Classical & Ancient Civilizations - Egypt , Greece & Rome

Charles Freeman - Egypt, Greece and Rome - Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean

Published by Oxford University Press, 1996. Hardcover, in excellent condition but lacking the original dustjacket. Black cloth with titles in gilt to spine, illustrated throughout. 

Adrian Goldsworthy / In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire

The complete and definitive history of how Roman generals carved out the greatest and longest-lasting empire the world has ever seen.The Roman army was one of the most effective fighting forces in...

Aesop / Aesop's Fables ( Penguin Classics)

 Sardonic, wry and wise, "Aesop's Fables" are some of the most enduring and well-loved literary creations in history. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters...

Ann Shearer / Athene: Image and Energy

From the

Anthony Birley - Lives of the Later Caesars - HB - 1992

Published in this edition by Guild Publishing, London, 1992, first published in this translation ( from the original Latin) in 1976.  Light edgewear to covers.  One of the most controversial of all...

Christou Panaghiotis / Greek Mythology (Coffee Table Book)

Illustrated guide to the best known Greek myths, aimed at all ages   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be...

Cicero - The Nature of the Gods ( De Natura Deorum) (Translated by H.C.P McGregor)

The Nature of the Gods by Cicero Towards the end of his life, Cicero turned away from his oratorical and political career and looked instead to matters of philosophy and religion. The dialogue The...

Claudia Converso / Herculaneum: Civilisation and Art: Treasures of Italy (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

David P. Silverman / Ancient Egypt (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

David Potter / The Victor's Crown (Large Paperback)

How the Birth of the Olympics and the Rise of the Roman Games Changed Sport For Ever The Victor's Crown brings to vivid life the signal role of sport in the classical world. Ranging over a

Edward Gibbon - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - HB ABRIDGED EDITION - Edited by D.M Low - 1960

Hardcover, a large and heavy volume, published in this abridged ( i.e shortened and concise) edition by Chatto & Windus UK, 1960. Lacks the original dustjacket, but solid in lightly scuffed grey...

Euripidesi / Medea (Large Paperback)

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Flavius Publishing/ Pompeii Guide to the Archaeological Excavations (Large Paperback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Frances Bernstein / Classical Living: Reconnecting with the Rituals of Ancient Rome (Coffee Table Book)

Enhance your life using the riches of the Roman tradition. An authority on ancient Roman culture, Frances Bernstein shows you how to draw on the wisdom, history, myths and ancient prayers that were a...

Francis MacDonald Cornford - The Republic of Plato - HB 1955 OUP Edition

Hardcover, published by OUP 1955, originally published 1941.  A full translation of Plato's text, with notes and commentaries. 

Fry Stephen / Heroes: Mortals and Monsters Quests and Adventures (Large Paperback)

 There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes.

Gaius Julius Caesar / The Gallic War

The

Geddes and Grosset / Dictionary of Egyptology

A pocket guide to Egyptian people, places

Glenn S. Holland / Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World (Large Paperback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

HarperCollins / Latin Dictionary and Grammar

This Lat

Harry Mount / Amo, Amas, Amat... and All That: How to Become a Latin Lover (Hardback)

Those endless afternoons where you struggled to remember the third person singular present indicative of volo (vult) may be a long time ago. But, if you have the vaguest memory of the ablative...

Howard Brenton / The Romans in Britain

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J.G Lloyd - Selections from Arrian : Alexander the Great (Large Paperback)

Selections from Arrian The translated extracts in Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian, are linked by commentaries which continue the narrative and discuss points in the text needing...

Jane Walker / Ancient Egypt (Large Paperback)

Take a tour of ancient Egyptian civilization with this handy pocket-sized book that is bursting with giant facts. Discover why the river Nile was so important, how the pyramids were built, and how a...

Jaromir Malek / Tutankhamun (Coffee Table Book)

With background chapters on the development of Egyptology and the long and enduring interest in it, "Tutankhamun" looks in detail at the background of the boy king, the lead up to the discovery of...

John Boardman - The Greeks Overseas - Vintage Pelican PB - 1964

Paperback, published by Pelican paperbacks UK , 1964 A study of exploration and travel by the ancient Greeks ( primarily between  the 8th and 6th centuries BCE, and the wider dissemination of Greek...

Jonathan Barnes / Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction

   The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his...

Leonard Cottrell - Life Under the Pharaohs- Vintage illustrated Pan PB

Life Under the Pharaohs - Pan PB Edition, 1957 ( 1st published 1955)  This work is an introduction to everyday life in ancient Egypt: homes, dress, amusements, the life of women and children,...

Leonard Cottrell - The Great Invasion ( Roman Britain) - Vintage PB 1975 ( Originally 1958)

History of the Roman invasion and occupation of Britain from the first reconnaissance by Caesar in 55 B.C. to the final battle at Mons Graupius in 84 A.D. Based on both classic sources and...

Lesley & Roy Adkins / An Introduction to the Romans (Coffee Table Book)

The Romans came from a city and went on t

Lucia Gahlin / Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohs (Coffee Table Book)

Discover the world's first civilization! This beautiful volume is a fascinating guide to the myths, religions, pyramids, temples, and more that make up the allure of ancient Egypt.Readers will gain a...

Margaret Bunson / Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Coffee Table Book)

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT EGYPT is the first single-volume reference guide to the remarkable culture that flourished on the banks of the Nile from the predynastic period, 3200 B.C., to the fall of...

Maria Carmelo Betro / Hieroglyphics (Coffee Table Book)

Both literal and highly lyrical, hieroglyphics bring alive a distant world, with descriptions of the natural environment, the art, the society, the religious beliefs, and even the philosophical basis...

Martin J. Dougherty / Greek Myths: From the Titans to Icarus and Odysseus (Coffee Table Book)

Plato dismissed Greek mythology as `old wives' chatter' but such chatter, from the Minotaur to the Trojan Horse, from Zeus to Prometheus, Heracles to the Argonauts, has been of immense influence for...

Mary Beard / Confronting the Classics

 Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her TV presenting and her books.In a series of...

Matthew Kneale / Rome: A History in Seven Sackings (Hardback)

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Michael Grant / A Short History of Classical Civilization (Large Paperback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Michael Grant / Who's Who In Classical Mythology (Hardback)

Product Description Who's Who in Classical Mythology is an indispensable guide to all the Greek and Roman mythological characters, from major deities such as Athena and Bacchus, to the lesser-known...

Michael Sommer / The Complete Roman Emperor: Imperial Life at Court and on Campaign (Coffee Table Book)

The most comprehensive and detailed book ever published on the Roman emperor and his world. The eighty-five emperors who ruled Rome for five centuries are among the most famous and notorious leaders...

Miriam Lichtheim / Ancient Egyptian Literature (Large Paperback)

Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume II: The New Kingdom Miriam Lic

Nill / Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Coffee Table Book)

-- Dynamic and comprehensive history intr

Paul Cartledge / Thermopylae : The Battle that Changed the World

 'Go tell the Spartans, Passerby,That here, obedient to their laws, we lie'Thus did the poet Simonides remember the three hundred elite Spartan warriors who, led by their king, Leonidas, faced the...

Peter Heather / The Fall of the Roman Empire

 In AD 378 the Roman Empire had been the unrivalled superpower of Europe for well over four hundred years. And yet, August that year saw a small group of German-speaking asylum-seekers rout a vast...

Plato / Gorgias

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R. Hamilton / Ancient Egypt Kingdom of the Pharaohs (Coffee Table Book)

Although they were created thousands of years ago, the great monuments of Ancient Egypt continue to absorb and astonish us today. These imposing constructions the Sphinx, the Pyramids, the tombs in...

R.G Collingwood - Roman Britain and the English Settlements - 2ed HB 1961 ( Originally 1936)

There are two sides to Roman Britain, the British side and the Roman side...in this volume we do justice to both these sides. From the point of view of England, the Roman period seems an isolated and...

Robert Etienne / Pompeii: The Day a City Died

From the NEW HORIZONS series of pocket-si

Robert Garland / Julius Caesar (Large Paperback)

Julius C

Roger Kean / Exploring Ancient Egypt (Coffee Table Book)

One of the fascinating aspects of Egyptology is that the sands and rocky wadis of Egypt keep throwing up new discoveries in archaeology. As recently as 2006, the announcement of a new royal tomb in...

Simon Hornblower / The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization (Coffee Table Book)

Unrivaled in scope and scholarship, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization is an indispensable guide to the richly textured history of ancient Greece and Rome. From military history to...

Sophocles / The Theban Plays (Vintage Paperback)

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Sophocles / The Theban Plays. (Vintage Paperback)

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