Category - History
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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapse In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The p...
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Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /A new account of the famous site and story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman EmpireTwo thousand years ...
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The Life and Death of Ancient Cities: A Natural History
HardcoverOriginal price $37.99Original price $37.99 - Original price $37.99Original price $37.99Current price $35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /The dramatic story of the rise and collapse of Europe's first great urban experimentThe growth of cities around the world in the last two centuri...
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The Gallic Wars
HardcoverOriginal price $22.99 - Original price $22.99Original price $22.99$26.99$26.99 - $26.99Current price $26.99| /Julius Caesar's firsthand account of wars he fought in Gaul between 58 and 52 BC, in seven books one for each year. This edition is NOT a "mass m...
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Roman Sex: 100 B.C. to A.D. 250
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /Who could do what—to whom—and why? What were the rules of sexual engagement? Why did the ancient Romans proudly display their erotic art in publi...
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Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire
PaperbackOriginal price $23.99Original price $23.99 - Original price $23.99Original price $23.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /In scandals and power struggles obscured by time and legend, the wives, mistresses, mothers, sisters, and daughters of the Caesars have been popu...
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The Roman Market Economy
PaperbackOriginal price $32.00 - Original price $32.00Original price $32.00$44.99$44.99 - $44.99Current price $44.99| /What modern economics can tell us about ancient RomeThe quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably wa...
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24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
PaperbackOriginal price $12.95 - Original price $12.95Original price $12.95$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /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 mod...
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The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity: A Political and Military History
PaperbackOriginal price $32.99 - Original price $32.99Original price $32.99$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /In this volume, Hugh Elton offers a detailed and up to date history of the last centuries of the Roman Empire. Beginning with the crisis of the t...
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Vestal Virgin: Chosen For Rome
PaperbackOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Cornelia Cosa is unwillingly chosen to be a Vestal Virgin for thirty years. She begins her training as a novice, learning the ancient rites and r...
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Blood of the Caesars: How the Murder of Germanicus Led to the Fall of Rome
HardcoverOriginal price $31.99Original price $31.99 - Original price $31.99Original price $31.99Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /Unraveling a Murder Mystery That Changed History Could the killing of a single great leader while the Roman Empire was still in its infancy have ...
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Latin Inscriptions: Ancient Scripts
PaperbackOriginal price $18.95 - Original price $18.95Original price $18.95$25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Visitors to museums or ancient Roman sites are often confronted with Latin texts inscribed on objects or buildings from classical antiquity. To t...
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Why We're All Romans: The Roman Contribution to the Western World
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /This engaging yet deeply informed work not only examines Roman history and the multitude of Roman achievements in rich and colorful detail but al...
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Rome, Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /The world's first corporate case study, as only the best-selling Stanley Bing could tell it. A family business prospers through a series of bruta...
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Rebels Against Rome: 400 Years of Rebellions Against the Rule of Rome
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /#1 NEW RELEASE ON AMAZON The Great Roman Empire was no stranger to rebellions, but who were the rebels behind these lost causes, and what fueled ...
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The Dawn of the Roman Empire: Books Thirty-One to Forty
PaperbackOriginal price $14.95 - Original price $14.95Original price $14.95$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /"With a single announcement from a herald, all the cities of Greece and Asia had been set free; only an intrepid soul could formulate such an amb...
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The Etruscans: A Very Short Introduction
PaperbackOriginal price $11.95 - Original price $11.95Original price $11.95$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /From around 900 to 400 BC, the Etruscans were the most innovative, powerful, wealthy, and creative people in Italy. Their archaeological record i...
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Why Rome Fell: Decline and Fall, or Drift and Change?
PaperbackOriginal price $39.95Original price $39.95 - Original price $39.95Original price $39.95Current price $36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /Explore an insightful and original discussion of the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire In Why Rome Fell: Decline and Fall, or Drift and Chan...
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Caesar
PaperbackOriginal price $34.99Original price $34.99 - Original price $34.99Original price $34.99Current price $30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /The Gallic campaigns firmly established Julius Caesar (100 B.C.–44 B.C.) as one of the greatest commanders of all time. After success there, Caes...
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The Roman Revolution / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $31.99 - Original price $31.99Original price $31.99$44.99$44.99 - $44.99Current price $44.99| /The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome be...
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The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture / Edition 2
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /During the Principate (roughly 27 BCE to 235 CE), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transforme...
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Politics in the Roman Republic
PaperbackOriginal price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99$36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /The politics of the Roman Republic has in recent decades been the subject of intense debate, covering issues such as the degree of democracy and ...
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Roman Mythology: A Guide to Roman History, Gods, and Goddesses
PaperbackOriginal price $14.99 - Original price $14.99Original price $14.99$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /ROMAN MYTHOLOGY Roman mythology is closely linked in our minds to Greek mythology, and for a good reason. As Rome evolved into an empire, its pe...
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Birds in the Ancient World: Winged Words
PaperbackOriginal price $28.99 - Original price $28.99Original price $28.99$28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /Birds pervaded the ancient world. They impressed their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people in town and ...
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