Rome
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Rome and Persia: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry
$35.00 Add to cartA “magnificent” (Spectator) history of the epic rivalry between the ancient world’s two great superpowers
The Roman empire was like no other. Stretching from the north of Britain to the Sahara, and- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 154161996X
- Language: English
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A Rome of One’s Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
$27.00 Read moreFrom the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a wildly entertaining new history of Rome that uses the lives of 21 women to upend our understanding of the ancient world
- Author: Southon, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1419760181
- Language: English
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Pax: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age
$32.50 Add to cartFrom a “remarkably gifted historian” (New York Times), the definitive account of the golden age of Rome — an ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness
The Pax Romana has long been shortha- Author: Holland, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 0465093531
- Language: English
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The Ancient City – Imperium Press
$20.95 Add to cartIn The Ancient City, Fustel de Coulanges hands us the skeleton key unlocking classical civilization–the Indo-European domestic cult–showing this archaic religion to be the engine behind the rise and
- Series: Traditionalist Histories
- Author: Fustel de Coulanges, Numa Denis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 366
- Publish Date: March 05, 2020
- ISBN10: 0648690547
- Language: English
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Meditations
$12.00 Add to cartA clear and eloquent leading translation of the Roman emperor’s reflections of human life and death, timeless Stoic philosophy that inspires countless others including The Daily Stoic author Ryan Holi
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 01, 2006
- ISBN10: 0140449337
- Language: English
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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
$39.99 Add to cartIn her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. No
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 0871404222
- Language: English
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How to Be a Stoic
$14.00 Add to cartA selection of writings from some of the most iconic Stoics to guide and inspire a more mindful perspective
How can we cope when life’s events seem beyond our control? These words of consolation and i- Series: Penguin Great Ideas
- Author: Dobbin, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 0241475260
- Language: English
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Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines: More Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
$21.95 Add to cartIn a series of short and humorous essays, Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines features more answers to questions that ancient historian Garrett Ryan is frequently asked in the clas
- Author: Ryan, Garrett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888932
- Language: English
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Ancient Rome: The Definitive Visual History
$50.00 Add to cartImmerse yourself in the history of ancient Rome – from its origins as a small settlement on the Palatine Hill to its peak as an empire reigning over 90 million people, and its tumultuous decline.
Cov- Series: DK Definitive Visual Histories
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0744069823
- Language: English
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The Anthology
$48.00 Add to cartVettius Valens was an astrologer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt in the middle of the second century. His Anthology is a collection of instructional texts on astrology that he wrote for his students in
- Author: Valens, Vettius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: October 16, 2022
- ISBN10: 0998588911
- Language: English
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The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
$18.95 Add to cartHow devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient world
Here is the- Series: Princeton History of the Ancient World #2
- Author: Harper, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 09, 2019
- ISBN10: 0691192065
- Language: English
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Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint
$35.00 Add to cartA definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian
Justinian is a radical reassessment of an emperor and his times. In the sixth century CE, the emperor Justinian presided over nearly four- Author: Sarris, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541601335
- Language: English
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The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 Bc0-400 AD
$32.00 Read moreA brilliant, fascinating portrait of the intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers during the Age of Rome.
In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years- Author: Freeman, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 163936515X
- Language: English
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The Histories
$15.95 Add to cartHere is the first new translation for over thirty years of Polybius’ Histories, the major source for our knowledge of the Eternal City’s early rise to power, covering the years of the Second Punic War… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Polybius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: November 05 2010
- ISBN10: 0199534705
- Language: English
