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Vesuvius A.D. 79 The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum
ISBN: HB: 9780892367191, Getty Publications, March 2006
124 pp., 24x16.8 cm, 120 colour illus.
Mount Vesuvius, in what is now southern Italy, erupted in AD 79, spewing volcanic rock, clouds of fine ash, and deadly gases over surrounding towns and farms, burying every trace of their existence. In nearby Pompeii, nearly 2000 people died. Rain fa...
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£25,00
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Amores
ISBN: PB: 9781857546897, Carcanet, June 2003
112 pp., 21.6x13.7 cm
Five booklets that Ovid first penned now are three; he preferred to emend. So if we don't please you, at least we can ease you presenting two less to offend. Ovid (c. 43 BC-AD17), a daring, original and passionate poet, has been an enduring influenc...
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£7,95
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Roman Republic in Political Thought
ISBN: PB: 9781584651994, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, March 2002
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
It is a fact that the very long-lived Roman Republic has consistently played a surprisingly slight role in political theory and discussions about the nature of democracy, forms of government, and other matters, particularly when compared to the enorm...
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£21,00
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Greek and Egyptian Mythologies
ISBN: PB: 9780226064543, University of Chicago Press, November 1992
294 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, halftones throughout
The seventy-two entries in this volume explore, among other topics, the history, geography, and religion of Greece, Plato's mythology and philosophy, the powers of marriage in Greece, heroes and gods of war in the Greek epic, and origins of mankind i...
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£33,00
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Roofed Theaters of Classical Antiquity
ISBN: HB: 9780300046854, Yale University Press, October 1992
258 pp., 28.9x30.5 cm
This book explores the roofed theatre sites of classical antiquity. George Izenour examines 24 Greek, Graeco-Hellenistic, and Roman buildings. He provides architectural drawings of their probable original appearance and discusses how these huge space...
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£215,00
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