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  • Ciao Bellaby Helena Frith Powell

    Gibson Square 2012; US$ 7.28

    ?You really must read? Ciao Bella.? Sunday Times ?Fascinating? comic? delightful? Sunday Times ?Humorous? rich and satisfying.? Daily Telegraph 'Beautifully written, it made me laugh and I wanted to follow in Helena?s footsteps round Italy.? Kate Figes ?A travel book with a difference.? Coventry Evening Telegraph ?An ideal stocking filler.? Evening... more...

  • 100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Goby Susan Van Allen

    Travelers' Tales 2009; US$ 18.95

    Imagine creating your Italian dream vacation with a fun-loving savvy traveler girlfriend whispering in your ear. Go along with writer Susan Van Allen on a femme-friendly ride up and down the boot, to explore this extraordinarily enchanting country where Venus (Vixen Goddess of Love and Beauty) and The Madonna (Nurturing Mother of Compassion) reign... more...

  • Frommer's Italy 2013by Donald Strachan; Eleonora Baldwin; Stephen Keeling; John Moretti; Nicky Swallow; Sylvie Hogg; Eric Sylvers

    Wiley 2012; US$ 25.99

    Full-color throughout Free full-color, foldout map Completely updated every year Insider advice on avoiding the crowds as you explore some of Italy's greatest gems, from the Uffizi in Florence to the Vatican Museum in Rome, and from the ruins at Pompeii to Venice's St. Mark's basilica. Plus tips for navigating the country's lovely... more...

  • Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284by Clifford Ando

    Edinburgh University Press 2012; US$ 152.00

    A pioneering history of this period of crisisThe Roman empire during the period framed by the accession of Septimus Severus in 193 and the rise of Diocletian in 284 has conventionally been regarded as one of crisis. Between 235 and 284, at least eighteen men held the throne of the empire, for an average of less than three years, a reckoning which does... more...

  • The Fall of the Roman Empireby Peter Heather

    Oxford University Press, USA 2005; US$ 18.99

    The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long.A leading authority on the... more...

  • Caligulaby Anthony A. Barrett

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 39.95

    Of all Roman emperors none, with the possible exception of Nero, surpasses Caligula's reputation for infamy. But was Caligula really the mad despot and depraved monster of popular legend or the victim of hostile ancient historians? In this study of Caligula's life, reign and violent death, Anthony A. Barrett draws on the archaeological and numismatic... more...

  • Roman World 44 BC - AD 180by Martin Goodman

    Routledge 1997; US$ 45.95

    Goodman presents a lucid and balanced picture of the Roman world examining the Roman empire from a variety of perspectives; cultural, political, civic, social and religious. more...

  • Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 226-363by Michael H. Dodgeon; Samuel N. C. Lieu

    Routledge 1993; US$ 44.95

    Collects and translates such diverse sources as Zosimus, John Malalas, Al-Tabari and Moses of Chorene, to give us a picture of this complex, fraught period of Roman history. more...

  • Emperor Constantineby Hans A. Pohlsander

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 25.95

    A convenient and concise introduction to one of the most important figures in ancient history. more...

  • Barbarism and Religion: Volume 3, The First Decline and Fallby J. G. A. Pocock

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 34.00

    This is the third in a sequence of works by John Pocock designed to situate Edward Gibbon, and his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in a series of contexts in the history of Europe. This is a major intervention from one of the world's leading historians of ideas. more...