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  • av N.R.E. Fisher
    289,-

    This is an authoritative and clearly written account of themain issues involved in the study of Greek slavery from Homeric times to thefourth century BC, providing valuable insights into the fundamental place ofslavery in the economies and social life of classical Greece.

  • av Guy de la Bedoyere
    402,-

    Aimed at a student audience, this study introduces the archaeology of the three crucially important Roman towns of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Ostia.

  • av John Lewis
    289,-

    Examines the men who brought laws to the early Greek city states, as an introduction both to the development of law and to the basic issues in early legal practice. This book is an introduction to the establishment of law in ancient Greece. It is written for late school and early university students.

  • av David J. Breeze
    306,-

    Part of a series that provides a collection of guides to the history, art, literature, values and social institutions of the ancient world. Illustrated with numerous photographs, maps and plans, places the frontiers into their context both in Britain and Europe, this title examines the development of frontier installations over four centuries.

  • - An Introduction
    av Elizabeth Moignard
    289,-

    A discussion of painted vases. This book uses examples to explore the archaeological use of vases as chronological indicators, the use of the various shapes, their scenes of myth and everyday life and what these tell us, the way in which we think about their makers, and how they are treated as museum objects and archaeological evidence.

  • av Monica R. Gale
    402,-

    The "De Rerum Natura" of Lucretius is at first sight something of an oddity: a scientific treatise and at the same time a poem of great power and intensity. This book seeks to resolve the apparent contradiction by locating Lucretius' poem in the context of the ancient tradition of didactic epic.

  • av John R. Patterson
    286,-

    This text looks at the Roman political system of 200-50 BC: how it worked, the influence of the ordinary Romans, the voter and political persuasion.

  • av Anne Haward
    402,-

    This text aims to overturn the frequent dismissal of Roman art as 'mosaics and uninspiring copies of Greek sculpture'. In place of the usual historical outline approach, this book looks at the subject by genre and considers the attitudes of Romans themselves to art.

  • av Thomas Wiedemann
    289,-

    This series explores the culture and achievement of the civilizations of Greece and Rome. It is designed specifically for students and teachers of classical civilization and ancient history, and provides a collection of guides on literature, history, art, values and social institutions.

  • av J.A. Smith
    289,-

  • av Professor Helen (The Open University King
    363,-

    This introduction to ancient medical systems asks how the experience of illness and the role of medicine were understood in the Greek and Roman worlds. Covering topics such as the development of anatomical knowledge, the book focuses on the place of medicine within changing types of societies.

  • av M. Edwards
    402,-

  • av Zahra Newby
    306,-

    Offers an introduction to the many forms that athletics took in the ancient world, and to the sources of evidence by which we can study it. As well as looking at the role of athletics in archaic and classical Greece, this book also covers the periods of the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. The different aspects of athletics are also considered.

  • av Robert Garland
    289,-

    concise introduction to Greek religion.

  • av Martin Thorpe
    382,-

    This text in the BCP Classical World series looks at Roman architecture.

  • - Homer and Virgil
    av Richard Jenkyns
    289,-

    In the ancient world Homer was recognised as the fountainhead of culture. His poems, the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey',were universally admired as examples of great literature which couldnever be surpassed. In this study, Jenkyns re-examines the twoHomeric epics and the work that is perhaps their closest rival, Virgil's Aeneid.

  • av Ken Dowden
    289,-

    Religion and the Romans provides a short, modern introduction to religion in the Roman worl. This lively and accessible book will prove invaluable to students ofthe classical world providing a much needed general survey of Romanreligion.

  • av John Ferguson
    402,-

  • av John Sharwood Smith
    306,-

  • av Paul (Clare College Cartledge
    289,-

    This series explores the culture and achievement of the civilizations of Greece and Rome. It is designed specifically for students and teachers of classical civilization and ancient history, and provides a collection of guides on literature, history, art, values and social institutions.

  • av R.A. Tomlinson
    289,-

    A concise introduction to Greek architecture.

  • av Patrica Jeskins
    402,-

    For the people of antiquity, the dominant force in shaping their life, economy and culture was the natural environment. This is an exploration of the direct influence of the geography, climate and resources of the Mediterranean world upon the Greeks and the Romans.

  • av Thomas Wiedemann
    289,-

    This book summarises political events during the reigns of Tiberius,Caligula, Claudius and Nero, and the civil wars of the 'year of fouremperors'. Assuming no knowledge of Latin the author draws on material includinginscriptions and coins and literary history to present a coherent account of the oftenerratic actions of these emperors.

  • av Sue Blundell
    289,-

    This text investigates the many contrasting images of Athenian women which the classical age produced, and relates them to the great goddesses and mythological heroines who shared with them the space reserved for "the feminine" aspect of experience.

  • - Approaches
    av L.C. Bowkett
    402,-

    Suitable for students at A-level and on university courses, as well as for those with a general interest in the ancient world, this work demonstrates the progression of a project from planning and prospection, through excavation and study to interpretation and public presentation.

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