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Paperback. A collection of essay, which reexamine the Wu Family Shrines pictorial carvings from Han dynasty China, helping readers understand the long cultural history behind them. It addresses the ideals, practices, and problems of the Wu Family Shrines and Han China; and Han funerary art and architecture in Shandong and other regions. Series: Princeton University Art Museum Monographs S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 219 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1316.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300137040
- ISBN
- 9780300137040
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.05
€ 51.99
€ 37.05
Paperback. * This source book presents fresh new translations of the most important ancient writings on the life and legacy of Alexander the Great. * Provides comprehensive coverage of Alexander, from his family background to his military conquests, death and legacy. Editor(s): Heckel, Waldemar; Yardley, J. C. Series: Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228219
- ISBN
- 9780631228219
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Condition: New
€ 52.60
€ 52.60
Hardback. A Companion to the Punic Wars offers a comprehensive new survey of the three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC. Editor(s): Hoyos, Dexter. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 570 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 180 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176002
- ISBN
- 9781405176002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.27
€ 206.27
Paperback. The emergence of Rome as an imperial power. In the first few centuries of its existence, Rome developed from a minor settlement on the Tiber into the most powerful city-state in Italy. This book examines the reasons for Rome's emergence and success within a highly competitive Italian environment, and how much it owed to its neighbours. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Num Pages: 320 pages, 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621101
- ISBN
- 9780748621101
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.32
€ 40.99
€ 34.32
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
€ 35.99
€ 32.81
Paperback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 504 pages, 15, 1 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBLA; HRKP1; HRLB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479731
- ISBN
- 9780801479731
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.30
€ 49.99
€ 44.30
hardcover. One of the leading scholars of Chinese military history offers a definitive guide to the ways in which military strategy and technology shaped the face of ancient Chinese civilization. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; HBW. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 44. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465021451
- ISBN
- 9780465021451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.01
€ 37.01
Hardcover. Emperors and Ancestors analyses the different ways in which imperial lineage was represented, looking at the various 'media' through which images of emperors could be transmitted, such as coinage, inscriptions, sculpture, architecture, and literary text. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation. Num Pages: 432 pages, 134 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HDDK; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 195 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1004.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198736820
- ISBN
- 9780198736820
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Condition: New
€ 191.31
€ 191.31
Paperback. An historical commentary on the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia, an anonymous history of events in the Greek world in the late fifth and early fourth centuries BC. Series Editor(s): Hunter, R. L.; Osborne, R. G.; Reeve, M. D.; Garnsey, Peter; Millett, Martin; Sedley, D. N.; Horrocks, G. C. (University of Cambridge, UK). Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521034128
- ISBN
- 9780521034128
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Condition: New
€ 51.43
€ 51.43
The Resilience and Vulnerability of Ancient Landscapes. Transforming M...
Chase, Arlen F.; Scarborough, Dr. Vernon L.
Paperback. Series: APAZ - Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3D; 3F; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119016731
- ISBN
- 9781119016731
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Condition: New
€ 45.76
€ 45.76
hardcover. A study of the ethical underpinning of the rhetoric of citizenship in Plato's Laws and its implementation through ritualized forms of performance. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107072886
- ISBN
- 9781107072886
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Condition: New
€ 108.41
€ 108.41
Hardback. Eclipses have long been seen as important celestial phenomena, whether as omens affecting the future of kingdoms, or as astronomical events to help in deriving essential parameters for theories of the motion of the moon and sun. This book collect together all known records of timed eclipse observations and predictions from antiquity onwards. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362982
- ISBN
- 9780792362982
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Condition: New
€ 309.33
€ 309.33
Paperback. Sir Ronald Syme became the first historian of the twentieth century to place Sallust - whom Tacitus called the most brilliant Roman historian - in his social, political, and literary context. This is a foreword of Syme that delivers biographical essays of Sir Ronald Syme in English. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 433 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QDH; 3D; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 433
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234796
- ISBN
- 9780520234796
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.54
€ 40.99
€ 29.54
Hardback. Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts. This book suggests that Greek literature reveals traces of popular culture that can be further illuminated by comparison with later historical periods. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140056
- ISBN
- 9780691140056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.11€ 41.44
€ 52.11
€ 41.44
Hardback. A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity presents a series of original essays that apply a socio-historical perspective to myriad aspects of ancient sport and spectacle. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 680 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444339529
- ISBN
- 9781444339529
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Condition: New
€ 226.10
€ 226.10
Hardback. Roman Disasters looks at how the Romans coped with, thought about, and used disasters for their own ends. Rome has been famous throughout history for its great triumphs. Yet Rome also suffered colossal disasters. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651026
- ISBN
- 9780745651026
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Condition: New
€ 65.10
€ 65.10
Hardback. During most of its history, Babylon was the capital of a kingdom that corresponded roughly to the southern and central parts of Iraq. This work presents a narrative history of Babylon from the time of its First Dynasty (1880-1595) until the last centuries of the city's existence during the Hellenistic and Parthian periods (ca 331-75 AD). Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405188999
- ISBN
- 9781405188999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.58
€ 90.58
Paperback. Sheba, or Saba, was a region of high mountains and vast desert situated in the southwest of the Arabian peninsula, in present-day Yemen. This work provides an overview of this remote civilization, the uniqueness of the region's geography and climate, and major events that shaped its history. Translator(s): LaFarge, Albert; Farge, Albert Le. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 1H; 1QDA; 3D; GTB; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- E.D.S.
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020040
- ISBN
- 9780268020040
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.24
€ 36.99
€ 33.24
Paperback. Today the Journal has achieved worldwide recognition as a forum for international exchange among classicists by publishing original research in Greco-Roman literature, and culture. Editor(s): Gold, Barbara K.; Donahue, John F. Num Pages: 184 pages, 29, 29 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882029
- ISBN
- 9780801882029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.25
€ 33.25
hardcover. A revolutionary take on the Achaemenid Persian Empire and empire studies in general. Num Pages: 342 pages, 100 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1QDAM; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 28. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521810715
- ISBN
- 9780521810715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.16
€ 141.16
Paperback. Palamedes seeks to provide a forum where, within the frames of cultural history broadly defined, ancient historians, classical philologists, archaeologists, jurists and epigraphists-all those who study Greek and Roman antiquity in its material, linguistic, or intellectual manifestations-can meet with Orientalist and Egyptological counterparts. Editor(s): Berdowski, Piotr; Niesiolowski-Spano, Lukasz; Stebnicka, Krystyna; Wecowski, Marek; Wolicki, Aleksander. Series: Palamedes. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; GBCS; HBG; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Lockwood Press United States
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937040444
- ISBN
- 9781937040444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.96
€ 78.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Swartz, Wendy; Campany, Robert Ford; Lu, Yang; Choo, Jessey Jiun-Chyi. Num Pages: 744 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 34. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159876
- ISBN
- 9780231159876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.52
€ 49.99
€ 35.52
Hardcover. From Alexandria, Through Baghdad Editor(s): Van Brummelen, Glen; Sidoli, Nathan. Num Pages: 598 pages, 137 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 283 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642367359
- ISBN
- 9783642367359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.30
€ 130.30
Paperback. Traces the history of the Franks from their barbaric origins to the period of civil and military dominance in Western Europe. The book describes their society and culture, their conversion to Christianity, the way they ruled and their influence on subsequent ages. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 photographs, 25 maps, bibliogrpahy. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DST; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631179368
- ISBN
- 9780631179368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.35
€ 51.35