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Histories
Paperback,
30/01/2003,
£10.99
Describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently giving rise to colorful digressions, this book blends fact and legend to offer a compelling Greek view of the world of the fifth century BC.
Rome's Mediterranean Empire Books 41-45
Paperback,
27/08/2009,
£12.99
The Third Macedonian War ended the kingdom created by Philip II and Alexander the Great and was a crucial step in Rome's dominance of the Mediterranean. Livy's narrative is also a moral study of the individuals involved. This edition includes the Periochae, later summaries of Livy's original 142-book history.
Histories: A New Translation by Robin Waterfield
Paperback,
11/11/2010,
£11.99
Polybius' account of Rome's rise to world power and her method of rule is a major source for the history of the years 220-146 BC. This new translation includes Books 1-5 in their entirety and all of the fragmentary Books 6 and 12 on the Roman constitution and historiography. It is accompanied by an illuminating introduction and notes.
Gallic War: Seven Commentaries on the Gallic War with an Eighth Commentary by Aulus Hirtius
Paperback,
17/04/2008,
£8.99
Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain
Paperback,
06/03/2014,
£9.99
What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? This book traces these tales by setting out to discover the remains of Roman Britain for herself, sometimes on foot, sometimes in a splendid, though not particularly reliable, VW camper van.
History of the decline & fall of the Roman empire
7,
19/06/2000,
£12.99
Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, this title provides a selection and bridging commentary that enables the reader to acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the author's work.
Complete Roman Legions
Paperback,
06/04/2015,
£16.95
Focusing on the legions as the core of the Roman army, and chronicling their individual histories in detail, this volume builds on the thematic account of the Roman military force given by its companion The Complete Roman Army. It is suitable for anyone who has enjoyed that book.
Veni Vidi Vici: Everything you wanted to know about the Romans but were afraid to ask
Paperback,
01/05/2014,
£9.99
'Jones spans all 1,200 years of Roman history with seemingly unstoppable enthusiasm... Informative, casually erudite but engagingly unstuffy, he makes the classical world feel both beguiling and fresh' Sunday Times
Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070: Vol 2: Anglo-Saxon Britain
Paperback,
05/05/2011,
£10.99
Brings together the research and imaginative engagement to bring us as close as we can hope to get to the tumultuous centuries between the departure of the Roman legions and the arrival of Norman invaders nearly seven centuries later.
Hannibal's War
Paperback,
25/06/2009,
£12.99
Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans over the following sixteen years. This new translation captures the brilliance of Livy's style, and is accompanied by a fascinating introduction and notes.
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