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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nomad Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977129454
- ISBN
- 9780977129454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.62
€ 16.99
€ 16.62
Hardcover. Rather than view the contours of Late Classic Maya social life solely from towering temple pyramids or elite sculptural forms, this book considers a suite of small anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and supernatural figurative remains excavated from household refuse deposits. Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 colour and 99 b&w illustrations, 3 maps, 6 graphs. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292771307
- ISBN
- 9780292771307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Paperback. This book focuses on certain local powers in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia (ca. 2000 - 1595 B.C.), namely the chief of the city (rabianum), the elders, the "city," and the assembly. This is a novel approach to Old Babylonian history that allows us to understand the constituency, activities, and sphere of influence of local institutions of authority. Series: Studies in Egyptology & the Ancient Near East. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781908049001
- ISBN
- 9781908049001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.63
€ 49.63
paperback. Presents a portrait of Julius Agricola - the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected father-in-law. This title offers fascinating descriptions of the geography, climate and people of the country, and an account of the early stages of the Roman occupation of Britain. Editor(s): Rives, James. Translator(s): Mattingly, H. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1QDAR; DB; HBJD1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140455403
- ISBN
- 9780140455403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.69
€ 14.99
€ 13.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 282 pages, 3 tables, 35 b/w figures, 5 colour figures, 37 b/w. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Institute for Aegean Prehistory United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931534888
- ISBN
- 9781931534888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.71
€ 116.71
Hardback. For more than a thousand years, Greeks in all walks of life consulted oracles for guidance received directly from the gods. This title encompasses the history of Greek oracles and focuses on philosophical, psychological, and anthropological aspects of oracular consultation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300140422
- ISBN
- 9780300140422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.02
€ 35.99
€ 26.02
Hardback. The Roman empire remains unique. Although Rome claimed to rule the world, it did not. In approaching this problem, the author asks, Why did the empire last so long? It argues that the longevity of the empire rested not on Roman military power but on a gradually realized consensus that Roman rule was justified. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 515 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 515
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220676
- ISBN
- 9780520220676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.12€ 54.68
€ 71.12
€ 54.68
Paperback. This book examines how the Norsemen came to be drawn into the Imperial service. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1 revised
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521035521
- ISBN
- 9780521035521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.08
€ 49.08
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631776
- ISBN
- 9780691631776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.93
€ 128.93
paperback. Studying the economic and cultural upheaval that shook mainland Greece and the Aegean area in the eighth century, this work also looks at the role that poetry played in this upheaval. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 311 pages, 13 figures, 12 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780520226913
- ISBN
- 9780520226913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. This book is about the multiplicity of gods and religions that characterized the Roman world before Constantine. It was not the noble gods such as Jove, Apollo and Diana, who were crucial to the lives of the common people in the empire, bur gods of an altogether more earthly, earth level, whose rituals and observances may now seem bizarre. Series: Ancient World S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200475
- ISBN
- 9780631200475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.99
€ 43.99
€ 42.99
Paperback. Discusses Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of Persia and campaigns through Egypt and Babylon - establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. This title presents an objective portrait of a man of boundless ambition, who was exposed to the temptations of power. Translator(s): De Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 432 pages, maps, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised & Enlarged Edition
- SKU
- 9780140442533
- ISBN
- 9780140442533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations & Historical Eras. Num Pages: 488 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810857940
- ISBN
- 9780810857940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 248.50
€ 248.50
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBTB; PBX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636290
- ISBN
- 9780691636290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 277.87
€ 277.87
Hardcover. Ancient Greek thought provides the basis for the intellectual, ethical and political civilization of the West. This collection of over 60 essays explores the full length and breadth of Greek thought - showing the Greeks looking at themselves, their knowledge, poetics and rhetoric. Editor(s): Brunschwig, Jacques; Lloyd, G. E. R. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 76 color illustrations, 5 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 58. Weight in Grams: 2126.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002616
- ISBN
- 9780674002616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.00€ 88.57
€ 94.00
€ 88.57
Hardcover. Starting with the first substantial body of primary sources, the epics of Homer and Hesiod in the 7th century, and ending with the fall of Egypt to the Romans in 30BC, this volume describes the development of mediation, arbitration and other ways of resolving disputes, other than litigation. Num Pages: 350 pages, 4ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3B; LBHT; LNAC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 157 x 38. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Holo Books The Arbitration Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953773015
- ISBN
- 9780953773015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.32
€ 51.99
€ 42.32
The Archaeology of Difference. Gender, Ethnicity, Class and the Other ...
. Ed(S): Edwards, Douglas R.; Mccullogh, C. T...
Hardback. To determine "the archaeology of difference" the studies in this volume draw on textual and material culture. What distinguishes an individual or a group in ancient society? How do issues of gender, ethnicity, social stratification and the view of the 'other' impact individuals, groups, and societal attitudes? Editor(s): Edwards, Douglas R.; McCullogh, C. Thomas. Series: Annual of ASOR. Num Pages: 480 pages, 135 b/w figures, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HDD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 215. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- American Schools of Oriental Research United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897570701
- ISBN
- 9780897570701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.54
€ 123.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Ussher, R. G. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First published in the UK in 1990. Reprinted with
- SKU
- V9780856684609
- ISBN
- 9780856684609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.82
€ 33.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Includes essays that intend to restore the social context of ancient Greek drama. This title considers how individual plays and groups of dramas pertained to the concerns of the body politic and how these issues were presented in the convention of the stage and as centerpieces of civic ceremonies. Editor(s): Winkler, John J.; Zeitlin, Froma I. Num Pages: 440 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015255
- ISBN
- 9780691015255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.53€ 51.21
€ 66.53
€ 51.21
Paperback. Tracing the argument of the Ethics as it emerges through that approach, this book shows how Aristotle represents ethical virtue from the perspective of those devoted to it while standing back to examine its assumptions and implications. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080529
- ISBN
- 9780226080529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.73
€ 33.99
€ 26.73
Hardcover. Studies Tod's relationships with particular Rajput leaders and with the Rajputs as a group in general, in order to better understand his attempts to portray their history, geographical moorings and social customs to British and European readers. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090806
- ISBN
- 9780719090806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.94
€ 150.94
Hardback. Classical slavery provides fascinating, complex, and engaging, albeit sometimes grim, topics for the historian. This book provides the political and historical context for Greek and Roman slavery and briefly surveys the institutions themselves. It conveys the interest of the field of ancient slavery to students of history. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405188050
- ISBN
- 9781405188050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.04
€ 89.04
Hardback. This study re-examines the nature of Greek politics and democracy, and explores the ways in which they have been perceived since the Renaissance. It shows how the nature of political life in Ancient Greece has been interpreted and re-interpreted throughout the centuries. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFCX; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610801
- ISBN
- 9780745610801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.64
€ 69.64
Paperback. The prominence of the Temple of Hephaistos, Greek god of metalworkers, situated on a hill to the west of the Agora, reflects the esteem in which bronzeworkers were held by the Athenians. Series: Excavations of the Athenian Agora Picture Book. Num Pages: 32 pages, b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 4. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Volume XX ed.
- SKU
- V9780876616246
- ISBN
- 9780876616246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.45
€ 9.45