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The Great Fire of Rome
The Fall of the Emperor Nero and his City
Dando-Collins, Stephen
Da Capo 2010
Hardback 
 
Did Nero set Rome alight on 19th July 64 CE? Did he fiddle while the city burned? Did he blame Christians for the destruction? Dando-Collins assesses the unreliable ancient sources which gave birth to some of the myths about the Great Fire and investigates the cause and spread of the flames, Rome's fire-fighting capabilities and the subsequent political fire which would engulf Nero and bring down the Julio-Claudian dynasty within a few years. ...more
 
£16.99
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Stock code: 91193

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The Myth of Ancient Egypt

Booth, Charlotte
Amberley 2011
Paperback Illustrated
 
Did Cleopatra die from the bite of an asp? Were the Pyramids built by slaves? Are mummies cursed? Ancient Egypt has a well-established place in the modern popular imagination, but hundreds of films, cartoons and books have sometimes confused fact with fiction. Charlotte Booth investigates the most common myths and misconceptions, and looks at the pervasive influence of ancient Egypt in Western culture through the centuries, from Herodotus to The Simpsons. ...more
 
£18.99
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Stock code: 88323

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The Night Attila Died
Solving the Murder of Attila the Hun
Babcock, Michael A
Berkley 2005
Hardback 
 
Attila the Hun, scourge of 5th century Europe, lived by the sword and died, according to history, of a nosebleed. A noted philologist and an authority on the life and legend of Attila, Michael Babcock disputes the given version of events. Using a careful analysis of textual and historical evidence, he argues that Attila was murdered and that there was both an assassination plot and a cover-up orchestrated by Attila's chief rival, Marcian, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. ...more
 
£15.00
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Stock code: 88065

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Politics
Antiquity and its Legacy
Vlassopoulos, Kostas
Oxford University Press 2009
Paperback 
 
The contrasting political systems of Athens, Sparta and Rome lie behind the modern Western powers' rallying cry of 'democracy'. Discussing 'the relationship between ancient and modern political thought and practice', Vlassopoulos considers the political theories of Greek and Roman thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle and Cicero, showing how analysis of their work (and the effects of its rediscovery in the Renaissance) can help us to reassess modern debates on politics, liberty and democratic governance. ...more
 
$24.95
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Stock code: 86451

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Roman Arbitration

Roebuck, Derek; de Loynes de Fumichon, Bruno
Holo 2004
Hardback 
 
The history of Roman arbitration covers a period stretching from the end of the 6th century BCE to the Arab conquest of Egypt in the 7th century CE, and it continues to influence much of today's law and practice. This book describes the various procedures by which those who lived under Roman administration dealt with their disputes, drawing on literary works, inscriptions and other original sources as well as on the mass of legal learning preserved in Justinian's Corpus Juris. ...more
 
£40.00
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Stock code: 84397

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Egypt
4000 Years of Art
Malek, Jaromir
Phaidon 2003
Hardback Illustrated
 
From its origins some 7,000 years ago, Egypt nurtured one of the oldest, most powerful, long-lasting and technologically accomplished cultures the world has ever known. This book presents a carefully chosen, chronological selection of the finest works of art produced in Egypt between 4000 BCE and 200 CE. Around 300 masterpieces, ranging from golden pendants to the great pyramids, are illustrated, with an introduction and commentaries by Dr Malek, one of the foremost authorities on ancient Egyptian art and culture. ...more
 
£24.95
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Stock code: 80402

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Saint Augustine

Van Bavel, Tarsicius J; Bruning, Bernard (Edited by)
Mercatorfonds 2007
Hardback Illustrated
 
These 24 essays by a team of Augustine scholars reflect his multifaceted personality and vast contribution to literature and philosophy: they cover such areas as his relationship with his mother Monnica, his monastic Rule, his preaching and his engagement with Donatism and Manichaeism. The plentiful colour photographs show not only the sites in Roman North Africa where the saint lived and worked, but also manuscripts of his work and depictions of him in art from Roman times to the 21st century. ...more
 
£53.99
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Stock code: 79176

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Wonders of the Ancient World
Antiquity's Greatest Feats of Design and Engineering
Pollard, Justin
Quercus 2009
Hardback Illustrated
 
Ancient Greek and Roman writers made lists of the seven most awe- inspiring man-made wonders they knew of; this richly illustrated book tells the stories of 40 of the greatest sights a traveller might have seen in antiquity had they been able to travel as far as China or the Americas. Pollard's list includes monuments dating from the earliest settlement (the Neolithic passage tomb at Newgrange, Ireland) to late antiquity (the Forum of Trajan) and includes ruined as well as surviving sites. ...more
 
£20.00
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Stock code: 76809

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Tutankhamun
The Eternal Splendour of the Boy Pharaoh
James, TGH; De Luca, Araldo
American Uni in Cairo 2000
Hardback Illustrated
 
Howard Carter's discovery of the burial place of Tutankhamun in 1922 ranks among the greatest archaeological finds of all time. The boy king's golden funerary mask is perhaps the most celebrated single masterpiece from the ancient world, but his tomb was filled with a wealth of other, less well-known objects. In this volume one of the world's foremost Egyptologists, TGH James, describes the tomb's discovery and its contents in detail, with magnificent photographs of the funerary cache by Aralda De Luca. Slightly off-mint. ...more
 

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Stock code: 72590

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Caesar

Southern, Patricia
Tempus 2007
Paperback Illustrated
 
Julius Caesar was born in 100 BCE and grew up in a period of corruption and violence in ancient Rome. Elected consul in 59 BCE, Caesar put his political ambitions on hold while he conquered Gaul, laying the foundation of his military reputation; and returning to the political sphere, he began the reforms that would ultimately transform the state. Following her books on Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Patricia Southern presents a popular study of Caesar and 'the sheer staggering driving energy of the man'. ...more
 
£9.99
Sale Price £5.99
Stock code: 60144

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