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Understanding Classics eBook Series

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  • Cicero

    by Dr. Gesine Manuwald ...
    Series series Understanding Classics
    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) introduced Romans to the major schools of Greek philosophy, forging a Latin conceptual vocabulary that was entirely new. But for all the sophistication of his thinking, it is perhaps for his political and oratorical career that Cicero is best remembered. He was the nemisis of Catiline, whose plot to overthrow the Republic he famously denounced to the Senate. He ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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  • Ancient Greece

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Paul Cartledge ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philosophy, the world we live in would be unrecognizably different without the formative influence of Ancient Greek models. Ancient Greek civilization was defined by the city - in Greek, the polis, from which we derive 'politics'. It is above all this feature ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Classical World

    An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian

    by Robin Lane Fox ...
    The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architecture, drama and epic, philosophy and politics -- these are the foundations of Western civilization. In The Classical World, eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles this vast sweep of history from Homer to the reign of Augustus. From the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • FEUDAL SOCIETY Vol. I

    The Growth of Ties of Dependence

    by Marc Bloch ...
    Feudal Society is a great work of historical synthesis in the finest French tradition. The author treats feudalism as a living and vitalising force in the society of Western Europe from the ninth to the thirteenth century. After surveying the social and intellectual conditions in which feudalism developed, Bloch examines the nature of the bond of kinship both as a predecessor and as a concomitant ... Read more

    $6.71 USD

  • Spartans

    A New History

    by Nigel M. Kennell ...
    Series Book 17 - Ancient Cultures
    Spartans: A New History chronicles the complete history of ancient Sparta from its origins to the end of antiquity.Helps bridge the gap between the common conceptions of Sparta and what specialists believe and dispute about Spartan historyApplies new techniques, perspectives, and archaeological evidence to the question of what it was to be a SpartanTakes into account new specialist scholarship and ... Read more

    $42.00 USD

  • The Beginnings of Rome

    Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c.1000–264 BC)

    by Tim Cornell ...
    Series series The Routledge History of the Ancient World
    Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome.The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as:Rome’s relations with the Etruscansthe conflict between patricians and plebeiansthe causes of Roman imperialismthe growth of slave-based economy.Answering the need for raising ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • After Thermopylae

    The Oath of Plataea and the End of the Graeco-Persian Wars

    by Paul Cartledge ...
    Series series Emblems of Antiquity
    The Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE is one of world history's unjustly neglected events. It decisively ended the threat of a Persian conquest of Greece. It involved tens of thousands of combatants, including the largest number of Greeks ever brought together in a common cause. For the Spartans, the driving force behind the Greek victory, the battle was sweet vengeance for their defeat at Thermopylae ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • The Republic and The Laws

    by Cicero ...
    Translated by Niall Rudd ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    `However one defines Man, the same definition applies to us all. This is sufficient proof that there is no essential difference within mankind.' (Laws l.29-30) Cicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible governement written just before the civil war that ended the Roman Republic in a dialogue following Plato. Drawing on Greek political theory, the work embodies the mature ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Early Greece

    by Oswyn Murray ...
    Now available in ebook format.Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilisation which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and from the Crimea to Egypt – a culture whose achievements in the fields of art, science, philosophy and politics were to establish ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A Critical History of Early Rome

    From Prehistory to the First Punic War

    by Gary Forsythe ...
    During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italian peninsula in 264 B.C., the Romans in large measure developed the social, political, and military structure that would be the foundation of their spectacular imperial success. In this comprehensive and clearly written account, Gary Forsythe draws extensively from historical, archaeological, ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Thucydides: An Introduction for the Common Reader

    by Perez Zagorin ...
    "An engrossing intellectual appreciation of the most important and most difficult historian in the western cultural tradition." —Tom Palaima, Times Higher Education SupplementWhy does Thucydides continue to matter today? Perez Zagorin answers this question by examining Thucydides' landmark History of the Peloponnesian War, one of the great classics of Western civilization. This history, Zagorin ... Read more

    $20.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Greek History: The Basics

    by Robin Osborne ...
    Series series The Basics
    Greek History: The Basics is a concise and compelling introduction to the study of Ancient Greece from the end of the Bronze Age to rule by Rome.With a chapter on each crucial period of Greece’s ancient history, the book covers the key topics, approaches and issues at the heart of Greek History, including:• The invention of politics and the rise of democracy• The central role played by the Greek ... Read more

    $30.99 USD