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Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Imperial Bodyguard
ISBN: 9780300234381 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,42 |
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Hannibal's Niece: A Tale of Love, Murder, and Deceit in Ancient Rome
ISBN: 9780996679947 / Angielski / Twarda / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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119,95 |
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Rome, Empire of Plunder: The Dynamics of Cultural Appropriation
ISBN: 9781108418423 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together philologists, historians, and archaeologists, Rome, Empire of Plunder bridges disciplinary divides in pursuit of an interdisciplinary understanding of Roman cultural appropriation - approached not as a set of distinct practices but as a hydra-headed phenomenon through which Rome made and remade itself, as a Republic and as an Empire, on Italian soil and abroad. The studies gathered in this volume range from the literary thefts of the first Latin comic poets to the grand-scale spoliation of Egyptian obelisks by a succession of emperors, and from Hispania to Pergamon to Qasr...
Bringing together philologists, historians, and archaeologists, Rome, Empire of Plunder bridges disciplinary divides in pursuit of an interdisciplinar...
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540,15 |
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Greek Marseille and Mediterranean Celtic Region
ISBN: 9781433132049 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique collection of essays contains a synthesis of recent works by distinguished archaeologists and historians in their field, illuminating extensive research in the Southern Gaul and on the territory of the Greek city of Marseille.
This unique collection of essays contains a synthesis of recent works by distinguished archaeologists and historians in their field, illuminating exte...
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574,11 |
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Cities in the Sand: Leptis Magna and Sabratha in Roman Africa
ISBN: 9781512813081 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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369,19 |
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Mythological Beings Magic, Myth or Man
ISBN: 9781546952732 / Angielski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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39,36 |
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Meditations
ISBN: 9781548249250 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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24,72 |
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Public Opinion and Politics in the Late Roman Republic
ISBN: 9781107145078 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book investigates the working mechanisms of public opinion in the politics of Late Republican Rome.
This book investigates the working mechanisms of public opinion in the politics of Late Republican Rome.
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452,71 |
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Nero
ISBN: 9781387067831 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Roman Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, commonly referred to as 'Nero, ' ruled the world for thirteen years, from 54 to 68 AD. During his reign, Rome's theaters and games were heavily patronized. Thousands of innocents were martyred before the mob. Nero himself was widely believed to have caused the Great Fire of Rome - in an attempt to clear some land for a property extension - and to have blamed the disaster's origins on the Christians. A cruel young tyrant with an Oedipus complex who was generally unpopular with the populace, Nero lived hard and fast and committed suicide...
Roman Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, commonly referred to as 'Nero, ' ruled the world for thirteen years, from 54 to 68 AD. During ...
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41,94 |
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Les Annales
ISBN: 9781548181260 / Francuski / Miękka / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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67,69 |
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The Roman Catacombs: The History and Legacy of Ancient Rome's Most Famous Burial Grounds
ISBN: 9781973721512 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Includes pictures
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading An inexplicable draft of wind dances across the dirt floors of the narrow passageway, which seems to stretch on with no end. The flickering flames of the torches mounted onto the rough, sandpaper-like walls of stone create eerie shadows on the dirt floors. One can hear the disembodied whispers intermingling with the chill of the musty air, prompting the hair on many people's arms to raise. Logically speaking, this is nothing more than the trick of the mind, but the whispers unquestionably feel... *Includes pictures
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading An inexplicable draft of wind dances across the dirt fl... |
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43,85 |
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The Roman Catacombs: The History and Legacy of Ancient Rome's Most Famous Burial Grounds
ISBN: 9781973721529 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Includes pictures
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading An inexplicable draft of wind dances across the dirt floors of the narrow passageway, which seems to stretch on with no end. The flickering flames of the torches mounted onto the rough, sandpaper-like walls of stone create eerie shadows on the dirt floors. One can hear the disembodied whispers intermingling with the chill of the musty air, prompting the hair on many people's arms to raise. Logically speaking, this is nothing more than the trick of the mind, but the whispers unquestionably feel... *Includes pictures
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading An inexplicable draft of wind dances across the dirt fl... |
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40,30 |
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Scythia: The History and Legacy of the Scythians
ISBN: 9781973722410 / Angielski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Includes pictures
*Includes ancient accounts of the Scythians *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Among all the peoples of the ancient Near East, few are more misunderstood than the Scythians. The Scythians swept into Anatolia in the early first millennium BCE and left a large swath of destruction in their wake. They challenged old, strong, and venerable kingdoms such as the Assyrians, Egyptians, and Medes, until they were defeated by the Medes and then gradually disappeared into historical obscurity once more. According to the ancient Greek... *Includes pictures
*Includes ancient accounts of the Scythians *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Among ... |
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40,30 |
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Scythia: The History and Legacy of the Scythians
ISBN: 9781973722427 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Includes pictures
*Includes ancient accounts of the Scythians *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Among all the peoples of the ancient Near East, few are more misunderstood than the Scythians. The Scythians swept into Anatolia in the early first millennium BCE and left a large swath of destruction in their wake. They challenged old, strong, and venerable kingdoms such as the Assyrians, Egyptians, and Medes, until they were defeated by the Medes and then gradually disappeared into historical obscurity once more. According to the ancient Greek... *Includes pictures
*Includes ancient accounts of the Scythians *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Among ... |
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43,85 |
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The Codex Fori Mussolini: A Latin Text of Italian Fascism
ISBN: 9781350054868 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The year is 1932. In Rome, the Fascist leader Benito Mussolini unveils a giant obelisk of white marble, bearing the Latin inscription MVSSOLINI DVX. Invisible to the cheering crowds, a metal box lies immured in the obelisk's base. It contains a few gold coins and, written on a piece of parchment, a Latin text: the Codex fori Mussolini. What does this text say? Why was it buried there? And why was it written in Latin? The Codex, composed by the classical scholar Aurelio Giuseppe Amatucci (1867-1960), presents a carefully constructed account of the rise of Italian Fascism... The year is 1932. In Rome, the Fascist leader Benito Mussolini unveils a giant obelisk of white marble, bearing the Latin inscription MVSSOLINI DVX... |
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189,41 |
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Victory's Shadow: A History of Greece and Rome from the Iliad to the Battle of Cynoscephalae, 1184 to 197 B.C.
ISBN: 9781547173778 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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45,07 |
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Word and Context in Latin Poetry: Studies in Memory of David West
ISBN: 9780956838155 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume of essays is intended to commemorate the eminent Latin scholar David West, best known for his work on Lucretius, Horace, Virgil, and Shakespeare. The contributors - Francis Cairns, Ian Du Quesnay, Bruce Gibson, Alex Hardie, Stephen Harrison, John Moles, and Tony Woodman - have aimed to produce close readings of classical texts, paying due attention to historical context and literary tradition in the manner adopted by David West himself. The authors covered are Empedocles, Antisthenes, Callimachus, Lutatius Catulus, Catullus, Horace (Epodes and Odes), Propertius, Virgil (Aeneid),...
This volume of essays is intended to commemorate the eminent Latin scholar David West, best known for his work on Lucretius, Horace, Virgil, and Shake...
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255,03 |
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Triumphs in the Age of Civil War: The Late Republic and the Adaptability of Triumphal Tradition
ISBN: 9781350060579 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the wars of the Late Republic were largely civil conflicts. There was, therefore, a tension between the traditional expectation that triumphs should be celebrated for victories over foreign enemies and the need of the great commanders to give full expression to their prestige and charisma, and to legitimize their power. Triumphs in the Age of Civil War rethinks the nature and the character of the phenomenon of civil war during the Late Republic. At the same time it focuses on a key feature of the Roman socio-political order, the triumph, and argues that a commander... Many of the wars of the Late Republic were largely civil conflicts. There was, therefore, a tension between the traditional expectation that triump... |
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174,84 |
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L'Artisanat Dans Les Cites Antiques de L'Algerie: (Ier Siecle Avant Notre Ere -Viie Siecle Apres Notre Ere)
ISBN: 9781784916671 / Francuski / Miękka / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. English Description:
Normally dealt with in a rather limited way, through the examination of a particular activity or geographical zone, the artisans of ancient North Africa are here, for the first time, the subject of an entire book. Focusing on urban production in Algeria during Antiquity, this critical study brings together new documentation drawn up on the basis of field data and the consultation of archives from a long history of survey in Algeria and France. This synthesis reviews the archaeological sites with workshops by defining their activities, at the same time as analyzing how... English Description:
Normally dealt with in a rather limited way, through the examination of a particular activity or geographical zone, the artis... |
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271,02 |
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The Seven Hills of Rome: The History and Legacy of the Hills that Form the Heart of the Eternal City
ISBN: 9781974090228 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Includes pictures
*Includes ancient accounts of the hills *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city." In that short line, Anatole Broyard, a 20th century American writer, compactly captures the timeless and enchanting beauty that resides within the Eternal City of Rome. This tourist destination is often one of the highest ranked on bucket lists, for how could one not want to experience its marvelous ruins, mirror-like rivers, and spectacular stretches of aqueducts firsthand? As one sips on fine Italian... *Includes pictures
*Includes ancient accounts of the hills *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Rome was ... |
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28,50 |