Philosophy & Religion
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MARCUS AURELIUS: MEDITATIONS
(Unabridged audio)Read by DUNCAN STEEN
£15.95One of the most significant books ever written by a head of State, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121–180). Covering issues such as... Learn More -
PYTHAGORAS
His Lives and the Legacy of a Rational UniverseKITTY FERGUSON
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You Save: 55%This is the story of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, whose insights transformed the ancient world and still inspire the realms of science, mathematics, philosophy and the arts. The pillars of our sci... Learn More -
SYNAESTHESIA AND THE ANCIENT SENSES
Edited by SHANE BUTLER and ALEX PURVES
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You Save: 50%Like us, the ancient Greeks and Romans came to know and understand the world through textures, flavours, aromas, sounds and sights. This volume’s thirteen chapters range widely from Homer to Quintil... Learn More -
AUGUSTUS
From Revolutionary to EmperorADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY
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You Save: 50%Caesar Augustus schemed and fought his way to absolute power. He became Rome's first emperor and ruled for forty-four years before dying peacefully in his bed. The system he created would endure for c... Learn More -
THE ANCIENT PATHS
Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic EuropeGRAHAM ROBB
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You Save: 45%What surfaces from these pages -- if true -- is nothing less than a wonder of the ancient world: the first solid evidence of Druidic science and its accomplishments and the earliest accurate map of a ... Learn More -
THE PRAETORIAN GUARD
A History of Rome’s Elite Special ForcesSANDRA BINGHAM
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You Save: 53%Conceived as a personal army for the emperor, the elite Praetorian Guard soon took over a wide range of powers in Rome, and thus from the very beginning made a much greater impact on the city's life t... Learn More -
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GODS
Travellers to Greece and the Quest for the Hellenic IdealDAVID CONSTANTINE
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You Save: 51%In the seventeenth century a succession of travellers journeyed to Greece and what is now Turkey and rediscovered the Hellenic world, decisively switching the focus and taste in the West from Rome to ... Learn More -
THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE
Wealth, the Fall of Rome and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 ADPETER BROWN
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You Save: 24%This is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the church in late antiquity and the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire. Brown examines the rise of t... Learn More -
RUINS OF ANCIENT ROME
Drawings of the French Architects Who Won the Prix de Rome, 1786-1924ROBERTO CASSANELLI, MASSIMILIANO DAVID et al
£23.95Traditionally, a critical component of the education of any architect was to draw the ruins of ancient Rome, reconstructing either from ancient sources or, more often, pure fantasy, what the original ... Learn More -
A JEW AMONG ROMANS
The Life and Legacy of Flavius JosephusFREDERIC RAPHAEL
£12.95This is an audacious history of Josephus (37-c100), the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose betrayal is a touchstone for the Jew alone in the Gentile world. Joseph ben Mattathias's transforma... Learn More
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