Nephthys
A FORGOTTEN EGYPTIAN GODDESS. A FAMILY IN DANGER. Victorian Egyptologist Clemmie's dark talents have torn her family apart. Now she has one chance to atone for the past. 'Brilliant... I loved it.' Santa Montefiore A FORGOTTEN EGYPTIAN GODDESS. A FAMILY IN DANGER. Victorian Egyptologist Clemmie's dark talents have torn her family apart. Now she has one chance to atone for...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Mythica
The eminent classicist and historian delves into Homer's Iliad and Odyssey to tell for the first time the previously unheard stories of the real women to be found in these two great, epic poems, revealing what life was like for women of the Bronze Age Mediterranean over three thousand years ago... THE INSTANT TIMES BESTSELLER Award-winning classicist and historian Emily...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Marcus Aurelius
The moving life and legacy of Rome's great emperor philosopher.This book guides us through the fascinating life and writings of Marcus Aurelius, Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor. Philosopher William O. Stephens explores Marcus's reluctant rise to power, his marriage, and his efforts to mould his son into a just successor. He examines Marcus's Stoic tenets as he describes the struggles...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Humans
Take an evolutionary journey to discover what makes us distinctly human Humans - who are we? Physically, we're unremarkable in the animal world - a hairless ape. But somehow, in combination, our characteristics make us remarkable. How can our fingers open this book with such precision, prising apart pages just a fraction of a millimetre thick? How can we understand...Hardback$6500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Greek To Us
Ancient Greek lives on in our culture in surprising ways. Sometimes funny - the word for an actor, hupokrites, gives us ‘hypocrite’; sometimes beautiful - an astronaut is literally a sailor of the skies. And that’s before we get to the myths which gave us our Achilles heel or our Midas Touch. And what about crocodile tears, which comes from...Hardback$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Europe
A new history of the idea of Europe from Ancient Greece to the present What do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by geography? Or is it politics, or shared culture? In Europe, award-winning historian Roderick Beaton tells the story of Europe as never before - as the history of an idea, and a collective...Hardback$7500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
DK Top 10 Athens
Make travel easy with Top 10's simple lists of ten The world's favourite pocket travel guides Perfect for a city break or short stay, Top 10 Athens is your essential Athens travel guide. Top 10 lists showcase the city's highlights, so you can spend less time researching and more time exploring. It's compact and easy to carry, too, and filled...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
de Romanis Book 2 (2nd edition)
Now endorsed by OCR and under review by Eduqas, this popular Latin course for students aged 11–16 is breathing new life into Latin teaching and learning. de Romanis is a vibrant and accessible introduction to both the Latin language and the cultural world of the Romans. Throughout the course, students gradually build their proficiency in Latin while exploring cultural topics...Paperback$4399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
A Walk Through Ancient Rome
In this expert guide to the ancient city, Dr Philip Matyszak takes us on a tour of ancient Rome’s most fascinating and important sites and locations, revealing the secrets of the beating heart of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Rome itself was never grander or more magnificent than just before it fell, so be transported...Hardback$3499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
A Short History of Ancient Rome
Immerse yourself in the dramatic and thrilling 1000-year story of Ancient Rome and follow the rise and fall of one of the greatest empires the world has ever known. 'Packed with more detail and colour than many books twice its size, Hughes brings the epic story of Rome vividly to life.' PAUL COOPER, HOST AND AUTHOR OF FALL OF CIVILIZATIONS...Hardback$5500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Anthology of Classical Myth
This new edition of Anthology of Classical Myth offers selections from key Near Eastern texts, including the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Epic of Creation (Enuma Elish), and Atrahasis. It also features the Hittite Song of Emergence and the flood story from the book of Genesis. These selections enable students to explore the many similarities between ancient Greek and Mesopotamian mythology....Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Alexander the Great
An evenhanded reimagining of the Greek conqueror's life. This book offers a fresh perspective on the reign of Alexander the Great. It re-examines Alexander's military victories and personality, while also exploring the impact of his campaigns on the people he conquered. Alexander's story, Stephen Harrison argues, is one that includes the vital roles that other figures played in historical events....Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
24 Hours in Ancient Rome
Walk a day in a Roman’s sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world’s most powerful and bustling cities – one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York? In this entertaining and enlightening guide, bestselling historian Philip Matyszak introduces us to 24 characters who lived and worked there. In each...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt
Spend 24 hours with the inhabitants of the most powerful kingdom in the ancient world. Ancient Egypt wasn’t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra. During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egypt’s...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
24 Hours in Ancient China
Spend 24 hours with the ancient Chinese. The year is AD 17. The Han dynasty is in power, and we are in and around Chang’an, the capital and one of the most developed regions of the empire, which is enjoying a prolonged economic and cultural pinnacle. There are extraordinary palaces, military bases and city walls. Households are benefitting from the...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
24 Hours in Ancient Athens
Spend 24 hours with the ancient Athenians. See the city through their eyes as it teeters on the edge of the fateful war that would end its golden age. Athens, 416 BC. A tenuous peace holds. The city-state’s political and military might are feared throughout the ancient world; it pushes the boundaries of social, literary, and philosophical experimentation in an...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Penelope's Bones
Weaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real women behind Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of ancient Greece have been pored over endlessly in the past three millennia. But these are not just tales about heroic men....Hardback$7400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks 
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
At the turn of the twentieth century, a representative of the British Museum travelled to Egypt and heard stories of an incredible scroll hidden in an ancient tomb. When Dr. Wallis Budge finally found the scroll, he described it as "the largest roll of papyrus [he] had ever seen... and in a perfect state of preservation." Dr. Wallis Budge learned...Paperback$5900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Berenice
The life story of the Judean queen Berenice, descendant of Herod the Great, who became a player on the stage of Roman conquest and politics. Berenice (born ca. 28) was the most notorious Jewish woman in the Roman Empire of her time. Multiple marriages, rumours of incestuous relations with her brother (Agrippa II of the Herodian dynasty), and her scandalous...Hardback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Behind Caesar's Back
A thrilling exploration of what Romans thought about their emperors, and how rumours and gossip—ranging from new taxes to rulers' sex lives—shaped leadership. Traversing more than seven hundred years of Roman history, Behind Caesar's Back explores how everyday Romans swapped gossip, spread rumours, told jokes, and chanted protests about their emperors—activity that amounted to much more than idle chatter. Caillan...Hardback$7199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Badass Women of Greek Mythology Coloring Book
Spark your inner goddess (or monster) and unleash your creativity as you colour the vivacious, vicious, and vindicated women of Greek mythology. Bring your own vision of the mythical and monstrous to life! With the Badass Women of Greek Mythology Coloring Book, you'll enter a strange and magical world filled with divine, deadly, and defiant figures. Discover deities such as...Paperback$2300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
A Beautiful Evil
The eagerly anticipated new YA Greek myth re-imagining from Bea Fitzgerald, growing TikTok superstar and Sunday Times bestselling author of Girl, Goddess, Queen. Pandora is the first human woman—made by the gods on Olympus for one simple purpose: to love and be loved by her new husband, the titan Epimatheos. The only problem? He wants nothing to do with her....Paperback$2600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Huge Numbers
Imagine if the biggest number you had a symbol for was 1,000,000. In ancient Egypt, anything bigger broke maths. Still today, writing down some numbers is beyond us: try it with all the zeroes in a googolplex, or an outrageous alien number like TREE(3). Even harnessing every particle in the universe, you wouldn't come close. But that hasn't stopped us...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Temple of Fortuna
The final instalment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy A courtesan in Rome. Playing for power. Haunted by her past. Her name is Amara. How will her fortunes fall? Amara’s journey has taken her far, from a lowly slave in Pompeii’s brothel to a high-powered courtesan in Rome. Yet she is still drawn back to her past....Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Power of Art
To read most histories of art, you might be forgiven for supposing that great artists are superhuman, and the knowledge of different movements, periods and styles is essential to truly appreciate art. It's time to look at art in a new way. The Power of Art delves into the stories behind remarkable acts of creation in fifteen global cities at...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Odyssey in 1,000 Pieces
Odysseus' ten-year homecoming in 1,000 pieces: dive into Homer's timeless epic with this jigsaw puzzle and concertina fold-out. Homer's Odyssey, predating the invention of writing in ancient Greece, is revived in this 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Encounter the one-eyed Cyclops, who feasts on the flesh of men; bewitching women, who charm with songs and spells; and meddling gods and goddesses, who...1000 PieceJigsaw$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
Mystery Cults in the Ancient World
A landmark study of ancient Greek and Roman cults, from the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis to the cults of Dionysus and Mithras. Mystery cults are one of the most intriguing areas of Greek and Roman religion. In the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis, participants dramatically re-enacted the story of Demeter's loss and recovery of her daughter Persephone; in Bacchic cults, bands...Paperback$5400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
'The reigning Queen of Classics' - Spectator 'Mary Beard is the best in the business' - Dan Snow 'Excellent' - Guardian 'Enthralling' - Sunday Times Britain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations? Central to this huge question are the ways in which we have depicted the human and the divine from prehistory to the present day. Across such iconic...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The incredible true story about a Galilean stonemason who changed the course of the world forever.Beautifully told through the eyewitness accounts of those who knew him best.This real-life story will never leave you.This is the incredible true story of a Galilean stonemason who changed the course of the world forever.He lived and died over 2,000 years ago, fulfilling expectations that...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Tiberius
Robin Seager traces the life of Tiberius from his birth in Rome in 42 BC during the death throes of the Republic, through his military career and reign as Emperor, to his death in AD 37. Tiberius' complex character is the key to understanding his reign. Challenging the common ancient view of Tiberius as a consummate hypocrite, Seager portrays him...Paperback$8099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
The Romans in Spain
The Romans in Spain traces the complex process by which an area, initially seen as a war-zone, was gradually transformed into an integral part of the Roman world. This transformation was driven by the actions of the Romans and the reactions of the indigenous inhabitants.Paperback$9599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
The Roman Games
This sourcebook presents a wealth of material relating to every aspect of Roman spectacles, especially gladiatorial combat and chariot racing. The Roman Games draws on the words of eye-witnesses and participants, as well as depictions of the games in mosaics and other works of art. It offers snapshots of "a day at the games" and "the life of a gladiator"....Paperback$9099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
The Little Book of Ancient Greece
If you've ever been curious about the rich culture and vibrant history of Ancient Greece, dive into this whirlwind tour and discover the highlights of this epic civilization. Although they lived over 2,000 years ago, the echoes of the Ancient Greeks can still be heard, loud and clear, today. From warfare and politics, to art, culture, and everyday life, uncover...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Battle That Stopped Rome
In AD 9, a Roman traitor led an army of barbarians who trapped and then slaughtered three entire Roman legions: 20,000 men, half the Roman army in Europe. If not for this battle, the Roman Empire would surely have expanded to the Elbe River, and probably eastward into present-day Russia. But after this defeat, the shocked Romans ended all efforts...Paperback$5400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Rome's Sacred Flame
Rome's Sacred Flame transports readers to Rome, AD 63, where Vespasian has been appointed Governor of Africa. The volatile Emperor Nero, increasingly unpredictable, orders Vespasian to journey with his most trusted men to a distant empire in Africa. Their mission is to liberate 500 Roman citizens who have been enslaved by a desert kingdom. Vespasian hopes that by negotiating their...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Rome Enters the Greek East
This volume examines the period from Rome's earliest involvement in the eastern Mediterranean to the establishment of Roman geopolitical dominance over all the Greek states from the Adriatic Sea to Syria by the 180s BC. Applies modern political theory to ancient Mediterranean history, taking a Realist approach to its analysis of Roman involvement in the Greek Mediterranean. Focuses on the...Paperback$9099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Raiders, Rulers, and Traders
No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a slight, shy animal, hunted for food. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; later, their horses enabled new forms of warfare, encouraged long-distance trade routes, and ended up acquiring deep cultural and religious significance. Over time, horses...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Letters to Friends, Volume II
Cicero was a prodigious letter writer, and happily, a splendid treasury of his letters has come down to us: collected and in part published not long after his death, over 800 of them were rediscovered by Petrarch and other humanists in the fourteenth century. Among classical texts, this correspondence is unparalleled; nowhere else do we get such an intimate look...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Fire from Heaven
'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing. Lyrical, wise, compelling: the novels are a wonderful imaginative feat' SARAH WATERS 'The Alexandriad is one of the twentieth century's most unexpectedly original works of art' GORE VIDAL In the first novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Falling Sky
AD 265, Gaul - The Roman Empire is on the brink. Emperor Gallienus has amassed a huge army across the Alps to seize back the mountains from the usurper Postumus. War has come. Ballista and his cavalry are on the frontline, battling in the most brutal of conditions. But if he is to survive the campaign and finally retire to...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Enemies at Home
We first met Flavia Albia, Falco's feisty adopted daughter, in The Ides of April. Albia is a remarkable woman in what is very much a man's world: young, widowed and fiercely independent, she lives alone on the Aventine Hill in Rome and makes a good living as a hired investigator. An outsider in more ways than one, Albia has unique...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Egyptian Archaeology
Egyptian Archaeology explores ancient Egypt using a uniquely archaeological approach, drawing on original research to both synthesise and challenge existing scholarship. Written by leading Egyptologists, the book is based on original research and fieldwork. It illustrates how practical research is a vital component of any theory-based discussion about the ancient world. The book examines the cultural and historical processes of...Paperback$8099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Early Greek Science
This study traces Greek science through the work of the Pythagoreans, the Presocratic natural philosophers, the Hippocratic writers, Plato, the fourth-century B.C. astronomers, and Aristotle. Early Greek Science by G. E. R. Lloyd also investigates the relationships between science and philosophy, and science and medicine. The author discusses the social and economic setting of early Greek science, and analyses the...Paperback$2899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Dead Mountain
The latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestsellers Preston & Child In Colorado near the Cheyenne Mountains, a team of topflight engineers ventures on an ambitious cross-country ski trip, using their newly invented outdoor equipment. The strapping group of young people are having the adventure of their lives – skiing, laughing, playing in the snow, and mugging for the...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Dead Mountain
The latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestsellers Preston & Child. In Colorado near the Cheyenne Mountains, a team of topflight engineers venture on an ambitious cross-country ski trip, using their newly invented outdoor equipment. The strapping group of young people are having the adventure of their lives – skiing, laughing, playing in the snow, and mugging for the...Hardback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Chronicle of the Roman Emperors
This is a highly readable history focusing on the succession of the rulers of imperial Rome. It uses timelines with at-a-glance visual guides to each reign and its main events, to provide biographical portraits of the 56 principal emperors from Augustus to Constantine, together with a concluding section on the later emperors. Each section is illustrated with busts of each...Paperback$6900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks-
Ancient Egyptian Imperialism
Offers a broad and unique look at Ancient Egypt during its long age of imperialism. Written for enthusiasts and scholars of pharaonic Egypt, as well as for those interested in comparative imperialism, this book provides a look at some of the most intriguing evidence for grand strategy, low-level insurgencies, back-room deals, and complex colonial dynamics that exist for the Bronze...Paperback$7399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
All Roads Lead to Rome
Rome is more than just a city; it's an enduring idea, a symbol of identity, power, and legitimacy that has shaped the course of history for over 1,500 years. From ancient emperors to modern world leaders, Rome's influence in building the world we know today is undeniable. In All Roads Lead to Rome, author and historian Rhiannon Garth Jones embarks...Hardback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Alaric the Goth
Stigmatized and relegated to the margins of Roman society, the Goths were violent "barbarians" who destroyed "civilisation," at least in the conventional story of Rome's collapse. But a slight shift of perspective brings their history, and ours, shockingly alive. Alaric grew up near the river border that separated Gothic territory from Roman. He survived a border policy that separated migrant...Paperback$3399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
A History of the Archaic Greek World, ca. 1200-479 BCE
A History of the Archaic Greek World offers a theme-based approach to the development of the Greek world in the years 1200-479 BCE. Updated and extended in this edition to include two new sections, expanded geographical coverage, a guide to electronic resources, and more illustrations. It takes a critical and analytical look at evidence about the history of the archaic...Paperback$11099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
A Companion to the Roman Republic
A Companion to the Roman Republic provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practised. Highlights of this work include recent developments in the field, such as archaeological discoveries and fresh approaches to textual sources. It explores new areas of historical study, retaining the drama of the Republic’s rise and fall. The book emphasises...Paperback$18900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
The Roman Forum
There can be few more historic places in the world. Caesar was cremated there. Charles V and Mussolini rode by it in triumph. Napoleon celebrated his Festival of Liberty there. David Watkin's The Roman Forum is the site as it was famous for centuries, celebrated in the romantic views of the Grand Tour, not the archaeologists' building site it has...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide
Featuring beautiful colour reproductions and enlightening descriptions, this is the definitive guide to one of the largest, and most beloved, collections of art in the world. More than a simple souvenir book, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide provides a comprehensive view of art history spanning five millennia and the entire globe, beginning with the ancient world and ending in...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Rick Steves Rome (Twenty-fourth Edition)
Inside Rick Steves Rome you'll find: - Fully updated, comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Rome. - Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favourites. - Top sights and hidden gems, from the Colosseum and the Sistine Chapel to corner trattorias, cosy wine bars,...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
How England Began
An engaging, wide-ranging exploration of the end of Roman Britain and the beginnings of England In 410 CE, Roman rule of Britain collapsed, bringing a centuries-long occupation to an end. A century later, Britain was dividing into two areas with contrasting cultures, an expansive “Anglo-Saxon” south and east, and a shrinking Celtic west and north. How did this transition...Hardback$10000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Themistocles
A portrait of the Athenian politician and general Themistocles, tracing his political development, his victory at the Battle of Salamis, and his exile in Persia. Themistocles (524–459 BC) came of age just as a newly democratic and empowered Athens was emerging. He would become an instrumental political and military figure, fighting in the Battle of Marathon; persuading Athenians to expand...Hardback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
The Chronicle of John of Nikiu
In the midst of profound political changes in late seventh-century Egypt, after the end of Roman hegemony and during Islamic rule, a bishop named John from the city of Nikiu sat down to pen a chronicle. It is a puzzling and fascinating work that reimagines the established Roman genre of Christian world history as a dialectic between a Roman state...Hardback$18099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Revolution
A consideration of how modern revolutions have employed tropes of classical antiquity. Despite its Latin etymology, "revolution" in its modern understanding arguably did not exist in antiquity, and revolution as we know it today is considered by many theorists to be a term born in modernity. While they certainly had times of momentous political upheaval, the Greeks and Romans tended...Paperback$4299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
On Theology and Theurgy
Porphyry of Tyre (c. 234-305) was not only the biographer of his teacher Plotinus and the editor of his Enneads, but also an important Platonist philosopher in his own right. On Theology and Theurgy presents two of Porphyry's texts, preserved in fragments, in which he endeavours to apply philosophy to religion, ultimately seeking to align the two. In Letter to...Paperback$6500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
Ministries of Song
Ministries of Song is a tour-de-force study of the power of women's ritual singing in late antique Syriac Christianity. Beyond the familiar roles of female saints and nobles, Syriac churches cultivated a flourishing but often-overlooked tradition of women's sacred song. Their music comes alive as Susan Ashbrook Harvey uncovers the ways these now-nameless women performed a boldly sung teaching ministry...Paperback$6699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Fear of God
In the writings of ancient Christians, the near-ubiquitous references to the fear of God have traditionally been seen as a generic placeholder for piety. Focusing on monastic communities in late antiquity across the eastern Mediterranean, Fear of God explores why the language of fear was so prevalent in their writings and how they sought to put it into practice in...Hardback$31300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
Demosthenes
The tragic story of ancient Greece's last democratic leader and his doomed fight to save Athens from Macedonian domination. In the spring of 340 BCE, news arrived that Philip of Macedon had seized a town in central Greece, a base from which he could march on Athens. In the fierce debates about how to respond to the rising threat in...Hardback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
A Prophecy of Empire
The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius was one of the medieval world's most popular and widely translated texts. Composed in Syriac in Mesopotamia in the seventh century, this supposed revelation presented a new, salvific role for the Roman Empire, whose last emperor, it prophesied, would help bring about the end of the ages. In this first book-length study of Pseudo-Methodius, Christopher J....Hardback$31300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
Ancient Wisdom for Polarized Times
How the wisdom of Herodotus can fortify us against political falsehoods and violent extremism Nearly 2,500 years ago, the Greek writer Herodotus introduced the concept of objective truth derived from factual investigation and empirical deduction. Writing just before the start of the catastrophic Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE), Herodotus addressed an increasingly polarized Greek world. His Histories demonstrates that the capacity...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
Yearning for Immortality
How our understanding of the ancient Egyptian afterlife was shaped by Christianity. Many of us are familiar with the ancient Egyptians' obsession with immortality and the great efforts they made to secure the quality of their afterlife. However, as Rune Nyord shows, even today, our understanding of the Egyptian afterlife has been formulated to a striking extent in Christian terms....Paperback$6199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Women and the Religion of Ancient Israel
Women and the Religion of Ancient Israel is a synthetic reconstruction of women’s religious engagement and experiences in preexilic Israel. “This monumental book examines a wealth of data from the Bible, archaeology, and ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography to provide a clear, comprehensive, and compelling analysis of women’s religious lives in preexilic times.” —Carol Meyers, Duke University Throughout the...Hardback$9299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Who Killed Homer
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 illiterate about the ideas that created Western civilisation. In Who Killed Homer, acclaimed classicists...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
What We Did in Bed
Pulling back the covers on the fascinating, yet often forgotten, history of the bed "If you thought that your bed was only good for sleeping in, having sex in, or dying in, then this book will disabuse you—in fact, it’s so entertaining, it will keep you awake long into the night.” —Paul Chrystal, author of In Bed with the Ancient...Hardback$5399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity
Charity is central to the Jewish tradition. In this formative study, Gregg E. Gardner examines this concept to explore the beginnings of Jewish thought on care for the poor. Focusing on writings of the earliest rabbis from the third century C.E., Gardner reveals how the ancient rabbis viewed the problem of poverty primarily as questions related to wealth—how it is...Hardback$18099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
War in Ancient Egypt
This book is an introduction to the Pharaonic war machine of New Kingdom Egypt from ca. 1575 - 1100 BC. Written by a respected Egyptologist, it concentrates on Dynasty XVIII and the Ramesside period, in which the Egyptians created a professional army and gained control of Syria, creating an "Empire of Asia." The author highlights technological developments during this period,...Paperback$8099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
War and Society in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
This volume is a unique, multi-authored social history of war from the third millennium B.C.E. to the tenth century C.E. in the Mediterranean, the Near East, and Europe (Egypt, Achaemenid Persia, Greece, the Hellenistic World, the Roman Republic and Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the early Islamic World, and early Medieval Europe), with parallel studies of Mesoamerica (the Maya and Aztecs)...Paperback$4099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece, Revised edition
Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece, Revised edition provides a systematic review of Greek agriculture and warfare, exploring the relationship between these two crucial aspects of life in ancient communities. The author, Victor Davis Hanson, pays particular attention to both agronomic and military details. This study reveals that attacks on agriculture rarely resulted in famines or permanent agrarian depression. Trees...Paperback$6099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
Velleius Paterculus
A Roman commander's comprehensive history of Rome. The histories of Velleius Paterculus chronicle the story of Rome and Roman culture from the fall of Troy to AD 30. Although his work's title, proem, and opening chapters are lost along with the narrative from Romulus to the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC, Velleius provides much valuable information, especially about the...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Trans Talmud
Trans Talmud places eunuchs and androgynes at the centre of rabbinic literature and asks what we can learn from them about Judaism and the project of transgender history. Rather than treating these figures as anomalies to be justified or explained away, Max K. Strassfeld argues that they profoundly shaped ideas about law, as the rabbis constructed intricate taxonomies of gender...Paperback$5699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Trans Talmud
Trans Talmud places eunuchs and androgynes at the centre of rabbinic literature and asks what we can learn from them about Judaism and the project of transgender history. Rather than treating these figures as anomalies to be justified or explained away, Max K. Strassfeld argues that they profoundly shaped ideas about law, as the rabbis constructed intricate taxonomies of gender...Hardback$18099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks 
The War with Catiline. The War with Jugurtha
Sallust, Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 BCE), a Sabine from Amiternum, acted against Cicero and Milo as tribune in 52, joined Caesar after being expelled from the Senate in 50. He was restored to the Senate by Caesar and took part in his African campaign as praetor in 46, later appointed governor of New Africa (Numidia). Upon his return to Rome,...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
The Story of Tutankhamun
A lively new biography of Tutankhamun—published for the hundredth anniversary of his tomb’s modern discovery The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 sparked imaginations across the globe. While Howard Carter emptied its treasures, Tut-mania gripped the world—and in many ways, never left. But who was the “boy king,” and what was his life really like? Garry J. Shaw tells the...Hardback$4099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
The Spartan Regime
An authoritative and refreshingly original consideration of the government and culture of ancient Sparta and her place in Greek history For centuries, ancient Sparta has been glorified in song, fiction, and popular art. Yet the true nature of a civilization described as a combination of democracy and oligarchy by Aristotle, considered an ideal of liberty in the ages of Machiavelli...Hardback$6599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
The Socratic Method
A thinking person's guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, how it works, and why it matters more than ever in our time. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the method will change the way you think about life's big questions. "A wonderful book."-Rebecca Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex. About 2,500...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Shadows of Socrates
The Shadows of Socrates by Matt Gatton delves into what may be the most famous unsolved murder in history—the death of Socrates. Set during the Peloponnesian War, this narrative unveils the mystery for the first time, revealing how the philosopher was set up, who orchestrated it, and why. The influence of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates has been profound. Even...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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