Chronological Period/Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
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The Inferno of Dante Alighieri
$16.95 Add to cartThis startling new translation of Dante’s Inferno is by Ciaran Carson, one of contemporary Ireland’s most dazzlingly gifted poets. Written in a vigorous and inventive contemporary idiom, while also re… [more below]
- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: October 31 2004
- ISBN10: 1590171144
- Language: English
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The Lost Language of Symbolism: An Inquiry Into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-Tales, Folklore, and Mythologies
$27.95 Add to cartMining information from mythology, folklore, religious texts, and fairy tales from around the world, a foremost expert on symbols explains word origins and their meanings. The ultimate symbols are the… [more below]
- Author: Bayley, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: January 20 2000
- ISBN10: 1585090700
- Language: English
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Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians
$16.00 Add to cartWhy Were the Teachings of the Original Christians Brutally Suppressed by the Roman Church?
– Because they portray Jesus and Mary Magdalene as mythic figures based on the Pagan Godman and Goddess
– Beca- Author: Freke, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 22 2002
- ISBN10: 1400045940
- Language: English
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Greek Myths
$10.99 Add to cartA classic, accessible, handsomely produced collection–a great next step for Rick Riordan fans ready to delve deeper.
From the terror of Medusa and the Minotaur to the Labors of Heracles and journeys o
- Author: Coolidge, Olivia E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 29 2001
- ISBN10: 0618154264
- Language: English
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Meditations
$6.00 Add to cartOne of the world’s most famous and influential books, Meditations, by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121-180), incorporates the stoic precepts he used to cope with his life as a warrior and
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 11 1997
- ISBN10: 048629823X
- Language: English
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In the Heart of the Desert: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
$19.95 Read moreFather John’s inspiring introduction to the spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers brings their words to life for the modern reader. These key figures of the early church chose lives of hardsh… [more below]
- Series: Treasures of the World’s Religions
- Author: Chryssavgis, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 06 2008
- ISBN10: 193331656X
- Language: English
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The Selected Poems of t’Ao Ch’ien
$11.00 Add to cartT’ao Ch’ien, (365 – 427, C.E.), one of the most revered poets in classical Chinese literature, is presented in a lucid translation with an introduction. “David Hinton is one of the most impressive of … [more below]
- Author: Chien, Tao
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1556590563
- Language: English
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The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World
$30.00 Read moreSince the earliest known marker denoting the edge of one land and the beginning of the next–a stone column inscribed with Sumerian cuneiform–borders have been imagined, mapped, moved, and fought ove
- Author: Crawford, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1324037040
- Language: English
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Demetrius: Sacker of Cities
$18.00 Read moreA portrait of one of the ancient world’s first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again
- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Romm, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0300274165
- Language: English
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How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy
$16.95 Add to cartAn accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydides’s History that takes readers to the heart of his profound insights on diplomacy, foreign policy, and war
Why do nations go to war- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Thucydides
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0691190151
- Language: English
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Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
$29.95 Add to cartA captivating account of the legendary empire that made Western civilization possible
Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism–gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herr- Author: Herrin, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0691143692
- Language: English
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumes 1 to 3 (of Six): Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper
$100.00 Add to cartThe first three volumes of the most famous historical chronicle in English, in hardcover in a gorgeously illustrated box set, with an introduction by renowned scholar Hugh Trevor-Roper.
Edward Gibbon… [more below]- Series: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Author: Gibbon, Edward
- Binding: Boxed Set
- Page Count: 1902
- Publish Date: October 26 1993
- ISBN10: 0679423087
- Language: English
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The Republic
$8.00 Add to cartOften ranked as the greatest of Plato’s many remarkable writings, this celebrated philosophical work of the fourth century B.C. contemplates the elements of an ideal state, serving as the forerunner f
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2000
- ISBN10: 0486411214
- Language: English
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History Pockets: Ancient Greece, Grade 4 – 6 Teacher Resource
$17.99 Add to cartHistory Pockets–Ancient Greece, Grades 4-6, contains nine memorable discovery pockets. The introduction pocket gives an overview of the civilization. The other pockets give a comprehensive view of lif
- Series: History Pockets
- Author: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1557999031
- Language: English
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By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire
$23.99 Add to cartAlexander the Great, arguably the most exciting figure from antiquity, waged war as a Homeric hero and lived as one, conquering native peoples and territories on a superhuman scale. From the time he i… [more below]
- Series: Ancient Warfare and Civilization
- Author: Worthington, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0190614641
- Language: English
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The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers and the Last Days of Greek Freedom
$18.99 Add to cartFrom classicist James Romm comes a “striking…fascinating” (Booklist) deep dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great’s destruction of Thebes–and the saga … [more below]
- Author: Romm, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1501198025
- Language: English
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The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from northern England to the sun-baked banks … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Kelly, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0192803913
- Language: English
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The Aeneid
$17.00 Add to cart‘The most truthful translation ever, conveying as many nuances and whispers as are possible from the original’ The Times
After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote the Aeneid to h- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Virgil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0140449329
- Language: English
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Homo Sapiens Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution Rewriting Our Origins
$34.95 Add to cartWho are we? How do scientists define Homo sapiens, and how does our species differ from the extinct hominins that came before us? In this accessible, lushly illustrated account palaeoarchaeologist Pau
- Series: Rediscovered
- Author: Pettitt, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0500252637
- Language: English
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Amduat: The Great Awakening
$35.00 Add to cartThe Egyptian Amduat, “Book of the Hidden Chamber”, is a fascinating text from ancient Egypt that describes the journey of the deceased. It tells of a twelve hour long voyage beyond death through a mys
- Author: Kreikamp, Diana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 436
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1914153057
- Language: English
