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The Empire of the Black Sea

£12.99

Duane W. Roller

9780197673171
Paperback
09 April 2023

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Reign of Arrows: The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East

£22.99

Nikolaus Leo Overtoom

9780197680223
Paperback
06 February 2023

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Athens After Empire: A History from Alexander the Great to the Emperor Hadrian

£16.99

Ian Worthington

9780197684764
Paperback
26 January 2023

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Helena Augusta: Mother of the Empire

£19.99

Julia Hillner

9780190875305
Paperback
23 December 2022

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The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History

£18.99

Greg Woolf

9780199664740
Paperback
25 August 2022

The story of ancient cities from the end of the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Ages: a tale of war and politics, pestilence and famine, triumph and tragedy, by turns both fabulous and squalid.

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Estate Management and Symposium

£8.99

Xenophon, Emily Baragwanath, Anthony Verity

9780198823513
Paperback
28 April 2022

Oxford World's Classics

Xenophon recounted several Socratic dialogues which included his Symposium and Oeconomicus and both are concerned with Athenian private life. They are literary creations that reveal Xenophon as a skilled literary artist, an innovative thinker, and far from merely reflecting the conventional thinking of the world around him.

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Fulvia: Playing for Power at the End of the Roman Republic

£16.99

Celia E. Schultz

9780197601839
Paperback
25 October 2021

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The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction

£8.99

Peter Thonemann

9780198746041
Paperback
22 February 2018

Very Short Introductions

The three centuries following the conquests of Alexander were perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. Culture, ideas, and individuals travelled freely over vast areas from the Rhone to the Indus, whilst dynasts battled for dominion over Alexander's great empire. Thonemann presents a brief history of this globalized world.

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Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction

£8.99

Hugh Bowden

9780198706151
Paperback
24 July 2014

Very Short Introductions

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 of his life and career, Hugh Bowden explores his cultural and historical legacy.

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Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean

Third Edition

£35.99

Charles Freeman

9780199651924
Paperback
27 March 2014

Regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world, Egypt, Greece and Rome Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean second edition is written for the general reader and the student coming to the subject for the first time and provides a reliable and highly accessible point of entry to the period. The 3rd edition has been extensively revised with several chapters rewritten and a wealth of new material added.

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Agricola and Germany

£9.99

Tacitus, Anthony Birley

9780199539260
Paperback
26 March 2009

Oxford World's Classics

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The Histories

£9.99

Herodotus, Robin Waterfield, Carolyn Dewald

9780199535668
Paperback
17 April 2008

Oxford World's Classics

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Classics: A Very Short Introduction

£8.99

Mary Beard, John Henderson

9780192853851
Paperback
24 February 2000

Very Short Introductions

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