A Noise of War - Caesar, Pompey, Octavian and the Struggle for Rome by A J Langguth
$16.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
Democracy and Participation in Athens by R K Sinclair
$12.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: good
This book is concerned with the public aspects of the life of Athenian citizens in the period from c. 450 to 322 BC. Its central purpose is a critical assessment of the character and extent of citizens' participation in the running of the democracy. Professor Sinclair's analysis is made from the point o ...Show more
A Legal History of Rome by George Mousourakis
$15.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: very good
This book equips both lawyer and historian with a complete history of Roman law, from its beginnings c.1000 BC through to its re-discovery in Europe where it was widely applied until the eighteenth century. Combining a law specialist's informed perspective of legal history with a socio-political and cul ...Show more
Who Killed Homer - The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom by Victor Davis Hanson; John Heath
$16.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
For over two millennia, familiarity with the literature, art, philosophy, and values of the classical world has been synonymous with education itself. But today classical education is rapidly disappearing from American high school and university curricula, and as a result we are in danger of becoming il ...Show more
Women in Greek Myth by Mary R. Lefkowitz
$14.00 NZD
Category: Mythology
In the first edition of "Women in Greek Myth", published in 1986, Mary R. Lefkowitz convincingly challenged narrow, ideological interpretations of the roles of female characters in Greek mythology. Where some scholars saw the Amazons as the last remnant of a forgotten matriarchy, Clytemnestra as a frust ...Show more
Troy - From Homer's Iliad to Hollywood Epic by Martin M. Winkler (Editor)
$16.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
This is the first book systematically to examine Wolfgang Petersen's epic film Troy from different archaeological, literary, cultural, and cinematic perspectives. The first book systematically to examine Wolfgang Petersen's epic film Troy from different archaeological, literary, cultural, and cinematic ...Show more
Greeks and Romans Bearing Gifts - How the Ancients Inspired the Founding Fathers by Carl J. Richard
$12.00 NZD
Category: America | Reading Level: very good
This lively and engaging book is the only popular work to explore the profound impact of Ancient Greece and Rome on the Founding Fathers. The classical education they imbibed as young students inspired them to undertake the American Revolution and influenced their approach to a host of constitutional an ...Show more
The Ancient Greeks - A Critical History by John V. A. Fine
$20.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
An esteemed teacher offers a major reassessment of the history of Greece from prehistoric times to the rise of Alexander. This is a work of prodigious scholarship written in grand style. John Fine surveys the archaeological work that has revealed so much about the civilization of Crete and Mycenaean Gre ...Show more
The World of Rome - An Introduction to Roman Culture by Peter V. Jones; Keith C. Sidwell
$12.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
The World of Rome is an introduction to the history and culture of Rome for anyone seriously interested in the ancient world. It covers all aspects of the city--its rise to power, what made it great and why it still engages and challenges us today. Frequent quotations from ancient writers and numerous i ...Show more
Sexual Culture in Ancient Greece by Daniel H Garrison
$14.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture | Reading Level: good-very good
Athens - A History - From Ancient Ideal to Modern City by Robin Waterfield
$15.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Art of Mentoring Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
Perhaps no other city looms larger in our cultural and historical imagination than Athens. For two and a half millennia, people have looked to the city's past as a beacon of genuine democracy, artistic expression, and the classical ideal. In this engaging narrative, noted classicist Robin Waterfield tra ...Show more
The Mycenaeans by Rodney Castleden
$35.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Peoples of the Ancient World | Reading Level: good-very good
Following on from Rodney Castleden's best-selling study Minoans, this major contribution to our understanding of the crucial Mycenaean period clearly and effectively brings together research and knowledge we have accumulated since the discovery of the remains of the civilization of Mycenae in the 1870s. ...Show more