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Greeks And Greek Love(2008) DAVIDSON, JAMESA radical reappraisal of homosexuality in Ancient Greece, by a young historian described as 'the best thing to happen to ancient history for decades' (Andrew Roberts, MAIL ON SUNDAY)Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Cleopatra's Daughter(2021) ROLLER, DUANE W. (PROFESSOR EMERITUS, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)This is the first study of the royal women who ruled in the Mediterranean in the latter first century BC, in a symbiotic relationship with the Roman government. Several are discussed, with the most prominent being Cleopatra Selene (the daughter of the famVezava: Mehka44,65 € -
Complete Roman Legions(2015) POLLARD, NIGEL,BERRY, JOANNEFocusing on the legions as the core of the Roman army, and chronicling their individual histories in detail, this volume builds on the thematic account of the Roman military force given by its companion The Complete Roman Army. It is suitable for anyone wVezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Rhodes(2016) DUDLEY, JILLAbout Helios (The Sun) and the Colossus - why it was put up and what happened to it. About the Temple of Apollo Pythios at Rhodes, and the Temple of Athena at Lindos. One of the six 'Put it in your pocket' series on Greek Islands.Vezava: Mehka5,60 € -
Music and Memory in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds(2021)Explores the deep connection between music and memory in Graeco-Roman culture, and how this connection was understood and experienced by ancient authors, artists, performers, and audiences. Reveals how musical memory formed a fundamental part of social, cVezava: Trda136,50 € -
Roman Market Economy(2017) TEMIN, PETERThe quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to showVezava: Mehka48,47 € -
Ancient Theatre and Performance Culture Around the Black Sea(2019)Combines archaeological evidence with literary analysis of key plays linked to the region to broaden the study of theatre outside fifth-century BCE Athens and allow comparison with the similarly colonial world of Southern Italy. Also offers a new route inVezava: Trda152,40 € -
Ovid(2020) MORGAN, LLEWELYN (PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Ovid, wittiest of ancient poets, has been an influential model for writers and artists throughout the ages. Llewelyn Morgan introduces the poet and his works, describing each of his poems in turn, setting them in their social and literary context, and conVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Alaric the Goth(2020) BOIN, DOUGLAS (SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY)The first biography of Alaric to appear in English tells the history of the fourth-and fifth-century Roman Empire through the life of the Goth who attacked it.Vezava: Trda33,75 € -
Politics in the Roman Republic(2017) MOURITSEN, HENRIK (KING'S COLLEGE LONDON)A very readable introduction to Roman Republican politics which takes a distinctive and original approach while exploring much-contested issues concerning political rituals, popular participation, and the role of ideology. It will be important for all stuVezava: Mehka45,62 € -
Legends & Myths of India, Egypt, China & Japan(2017) STORM, RACHELAn authoritative A to Z guide to the mythologies and legends of the East, from ancient Egypt to Japan. Over 500 alphabetical entries describe the central mythical figures of each culture and their importance to the ancient civilizations of the day.Vezava: Trda16,81 € -
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Book X(2020)A hybrid between traditional commentary and monograph exploring the final, most arresting book of Aristotle's Ethics in a philosophically rigorous yet interpretatively open way. The new translation makes each argument clear, while the commentary exploresVezava: Trda198,11 € -
On Temperaments. On Non-Uniform Distemperment. The Soul’s Traits Depend on Bodily Temperament(2021) GALENIn On Temperaments, Galen of Pergamum sets out his concept of the combination of the four elemental qualities (hot, cold, wet, and dry), which is fundamental to his account of the structure and function of human, animal, and plant bodies. Two related workVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Satyricon. Apocolocyntosis(2020) PETRONIUS,SENECAThe Satyrica, traditionally attributed to the Neronian courtier Petronius, is a comic-picaresque fiction recalling the narrator’s adventures in the early imperial demimonde, including Trimalchio’s banquet. Apocolocyntosis (Pumpkinification) is a satiricalVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Tragedies, Volume I(2018) SENECASeneca (ca. AD 4 65) authored verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists. Plots are based on myth, but themes reflect imperial Roman politics. John G. Fitch has thoroughly revised his two-volume edition to take aVezava: Trda44,47 € -
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 € -
Philippics 1–6(2010) CICEROWe know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC), lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, than of any other Roman. Besides much else, his work conveys the turmoil of his time, and the part he played in a period that saw the rise and fall of Julius CaVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Brief History of Ancient Greece(2019) POMEROY, SARAH B.,BURSTEIN, STANLEY M.,WALTER DONLAN,ROBERTS, JENNIFER TOLBERT,DAVID W. TANDY,TSOUVALA, GEORGIAVezava: Mehka135,43 € -
Imperial Women of Rome(2021) BOATWRIGHT, MARY T. (PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL STUDIES, EMERITA, PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL STUDIES, EMERITA, DUKE UNIVERSITY)Using all available sources, Boatwright explores the constraints and activities of the women of Rome's imperial families from 35 BCE to 235 CE. Livia, Agrippina the Younger, Julia Domna, and others feature in this richly illustrated investigation of changVezava: Trda170,81 €
