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Hardcover. In this text, the authors show how the Roman-Jewish wars were precipitated partly by Jewish demographic and religious expansion and by conflict with the Greeks and their culture. They argue that the trauma and humiliation of defeat, stimulated Jewish cultural growth, particularly in Hebrew. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333764589
- ISBN
- 9780333764589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Paperback. This collection of essays features important Roman women who were active in politics, theatre, cultural life and religion from the 1st through the 4th centuries. The contributors draw on rare documents in an attempt to reconstruct the lives and accomplishments of these exceptional women. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260945
- ISBN
- 9780226260945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.81
€ 38.99
€ 30.81
Hardback. Drawing on the very latest historical and archaeological research, this title challenges preconceptions and outdated views of Rome's Iberian foes, showing them to be more militarily sophisticated than often supposed. It analyses the lessons learnt by the Romans and how they adapted weapons, tactics and organization in response to guerrilla warfare. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473827813
- ISBN
- 9781473827813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.69
€ 25.99
€ 19.69
paperback. Roman Warfare surveys the history of Rome's fighting forces through the fall of the Western Empire in the 5th century CE. Series: Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization. Num Pages: 328 pages, 36 b/w illus. 28 colour illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBW; JW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521537261
- ISBN
- 9780521537261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.26
€ 30.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. Big Picture series brings the world and its wonders to life for young readers. Full of fascinating information from across the globe, from animals and homes to the most interesting jobs in history. Series: The Big Picture. Num Pages: 24 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 4KHF; YQH. Category: (EJ) Primary. Dimension: 211 x 223 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 24
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408131527
- ISBN
- 9781408131527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.70
€ 8.70
Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Sources. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; GBC; JFC; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585100095
- ISBN
- 9781585100095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.93
€ 27.99
€ 20.93
Paperback. Offers an introduction to Roman history. This survival guide for studious centurions is about how to stay alive in the Roman army. It reveals all the gruesome truths of life in the Roman army including what soldiers ate, wore and how they lived. Illustrator(s): McNee, Ian. Num Pages: 128 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; YNH; YQH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409567745
- ISBN
- 9781409567745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.54
€ 9.99
€ 8.54
Paperback. Featuring full-colour artwork, specially drawn maps and an array of revealing illustrations depicting weapons, equipment, key locations and personalities, this book offers key insights into the tactics, leadership, combat performance and subsequent reputations of the Roman soldiers and their Germanic opponents. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Combat. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA1; HBW; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 249 x 5. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472803498
- ISBN
- 9781472803498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.56
€ 19.99
€ 14.56
Hardback. Lucid, insightful, and innovative, the essays in Roman Social Imaginaries constitute some of today's most original thinking about the power of language in the ancient world. Series: Robson Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA; HBLA1; HPCA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442650176
- ISBN
- 9781442650176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.45
€ 52.45
Paperback. This lively and original guidebook is the first to show students new to the subject exactly what Roman social history involves, and how they can study it for themselves. Series: Classical Foundations. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415195225
- ISBN
- 9780415195225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.11
€ 43.11
Hardcover. Key reading for the discerning history buff or academic specialist Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBW; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118984
- ISBN
- 9780472118984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.13
€ 99.13
Paperback. A comprehensive and amply illustrated study of Roman shields, their changing styles, their construction and their use in combat Num Pages: 208 pages, 117. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 248 x 15. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445655239
- ISBN
- 9781445655239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.00
€ 34.00
Paperback. A collection of essays that seeks to establish Roman constructions of sexuality and gender difference as a distinct area of research, complementing work already done on Greece to give a picture of ancient sexuality. This title applies feminist critical tools to forms of public discourse, including literature, history, law, and political oratory. Editor(s): Hallett, Judith P.; Skinner, Marilyn B. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFC; JFFK; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011783
- ISBN
- 9780691011783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97€ 52.05
€ 66.97
€ 52.05
Paperback. Discusses all the major public and private monuments in Rome, as well as many less well-known monuments in the capital and elsewhere in the empire. Kleiner examines art commissioned by the imperial elite as well as by private patrons, including freedmen and slaves. Series: Yale Publications in the History of Art. Num Pages: 489 pages, 421 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; AFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1640.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300059489
- ISBN
- 9780300059489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.50€ 49.62
€ 63.50
€ 49.62
Paperback. Argues for a completely new interpretation of republican chronology. While classicists have long recognized that the Roman Republic changed and evolved over time, the author mounts a serious argument against the idea of republican continuity that has been fundamental to modern historical study. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 148 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152585
- ISBN
- 9780691152585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.79
€ 36.99
€ 26.79
Hardcover. Multidisciplinary essays on early villa culture and architecture in Republican Italy Editor(s): Becker, Jeffrey; Nicola, Terrenato. Series: The Papers & Monographs of the American Academy in Rome. Num Pages: 168 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMX; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472117703
- ISBN
- 9780472117703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.27
€ 87.27
Hardback. Catalogues and gives a brief description of every significant battle (and most insignificant ones too) known to have been fought by the Roman Republic. Num Pages: 318 pages, approx. 30 b/w tactical diagram. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473894426
- ISBN
- 9781473894426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.63
€ 41.99
€ 37.63
Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Sources. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps, glossary, table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; GBC; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585100309
- ISBN
- 9781585100309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.73
€ 29.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. This work offers a picture of Roman religion and of some of the current debates about its character and development. The focus of the survey is the religious experience of the Roman people from about the third century BC to the second. Series: New Surveys in the Classics S. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HRAX; HRKP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 6. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199224333
- ISBN
- 9780199224333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.18
€ 30.18
paperback. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 226 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1QDAR; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 305 x 11. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856683916
- ISBN
- 9780856683916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.59
€ 54.59