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  • The Closing of the Western Mindby Charles Freeman

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 17.95

    A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine?s adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent development both of Christianity and of Western civilization. When the Emperor Contstantine converted to Christianity in 368 AD, he changed the course of European history in ways that continue to have repercussions... more...

  • The Life of Flavius Josephusby Flavius Josephus; William Whiston

    The Floating Press 1900; US$ 3.95

    The autobiographical text The Life of Josephus is a text written by Flavius Josephus around 94 to 99 BC. The commander of a Jewish insurgency who was captured by the Roman in 67 BC he won his liberty by ingratiating himself with the Roman victors. The Life of Josephus is both a retelling of the events of this War and a justification by Josephus of... more...

  • Wars of the Jews or, Jewish War or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalemby MobileReference

    MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99

    Complete interlinked edition. Includes contemporary maps, timelines, family trees, coinage, and units of measure, as well as modern view of history and analysis of Josephus works. Josephus fought the Romans in the First Jewish-Roman War as a Jewish military leader in Galilee. After the the Romans invaded, killing thousands, Josephus and one of his... more...

  • Discourses on Livy or, Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Liviusby MobileReference

    MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99

    Complete interlinked edition complemented by author biography and analysis. "If The Prince resembles a guidebook based primarily on empirical observations, Machiavelli wrote the Discourses as a commentary on Livy''s work on Roman history. However, both books include empirical observations and historical generalizations. Machiavelli himself... more...

  • Julius Caesarby MobileReference

    MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 5.99

    Table of Contents. The African War (attributed to Caesar, possibly written by Aulus Hirtius or Gaius Oppius). Alexandrian War (attributed to Caesar, possibly written by Aulus Hirtius or Gaius Oppius). The Civil War. - Commentaries on the Civil War, Supplement by Dionysius Vossius. The Gallic War (Books 1-7 by Caesar; Book 8 written by Aulus Hirtius).... more...

  • Antike U Abendland 2007by Werner von Koppenfels; Helmut Krasser; Wilhelm Kühlmann

    Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2007; US$ 246.00

    The ANTIKE UND ABENDLAND yearbook was founded immediately after the Second World War by Bruno Snell as a forum for interdisciplinary discussion of topics from Antiquity and the history of their later effects. The Editorial Board contains representatives from the disciplines of Classical Studies, Ancient History, Germanic Studies, Romance Studies... more...

  • Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientistsby Paul T. Keyser; Georgia L. Irby-Massie

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 59.95

    The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists is the first comprehensive English language work to provide a survey of all ancient natural science, from its beginnings through the end of Late Antiquity. A team of over 100 of the world?s experts in the field have compiled this Encyclopedia , including entries which are not mentioned in any other... more...

  • The Twelve Caesarsby Suetonius; Alexander Thomson; T. Forester

    The Floating Press 2009; US$ 5.95

    De vita Caesarum, known as The Twelve Caesars , is a set of twelve biographies, each about one of the Roman emperors, including one on Julius Caesar. It was written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly referred to as Suetonius, in 121. Considered highly significant in antiquity, The Twelve Caesars has remained a major source of Roman history. more...

  • Pliny's Catalogue of Cultureby Sorcha Carey

    Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 65.00

    One of the earliest surviving examples of 'art history', Pliny the Elder's 'chapters on art' form part of his encyclopaedic Natural History. This important study reassesses Pliny's discussion of art, revealing how art is used to expound the Roman imperial agenda which dominates the work as a whole. - ;One of the earliest surviving... more...

  • The Roman Gardenby Katharine T. von Stackelberg

    Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 115.00

    This innovative book is the first comprehensive study of ancient Roman gardens to combine literary and archaeological evidence with contemporary space theory. It applies a variety of interdisciplinary methods including access analysis, literary and gender theory to offer a critical framework for interpreting Roman gardens as physical sites and representations.... more...