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Encounters with the Plague in Homer, Sophocles, and Thucydides explores three of the earliest, and most influential, accounts of plague visitations in Western literature: Homer's Iliad book 1 (1-487), Sophocles' Oedipus the King (esp. 1-215), and Thucydides' History of...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-10-29
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'Packed with more detail and colour than many books twice its size, Hughes brings the epic story of Rome vividly to life.'PAUL COOPER, HOST AND AUTHOR OF FALL OF CIVILIZATIONSExperience the sights, sounds and smells of the Roman world, and meet its most intriguing and...
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Transworld Digital
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2025-10-23
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Rediscover legendary tales from Ancient Mythology, centred around the stories of women, perfect for fans of Mythos, Circe, Pandora and Clytemnestra in this beautifully-illustrated bold feminist retelling of ancient mythological stories, written by expert classicist Mara...
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Ebury Digital
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2025-10-23
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A HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEARA definitive and refreshingly readable new translation of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War, paired with a brilliant introduction on how to read and understand Thucydides.Thucydides called his work a "possession for all time,"...
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Basic Books
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2025-10-09
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Greek Personal Names in Egypt provides a comprehensive overview ofGreek onomastics in Egypt from the Ptolemaic to the Late Byzantine period, highlighting the rich and diverse onomastic landscape and paying special attention to diachronic change. The work explores naming...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-10-08
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The ideal of the rule of law - that the law should protect all citizens from arbitrary exercises of power - can be traced from ancient Greece to the present day.The Roman contribution to the rule of law tradition has been largely overlooked, however, both in rule-of-law...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-10-08
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The ideal of the rule of law - that the law should protect all citizens from arbitrary exercises of power - can be traced from ancient Greece to the present day.The Roman contribution to the rule of law tradition has been largely overlooked, however, both in rule-of-law...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-09-26
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This volume assembles twenty-two scholars from the fields of classics and early Christian studies to interrogate the intersections between writing and enslavement around the Roman Mediterranean. Drawing upon methods developed in scholarship on book history and Atlantic...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-09-17
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Greek Personal Names in Egypt provides a comprehensive overview ofGreek onomastics in Egypt from the Ptolemaic to the Late Byzantine period, highlighting the rich and diverse onomastic landscape and paying special attention to diachronic change. The work explores naming...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-09-15
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The Roman emperor Julian (r. 361-363 CE) was a man of action and of letters, which he employed in an effort to return the Empire to the light of the pagan gods, and reverse the Christianization of the empire advanced by his uncle Constantine and the sons of Constantine....
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Oxford University Press
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2025-09-12
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Offers a sweeping, entertaining journey through the real power structures of world history Five Thousand Years of Monarchy challenges everything you thought you knew about political history. With wit, clarity, and a deep command of historical detail, Michael Arnheim...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2025-09-03
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Come Pompei, circa 2000 anni prima, in un momento avanzato dell’antica età del Bronzo, il primitivo cono vulcanico del Vesuvio, l’attuale Monte Somma, si risvegliò con una forte eruzione che noi oggi chiamiamo delle “Pomici di Avellino” in relazione all’area di ricaduta...
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Publications du Centre Jean Bérard
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2025-08-29
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Collection du Centre Jean Bérard
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Rivers are the great natural arteries that run through our lives. We have navigated them, dammed them and worshipped at them. From the ancient ecosystems of Egypt to the sinking cities of Shanghai and London, what we do with our rivers tells us about who has power and...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2025-08-14
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A New Etruscan Archaeology provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements in archaeological methods and technologies applied to the study of Etruscan civilization. Through vivid illustrations, detailed case studies, and research from twenty-five experts,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-07-30
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For two centuries, from the middle of the 6th century to the end of the 4th century BCE, hundreds of scenes of play were depicted on Attic and South Italian vases. They bring to life warriors, children, girls and boys enjoying a large variety of ludic...
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Presses universitaires de Liège
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2025-07-17
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Jeu / Play / Spiel
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Finalist for the 2026 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award | LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER | INDIE BESTSELLER | The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 From “one of America’s smartest and most charming writers” (NPR), an...
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Little, Brown and Company
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2025-07-08
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This interdisciplinary volume provides the first comprehensive study of Rome's relationship with the kingdom and city of Pergamon. It surveys the rich and diverse interactions between these two cities from the late third century BCE to the fourth century CE, ranging...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-06-25
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***Join Bear Grylls live in London on 18 June and hear about the book: www.greateststoryevertoldbook.com***This is the incredible true story of a Galilean stonemason who changed the course of the world forever. He lived and died over 2,000 years ago, fulfilling...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2025-06-19
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This interdisciplinary volume provides the first comprehensive study of Rome's relationship with the kingdom and city of Pergamon. It surveys the rich and diverse interactions between these two cities from the late third century BCE to the fourth century CE, ranging...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-06-19
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Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classic text is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation, other questions are raised: what is goodness? What...
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Union Square & Co.
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2025-06-17
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Signature Editions
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