The Age of the Soldier Emperors - Imperial Rome, A.D. 244-284 by George C Brauer Jr
$20.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: good
Readings in the Classical Historians by Michael Grant (ed.)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
Athenian Black Figure Vases by John Boardman
$14.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: very good
Athenian black figure vases bear the work of consummate artists, like Exekias, who depicted on them scenes of myth and everyday life which deepen our knowledge and understanding of Greek antiquity. In this survey, Professor John Boardman enables the reader to study the many aspects of the vases, and to ...Show more
Asklepios - Archetypal Image of the Physician's Existence by C Kerenyi
$40.00 NZD
Category: Mythology | Reading Level: good-very good
The Atomists - Leucippus and Democritus - Fragments, A Text and Translation with a Commentary by C C W Taylor
$120.00 NZD
Category: Greek Literature | Series: The Phoenix Presocratics | Reading Level: very good
It may not be too much to say that all the work Western philosophers have done over the past two thousand years was begun by the Pre-Socratics. The Phoenix Pre-Socratic series has been instrumental in recovering Pre-Socratic texts. As with earlier works in this important series, this volume aims to make ...Show more
Roman Britain - Life at the Edge of Empire by Richard Hobbs; Ralph Jackson
$14.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
This is an accessible, highly illustrated introduction to the history, society, culture and art of Britain when it was a province of the Roman Empire. This is a readable and attractive presentation of Britain's Roman heritage. This is a high-profile subject, as 2010 is the 1600th anniversary of the end ...Show more
An Introduction to Ancient Egypt by James Putnam
$14.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Reading Level: very good
The First Emperor of China - The greatest tomb find of our time by Arthur Cotterell
$14.00 NZD
Category: Asia | Reading Level: very good
Ancient Angkor by Michael Freeman; Claude Jacques
$14.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Book Guides
This guide provides a good look at the history of this region of South East Asia and provides a guide to the magnificent temples of Cambodia. Includes suggested itineraries, temples ranked by interest, and details of all the temples.
Greek Art and Archaeology by John Griffiths Pedley
$25.00 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
For courses in (Introduction to) Greek Art, Greek Archaeology, and Greek Civilization, found in both Art History and Classics Departments. Greek Art and Architecture explores the development of Greek art across three centuries. This extensively illustrated and clearly written text is accessible to int ...Show more
The Augustan Empire 44 BC - 70 AD. The Cambridge Ancient History Volume X by S. A. Cook (Editor); F. E. Adcock (Editor); M. P. Charlesworth (Editor)
$95.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: The\Cambridge Ancient History Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Aztecs: Conquest and Glory by Kerry Jimson
$10.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
The story of the Aztecs is fascinating and dramatic, from its mythic origins, rituals and ways of life to its tragic conquest. Accompanying the major new Te Papa exhibition, this accessible, colourful book tells that story, immersing readers in all the richness, splendour and mystery of the complex Azte ...Show more