Augustus - The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt
$15.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome's first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow. Yet ...Show more
The Archimedes Codex - How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist by Reviel Netz; William Noel
$25.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
At a Christie's auction in October 1998, a battered medieval manuscript sold for two million dollars to an anonymous bidder, who then turned it over to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore for further study. The manuscript was a palimpsest-a book made from an earlier codex whose script had been scraped o ...Show more
Egypt - World Of The Pharaohs by Regine Schulz (ed.); Matthias Seidel (ed.)
$55.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
Roman emperors, Arab scholars, and early travelers were already drawn to and enchanted by the fascination of the land along the Nile. The pyramids of Giza, the temple-city of Karnak, or the Valley of the Kings with the grave of Tutankhamen even today maintain their extraordinary force of attraction. Acr ...Show more
Mysteries of the Oracles - The Last Secrets of Antiquity by Philipp Vandenberg
$12.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
How did the ancient oracles operate - and how were they used and abused for treacherous, deceitful and dangerous ends? The oracles are one of the great mysteries of the ancient world. Doorways to the underworld, foretellers of the future, decision-makers for kings and paupers alike, their power and myst ...Show more
The Trojan War - A New History by Barry Strauss
$12.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: good
Decoding the Pyramids - Exploring the world's most enigmatic structures by John Desalvo
$20.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
Famous Men of Ancient Rome - Lives of Julius Caesar, Nero, Marcus Aurelius and Others by John H Haaren; A B Poland
$8.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
This captivating book offers young readers a memorable and meaningful introduction to the famous leaders and great men of ancient Rome. Its biographical sketches are chronologically arranged, from 753 B.C., the estimated founding of Rome, to A. D. 476, the fall of the Western Empire. Readers can compare ...Show more
Augustus, First Roman Emperor - Power, Propaganda and the Politics of Survival by Matthew D. H. Clark
$12.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Greece and Rome Live Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Rome's first emperor, Augustus, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, has probably had the most lasting effect on history of all rulers of the classical world. This book focuses on his rise to power and on the ways in which he then maintained authority throughout his reign. It is often assumed that the clos ...Show more
The Classical Athenian Democracy by David Stockton
$12.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
This critical study, designed for the modern reader, explains what the institutions of the classical Athenian democracy were, how they worked, and on what assumptions they were founded. Incorporating important recent work by historians, epigraphists, and archaeologists, Stockton traces the broad develop ...Show more
Gender, Domesticity, and the Age of Augustus - Inventing Private Life by Kristina Milnor
$18.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Oxford Studies in Classical Literature and Gender Theory Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The age of Augustus has long been recognized as a time when the Roman state put a new emphasis on "traditional" feminine domestic ideals, yet at the same time gave real public prominence to certain women in their roles as wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters. Kristina Milnor takes up a series of texts ...Show more
Rome's Cultural Revolution by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
$96.95 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
The period of Rome's imperial expansion, the late Republic and early Empire, saw transformations of its society, culture and identity. Drawing equally on archaeological and literary evidence, this book offers an original and provocative interpretation of these changes. Moving from recent debates about c ...Show more