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  • The Routledge History of Disability

    Edited by Roy Hanes, Nancy E. Hansen, Ivan Brown ...
    Series series Routledge Histories
    The Routledge History of Disability explores the shifting attitudes towards and representations of disabled people from the age of antiquity to the twenty-first century. Taking an international view of the subject, this wide-ranging collection shows that the history of disability cuts across racial, ethnic, religious, cultural, gender and class divides, highlighting the commonalities and ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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  • Selected Letters

    by D. Bailey, Cicero ...
    The greatest orator in Roman history, Marcus Tullius Cicero remained one of the republic's chief supporters throughout his life, guided by profound political beliefs that illuminated his correspondence with both close friends and powerful aristocrats. A chronicle of a crumbling civilization during the era when the republic disintegrated and was replaced by despotism, his Letters portray a world ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Republican Roman Warships 509–27 BC

    by Dr Raffaele D’Amato ...
    Series Book 225 - New Vanguard
    The birth of the mighty Roman Navy was anchored in the Romans' extraordinary ability to absorb and perfect the technology of other states and empires.This is the story of the design, development and operation of the Republican Roman warship in the age of the conquest of the Mediterranean, from the first Roman naval adventure of 394 BC and the Punic Wars, to Pompey's operations against the Cilician ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 363-628

    by Geoffrey Greatrex, Samuel N. C. Lieu ...
    Late Antiquity was an eventful period on the eastern frontier of the Roman empire. From the failure of the Emperor Julian's invasion of Persia in 363 AD to the overwhelming victory of the Emperor Heraclius in 628, the Romans and Persians were engaged in almost constant conflict.This book, sequel to the volume covering the years 226-363 AD, provides translations of key texts on relations between ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Conspiracy Theory in Latin Literature

    by Victoria Emma Pagán ...
    Series series Ashley and Peter Larkin Series in Greek and Roman Culture
    Conspiracy theory as a theoretical framework has emerged only in the last twenty years; commentators are finding it a productive way to explain the actions and thoughts of individuals and societies. In this compelling exploration of Latin literature, Pagán uses conspiracy theory to illuminate the ways that elite Romans invoked conspiracy as they navigated the hierarchies, divisions, and ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Caesar and the Roman Empire

    by W. Warde Fowler ...
    ITALY, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF European lands, has also been the richest in men whom the world has acknowledged as great. Long indeed is the list of her men of letters, her artists, her men of action, and her great priests. Of the world's six greatest poets she has produced two, Virgil and Dante. And twice at least, in ages of general confusion and chaos, it has fallen to Italy to provide a leader ... Read more

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  • Monica

    An Ordinary Saint

    by Gillian Clark ...
    Series series Women in Antiquity
    Rarely did ancient authors write about the lives of women; even more rarely did they write about the lives of ordinary women: not queens or heroines who influenced war or politics, not sensational examples of virtue or vice, not Christian martyrs or ascetics, but women of moderate status, who experienced everyday joys and sorrows and had everyday merits and failings. Such a woman was Monica--now ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Boudica

    Warrior Woman of Roman Britain

    by Caitlin C. Gillespie ...
    Series series Women in Antiquity
    In AD 60/61, Rome almost lost the province of Britain to a woman. Boudica, wife of the client king Prasutagus, fomented a rebellion that proved catastrophic for Camulodunum (Colchester), Londinium (London), and Verulamium (St Albans), destroyed part of a Roman legion, and caused the deaths of an untold number of veterans, families, soldiers, and Britons. Yet with one decisive defeat, her vision of ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

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  • Ancient Rome

    From Romulus and Remus to the Visigoth Invasion

    by Kathleen Kuiper ...
    Series series Britannica Guide to Ancient Civilizations
    Echoes of ancient Roman concepts of governance, law, and society still ring throughout the world today. A stranger to neither war nor wealth, ancient Rome was shaped as much by strife as it was by prosperity. The expansion of the Roman Empire was buoyed by this culture’s tendency to embrace traditions of its newly assimilated peoples, making Rome a cradle of endless and enduring possibilities. The ... Read more

    $37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Selections from Virgil Aeneid X

    An Edition for Intermediate Students

    Series series Bloomsbury Classical Languages
    This is the first intermediate-student edition of a selection from Virgil's Aeneid X. Lines 215–250, 260–307, 362–398 and 426–542 are included as Latin text with an accompanying commentary and vocabulary. Focusing on a deliberately concise extract from the original, this edition is designed to be manageable for students reading the text for the first time while also perfectly encapsulating the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars

    Enriched edition. Power, Ambition, and the Tumultuous Roman Civil War

    by Lucan, Levi Parker ...
    Lucan's "Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars" stands as a monumental exploration of the tumultuous conflict between Julius Caesar and Pompey, rendered with a striking blend of epic poetry and dramatic flair. Written in the first century AD, this unfinished poem is notable for its vivid imagery and innovative style, eschewing traditional mythological elements to focus solely on ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Virtus Romana

    Politics and Morality in the Roman Historians

    by Catalina Balmaceda ...
    Series series Studies in the History of Greece and Rome
    The political transformation that took place at the end of the Roman Republic was a particularly rich area for analysis by the era’s historians. Major narrators chronicled the crisis that saw the end of the Roman Republic and the changes that gave birth to a new political system. These writers drew significantly on the Roman idea of virtus as a way of interpreting and understanding their past ... Read more

    $18.99 USD