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Roman Britain(2015) SALWAY, PETER (QUONDAM FELLOW, ALL SOULS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, AND EMERITUS FELLOW OF THE OPEN UNIVERSITY)For centuries Britain was an integral part of the Roman Empire. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Salway weaves together the latest archaeological investigations and historical scholarship to chart life in Roman Britain from the first Roman invasionVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Alexander the Great(2014) BOWDEN, HUGH (SENIOR LECTURER IN ANCIENT HISTORY AT KING'S COLLEGE LONDON)In 336 BC Alexander the Great became king of Macedon. During his twelve-year reign he conquered the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the largest to have yet existed, and in the process had a profound effect on the world he moved through. In this examination ofVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Histories, Volume II(2010) POLYBIUSIn his history, Polybius (ca. 200–118 BC) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The main part of the work, a vital achievement despite the incomplete state in which all but the first five books of an original forty survive, describesVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity(2022) DERBEW, SARAH F. (HARVARD UNIVERSITY, MASSACHUSETTS)Sarah Derbew brings into brilliant new focus varied portrayals of blackness in ancient Greek literature and art, while critiquing modern classical misappropriations which retroactively project contemporary theories of race and skin color onto archaic settVezava: Trda58,93 € -
Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome(2021) WATTS, EDWARD J. (ALKIVIADIS VASSILIADIS ENDOWED CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, ALKIVIADIS VASSILIADIS ENDOWED CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UCSD)Vezava: Trda52,25 € -
Hippocrates, Volume IX(2010) HIPPOCRATESOf the roughly seventy treatises in the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by Hippocrates (said to have been born in Cos in or before 460 BC), but they are essential sources of information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theoVezava: Trda44,47 € -
PUGNARE(2021) MAHER, GEORGEThe farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see, said Winston Churchill. This fabulous book looks back across two thousand years. Where did the Romans go wrong? Pugnare answers the question from a totally fresh perspective and actVezava: Mehka20,07 € -
Concise Survey of Western Civilization(2019) PAVLAC, BRIAN A.This lively text offers a brief history of Western civilization. Providing a focused narrative and interpretive structure, Pavlac uses the joined terms "supremacies and diversities" to develop themes of conflict and creativity. His easily accessible yet dVezava: Mehka64,97 € -
Hippos of Troy(2021) TIBONI, FRANCESCOThis book addresses perhaps the most famous episode in Classical mythology: the Wooden Horse of Troy. Through analysis of words, images and wrecks, the author proposes a new interpretation of what Homer actually intended when he spoke of the 'hippos' usedVezava: Mehka47,51 € -
Achilles Tatius: Leucippe and Clitophon Books I–II(2020)The first modern commentary in English on this most sophisticated and brilliant of ancient Greek novels. With its freewheeling plotline, its setting on the edge of the Greek world, its ironic play with the reader's expectations and its sallies into obscenVezava: Mehka53,22 € -
Treasures of Roman Lincolnshire(2016) LEE, ANTONYAdam Daubney and Antony Lee explore the fascinating treasures of Roman Lincolnshire.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Roman Shields(2016) TRAVIS, HILARY & JOHNA comprehensive and amply illustrated study of Roman shields, their changing styles, their construction and their use in combatVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
In Search of the Romans (Second Edition)(2019) RENSHAW, JAMES (GODOLPHIN AND LATYMER SCHOOL, LONDON, UK)Vezava: Mehka37,10 € -
Short History of the Ottoman Empire(2021) WORRINGER, RENEEThis stunning new textbook traces the full history of the Ottoman Empire from its origins through to its dissolution in the early twentieth centuryVezava: Mehka67,27 € -
How to Read Greek Sculpture(2021) HEMINGWAY, SEANFeaturing decorative, religious, and utilitarian objects from the Geometric period to the Hellenistic Age, this is the ideal introduction to Greek sculptureVezava: Mehka37,93 €










