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The Roman Army
The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World
Written by Chris McNab
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-84908-813-8 (1-84908-813-6)
The image of the Roman legionary is as familiar today as it was to the citizens - and enemies - of the vast Roman Empire two thousand years ago. This book goes beyond the stereotypes found in popular culture to examine the Roman Army from the first armed citizens of the... Read more >
The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World
Written by Chris McNab
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-84908-813-8 (1-84908-813-6)
The image of the Roman legionary is as familiar today as it was to the citizens - and enemies - of the vast Roman Empire two thousand years ago. This book goes beyond the stereotypes found in popular culture to examine the Roman Army from the first armed citizens of the... Read more >
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A Short History of Byzantium
Written by John Julius Norwich
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: December 29, 1998
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77269-9 (0-679-77269-3)
In this magisterial adaptation of his epic three-volume history of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich chronicles the world's longest-lived Christian empire. Beginning with Constantine the Great, who in a.d. 330 made Christianity the religion of his realm and then transferred its capital to the city that would bear his name, Norwich follows... Read more >
Written by John Julius Norwich
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: December 29, 1998
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77269-9 (0-679-77269-3)
In this magisterial adaptation of his epic three-volume history of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich chronicles the world's longest-lived Christian empire. Beginning with Constantine the Great, who in a.d. 330 made Christianity the religion of his realm and then transferred its capital to the city that would bear his name, Norwich follows... Read more >
The Naked Olympics
The True Story of the Ancient Games
Written by Tony Perrottet
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6991-7 (0-8129-6991-X)
"The Naked Olympics presents the Greeks in all their glory, brutality, and vulgarity. It is a fascinating picture and popular history at its best."
--Norman Cantor, Professor Emeritus, New York University, and author of Antiquity: The Civilization of the Ancient World
Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and brings erudition and... Read more >
The True Story of the Ancient Games
Written by Tony Perrottet
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6991-7 (0-8129-6991-X)
"The Naked Olympics presents the Greeks in all their glory, brutality, and vulgarity. It is a fascinating picture and popular history at its best."
--Norman Cantor, Professor Emeritus, New York University, and author of Antiquity: The Civilization of the Ancient World
Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and brings erudition and... Read more >
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Pagan Holiday
On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists
Written by Tony Perrottet
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: April 8, 2003
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-75639-9 (0-375-75639-6)
The ancient Romans were responsible for many remarkable achievements—Roman numerals, straight roads—but one of their lesser-known contributions was the creation of the tourist industry. The first people in history to enjoy safe and easy travel, Romans embarked on the original Grand Tour, journeying from the lost city of Troy to the... Read more >
On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists
Written by Tony Perrottet
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: April 8, 2003
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-75639-9 (0-375-75639-6)
The ancient Romans were responsible for many remarkable achievements—Roman numerals, straight roads—but one of their lesser-known contributions was the creation of the tourist industry. The first people in history to enjoy safe and easy travel, Romans embarked on the original Grand Tour, journeying from the lost city of Troy to the... Read more >
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The Life of Alexander the Great
Written by Plutarch
Edited by Arthur Hugh Clough
Translated by John Dryden
Introduction by Victor Hanson
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7133-0 (0-8129-7133-7)
From one of the most eminent biographers of the ancient world, here is the story that has intrigued readers for centuries--the young king of Macedonia who became known as one of the greatest military geniuses of all time.
Victor Davis Hanson wrote the Introduction to this Modern Library edition of Plutarch's The... Read more >
Written by Plutarch
Edited by Arthur Hugh Clough
Translated by John Dryden
Introduction by Victor Hanson
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $9.95
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7133-0 (0-8129-7133-7)
From one of the most eminent biographers of the ancient world, here is the story that has intrigued readers for centuries--the young king of Macedonia who became known as one of the greatest military geniuses of all time.
Victor Davis Hanson wrote the Introduction to this Modern Library edition of Plutarch's The... Read more >
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Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves
Women in Classical Antiquity
Written by Sarah Pomeroy
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 17, 1995
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-8052-1030-9 (0-8052-1030-X)
“The first general treatment of women in the ancient world to reflect the critical insights of modern feminism. Though much debated, its position as the basic textbook on women’s history in Greece and Rome has hardly been challenged.” —Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement
“Pomeroy’s pioneering study on the status and activities of... Read more >
Women in Classical Antiquity
Written by Sarah Pomeroy
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 17, 1995
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-8052-1030-9 (0-8052-1030-X)
“The first general treatment of women in the ancient world to reflect the critical insights of modern feminism. Though much debated, its position as the basic textbook on women’s history in Greece and Rome has hardly been challenged.” —Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement
“Pomeroy’s pioneering study on the status and activities of... Read more >
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A Jew Among Romans
The Life and Legacy of Flavius Josephus
Written by Frederic Raphael
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-37816-3 (0-307-37816-0)
From the acclaimed biographer, screenwriter, and novelist—an audacious history of Josephus, the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose emblematic betrayal is a touchstone for the singular Jew alone in the Gentile world.
Joseph ben Mattathias’s transformation into Titus Flavius Josephus, historian to the Roman emperor Vespasian is a gripping and dramatic story... Read more >
The Life and Legacy of Flavius Josephus
Written by Frederic Raphael
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-37816-3 (0-307-37816-0)
From the acclaimed biographer, screenwriter, and novelist—an audacious history of Josephus, the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose emblematic betrayal is a touchstone for the singular Jew alone in the Gentile world.
Joseph ben Mattathias’s transformation into Titus Flavius Josephus, historian to the Roman emperor Vespasian is a gripping and dramatic story... Read more >
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Alexander
The Ambiguity of Greatness
Written by Guy Maclean Rogers
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7271-9 (0-8129-7271-6)
For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend–and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, only to die mysteriously at the age of thirty-two. In his day he was revered as a god... Read more >
The Ambiguity of Greatness
Written by Guy Maclean Rogers
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7271-9 (0-8129-7271-6)
For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend–and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, only to die mysteriously at the age of thirty-two. In his day he was revered as a god... Read more >
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Ghost on the Throne
The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire
Written by James Romm
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-45660-1 (0-307-45660-9)
When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs—a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an infant son, Alexander IV, born after his... Read more >
The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire
Written by James Romm
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-45660-1 (0-307-45660-9)
When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs—a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an infant son, Alexander IV, born after his... Read more >
Ghost on the Throne
The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
Written by James Romm
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27164-8 (0-307-27164-1)
Alexander the Great, perhaps the most commanding leader in history, united his empire and his army by the titanic force of his will. His death at the age of thirty-two spelled the end of that unity.
The story of Alexander’s conquest of the Persian empire is known to many readers, but the... Read more >
The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
Written by James Romm
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27164-8 (0-307-27164-1)
Alexander the Great, perhaps the most commanding leader in history, united his empire and his army by the titanic force of his will. His death at the age of thirty-two spelled the end of that unity.
The story of Alexander’s conquest of the Persian empire is known to many readers, but the... Read more >
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The Landmark Arrian
The Campaigns of Alexander
Series edited by Robert B. Strassler
Edited by James Romm
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: January 17, 2012
Price: $27.50
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7967-4 (1-4000-7967-5)
Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader’s great conquests, is the latest addition to the acclaimed Landmark series.
After twelve years of hard-fought campaigns, Alexander the Great controlled a vast empire that was bordered by the Adriatic sea to the west and modern-day India... Read more >
The Campaigns of Alexander
Series edited by Robert B. Strassler
Edited by James Romm
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: January 17, 2012
Price: $27.50
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7967-4 (1-4000-7967-5)
Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader’s great conquests, is the latest addition to the acclaimed Landmark series.
After twelve years of hard-fought campaigns, Alexander the Great controlled a vast empire that was bordered by the Adriatic sea to the west and modern-day India... Read more >
Alexander the Great at War
His Army - His Battles - His Enemies
Written by Ruth Sheppard
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-84908-480-2 (1-84908-480-7)
Perhaps the most famous commander of the ancient world, Alexander the Great, and his battles and victories, never cease to fascinate those with any interest in Ancient Greece. He was aged only 20 when he became king of Macedon, but he had already begun to show the military genius that would... Read more >
His Army - His Battles - His Enemies
Written by Ruth Sheppard
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-84908-480-2 (1-84908-480-7)
Perhaps the most famous commander of the ancient world, Alexander the Great, and his battles and victories, never cease to fascinate those with any interest in Ancient Greece. He was aged only 20 when he became king of Macedon, but he had already begun to show the military genius that would... Read more >
The Trial of Socrates
Written by I.F. Stone
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: February 1, 1989
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-26032-9 (0-385-26032-6)
In unraveling the long-hidden issues of the most famous free speech case of all time, noted author I.F. Stone ranges far and wide over Roman as well as Greek history to present an engaging and rewarding introduction to classical antiquity and its relevance to society today. The New York Times called... Read more >
Written by I.F. Stone
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: February 1, 1989
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-26032-9 (0-385-26032-6)
In unraveling the long-hidden issues of the most famous free speech case of all time, noted author I.F. Stone ranges far and wide over Roman as well as Greek history to present an engaging and rewarding introduction to classical antiquity and its relevance to society today. The New York Times called... Read more >
The Landmark Herodotus
The Histories
Written by Robert B. Strassler
Format: Trade Paperback, 1024 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3114-6 (1-4000-3114-1)
From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus.
Cicero called Herodotus "the father of history," and his only work, The Histories, is considered the first true piece of historical writing in Western literature. With lucid prose, Herodotus's account of the rise... Read more >
The Histories
Written by Robert B. Strassler
Format: Trade Paperback, 1024 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3114-6 (1-4000-3114-1)
From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus.
Cicero called Herodotus "the father of history," and his only work, The Histories, is considered the first true piece of historical writing in Western literature. With lucid prose, Herodotus's account of the rise... Read more >
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The Landmark Herodotus
The Histories
Written by Robert B. Strassler
Format: Hardcover, 1024 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-42109-9 (0-375-42109-2)
From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus, the greatest classical work of history ever written.
Herodotus was a Greek historian living in Ionia during the fifth century BCE. He traveled extensively through the lands of the Mediterranean and the Black... Read more >
The Histories
Written by Robert B. Strassler
Format: Hardcover, 1024 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-42109-9 (0-375-42109-2)
From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus, the greatest classical work of history ever written.
Herodotus was a Greek historian living in Ionia during the fifth century BCE. He traveled extensively through the lands of the Mediterranean and the Black... Read more >
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The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika
Edited by Robert B. Strassler
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 7, 2010
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3476-5 (1-4000-3476-0)
Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic period during which the alliances among Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Persia were in constant flux. Together with the volumes of Herodotus and Thucydides, it completes an ancient narrative of the military and political history of classical Greece.
Xenophon was... Read more >
Edited by Robert B. Strassler
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 7, 2010
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3476-5 (1-4000-3476-0)
Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic period during which the alliances among Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Persia were in constant flux. Together with the volumes of Herodotus and Thucydides, it completes an ancient narrative of the military and political history of classical Greece.
Xenophon was... Read more >
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hardcover.
The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika
Edited by Robert B. Strassler
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-42255-3 (0-375-42255-2)
From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus, here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika, the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War.
Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic... Read more >
Edited by Robert B. Strassler
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-42255-3 (0-375-42255-2)
From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus, here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika, the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War.
Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic... Read more >
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trade paperback.
The Annals & The Histories
Written by Tacitus
Edited by Moses Hadas
Translated by Alfred Church and William Brodribb
Introduction by Shelby Foote
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: April 8, 2003
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6699-2 (0-8129-6699-6)
Cornelius Tacitus brilliantly chronicles the moral decline and rampant civil unrest in the Roman Empire in a period when the earliest foundations of modern Europe were being laid.
The Annals commence in a.d. 14, at the death of Augustus, recounting the reigns of Tiberius, Gaius (Caligula), Claudius, and Nero, and conclude in... Read more >
Written by Tacitus
Edited by Moses Hadas
Translated by Alfred Church and William Brodribb
Introduction by Shelby Foote
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: April 8, 2003
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6699-2 (0-8129-6699-6)
Cornelius Tacitus brilliantly chronicles the moral decline and rampant civil unrest in the Roman Empire in a period when the earliest foundations of modern Europe were being laid.
The Annals commence in a.d. 14, at the death of Augustus, recounting the reigns of Tiberius, Gaius (Caligula), Claudius, and Nero, and conclude in... Read more >
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Annals and Histories
Written by Tacitus
Translated by Alfred Church and William Brodribb
Introduction by Robin Lane Fox
Noted by Eleanor Cowan
Format: Hardcover, 888 pages
Publisher: Everyman's Library
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $32.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-26750-4 (0-307-26750-4)
The complete historical works of the greatest chronicler of the Roman Empire in a wholly revised and updated translation.
A brilliant narrator and a master stylist, Tacitus served as administrator and senator, a career that gave him an intimate view of the empire at its highest levels, and of the dramatic, violent... Read more >
Written by Tacitus
Translated by Alfred Church and William Brodribb
Introduction by Robin Lane Fox
Noted by Eleanor Cowan
Format: Hardcover, 888 pages
Publisher: Everyman's Library
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $32.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-26750-4 (0-307-26750-4)
The complete historical works of the greatest chronicler of the Roman Empire in a wholly revised and updated translation.
A brilliant narrator and a master stylist, Tacitus served as administrator and senator, a career that gave him an intimate view of the empire at its highest levels, and of the dramatic, violent... Read more >
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