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  • Hannibal's War

    Books 21-30

    by Livy ...
    Translated by J.C. Yardley ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'You know how to win a battle, Hannibal; you do not know how to use the victory!' Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans over the following sixteen years. Livy describes the bloody siege of the Spanish city of Saguntum, Rome's ally, which sparked the war, and the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Annals

    The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero

    by Cornelius Tacitus, Anthony A. Barrett ...
    Translated by J. C. Yardley ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'He was atrocious in his brutality, but his lechery was kept hidden... In the end, he erupted into an orgy of crime and ignominy alike' Such is Tacitus' obituary of Tiberius, and he is no less caustic in his opinion of the weak and cuckolded Claudius and the 'artist' Nero. The Annals is a gripping account of the Roman emperors who followed Augustus, the founder of the imperial system, and of the ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Greek and Roman Education

    A Sourcebook

    by Mark Joyal, J.C Yardley, Iain McDougall ...
    Series series Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
    Modern western education finds its origins in the practices, systems and schools of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It is in the field of education, in fact, that classical antiquity has exerted one of its clearest influences on the modern world. Yet the story of Greek and Roman education, extending from the eighth century B.C. into the Middle Ages, is familiar in its details only to relatively few ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Dawn of the Roman Empire

    Books 31-40

    by Livy ...
    Translated by J. C. Yardley ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    '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 ambitious project, only phenomenal valour and fortune bring it to fruition. (Livy, 33. 33) Thus Livy describes the reaction to the Roman commander T.Q. Flamininus' proclamation of the freedom of Greece at the Isthmian games near Corinth in 196 BC. Half a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Rome's Italian Wars

    Books 6-10

    by Livy, Dexter Hoyos ...
    Translated by J. C. Yardley ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'People have it in their minds that he would have been a match for Alexander, had Alexander turned his arms on Europe.' So Livy characterizes Papirius Cursor, one of Rome's famous generals in the fourth century BC. In Books 6 to 10 of his monumental history of Rome, Livy deals with the period in which Rome recovered from its Gallic disaster to impose mastery over almost the entire Italian ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander

    The Evidence

    by Joseph Roisman ...
    Translated by J. C. Yardley ...
    Series Book 15 - Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History
    With fresh, new translations and extensive introductions and annotations, this sourcebook provides an inclusive and integrated view of Greek history, from Homer to Alexander the Great.New translations of original sources are contextualized by insightful introductions and annotationsIncludes a range of literary, artistic and material evidence from the Homeric, Archaic and Classical AgesFocuses on ... Read more

    $58.00 USD

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    The Annals

    The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero

    by Tacitus ...
    Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 5 min

    Here is a lively new translation of Cornelius Tacitus's timeless history of three of Rome's most memorable emperors. Tacitus, who condemns the depravity of these rulers, which he saw as proof of the corrupting force of absolute power, writes caustically of the brutal and lecherous Tiberius, the weak and cuckolded Claudius, and "the artist" Nero. In particular, his gripping account of the bloody ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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    The Roman Empire

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Christopher Kelly ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 17 min

    The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates, and from the Rhine to the North African coast. It was, above all else, an empire of force—employing a mixture of violence, suppression, order, and tactical use of power to develop an ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Classical Greeks

    by Michael Grant ...
    The story of the Athenian Golden Age by one of the world's pre-eminent classical historians.The Golden Age of ancient Greek city-state civilization lasted from 490 to 336 BC, the period between the first wars against Persia and Carthage and the accession of Alexander the Great. Never has there been such a multiplication of talents and genius within so limited a period and Michael Grant captures ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • History of Western Philosophy

    by Bertrand Russell ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. Providing a sophisticated overview of the ideas that have perplexed people from time immemorial, it is 'long on wit, intelligence and curmudgeonly ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • History of Western Philosophy

    by Bertrand Russell ...
    Hailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages—from Plato and Aristotle ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World

    Edited by John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn Murray ...
    A comprehensive view of the ancient Greek world, its history and its achievements. The legacy of the Hellenistic world is vast--it ranges from architecture to philosophy, literature, and the visual arts to military strategy and science. This authoritative study covers the period from the eighth century BC, which witnessed the emergence of the Greek city-states, to the conquests of Alexander the ... Read more

    $12.39 USD