Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece by Paul Cartledge
$19.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History
'An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating account of a city which changed the ancient world and which deserves to be remembered by the modern. A masterful book written by a master historian.' - Bettany Hughes, bestselling author of Istanbul and Helen of TroyContinuously inhabited for five millenn ...Show more
Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation by Ronald Hutton
$22.95 AUD
Category: Ancient History
A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literatu ...Show more
Augustus - From Revolutionary to Emperor by Adrian Goldsworthy
$26.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History
Caesar Augustus schemed and fought his way to absolute power. He became Rome's first emperor and ruled for forty-four years before dying peacefully in his bed. The system he created would endure for centuries.Yet, despite his exceptional success, he is a difficult man to pin down, and far less well-know ...Show more
Demetrius: Sacker of Cities by James Romm
$22.95 AUD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Ancient Lives Ser.
A portrait of one of the ancient world's first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again
A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives by Philip Matyszak, Joanne Berry
$29.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History
A vibrant portrait of a lost world, A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives reveals the mightiest civilization of antiquity through the eyes of one hundred of its citizens. The book gives a voice not just to Rome's most famous generals and rulers, such as Caesar and Caligula, but also to its builders, sc ...Show more
Gilgamesh - A New Translation of the Ancient Epic by Sophus Helle
$24.95 AUD
Category: Ancient History
A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace "Sophus Helle's new translation . . . [is] a thrilling, enchanting, desperate thing to read."--Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe "Looks to be the last word on this ...Show more
The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy by Stein Ringen
$39.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History
In The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic rise and fall, crises, kings and queens, war, peace, language and culture. Scandinavian history has been one of dramatic discontinuities of collapse and restarts, from the Viking Age to the A ...Show more
Ancient Rome in Fifty Monuments by Paul Roberts
$59.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History
Rome wasn't built in a day, but over several centuries and under many different emperors. This story of continual creation and renewal lies at the heart of Ancient Rome in Fifty Monuments. Rome's history has been explored by countless classicists, historians, poets, and authors, but rarely has its histo ...Show more
The Aztec Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Stories and Legends by Camilla Townsend
$29.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Myths Ser.
From their remote origins as migrating tribes to their rise as builders of empire, the Aztecs were among the most dynamic and feared peoples of ancient Mexico, with a belief system that was one of the most complex and vital in the ancient world. Historian Camilla Townsend returns to the original tales, ...Show more