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CARTHAGINIANS by Dexter Hoyos
$56.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Peoples of the Ancient World Ser.
The Carthaginiansreveals the complex culture, society and achievements of a famous, yet misunderstood, ancient people. Beginning as Phoenician settlers in North Africa, the Carthaginians then broadened their civilization with influences from neighbouring North African peoples, Egypt, and the Greek world ...Show more
Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical by Walter Burkert; John Raffan (Translator)
$59.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Ancient World Ser.
This is the first major synthesis of Greek religion to appear for a generation. A clearly structured and readable survey for classical scholars and students, it will also be generally welcomed as the best modern account of any polytheistic religious system. The text builds up an impressive and coherent ...Show more
HISTORY OF THE HELLENISTIC WORLD by R. Malcolm Errington
$65.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World Ser.
A History of the Hellenistic World provides an engaging look at the Macedonian monarchies in the period following the reign of Alexander the Great, and examines their impact on the Greek world. Offers a clearly organized narrative with particular emphasis on state and governmental structures Makes exte ...Show more
ISRAELITES AN INTRODUCTION by Antony Kamm
$54.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Peoples of the Ancient World Ser.
Antony Kamm presents an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the people of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah from earliest times up to AD 135. Charting the history of the Israelites, Kamm discusses their origins, land, society, culture and religion, as well as their relationship to the Roman world a ...Show more
JEWISH RENAISSANCE IN FIFTEENTH CENTURY SPAIN by Mark D. Meyerson
$112.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World Ser.
This book significantly revises the conventional view that the Jewish experience in medieval Spain--over the century before the expulsion of 1492--was one of despair, persecution, and decline. Focusing on the town of Morvedre in the kingdom of Valencia, Mark Meyerson shows how and why Morvedre's Jewish ...Show more
RELIGIOUS ENLIGHTENMENT PROTESTANTS JEWS AND CATHOLICS FROM by David Sorkin
$84.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World Ser.
In intellectual and political culture today, the Enlightenment is routinely celebrated as the starting point of modernity and secular rationalism, or demonized as the source of a godless liberalism in conflict with religious faith. In The Religious Enlightenment, David Sorkin alters our understanding by ...Show more
ROMAN REPUBLIC 264-44BC by Bispham
$68.99 AUD
Category: Out of Print | Series: The\Routledge History of the Ancient World Ser.
This is the gripping story of the rise and fall of the Roman Republic: meteoric imperial expansion enriched and corrupted the ruling aristocracy, which was then unable either to rule the vast empire effectively or to resist the challenge of popular power within Rome itself. Political tensions, enormous ...Show more
ROMANS 2ED by Antony Kamm; Abigail Graham
$54.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Peoples of the Ancient World Ser.
The Romans: An Introduction, 3rd edition engages students in the study of ancient Rome by exploring specific historical events and examining the evidence. This focus enables students not only to learn history and culture but also to understand how we recreate this picture of Roman life. The thematic thr ...Show more
The Roman Republic by Michael Crawford
$25.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Fontana History of the Ancient World Ser. | Reading Level: good
Between the Sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390 BC and the middle of the second century BC, a part-time army of Roman peasants, under the leadership of the ruling oligarchy, conquered first Italy and then the whole of the Mediterranean. The loyalty of these marrauding heroes, and of the Roman population as ...Show more
WAR IN LATE ANTIQUITY A SOCIAL HISTORY by Rachel Lee; A. D. Lee
$71.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Ancient World at War Ser.
The first book to focus on the social impact of warfare and the Roman army in Late Antiquity. Explores the implications of war and the army in a broad range of areas encompassing politics, the economy, and social life Pays particular attention to the experience of war from the perspective of non-co ...Show more
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