The Battle for Gaul - A new illustrated translation by Julius Caesar
$14.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
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
A History of the Ancient World by Chester G. Starr Jr.; Chester G. Starr
$15.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: good-very good
In a long and distinguished career, Chester Starr has written on topics ranging from early man, to the early Athenian democracy, to the role of sea power in the classical world. And one of his finest works--the product of his broad interests and expertise--has been A History of the Ancient World, long a ...Show more
Rome - An Empire's Story by Greg Woolf
$20.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
The very idea of empire was created in ancient Rome and even today traces of its monuments, literature, and institutions can be found across Europe, the Near East, and North Africa--and sometimes even further afield. In Rome, historian Greg Woolf expertly recounts how this mammoth empire was created, ho ...Show more
Engineering in the Ancient World by J. G Landels
$10.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
In his classic book, J. G. Landels describes the technological advances of the Greeks and Romans with erudition and enthusiasm. He provides an important introduction to engineering, writing about power and energy sources, water engineering, cranes, and transportation devises. From aqueducts to catapults ...Show more
Aspects of Roman History, AD 14-117 by Richard Alston
$14.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
Aspects of Roman History AD14-117 charts the history of the Roman Imperial period, from the establishment of the Augustan principate to the reign of Trajan, providing a basic chronological framework of the main events and introductory outlines of the major issues of the period. The first half of the boo ...Show more
Hadrian's Wall and Its People by Geraint Osborn
$10.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Greece and Rome Live | Reading Level: good
Hadrian's Wall - one of the most prominent monuments of the Roman period in Britain - has a special place in the public imagination. It offers a tangible reminder of our ancient past and a concrete link with the Roman occupation. Visitors can stand amid the remains, knowing that they tread in the footst ...Show more
A History Of Rome by Marcel Le Glay; Jean-Louis Voisin; Yann Le Bohec
$14.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: good-very good
Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army by Donald W Engels
$25.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: good-very good
"The most important work on Alexander the Great to appear in a long time. Neither scholarship nor semi-fictional biography will ever be the same again. . . .Engels at last uses all the archaeological work done in Asia in the past generation and makes it accessible. . . . Careful analyses of terrain, cli ...Show more
The Ancient Olympic Games by Judith Swaddling
$10.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
In this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of the Olympic festival. A large, detailed model based ...Show more