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  • The Afterlife of Greek and Roman Sculpture

    Late Antique Responses and Practices

    by Lea Stirling, Troels Myrup Kristensen ...
    For centuries, statuary décor was a main characteristic of any city, sanctuary, or villa in the Roman world. However, from the third century CE onward, the prevalence of statues across the Roman Empire declined dramatically. By the end of the sixth century, statues were no longer a defining characteristic of the imperial landscape. Further, changing religious practices cast pagan sculpture in a ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • The Learned Collector

    Mythological Statuettes and Classical Taste in Late Antique Gaul

    by Lea Stirling ...
    Inspired by a classical education, wealthy Romans populated the glittering interiors of their villas and homes with marble statuettes of ancestors, emperors, gods, and mythological figures. In The Learned Collector, Lea M. Stirling shows how the literary education received by all aristocrats, pagan and Christian alike, was fundamental in shaping their artistic taste while demonstrating how that ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa

    Edited by David Stone, Lea Stirling ...
    Series series Phoenix Presocractic Series
    Cemetery and landscape studies have been hallmarks of North African archaeology for more than one hundred years. Mortuary Landscapes of North Africa is the first book to combine these two fields by considering North African cemeteries within the context of their wider landscapes. This unique perspective allows for new interpretations of notions of identity, community, imperial influence, and ... Read more

    $84.79 CAD

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  • Augustus

    The Life of Rome's First Emperor

    by Anthony Everitt ...
    He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome’s first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow. Yet, despite Augustus’s accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man himself, ... Read more

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  • The History of Herodotus

    by Herodotus ...
    Both volumes in a single file, translated by Macaulay. According to Wikipedia: "Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC (c. 484 BC–c. 425 BC) and is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture. He was the first historian to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and ... Read more

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  • The Twelve Caesars

    by Robert Graves, Suetonius ...
    'Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within' GORE VIDALAs private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most ... Read more

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  • Mythology (75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition)

    Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

    by Edith Hamilton, Jim Tierney ...
    This deluxe edition of the world's most beloved, bestselling classic on Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology is stunningly illustrated with specially commissioned full-color plates and a beautiful gold-bordered pages.Since its original publication in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the world and established itself as a perennial bestseller. For nearly 80 years, ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Augustus

    First Emperor of Rome

    by Adrian Goldsworthy ...
    “Superb....Augustus is a first-rate popular biography by a skilled and knowing hand.” (Washington Post)Caesar Augustus created the Roman Empire and forever associated the name Caesar with power. Heir to Julius Caesar, he thrust himself into the middle of Roman politics at its most violent period, facing off against Brutus, and eventually Antony and Cleopatra. He was a military dictator who schemed ... Read more

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  • Greek and Roman Accounts of India

    by Herodotus, Pliny the Elder & Strabo ...
    Herodotus, also known as the Father of History, lived in the 5th century B.C. (c.484 BC c.425 BC) and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative. The Histories his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced is a record of his investigation of the origins ... Read more

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  • Harvard Classics Vol. 2: Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius (Illustrated Edition)

    by Plato, Epictetus, & Marcus Aurelius ...
    *Includes Platos The Apology of Socrates, Crito, and Phaedo, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, and fragments attributed to him, Marcus Aurelius The Meditations, and George Longs M. Aurelius Antoninus and The Philosophy of Antoninus. The Harvard Classics series is an incredible collection of the most important literary works, compiled by Charles Eliot (1834 1926), then president of Harvard ... Read more

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  • Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans

    Complete

    by Plutarch ...
    Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving Parallel Lives, contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman, as well as four unpaired, single lives. It is a work of ... Read more

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  • The Makers of Rome

    by Plutarch ...
    Translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert ...
    These nine biographies illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. Selected from Plutarch's Roman Lives, they include prominent figures who achieved fame for their pivotal roles in Roman history, such as soldierly Marcellus, eloquent Cato and cautious Fabius ... Read more

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