Rome

First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Be...

a Broad-based Survey For The Non-specialist Categories: Science & MathArchaeology

One Of The World' S Foremost Military Historians Offers A Sweeping View Of The Place Of Warfare In Civilization. Probing The Meanings, Motivations, And Meth...

this Fresh, Blunt, And Highly Persuasive Account Of How The West Was Won—for Jesus (newsweek) Is Now Available In Paperback. Stark's Provocative Report Ch...

Traces The Destruction Of Pompeii And The Rediscovery Of This Ancient City. The Hunt For Treasures -- Life In Pompeii -- Earning A Living -- The Role Of Wom...

epictetus Was Born Into Slavery About 55 Ce In The Eastern Outreaches Of The Roman Empire. Once Freed, He Established An Influential School Of Stoic Philo...

History with the nasty parts left in! The Rotten Romans follows life for folks in Roman Britain from Nasty Nero and other awful emperors, to Brave Boudicca ...

A “splendid” (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of...

In this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476, Ker...

Based on a landmark BBC2 series, The Rise and Fall of Rome follows a fast-paced, plot-driven narrative, focusing on the pivotal moments in Roman history, an...

The Triumph Of Empire Takes Readers Into The Political Heart Of Imperial Rome And Recounts The Extraordinary Challenges Overcome By A Flourishing Empire. Mi...

Early Republic / Stephen P. Oakley -- Power And Process Under The Republican Constitution / T. Corey Brennan -- The Roman Army And Navy / David Potter -- Th...

Caius Julius Caesar remains the most famous Roman - and indeed one of the most famous people - ever to have lived. In this biography, Adrian Goldsworthy tel...

Caracalla' Has One Of The Worst Reputations Of Any Roman Emperor. Many Ancient Historians Were Very Hostile And Edward Gibbon Later Dubbed Him The Common En...

This stimulating book offers an exciting new approach to the twin themes of the arts of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christian art. Beginning in the sec...

Themes in Roman Society and Culture is a core contributed volume that provides a thematic introduction to fundamental aspects of Roman society-its compositi...

A visceral history of Pompeii - the living city brought back to life. This startling new book concentrates on the twenty years between 59 and 79AD, thus beg...

Contains A Study Of Ancient Egypt, Greece, And Rome From 3200 B.c. To 600 A.d. And Discusses The Art, Architecture, Philosophy, Literature, And Religious Pr...

Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, wi...

For Romans, bathing was a social event. Public baths, in fact, were one of the few places where large numbers of Romans gathered daily in an informal contex...

This Is A Unique And Comprehensive Introduction To The Ancient Mediterranean And Its Three Major Civilizations, Egypt, Greece, And Rome. It Reveals A Fascin...

How did a single village community in the Italian peninsula eventually become one of the mightiest imperial powers the world has ever known? This question ...

Looks At The History Of The Rise Of Christianity As Experienced By The Adherents Of The Traditional Religions Of The Ancient World Who Directly Experienced ...

The Romans Unfolds Rome's Remarkable Evolution From Village To Monarchy And Then Republic And Finally To One-man Rule By An Emperor Whose Power At Its Peak ...