The Romans Knew, chronicles the vast geographical and cultural landscape as perceived by the...
Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome
The charismatic Fulvia amassed a degree of military and political power that was unprecedented for a woman in Ancient Rome. Married three times to men who moved in powerful circles,...
Emperor of Rome: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail...
Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome
The charismatic Fulvia amassed a degree of military and political power that was unprecedented for a woman in Ancient Rome. Married three times to men who moved in powerful circles,...
Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent
The story of ancient Rome is predominantly one of great men with great fortunes. Surviving Rome unearths another history, one of ordinary Romans, who worked with their hands and survived...
The Dream of Rome
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Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome
The charismatic Fulvia amassed a degree of military and political power that was unprecedented for a woman in Ancient Rome. Married three times to men who moved in powerful circles,...
The Pirates of Pompeii
Author: Caroline Lawrence Format: Paperback Number of Pages: The Roman Mysteries: The Pirates of Pompeii Pirates and missing children abound in the third exciting instalment of the Roman Mysteries. The...
The Dream of Rome
Focussing on how the Romans made Europe work as a homogenous civilisation and looking at why we are failing to make the EU work in modern times, this is an...
Roman Society
The book titled Roman Society by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Beric The Briton: A Story Of The Roman Invasion
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Author: G. A. HentyBinding: HardbackPublished: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1893Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Sunned and dulled...
Romanitas: v. 1
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Sophia McDougall Format: Paperback...
Terrible True Tales: Romans: From the author of Horrible Histories,
From the author of the blockbuster Horrible Histories series, now a TV show and movie, who has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. ' Deary's storytelling is simple, historically...
Plebs Romana: People, Power and Politics in Ancient Rome
'Jones has an eagle's high eye for the history of Rome' - The Times 'Jones makes the classical world feel both beguiling and fresh' - Sunday Times You may think...
The Neverending Empire: The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome
From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire. "The only way...
The Battle That Stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the
In AD 9, a Roman traitor led an army of barbarians who trapped and then slaughtered three entire Roman legions: 20,000 men, half the Roman army in Europe. If not...
Romans: Their Lives and Times
It offers information on the Rome of the Popes; the poet Shelley, in happiness and tragedy; Sheridan's unravelling of the curious story of Mussolini's son-in-law and the British ambassador; the...