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Ancient World

Story of Greece and Rome

Spawforth Tony

ISBN: PB: 9780300251647, ISBN: HB: 9780300217117, Yale University Press, February 2020
392 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm, 27 colour illus., 5 maps

The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narratives about the "civilized" Greek and Roman empires resisting the barbarians at the gate are far from accurate. Tony Sp...

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History of Art

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Horse in Ancient Greek Art

Stribling Nicole, Schertz Peter, Hemingway Sean, Mattusch Carol C., Oakley John, Pevnick Seth

ISBN: HB: 9780300230574, Yale University Press, February 2018
160 pp., 26.7x21 cm, 130 colour illus.

Horses were revered in ancient Greece as symbols of wealth, power, and status. On stunning black- and red-figure vases, in sculpture, and in other media, Greek artists depicted the daily care of horses, chariot and horseback races, scenes of combat,...

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Military

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Caesar's Greatest Victory The Battle of Alesia, Gaul 52 BC

Sadler John, Serdiville Rosie

ISBN: HB: 9781612004051, Casemate, October 2016
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 27 illus.

The Battle for Alesia was a decisive moment in world history. It determined whether Rome would finally conquer Gaul or whether Celtic chieftain Vercingetorix would throw off the yoke and consequently whether a number of independent Celtic tribal king...

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Design

Household Gods Private Devotion in Ancient Greece and Rome

Sofroniew Alexandra

ISBN: HB: 9781606064566, Getty Publications, February 2016
160 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.

Daily religious devotion in the Greek and Roman worlds centered on the family and the home. Besides official worship in rural sacred areas and at temples in towns, the ancients kept household shrines with statuettes of different deities that could ha...

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Ancient Oracles Making the Gods Speak

Stoneman Richard

ISBN: HB: 9780300140422, Yale University Press, March 2011
224 pp., 23.6x16 cm, 30 black&white illus.

For more than a thousand years, Greeks in all walks of life consulted oracles for guidance received directly from the gods. This colourful and wide-ranging survey encompasses the entire history of Greek oracles and focuses fresh attention on philosop...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

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Road of Romans

Staccioli Romolo Augusto

ISBN: HB: 9780892367320, Getty Publications, March 2006
128 pp., 24.2x17 cm, 120 colour illus.

While the ancient Romans were not the first society to construct a system of great roads, they did introduce important technical advancements and develop a highly organized and pervasive network that joined their territories in a gigantic web. Spanni...

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