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| Following Rome's long road to peace after decades of civil war, Cassius Dio provides the fullest account of the reign of the first emperor in Books 50 |
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| The Greek statesman Polybius ( c.200-118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen und |
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| Dramatic artist, natural scientist and philosopher, Plutarch is widely regarded as the most significant historian of his era, writing sharp and succin |
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| Considered to be the last great Roman historian, Ammianus Marcellinus continues the histories of Tacitus, describing the reigns of the emperors Consta |
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| Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. |
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| Codified by Justinian I and published under his aegis in A.D. 533, this celebrated work of legal history forms a fascinating picture of ordinary life |
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| Codified by Justinian I and published under his aegis in A.D. 533, this celebrated work of legal history forms a fascinating picture of ordinary life |
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| 'If history is deprived of the truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale' In writing his account of the relentless growth of the |
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| Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC-AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war. |
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| Contains fifteen stories from Roman mythology including the birth of Venus and the founding of Rome by twin brothers Romulus and Remus. This title sho |
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| Traces the extraordinary history of the Romans, from their origins in the foothills of Rome, through the founding of The Republic, the growth of The E |
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| It's AD 84 when Bran, a prince of the Carvetii tribe, is captured by the Romans. A legion of soldiers is marching east, to build military road. It's h |
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| Introduces different periods of history through the buildings people have left behind. |
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| Published between 1776 and 1788, this text is acknowledged as a masterpiece of English historical writing. Covering the history of Europe from the 2nd |
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| 'Perpetua shouted out with joy as the sword pierced her, for she wanted to taste some of the pain and she even guided the hesitant hand of the trainee |
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| EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND APPENDICES BY DAVID WOMERSLEY Although it covers no less than thirteen centuries of history, writes David Womersley, G |
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| Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives |
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| EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND APPENDICES BY DAVID WOMERSLEY Although it covers no less than thirteen centuries of history, writes David Womersley, G |
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| 'Perpetua shouted out with joy as the sword pierced her, for she wanted to taste some of the pain and she even guided the hesitant hand of the trainee |
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| 'Instead of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long' Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fal |
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| EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND APPENDICES BY DAVID WOMERSLEY Although it covers no less than thirteen centuries of history, writes David Womersley, G |
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| Miracles, Messiah, and the Roman Empire |
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| The perfect introduction to the history of Roman Britain. |
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| Comprehensive study of friendship in ancient Rome attentive to gender and social status, language and the commemoration of the dead. |
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| The image of the Roman legionary is as familiar today as it was to the citizens - and enemies - of the vast Roman Empire. This book examines the Roman |
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| A survey of the whole of Roman history down to the fall of the Republic, this textbook provides a straightforward and up-to-date narrative of events, |
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| Focusing on the succession of the rulers of imperial Rome, this title guides readers to each reign and its main events. This title features biographic |
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| A major new narrative account of one of history's greatest and most epic mysteries: the strange death of the Roman Empire. |
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| Demonstrates how archaeological methods have been used to study the era of the Roman Republic, and the influences of non-Roman cultures on its formati |
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| Presenting Punic War in 264 BC, this title records the critical stages of Roman expansion: its campaigns throughout the Mediterranean, the temporary s |
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| From the invasions of Julius Caesar to the unexpected end of Roman rule in the early fifth century AD and the subsequent collapse of society in Britai |
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| For nearly four centuries, Britain was a province on the outer edge of the Roman Empire and developed a distinctively Romano-British culture and way o |
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| Presents an account of a crucial period in Britains history. This book puts the Roman conquest and occupation within the larger context of Romano-Brit |
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| This book offers a fresh assessment of the Western Roman Empire's ostensible decline. Neil Christie presents a compelling argument that the Roman Empi |
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| In this highly-illustrated book, Mary T. Boatwright examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world from the Republican through the Imp |
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| This book examines the rich corpus of mosaics created in Crete during the Roman and Late Antique eras. |
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| This is the first systematic study of the changing nature of Roman identity in post-Roman North Africa. |
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| This handbook, arranged in seven thematic sections, is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to sugge |
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| Presents an introduction to Roman Britain, providing results of archaeological investigation and historical scholarship. |
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| Examines the role of the family in the Roman province of Egypt drawing on a wide range of sources. |
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| How can we re-create the ceremony as it was celebrated in Rome? How can we piece together its elusive traces in art and literature? This work addresse |
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| Presents the picture of the world's most famous fighting machine. This title explores every aspect of the Roman army, from the daily lives of individu |
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| Introduces an historical perspective on Rome's relationship with the Greeks and the Jews from their earliest contacts through the period of expansion |
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| Roman Britain offers tourists and Britons an accessible and interesting introduction to the Roman rule of Britain from how the country was invaded to |
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| Follows the Roman Army from the first armed citizens of the early Republic through the glorious heights of the Imperial legions to the shameful defeat |
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| Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war. |
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| Published between 1776 and 1788, this text is acknowledged as a masterpiece of English historical writing. Covering the history of Europe from the 2nd |
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| Presents the story of the rise and fall of the Roman Republic: meteoric imperial expansion enriched and corrupted the ruling aristocracy, which was th |
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| An abridged edition of Edward Gibbon's THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into a single e |
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| Most of the everyday writing from the ancient world - that is, informal writing not intended for a long life or wide public distribution - has perishe |
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| The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. This introduction covers the history of the empire at its height, looking at its people, religions and |
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| The transformation of state and society, the violent transference of power and property, and the establishment of Augustus' rule and that of the Empir |
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| THE RETURN OF ASTERIX, THE WORLD'S FIRST SUPERHERO: The relaunch of the re-inked, re-coloured and re-designed Asterix series, now published in the cor |
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| There were few more controversial British politicians of the twentieth-century than Enoch Powell. There were few more brilliant, and yet, whilst being |
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| This book offers both a complete history of Roman slavery and an investigation into finding and interpreting evidence of it. Slavery is a relationship |
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| In-depth analysis of Roman literary fakes offering new insights into the creative dynamics of spurious literature. |
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| Fun stories in familiar and fantasy settings, featuring the well-known characters from Espresso Education. |
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| Offers a new explanation of how the plays of Plautus and Terence worked as musical theatre. |
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| Greek and Roman Festivals addresses the multi-faceted and complex nature of Greco-Roman festivals and analyses the connections that existed between th |
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| Mrs Stone changed from a famous, rich American actress to a notorious, very rich American widow. But the transition took years and all that time her y |
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| An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. |
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| New time travel series in appealing, witty, graphic novel format. Charlie follows his dog Bandit when he accidentally falls into a sinkhole transport |
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| On an unseasonably warm spring morning in 80BC, Gordianus the Finder is summoned to the house of Cicero, a young advocate and orator preparing his fir |
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| Children will love following the Flavius family as they go shopping, visit the baths and watch a thrilling chariot race in this informative book about |
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| This book employs new interdisciplinary approaches to understand multilingualism in the Graeco-Roman worlds, East and West, Classical and medieval. |
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| The ruins of the Forum in Rome, the centre of its ancient Empire, are one of the best known wonders of antiquity and a highpoint of the tourist route |
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| Professor McMoo is a very clever cow - so clever, in fact, that he has managed to build himself a time machine from discarded farming machinery. He an |
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| Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, this title provides a selection and bridging commenta |
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| A guide to the Greek and Roman Myths. It features a blend of stories, facts and quotations from ancient authors, and places ancient myths in a modern |
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| In BC 55 Julius Caesar came, saw, conquered and then left. It was not until AD 43 that the Emperor Claudius crossed the channel and made Britain the w |
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| By 390 BC, the Roman army was in need of change, as Greek-style tactics of fighting with a heavy infantry phalanx were proving increasingly outdated. |
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| The prototypical 'Roman Legionnaire' often seen on television and in movies is actually the product of nearly a millennium of military development. Th |
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| This book examines the figure of the returning warrior as depicted in the myths of several ancient and medieval Indo-European cultures. |
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| Offers a re-evaluation of the vital contribution made by the Roman navy to Roman imperial power, covering the organisation of the fleets and the every |
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| An exciting look at the Romans and their world in all its rich variety. |
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| Aimed at the intelligent general reader as well as students of history at all levels, this volume has extracted the celebrated chapters 15 and 16 of G |
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| Focusing primarily upon the Eastern Empire, this survey assesses the role of war and the place of militarism within the society of late Antiquity. |
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| A fourth-century army officer recounts the history of Rome during the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian and Valens. |
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| Charts the history of the Roman Imperial period, from the establishment of the Augustan principate to the reign of Trajan, providing a basic chronolog |
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| First general critique of the interpretations of animal sacrifice established by Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne. |
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| "Roman Centurions 753-31 BC: The Kingdom and the Age of Consuls". |
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| Presents the story of the rise and fall of the Roman Republic: meteoric imperial expansion enriched and corrupted the ruling aristocracy, which was th |
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| Focusing primarily upon the Eastern Empire, this survey assesses the role of war and the place of militarism within the society of late Antiquity. |
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| Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, this title provides a selection and bridging commenta |
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| Written by a team of specialist scholars, this work traces the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Empire |
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| This title provides a behind the scenes look at all aspects of daily life for Roman legionaries, using centurion M. Caelius as an example of the typic |
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| This account of the Roman Empire was in its time a landmark in classical and historiographical scholarship and remains a powerful contribution to the |
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| Religion of the Roman Republic incorporates the most recent scholarship to present a comprehensive overview of the religion and religious culture of a |
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| This boxed set of Volumes 4-6 ("The Eastern Empire") completes the Everyman set. Volumes 1-3 ("The Western Empire") were published in 1993. Even after |
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| Offering an expose of the life of the Caesars, this book is intended for those interested in what went on in ancient Rome. Julius Caesar is usually pr |
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| Presents the thousand years of Roman history through sixteen studies of famous court cases - from the legendary trial of Horatius for the killing of h |
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| A Companion to Roman Love Elegy is the first comprehensive work dedicated solely to the study of love elegy. The genre is explored through 33 original |
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| From a prize-winning author and illustrator comes this wonderfully rich and varied collection of fifteen stories from Roman mythology, freshly retold |
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| Examines representations of Roman Catholic saints in Victorian literature to assess both the relationship between conservative thought and liberalism |
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| Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire is a rich cultural history of individual reading communities that differentiate themselves in int |
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| A value-for-money edition of three of the bestselling books which have inspired the acclaimed CBBC TV series. |
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| Edition with English translation of Middle Dutch version of the adventures of Gawain. |
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| Taken from the "Lives", a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection describes the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 1 |
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