Classical & Ancient Civilizations - Egypt , Greece & Rome

Aloys Winterling / Caligula (Large Paperback)

The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from A.D. 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. An exceptionally smart and cruelly witty man, Caligula made his contemporaries worship him as...

Andrew Mason / Plato (Large Paperback)

Ancient Philosophies Plato (c.428-347 BCE) stands at the beginning of many debates that have continued throughout the history of philosophy. His literary career spanned fifty years and the...

Ann Shearer / Athene: Image and Energy

From the moment Athene sprang full-grown from her father Zeus's head, a new image of the feminine was born to Western consciousness. Starting from a penetrating analysis of the goddess's...

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...

Augustine of Hippo / Confessions of Saint Augustine (Large Paperback)

 John K. Ryan Heartfelt, incisive, and timeless, The Confessions has captivated readers for more than fifteen hundred years. Retelling the story of his long struggle with faith and...

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...

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)

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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 dozen...

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...

Euripides - Medea and Other Plays ( Medea, Heracles, Hecabe, Electra) ( Vintage Penguin Classics PB ) - Translated by Philip Vellacott

Four plays which exemplify his interest in flawed, characters who defy the expectations of Greek society, Euripides' Medea and Other Plays is translated with an introduction by Philip Vellacott in...

Euripidesi / Medea (Large Paperback)

One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medea centers on the myth of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the Golden Fleece with the help...

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

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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...

Geddes and Grosset / Dictionary of Egyptology

A pocket guide to Egyptian people, places, objects, dynasties and gods       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

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

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HarperCollins / Latin Dictionary and Grammar

This Latin Dictionary and Grammar offers the student of Latin the essential two-in-one a comprehensive Latin to English and English to Latin dictionary and a user-friendly Latin grammar in one...

Homer / The Odyssey (Hardback)

 'Muse, tell me of a man: a man of much resource, who was made to wander far and long, after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy. Many were the men whose lands he saw and came to know their...

Horace ( Edited & Translated by C.E Bennett) - Odes and Epodes - HB - 1927

Published by William Heinemann, London & New York, 1927, small format hardcover, edited and translated by C.E Bennett  of Cornell University, originally published 1914.  Moderate to...

Howard Brenton / The Romans in Britain

First staged at London's National Theatre in 1980, having been commissioned by Peter Hall, The Romans in Britain contrasts Julius Caesar's Roman invasion of Celtic Britain with the Saxon invasion...

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...

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...

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...

Josephus - The Jewish War (Penguin Classics PB 1967) - Translation by G.A Williamson

Josephus’ account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader,...

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 to dominate their world. Their influence is still with us yet, generally, little is known about their ordinary lives. Covers all aspects of Roman life and...

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...

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...

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

 Daily Telegraph's Best History Books of 2017 Sunday Times' Best History Books of 2017Nominated for the 2017 Pen Hessell-TiltmanA sweeping history of the city of Rome, seen through the eyes of...

Maureen Carroll-Spillecke / Earthly paradises : ancient gardens in history and archaeology (Coffee Table Book)

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

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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...

Miriam Lichtheim / Ancient Egyptian Literature (Large Paperback)

Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume II: The New Kingdom Miriam Lichtheim     Chronologically arranged translations of ancient Egyptian writings shed light upon the development...

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...

Plato / The Symposium

 'Perhaps the most entertaining work of philosophy ever written ... the first really systematic and serious attempt to say what love is' John Armstrong, GuardianIn the course of a lively...

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-sized information books, an introduction to the life and times of Pompeii as revealed by modern archaeology. With foldouts and double-page spreads...

Robert Garland / Julius Caesar (Large Paperback)

Julius Caesar was, as this book maintains, quite simply the most famous Roman who ever lived. His influence endures to the present in our 'Julian' calendar of 365.25 days, which he introduced; in...

Robin Osborne / The World of Athens: An Introduction to Classical Athenian Culture (Coffee Table Book)

Classical Athens boasted some of the most original and influential achievements in literature, art, philosophy, medicine and politics. This best-selling book, now issued in a second edition,...

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...

Sophocles - Electra and Other Plays ( Translated by E.F Watling) - Vintage Penguin Classics PB 1965

All three of the great tragic poets of ancient Greece produced plays about the Electra myth. If Sophocles (496-406 Bc) lacks the archaic grandeur of Aeschylus or the neurotic intensity of Euripides,...

Sophocles / The Theban Plays (Vintage Paperback)

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Sophocles / The Theban Plays. (Vintage Paperback)

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Stephen C. Todd / Athens and Sparta (Large Paperback)

Athens and Sparta were the two leading powers in the Classical Greek world. They represented entirely different systems of social organization: oligarchic conservatism at Sparta versus radical...

Tacitus - The Histories - Vintage Penguin Classics Edition 1984 ( originally 1964 ( Translated by Kenneth Wellesley

In AD68 Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, though not of chaos. In the surviving books of his Histories the...

Tacitus / Empire & Emperors (Large Paperback)

Empire & Emperors: Selections from Tacitus' Annals Tacitus, Graham Tingay (Translator)     Tacitus   104 pages, Paperback   This book is...

Thomas Bulfinch / Myths of Greece and Rome (Coffee Table Book)

Orpheus leading his beloved Eurydice back to life … Ulysses battling to resist the mesmerising Sirens’ song … The tragedy of the vengeful Medea …The timeless stories of the...

W. Sidney Allen / Vox Graeca (Large Paperback)

This edition of Professor Allen's highly successful book is on the pronunciation of Attic Greek in classical times. In this third edition, Allen has revised the section on stress in classical...