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Hardcover. The historian Polybius (ca 200-118 BCE) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. This title offers a translation of Polybius' work. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 117 x 31. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996380
ISBN
9780674996380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. From the author of Horrible Histories comes the fourth volume in Terry Deary's gritty and humorous history series for adults. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226385
ISBN
9781780226385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardback. This illuminating book remains essential to both ancient historians and students of modern strategy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 black & white line drawings, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; JWKT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
revised and updated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419442
ISBN
9781421419442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.99
€ 64.37

Paperback. The first of a three-part series which aims to provide a complete history course for the whole of Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum. A teacher's set, including photocopiable worksheets, accompanies each pupil book. Num Pages: 128 pages, colour illustrations; maps. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; 4KHN; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 274 x 223 x 7. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435312107
ISBN
9780435312107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.53

Paperback. The rise and fall of Roman Britain, how they lived and what they left behind. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845297282
ISBN
9781845297282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. The story of Ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Lionel Casson explores the royal libraries of the Ancient Near East, the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, and the first Christian monastic libraries. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; GLM; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300097214
ISBN
9780300097214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.40

hardcover. This volume examines the diversity of networks and communities in the classical and early Hellenistic Greek world, with particular emphasis on those which took shape within and around Athens, highlighting the processes that created, modified and dissolved these communities. Editor(s): Taylor, Claire; Vlassopoulos, Kostas. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 black and white illustrations and 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198726494
ISBN
9780198726494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.17

Paperback. Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. This book presents the biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (AD 364-78). Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 476 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283893
ISBN
9780520283893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

Paperback. Drawing on recent scholarly advances and new evidence, Timothy Barnes offers a fresh and exciting study of Constantine and his life. Constantine: Dynasty, Religion and Power in the Later Roman Empire clearly sets out the problems associated with depictions of Constantine and answers them with great clarity. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118782750
ISBN
9781118782750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.48

Hardcover.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996373
ISBN
9780674996373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. An extremely well-preserved example of an Iron Age hillfort, Danebury is typical of many in Wessex, but made exceptional by being the most thoroughly excavated and explored hillfort in the whole of Europe. This book gives us insight into the historical monument, the surrounding landscape and farms, and the lives of Danebury's Iron Age inhabitants. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; HDD; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
3rd ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752429106
ISBN
9780752429106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.69

Paperback. Tells the history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476. This title draws on a range of evidence, from Juvenal's "Satires" to archaeological finds. It concludes with a brief look at how Rome lives on in the contemporary world, in politics, architecture, art and literature. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780330488
ISBN
9781780330488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.67

Hardback. P. J. Rhodes's reader focuses on the political institutions, political activity, history, and nature of Athenian democracy and introduces some of the best British, American, German and French scholarship on its origins, theory and practice. Editor(s): Rhodes, P. J. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748616862
ISBN
9780748616862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.98
€ 136.27

Hardback. From the illustrious son of Zeus down to the absolute monarch idealised by Louis XIV, from the valiant knight of the crusaders to the Moslem philosopher-king, the author reveals the gamut of contrasts that make up the legend of Alexander, this extraordinary hero of history and myth. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5M. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617647
ISBN
9780748617647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.98
€ 136.27

Paperback. Series: The Princeton History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 halftone. 14 line illus. 18 tables. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173146
ISBN
9780691173146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.98

Paperback. Using a spectrum of literary, artistic, archaeological and epigraphic evidence, this book uncovers the kaleidoscopic story of some of the most intriguing women in history, and the complex role of the empresses as political players on Rome's great stage. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523932
ISBN
9780099523932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Hardback. Learn everything you need to know about the Romans, and some of the things they'd rather you didn't. Illustrator(s): Greenberg, Isabel. Series: Discover.. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 5AJ; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 269 x 182 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847808264
ISBN
9781847808264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.87

Paperback. Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid - the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837 - was forged Num Pages: 224 pages, 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591437895
ISBN
9781591437895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. But who were the ancient Greeks? And what was it that enabled them to achieve so much? This title offers a revelatory way of viewing this geographically scattered people, and more. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780099583646
ISBN
9780099583646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. A Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach. Editor(s): James, Sharon Lynn; Dillon, Sheila. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 650 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 246 x 33. Weight in Grams: 990.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119025542
ISBN
9781119025542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.11

Hardback. Gaiseric successfully defeated Roman attempts at reconquest of these vital provinces and his fleets dominated the Western Mediterranean. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781590188
ISBN
9781781590188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.47

Hardback. Originally published in 2 vols.: Paris: Armand Colin, c2007 and c2008. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
648
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144702
ISBN
9780691144702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470673362
ISBN
9780470673362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.81

Paperback. This extended edition features brand new extra content including a timeline, fun facts a list of 'top' characters and a map. Illustrator(s): Antram, David. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; 5AH; YNH; YNW. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 215 x 242 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Bonnier Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910184677
ISBN
9781910184677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.37

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