‎Rome‎

‎Moatti, Claude‎

‎IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT ROME‎

‎Note in ink to rear endpaper. ; 208pp, profusely illustrated. Many times destroyed, many times rebuilt. Rome has never completely disappeared. The famous symbols of the Eternal City - the Colosseum, the Pantheon and Trajan's Column - have survived twenty centuries of pillage and invasions. ; Discoveries; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; 208 pages‎

‎Thompson, David‎

‎THE IDEA OF ROME From Antiquity to the Renaissance‎

‎Old price stickers to wraps and ffep. ; 7.8 X 5.3 X 0.6 inches; 211 pages‎

‎Morrison, W. D.‎

‎THE JEWS UNDER ROMAN RULE‎

‎Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Rebound. Scattered foxing on endpapers and title, small closed tear on title page, binder's label bound in, else VG. ; 3rd ed. Xx, 426pp, illustrated. ; The Story of the Nations; 426 pages‎

‎Thompson, E. A.‎

‎THE HISTORICAL WORK OF AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS‎

‎Spine a bit sunned. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Unchanged reprint of 1947 edition. Contents: Biography; Sources; Ursicinus; Gallus; Julian; Theodosius and Maximinus; Composition of the Last Six Books; Ammianus as an Historian. Appendices: Zosimus and Julian's Persian Expedition; Chronological Note on xxviii, I. ; 145 pages; Unchanged reprint of 1947 Edition.‎

‎De Sanctis, Gaetano‎

‎STORIA DEI ROMANI. VOLUME IV: LA FONDAZIONE DELL'IMPERO Parte II: Vita E Pensiero Nell'età Delle Grandi Conquiste. Tomo I‎

‎Light sunning to spine. Former owner's name stamped to ffep. ; IL Pensiero Storico 38, VI; Vol. 4:02:01 AM; 376 pages‎

‎Gfrörer, Aug. Fr. & Johann Baptist Weiss‎

‎BYZANTINISCHE GESCHICHTEN, AUS SEINEM NACHLASSE HERAUSGEGEBEN . . . J.B. WEISS. II. Band‎

‎Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Rebound in 1/2 cloth, spine reinforced with brown cloth tape with white handlettering. Pages tanned. ; Von Aug. Fr. Gfrörer. Aus seinem Nachlasse hrsg. , erg. U. Fortges. Von J. B. Weiß. ; Volume 3 Only; Vol. 3; 872 pages‎

‎Pallottino, Massimo & (Trans. by Martin Ryle & Kate Soper)‎

‎A HISTORY OF EARLIEST ITALY‎

‎Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). 1 corner lightly bumped. Slight spine slant. Minor creasing to DJ. ; A study of pre-Roman peoples from the Bronze Age to the unification of the Italian peninsula and Sicily by Rome; Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures 17; 9.8 X 6.5 X 0.8 inches; 224 pages‎

‎MacMullen, Ramsay‎

‎CORRUPTION AND THE DECLINE OF ROME‎

‎1 corner torn and creased. Spine creased. Spine slant. ; 332 pages; Argues that bureaucrats and military leaders acting for their own gain caused Rome to lose control of its government and decline.‎

‎Ehrenberg, Victor & A. H. M. Jones‎

‎DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATING THE REIGNS OF AUGUSTUS AND TIBERIUS‎

‎Very Minor shelfwear to book. Scholar's name to inner cover (J. B. Clinard). DJ is price-clipped. Very light chipping to DJ. ; Contents: Res Gestae divi Augusti; Fasti. Calendars; Historical Events; Imperial Family; Imperial Cult; Imperial dependants, Freedmen, and Slaves; Foreign Kings; Senators; Equestrian Order; Army and Navy; Public Works; Administration of the Empire; Cities of the Empire; Varia. ; 178 pages‎

‎Poliakoff, Michael‎

‎STUDIES IN THE TERMINOLOGY OF THE GREEK COMBAT SPORTS‎

‎Small tear to head of spine. ; Xviii, 202pp, illustrated. A leading authority on classical games here provides a comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Describing and analyzing the sports of boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting, and pankration, Michael B. Poliakoff discusses such topics as the function of competition and violent games in ancient society; on the social background of the participants, showing the broad spectrum of Greek athletic personnel; on the significance of the appearance of combat sport in myth and literature; and on the alleged cultic functions of the ancient combat sports. The book is copiously illustrated with photographs of numerous objects rarely or never before published. ; Beiträge Zur Klassischen Philologie Heft 146; 202 pages‎

‎Browning, Robert‎

‎BYZANTIUM AND BULGARIA A Comparative Study Across the Early Medieval Frontier‎

‎Minor shelfwear to book. Faint bumping along lower edges of boards. Faint foxing. Top edge of DJ creased with a bit of chipping. ; Studies the two states during the 9th & 10th centuries when the Bulgarian & East Slav societies in general were being formed. Starts from the collapse of Roman power and the establishment of the Bulgarian state. Surveys the political relations between Bulgaria and Byzantium during the crucial two centuries. ; 232 pages‎

‎Wright, F. A.‎

‎MARCUS AGRIPPA Organizer of Victory‎

‎Spine and edges of boards are discolored (sunned). Foxing to textblock. Light edgewear to boards. Very heavy underlining to pages with many notes to margins. Former owner's name to ffep. ; Biography of the man that created the Roman navy and responsible for the organization of the Roman Empire. ; 268 pages‎

‎Bradley, Keith R.‎

‎DISCOVERING THE ROMAN FAMILY Studies in Roman Social History‎

‎Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Corner creasing to about 3 pages. Browning to corners of about 2 pages. ; 8.1 X 5.4 X 0.8 inches; 240 pages‎

‎Millar, Fergus‎

‎THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND ITS NEIGHBOURS‎

‎Slight spine slant. Minor spotting to textblock. Scholar's name to ffep (Katherine Dunbabin). ; Book traces the process by which a pagan Empire ruled from Rome developed into a Christian Empire ruled from Constantinople. This process came to fulfilment in the fourth and fifth centuries. It is the primary thesis of this book that the fundamental social and administrative changes which made it possible had taken place before the end of the third century. ; 362 pages; Contributions by Richard N. Frye, D. Berciu, Tamara Talbot-Rice, Georg Kossack‎

‎Gordon, Arthur E.‎

‎ILLUSTRATED INTRODUCTION TO LATIN EPIGRAPHY‎

‎A bit of edgewear and creasing to wraps. Remainder mark to base of textblock (black marker line) else VG. Scholar's name in pencil to ffep (W. J. Slater). ; Xxvi, 264pp, 64pls. ; 264 pages‎

‎Müller, Karl Otfried & Wilhelm Deecke (Rev. by)‎

‎DIE ETRUSKER [2 VOLUME SET] Ester Band: Einleitung, Erstes Und Zweites Buch; Zweiter Band: Drittes Und Viertes Buch. Mit Einer Schrifttafel‎

‎Scholar's stamp to vol. 1: Gilbert Bagnani. Bound in half-vellum. Boards a bit rubbed. Spine label of vol 2 is detached. Books very solid. Still very attractive. ; Vol. 1: (1877) xvi, 512 pp; Vol. 2: (1877) viii, 560 pp ; 4 Books Bound in 2 Volumes; Vol. 1/2/2022; 1072 pages‎

‎Mayor, Adrienne‎

‎THE POISON KING The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy‎

‎Very minor shelfwear. ; The Poison King describes a life brimming with spectacle and excitement. Claiming Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia as ancestors, Mithradates inherited a wealthy Black Sea kingdom at age fourteen after his mother poisoned his father. He fled into exile and returned in triumph to become a ruler of superb intelligence and fierce ambition. Hailed as a savior by his followers and feared as a second Hannibal by his enemies, he envisioned a grand Eastern empire to rival Rome. After massacring eighty thousand Roman citizens in 88 BC, he seized Greece and modern-day Turkey. Fighting some of the most spectacular battles in ancient history, he dragged Rome into a long round of wars and threatened to invade Italy itself. His uncanny ability to elude capture and surge back after devastating losses unnerved the Romans, while his mastery of poisons allowed him to foil assassination attempts and eliminate rivals. ; 448 pages‎

‎Coarelli, Filippo & Luisanna Usai‎

‎GUIDA ARCHEOLOGICA DI ROMA‎

‎Inner front hinge cracked. Spine a bit sunned. Small tear along front joint. Else VG. ; Photographs; 357 pages‎

‎Thomson, J. Oliver‎

‎HISTORY OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY‎

‎A few white stains to rear board. Some scratches to boards. Foxing to textblock. Corners of a few pages untrimmed. Inner hinges a bit cracked. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1948 ed. ; 427 pages‎

‎Erdkamp, Paul (Ed. )‎

‎THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ANCIENT ROME‎

‎Very faint shelfwear. ; The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome offers thirty-one original essays by leading historians, classicists and archaeologist on the largest metropolis of the Roman Empire. While the Colosseum, imperial palaces and Pantheon are famous features of the Roman capital, Rome is addressed in this volume primarily as a city in which many thousands of men and women were born, lived, and died. The clearly written and succinct chapters discuss numerous issues related to the capital of the Roman Empire: from the monuments and the games to the food- and water supply, from policing and riots to domestic housing, from death and disease to pagan cults and the impact of Christianity. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, the Companion explains ground-breaking new research against the background of current debate and reaches a level of sophistication that will be appreciated by the experts. ; Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World; 646 pages‎

‎Johns, Catherine‎

‎SEX OR SYMBOL Erotic Images of Greece and Rome‎

‎Very Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has a couple of small tears and light edgewear. ; 160pp, illustrated.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 160 pages‎

‎Connolly, Peter & Hazel Dodge‎

‎THE ANCIENT CITY Life in Classical Athens and Rome‎

‎Minor shelfwear. Creasing to lower corner of rear wraps. ; In this superbly illustrated volume, Athens and Rome, the two greatest cities of antiquity, spring to life through the masterful pen of Peter Connolly. For the first time ever, all the evidence has been painstakingly pieced together to reconstruct the architectural wonders of these mighty civilizations. By re-creating their public buildings, their temples, shops, and houses, Connolly reveals every aspect of a person's life in glorious detail, including religion, food, drama, games, and the baths. The first part of The Ancient City covers the development of Athens in the hundred years following the Persian Wars, which began in the 4th century B. C. These chapters encompass the Golden Years of Athens; the establishment of democracy; the building of the Parthenon, the Erechtheum, and the municipal buildings of the Agora; a typical Athenian workday; and the construction of the Long Walls. Part II examines the development of Rome in the hundred years from Nero (emperor of Rome from A. D. 54 to 68) to Hadrian (emperor of Rome from A. D. 117 to 138) --the great building period of Rome. Visit Nero's Golden Palace and the buildings subsequently built over it, the Colosseum, the Flavian Palace, the Baths of Trajan, the Temple of Venus and Roma, as well as other buildings such as the Circus Maximus, the Theatre of Marcellus, and Trajan's Forum and Market. In addition to reading about the great monuments and moments of classical Greece and Rome, readers learn about a typical day in the life of an Athenian and a Roman. They read about--and see--the houses people inhabited; attend 5-day festivals and go to the theatre; fight great battles and witness the birth of Rome's navy; visit temples and spend a day at the races. The fascinating artwork and vivid descriptions provide a window into the great history of these two extraordinary cities and civilizations. The Ancient City is the crowning achievement of Peter Connolly's distinguished career. His illustrations and reconstructions have a unique authority, providing the starting point for a fascinating exploration of these cities and the lives of the people who inhabited them. ; 11.1 X 9.0 X 1.0 inches; 256 pages‎

‎Poliakoff, Michael B.‎

‎COMBAT SPORTS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD Competition, Violence, and Culture‎

‎Very minor shelfwear to book. Minor pencilling to a couple of pages. DJ has a couple of small tears. DJ has light staining to rear panel. ; Xviii, 202pp, illustrated. A leading authority on classical games here provides a comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Describing and analyzing the sports of boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting, and pankration, Michael B. Poliakoff discusses such topics as the function of competition and violent games in ancient society; on the social background of the participants, showing the broad spectrum of Greek athletic personnel; on the significance of the appearance of combat sport in myth and literature; and on the alleged cultic functions of the ancient combat sports. The book is copiously illustrated with photographs of numerous objects rarely or never before published. ; 202 pages‎

‎Hannestad, Niels‎

‎ROMAN ART AND IMPERIAL POLICY‎

‎Book has some edgewear and rubbing. ; A look at the Architecture, coins, friezes, statuary and frescoes and how the Romans cleverly used these forms to disseminate their ideals and how this influenced Rome's development from republic to an empire. ; Jutland Archaeological Society publications; 485 pages‎

‎Snowden, Jr. , Frank M.‎

‎BLACKS IN ANTIQUITY Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience‎

‎Shelfwear to book. Faint creasing to wraps. Spine sunned. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Light pencilling to a few pages. ; Xxii, 364pp, illustrated. The Africans who came to ancient Greece and Italy participated in an important chapter of classical history. Although evidence indicated that the alien dark- and black-skinned people were of varied tribal and geographic origins, the Greeks and Romans classified many of them as Ethiopians. In an effort to determine the role of black people in ancient civilization, Mr. Snowden examines a broad span of Greco-Roman experience--from the Homeric era to the age of Justinian--focusing his attention on the Ethiopians as they were known to the Greeks and Romans. The author dispels unwarranted generalizations about the Ethiopians, contending that classical references to them were neither glorifications of a mysterious people nor caricatures of rare creatures. Mr. Snowden has probed literary, epigraphical, papyrological, numismatic, and archaeological sources and has considered modern anthropological and sociological findings on pertinent racial and intercultural problems. He has drawn directly upon the widely scattered literary evidence of classical and early Christian writers and has synthesized extensive and diverse material. Along with invaluable reference notes, Mr. Snowden has included over 140 illustrations which depict the Negro as the Greeks and Romans conceived of him in mythology and religion and observed him in a number of occupations--as servant, diplomat, warrior, athlete, and performer, among others. Presenting an exceptionally comprehensive historical description of the first major encounter of Europeans with dark and black Africans, Mr. Snowden found that the black man in a predominantly white society was neither romanticized nor scorned--that the Ethiopian in classical antiquity was considered by pagan and Christian without prejudice. ; 364 pages‎