Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. Venantius Fortunatus, writing in the latter half of the sixth century, was not only a major Latin poet, but also an important historical figure. His poems paint a picture of a literary, not merely literate, culture, which complement's Gregory's canvas of bloodthirsty dynastic feuding. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 geneal. table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3F; DCF; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853231790
- ISBN
- 9780853231790
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.29
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Paperback. A work on Pythagoreanism. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 144 pages, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 196.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853233268
- ISBN
- 9780853233268
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€ 35.99€ 32.76
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Paperback. Optatus, Bishop of Milevis in North Africa in the late fourth century, wrote a detailed refutation of Donatist claims to be the one true and righteous church, an ark of purity in a world which was still corrupt despite Constantine's support for Christianity. This title presents the translation of Optatus' work. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBJH; HBLA; HRAM7; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853237525
- ISBN
- 9780853237525
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.73
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€ 32.73
Paperback. A Syriac historiographical work dating from the end of the eighth century. It is written from the point of view of a religious dissident, a Monophysite, whose personal experience as a persecuted monk in his native Mesopotamia, as well as his later life in Constantinople, make the History an interesting and unusual source. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3F; DNF; HBG; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; HRCC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853237600
- ISBN
- 9780853237600
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.73
€ 35.99
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Paperback. Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca 100-30 BCE) is our only surviving source for a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great. This work builds a case for Diodorus' merits as a historian. It offers an estimate of this much-maligned historian. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712775
- ISBN
- 9780292712775
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€ 36.99€ 32.80
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paperback. A collection that includes the panegyric of Claudius Mamertinus ("Panegyrici Latini XI/3"), a substantial part of the treatise of John Chrysostom on St Babylas and against Julian ("de S Babyla c Julianum et gentiles XIV-XIX"), and Emphrem Syrus' "Hymns Against Julian". Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 160 pages, map, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 144 x 7. Weight in Grams: 216.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780853233763
- ISBN
- 9780853233763
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.81
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Hardcover. The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society offers a reassessment of Roman law of the long classical period in light of Roman society. Editor(s): Ando, Clifford; Tuori, Kaius. Num Pages: 650 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; LAFR; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198728689
- ISBN
- 9780198728689
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Condition: New
€ 178.26
€ 178.26
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613031
- ISBN
- 9780691613031
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€ 72.29
€ 72.29
Paperback. The description for this book, Studies in the Antiquities of Stobi, Volume 2, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 371.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613895
- ISBN
- 9780691613895
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Condition: New
€ 47.29
€ 47.29
Hardback. The description for this book, Studies in the Antiquities of Stobi, Volume 2, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641584
- ISBN
- 9780691641584
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Condition: New
€ 108.40
€ 108.40
Hardcover. Brings together the latest international research on a key medieval writer and thinker Editor(s): Stone, Rachel; West, Charles. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDH; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091407
- ISBN
- 9780719091407
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€ 164.83
€ 164.83
Hardcover. This study represents a radical rethinking of traditional distinctions involving the term "religion" in the ancient Greek world and beyond, through late antiquity to the 17th century, and promotes the fluidity of such concepts as religion and magic. Editor(s): Asirvatham, Sulochana R.; Pache, Corinne; Watrous, John. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 1QSM; 3F; 3H; 3J; HRKP; HRQX2; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847699681
- ISBN
- 9780847699681
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Condition: New
€ 186.94
€ 186.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Thomsen, Ole. Series: Classica et Mediaevalia - Revue Danoise de Philologie et D'Histoire. Num Pages: 315 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772892368
- ISBN
- 9788772892368
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Condition: New
€ 65.85€ 50.38
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Paperback. Editor(s): Johansen, Holger Friis; Friis-Jensen, Karsten. Num Pages: 405 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; CFF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 674.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772894225
- ISBN
- 9788772894225
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Condition: New
€ 65.85€ 50.38
€ 65.85
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 441
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107660700
- ISBN
- 9781107660700
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Condition: New
€ 30.18
€ 30.18
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Focus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941051545
- ISBN
- 9780941051545
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.12
€ 16.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. "The Republic" deals with almost the whole range of Plato's thought, but is particularly concerned with what makes a well-balanced society and individual. It combines argument with myth to advocate a life organized by reason rather than dominated by leisures and appetites. Translator(s): Davies, John Llewelyn; Vaughan, David James. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HPCA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853264832
- ISBN
- 9781853264832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.29
€ 7.29
Paperback. The third edition of "The Trial and Death of Socrates" presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with a Select Bibliography. Translator(s): Grube, G. M. A. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBT; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 58
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205543
- ISBN
- 9780872205543
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.75
€ 11.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. This translation of Plato's classic work is published along with an extensive introductory essay, which situates the work in the context of the development of Greek science and discusses points of contemporary interest. Translator(s): Zeyl, Donald J. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204461
- ISBN
- 9780872204461
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.17
€ 18.99
€ 18.17
Paperback. In Timaeus Plato attempts to describe and explain the structure of the universe: the creator god, the elements, the lower gods, the stars, and men. The companion piece, Critias, is the origin of the story of Atlantis, the lost empire defeated by ancient Athenians. This is the clearest translation yet of these crucial ancient texts. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, c. 20 black and white diagrams. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPJ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192807359
- ISBN
- 9780192807359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.28
€ 14.99
€ 12.28