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Roman Legionary AD 69-161
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $14.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $14.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
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Roman Legionary AD 69-161
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $18.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
Written by Ross Cowan
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $18.95
Between AD 69 and 161 the composition of the Roman legions was transformed. Italians were almost entirely replaced by provincial recruits, men for whom Latin was at best a second language, and yet the 'Roman-ness' of these Germans, Pannonians, Spaniards, Africans and Syrians, fostered in isolated fortresses on the frontiers, was... Read more >
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The Forts of Judaea 168 BC-AD 73
From the Maccabees to the Fall of Masada
Written by Samuel Rocca
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
This book analyzes the fortifications of Hasmonaean and Herodian Judaea from the middle of the second century BC, when the Maccabees rebelled against their Seleucids overlords and established an independent state, until the end of the Jewish-Roman War in AD 73. Read more >
From the Maccabees to the Fall of Masada
Written by Samuel Rocca
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
This book analyzes the fortifications of Hasmonaean and Herodian Judaea from the middle of the second century BC, when the Maccabees rebelled against their Seleucids overlords and established an independent state, until the end of the Jewish-Roman War in AD 73. Read more >
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: The Modern Library Collection (Complete and Unabridged)
Written by Edward Gibbon
Illustrated by Gian Battista Piranesi
Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin
Format: eBook, 2736 pages
On Sale: January 28, 2013
Price: $39.99
This Modern Library eBook edition collects all six volumes of Edward Gibbon’s towering masterpiece of classical history The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire—complete and unabridged.
Edward Gibbon’s magnum opus narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the west in... Read more >
Written by Edward Gibbon
Illustrated by Gian Battista Piranesi
Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin
Format: eBook, 2736 pages
On Sale: January 28, 2013
Price: $39.99
This Modern Library eBook edition collects all six volumes of Edward Gibbon’s towering masterpiece of classical history The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire—complete and unabridged.
Edward Gibbon’s magnum opus narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the west in... 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
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $28.95
The Life and Legacy of Flavius Josephus
Written by Frederic Raphael
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $28.95
From the acclaimed biographer, screenwriter, and novelist Frederic Raphael, here is an audacious history of Josephus (37–c.100), the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose emblematic betrayal is a touchstone for the Jew alone in the Gentile world.
Joseph ben Mattathias’s transformation into Titus Flavius Josephus, historian to the Roman emperor Vespasian, is...
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A Jew Among Romans
The Life and Legacy of Flavius Josephus
Written by Frederic Raphael
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $14.99
The Life and Legacy of Flavius Josephus
Written by Frederic Raphael
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $14.99
From the acclaimed biographer, screenwriter, and novelist Frederic Raphael, here is an audacious history of Josephus (37–c.100), the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose emblematic betrayal is a touchstone for the Jew alone in the Gentile world.
Joseph ben Mattathias’s transformation into Titus Flavius Josephus, historian to the Roman emperor Vespasian, is...
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The Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine
Written by Michael Simkins
Illustrated by Ronald Embleton
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $13.95
The year of 122 was the first time a Roman Emperor had set foot in the Province of Britannia since the invasion in AD 43. No doubt he had read many reports concerning the damage caused by marauding tribesmen crossing from what is now Scotland into the Province. Hadrian, therefore, decided... Read more >
Written by Michael Simkins
Illustrated by Ronald Embleton
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $13.95
The year of 122 was the first time a Roman Emperor had set foot in the Province of Britannia since the invasion in AD 43. No doubt he had read many reports concerning the damage caused by marauding tribesmen crossing from what is now Scotland into the Province. Hadrian, therefore, decided... Read more >
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The Rise of Rome
The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
Written by Anthony Everitt
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $30.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR
From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian, comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known... Read more >
The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
Written by Anthony Everitt
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $30.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR
From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian, comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known... Read more >
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The Rise of Rome
The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
Written by Anthony Everitt
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $15.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR
From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian, comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known... Read more >
The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
Written by Anthony Everitt
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $15.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR
From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian, comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known... Read more >
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The Roman Army
The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World
Written by Chris McNab
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $18.95
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
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $18.95
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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Roman Republican Legionary 298-105 BC
Written by Nic Fields
Illustrated by Sean O' Brogain
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $18.95
Soon after the Caudine Forks fiasco, where Roman citizens had suffered the humiliation of being forced to pass under the yoke, an act symbolising their loss of warrior status, the tactical formation adopted by the Roman army underwent a radical change. Introduced as part of the Servian reforms, the legion had... Read more >
Written by Nic Fields
Illustrated by Sean O' Brogain
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2012
Price: $18.95
Soon after the Caudine Forks fiasco, where Roman citizens had suffered the humiliation of being forced to pass under the yoke, an act symbolising their loss of warrior status, the tactical formation adopted by the Roman army underwent a radical change. Introduced as part of the Servian reforms, the legion had... Read more >
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Pompey
Written by Nic Fields
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $17.95
Pompey, or Pompey the Great, was one of the best military leaders of the late Roman Republic. His campaigns against the Marians, his battles in Hispania and his defeat of the Mediterranean pirates launched him to political stardom where he became an ally of Julius Caesar and a member of the... Read more >
Written by Nic Fields
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $17.95
Pompey, or Pompey the Great, was one of the best military leaders of the late Roman Republic. His campaigns against the Marians, his battles in Hispania and his defeat of the Mediterranean pirates launched him to political stardom where he became an ally of Julius Caesar and a member of the... Read more >
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Roman Centurions 31 BC-AD 500
The Classical and Late Empire
Written by Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $17.95
In the years between 31 BC and AD 500 the Romans carved out a mighty empire stretching from Britain to the deserts of North Africa. The men who spearheaded this expansion were the centurions, the tough, professional warriors who led from the front, exerted savage discipline and provided a role model... Read more >
The Classical and Late Empire
Written by Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $17.95
In the years between 31 BC and AD 500 the Romans carved out a mighty empire stretching from Britain to the deserts of North Africa. The men who spearheaded this expansion were the centurions, the tough, professional warriors who led from the front, exerted savage discipline and provided a role model... Read more >
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Roman Centurions 31 BC-AD 500
The Classical and Late Empire
Written by Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $13.95
In the years between 31 BC and AD 500 the Romans carved out a mighty empire stretching from Britain to the deserts of North Africa. The men who spearheaded this expansion were the centurions, the tough, professional warriors who led from the front, exerted savage discipline and provided a role model... Read more >
The Classical and Late Empire
Written by Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $13.95
In the years between 31 BC and AD 500 the Romans carved out a mighty empire stretching from Britain to the deserts of North Africa. The men who spearheaded this expansion were the centurions, the tough, professional warriors who led from the front, exerted savage discipline and provided a role model... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Cicero
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
Written by Anthony Everitt
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2011
Price: $13.99
“All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.”
—John Adams
He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his somewhat botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted Mark Antony and was master of the smear campaign... Read more >
The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
Written by Anthony Everitt
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2011
Price: $13.99
“All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.”
—John Adams
He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his somewhat botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted Mark Antony and was master of the smear campaign... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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The Ghosts of Cannae
Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
Written by Robert L. O'Connell
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $17.00
Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
Written by Robert L. O'Connell
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $17.00
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For millennia, Carthage’s triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 B.C. has inspired reverence and awe. No general since has matched Hannibal’s most unexpected, innovative, and brutal military victory. Now Robert L. O’Connell, one of the most admired names in military history, tells the whole story of Cannae for the...
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Roman Centurions 753-31 BC
The Kingdom and the Age of Consuls
Written by Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $13.95
A perennially popular topic the ancient world continues to yield incredibly rich archaeological finds. Based on years of detailed research, Dr Raffaele D'Amato now presents a new history on the dress and equipment of Roman Centurions from the Roman kingdom to the height of the Republic. In addition, thanks to his... Read more >
The Kingdom and the Age of Consuls
Written by Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $13.95
A perennially popular topic the ancient world continues to yield incredibly rich archaeological finds. Based on years of detailed research, Dr Raffaele D'Amato now presents a new history on the dress and equipment of Roman Centurions from the Roman kingdom to the height of the Republic. In addition, thanks to his... Read more >
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Roman Centurions 753-31 BC
The Kingdom and the Age of Consuls
Written by Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $17.95
A perennially popular topic the ancient world continues to yield incredibly rich archaeological finds. Based on years of detailed research, Dr Raffaele D'Amato now presents a new history on the dress and equipment of Roman Centurions from the Roman kingdom to the height of the Republic. In addition, thanks to his... Read more >
The Kingdom and the Age of Consuls
Written by Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $17.95
A perennially popular topic the ancient world continues to yield incredibly rich archaeological finds. Based on years of detailed research, Dr Raffaele D'Amato now presents a new history on the dress and equipment of Roman Centurions from the Roman kingdom to the height of the Republic. In addition, thanks to his... Read more >
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Early Roman Warrior 753-321 BC
Written by Nic Fields
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $18.95
Osprey's survey of early Roman warriors from 753 to 321 BC. The prototypical 'Roman Legionnaire' often seen on television and in movies is actually the product of nearly a millennium of military development. Far back in the Bronze Age, before the city of Rome existed, a loose collection of independent hamlets... Read more >
Written by Nic Fields
Illustrated by Sean O'Brogain
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $18.95
Osprey's survey of early Roman warriors from 753 to 321 BC. The prototypical 'Roman Legionnaire' often seen on television and in movies is actually the product of nearly a millennium of military development. Far back in the Bronze Age, before the city of Rome existed, a loose collection of independent hamlets... Read more >
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Boudicca's Rebellion AD 60-61
The Britons rise up against Rome
Written by Nic Fields
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $19.95
When the Romans occupied the southern half of Britain in AD 43, the Iceni tribe quickly allied themselves with the invaders. Having paid tribute to Rome, they continued to be ruled by their own kings. But 17 years later, when Prasutagus, the king of the Iceni, died, the Romans decided to... Read more >
The Britons rise up against Rome
Written by Nic Fields
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $19.95
When the Romans occupied the southern half of Britain in AD 43, the Iceni tribe quickly allied themselves with the invaders. Having paid tribute to Rome, they continued to be ruled by their own kings. But 17 years later, when Prasutagus, the king of the Iceni, died, the Romans decided to... Read more >
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Caligula
Written by Maria Granzia Siliato
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2011
Price: $23.00
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Written by Maria Granzia Siliato
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2011
Price: $23.00
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Hannibal
Written by Nic Fields
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $18.95
By the end of the First Punic War against Carthage, the Romans had reduced the capital city of the Carthaginian Empire to a heap of ashes and destroyed its culture. In 219 BC, however, Hannibal, the eldest son of the charismatic general Hamilcar Barca, began the Second Punic War and was... Read more >
Written by Nic Fields
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $18.95
By the end of the First Punic War against Carthage, the Romans had reduced the capital city of the Carthaginian Empire to a heap of ashes and destroyed its culture. In 219 BC, however, Hannibal, the eldest son of the charismatic general Hamilcar Barca, began the Second Punic War and was... Read more >
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Teutoburg Forest AD 9
The destruction of Varus and his legions
Written by Michael McNally
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2011
Price: $19.95
Osprey's study of one of the most important battles of the long-elasting Germanic Wars (113 BC - 439 AD). Arminius, a young member of the Cheruscan tribe under the Roman Empire felt that Rome could be beaten in battle and that such a victory would guarantee the freedom of the Germans... Read more >
The destruction of Varus and his legions
Written by Michael McNally
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: January 18, 2011
Price: $19.95
Osprey's study of one of the most important battles of the long-elasting Germanic Wars (113 BC - 439 AD). Arminius, a young member of the Cheruscan tribe under the Roman Empire felt that Rome could be beaten in battle and that such a victory would guarantee the freedom of the Germans... Read more >
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes 1-3, Volumes 4-6
Written by Edward Gibbon
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: December 21, 2010
Price: $130.00
Edward Gibbon’s classic timeless work of ancient Roman history in 6 volumes collected into 2 boxed sets, in beautiful, enduring hardcover editions with elegant cloth sewn bindings, gold stamped covers, and silk ribbon markers. Read more >
Volumes 1-3, Volumes 4-6
Written by Edward Gibbon
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: December 21, 2010
Price: $130.00
Edward Gibbon’s classic timeless work of ancient Roman history in 6 volumes collected into 2 boxed sets, in beautiful, enduring hardcover editions with elegant cloth sewn bindings, gold stamped covers, and silk ribbon markers. Read more >
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Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
Written by Anthony Everitt
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $18.00
Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash. Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt vividly recounts Hadrian’s thrilling life, in which the emperor brings a century of... Read more >
Written by Anthony Everitt
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $18.00
Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash. Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt vividly recounts Hadrian’s thrilling life, in which the emperor brings a century of... Read more >
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