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Panagopoulos, Andreas
CAPTIVES AND HOSTAGES IN THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
Wraps have minor shelfwear. ; 296 pages; Examines the fate of captives and hostages during this historic conflict.
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Rubin, Z
CIVIL-WAR PROPAGANDA AND HISTORIOGRAPHY
Top corner slightly bumped. Wraps slightly browned. Gift inscription to ffep "with the profoundest gratitude. Zeev Rubin". Shelfwear to wraps. ; Contents: Some Basic Facts about Severus' Propaganda; Cassius Dio and the Propaganda of L. Septimius Severus; Herodian and the Truth about Severus' Propaganda; Septimius Severus' Autobiography and the Biographer Marius Maximus; Appendix: The Imperatorial Acclamations of Septimius Severus, and a few Related Problems; Herodian and Alexander the Great (a note on Herodian's Historical Erudition). ; Collection Latomus Volume 173; 246 pages; Signed by Author
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Panagopoulos, Andreas
CAPTIVES AND HOSTAGES IN THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
Spine is slightly discolored. Wraps have slight soiling. Knocking to top of spine. Former owner's initials on back endpaper. ; Grigoris library ; 1; 258 pages; Examines the fate of captives and hostages during this historic conflict.
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Hoyo, Toni Naco del
VECTIGAL INCERTUM Economía De Guerra Y Fiscalidad Republicana En El Occidente Romano: Su Impacto Histórico En El Territorio (218-133 A. C. )
Signed by author on ffep: "To Alan Bowman, with my best wishes, Toni Naco". Very minor shelfwear else Fine. ; BAR International Series 1158; 309 pages; Signed by Author
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Lev, Yaacov (Ed. )
WAR AND SOCIETY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 7TH-15TH CENTURIES
Very light bumping to bottom corners else Fine. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; The Medieval Mediterranean 9; 412 pages; Focusing on the interplay between war and society in the Eastern Mediterranean, this text covers the 7th to 15th centuries, a period which witnessed the Arab conquests, the Seljuk invasion, the Crusades, and the Mongol incursions. A synthesis is offered of trends in military technology and its effect on society in this period, providing for medievalists an Oriental context to the military aspects of the Crusades.
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Strassler, Robert B. (Ed. ) & Victor Davis Hanson (Intro. )
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
Rubbing to spine has effaced lettering else minor shelfwear. Front hinge starting to pull. Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear. ; A newly revised edition of the Richard Crawley Translation with Maps, Annotations, Appendices, and Encyclopedic Index. ; 711 pages; Beautifully and intelligently presented with a huge array of supportive material, this is the most lucid "reader-friendly," and comprehensive edition of this classic text ever published. Illustrations and maps throughout.
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Meyer, Carl
DIE URKUNDEN IM GESCHICHTSWERK DES THUKYDIDES
Most pages unopened. Browning to wraps. A couple of small chips to wraps. Minor shelfwear. ; Zetemata: Monographien Zur Klassischen Altertumswissenschaft. Heft 10; 106 pages
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Strauss, Barry S.
ATHENS AFTER THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR Class, Faction and Policy, 403-386 BC
Dustjacket has minor edgewear to top of spine else Fine. Book has very minor shelfwear else Fine. ; 8vo; 189 pages
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Rubin, Z
CIVIL-WAR PROPAGANDA AND HISTORIOGRAPHY
Light edgewear to wraps. Wraps slightly browned. Light creasing to wraps. Pages unopened. ; Contents: Some Basic Facts about Severus' Propaganda; Cassius Dio and the Propaganda of L. Septimius Severus; Herodian and the Truth about Severus' Propaganda; Septimius Severus' Autobiography and the Biographer Marius Maximus; Appendix: The Imperatorial Acclamations of Septimius Severus, and a few Related Problems; Herodian and Alexander the Great (a note on Herodian's Historical Erudition). ; Collection Latomus Volume 173; 246 pages
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Konishi, Haruo
POWER AND STRUCTURE IN THUCYDIDES : AN ANALYTICAL COMMENTARY [5 VOLUME SET COMPLETE] Vol. One: the Pre-War Period-The First Year; Vol. Two: the Second Year - the Sixth Year; Vol. Three: the Seventh Year - the Tenth Year; Vol. Four: the Eleventh Year - the Eighteenth Year; Vol. Five: the Nineteenth Year - the Twenty-First Year.
Vol. 1: fine Vol. 2: light bumping to upper corners. Vol 3: very light soiling to spine. Light wear to one corner; vol. 4: light chip to top of spine else fine. Vol. 5: small chip to base of spine. Else fine. Set appears unread. Volumes range from VG+ to Fine. ; Publishing years 2008-2009. Isbns: 9025612359, 9025612369, 9025612423, 9025612474, & 9789025612528 ; 5 Volume Set COMPLETE. Supplementi Di Lexis; 2439 pages
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Pedroni, Luigi
CRISI FINANZIARIA E MONETAZIONE DURANTE LA GUERRA SOCIALE
Very light bump to bottom corner else fine. ; Collection Latomus Volume 297; 224 pages
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Rubin, Z
CIVIL-WAR PROPAGANDA AND HISTORIOGRAPHY
Pages unopened. Very light shelfwear else fine. ; Contents: Some Basic Facts about Severus' Propaganda; Cassius Dio and the Propaganda of L. Septimius Severus; Herodian and the Truth about Severus' Propaganda; Septimius Severus' Autobiography and the Biographer Marius Maximus; Appendix: The Imperatorial Acclamations of Septimius Severus, and a few Related Problems; Herodian and Alexander the Great (a note on Herodian's Historical Erudition). ; Collection Latomus Volume 173; 246 pages
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Hill, G. F. ; R. Meiggs & A. Andrewes
SOURCES FOR GREEK HISTORY Between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. a New Edition
Scholar's name to ffep (T. G. Elliott). Light rippling to cloth along joints. Light scratches to rear board. Light browning to inner covers. ; Original Greek references for the study of the time between the Persian & Peloponnesian Wars includes names and places with English references at end. ; 426 pages
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Lucan; Douglas Little
LUCAN: PHARSALIA The Civil War
Minor creasing to spine. Minor shelfwear. ; English translation
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Montgomery, Hugo
THE WAY TO CHAERONEA Foreign Policy, Decision-Making, and Political Influence in Demosthenes' Speeches
Top of spine bumped. Top corner slightly bumped. Creasing to corners. Light Discoloration to front wrap and spine. Writing to front inner cover in black ink: "Dr. G. L. Cawkwell - with the author's compliments". Light pencil marginalia. ; 120 pages; This book is a study of the relations between Athens and Macedonia during some dramatic years in the 4th century B.C. Montgomery analyzes the speeches of the great orator Demosthenes to elucidate the political play behind the Athenian decision to go to war against King Philip II during the Elatea crisis of 338.; Signed by Author
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Strauss, Barry S.
ATHENS AFTER THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR Class, Faction and Policy, 403-386 BC
Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear. Book has very minor shelfwear else Fine. ; 8vo; 189 pages
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Lucan; J. P. Postgate (Ed. )
M. ANNAEI LUCANI [LUCAN] DE BELLO CIVILI Liber VIII
School plate to front inner cover. Light pencil to a few pages. Small ink word to 1 page. Endpapers browned. Some Rippling to cloth of front board with a bit to rear board. Small ding to edge of front board. ; Latin Text with English notes and Introduction. ; Pitt Press Series; 146 pages
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Tomlinson, R. A.
ARGOS AND THE ARGOLID From the End of the Bronze Age to the Roman Occupation
Foxing to top of textblock. Former owner's name to ffep. Light rubbing to DJ. Some foxing to 1 DJ flap ; Describes the region & country of Argos; the relationship between the Argives and their neighbours; and the role of the Argives as the leaders of a 'third force' in mainland Greek history, where they challenged the supremacy of the Spartans in Peloponnesian affairs. ; States and Cities of Ancient Greece; 289 pages
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Westlake, H. D.
ESSAYS ON THE GREEK HISTORIANS AND GREEK HISTORY
Book is fine. Dustjacket has 1 closed tear (3 cm). Else minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 332 pages; Contains 18 essays on the historians and the history of Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Examines various aspects of Thucydides' historical method or study historical problems in the period for which his work is the principal source. Two other Greek historians, Xenophon and Theopompus are also studied. Also looks at Greek Sicily in the fourth century and the problems raised by the missions of liberation led by Dion and Timoleon. Lastly looks at the achievement of Eumenes of Cardia.
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Westlake, H. D.
ESSAYS ON THE GREEK HISTORIANS AND GREEK HISTORY
Book is fine. Dustjacket in mylar and has very light shelfwear. ; 332 pages; Contains 18 essays on the historians and the history of Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Examines various aspects of Thucydides' historical method or study historical problems in the period for which his work is the principal source. Two other Greek historians, Xenophon and Theopompus are also studied. Also looks at Greek Sicily in the fourth century and the problems raised by the missions of liberation led by Dion and Timoleon. Lastly looks at the achievement of Eumenes of Cardia.
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Charles-Picard, Gilbert & Colette Picard & (Dominique Collon, Trans. )
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CARTHAGE A Survey of Punic History and Culture from its Birth to the Final Tragedy
Former owner's name to halftitle else book is fine. DJ has chipping to spine ends. ; Discusses the Origin of the Punic People to their end under Hannibal and the disastrous campaign and final death of Carthage. ; 362 pages
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Cartledge, Paul
AGESILAOS AND THE CRISIS OF SPARTA
Very light shelfwear to book. Scholars' name to ffep (Mark Golden). ; As one of the two Spartan kings, Agesilaos II presided over Sparta's greatest imperial expansion and its collapse as a major power. At his accession in 400 BC, Sparta had recently defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War and was the undisputed leader of the Aegean Greek world; at the time of his death some forty years later, Sparta had been reduced to the status of a mere Peloponnesian squabbler, its role indistinguishable from that of any of a number of other Greek states. "Agesilaos and the Crisis of Sparta" is an account of this critical period of Greek history, focusing on a single career. Progressing both chronologically and thematically, the author reveals the principal aspects of Spartan politics and society and appraises the possible causes of Sparta's preciptous decline and fall. ; 520 pages
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Montgomery, Hugo
THE WAY TO CHAERONEA Foreign Policy, Decision-Making, and Political Influence in Demosthenes' Speeches
Light edgewear to wraps. Spine and parts of wraps are lightly sunned. ; 120 pages; This book is a study of the relations between Athens and Macedonia during some dramatic years in the 4th century B.C. Montgomery analyzes the speeches of the great orator Demosthenes to elucidate the political play behind the Athenian decision to go to war against King Philip II during the Elatea crisis of 338.
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Oliva, Pavel
SPARTA AND HER SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Light shelfwear to book. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Scarce. ; Deals with the question of when and how the Spartan state came into being, and how it developed. Looks at the Emergence of the Spartan State and its characteristic features; Spartan Society in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC; & Hellenistic Sparta; Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences; 347 pages
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Gomme, A. W.
THE POPULATION OF ANCIENT ATHENS IN THE FIFTH AND FOURTH CENTURIES B.C.
Top of textblock has dustsoiling. Sticker with author's name attached to backstrip, else Minor shelfwear. ; Unchanged reprint of 1933 Edition. Looks at the population of Athens in order to answer some fundamental questions as: How was the population distributed? How did it fluctuate? What was the net loss due to the Peloponnesian War? Did the population increase again during the fourth century, between 400 and 322, and how quickly did it decline after that? If the assertion of the oligarchs in 411 that no more than 5000 ever attended the ecclesia, what proportion was that of the whole number? ; Glasgow University Publications XXVIII; 87 pages
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Schubert, Kurt & Jonny Moser (Eds. )
STUDIA JUDAICA AUSTRIACA V: Der Gelbe Stern in Österreich. Katalog Und Einführung Zu Einer Dokumentation.
Light edgewear a couple of tiny chips. Minor shelfwear. ; Studia Judaica Austriaca V; 134 pages; Isbn to inner cover: 3853740391
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Fornara, Charles W. (edited and translated by)
ARCHAIC TIMES TO THE END OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
Light shelfwear with minor creasing and scuffing. ; Translated Documents of Greece and Rome 1; 231 pages; The first volume is devoted to the period which begins with the era of Greek colonization and ends with the close of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B. C. Charles Fornara has gathered together material compiled from inscriptions, ancient encyclopedias, scholia, and similar sources. The material, much of it translated by him for the first time, covers not only events of national significance - wars and treaties, the founding of towns and colonies, the dedication of temples - but also presents such records of daily life as ration lists, wine trade regulations, inventories of treasure, drinking songs, and financial records. The documents are accompanied by a brief commentary, which is basically intended to clarify obscurities in the text. An extensive glossary and indexes explain obscure terms of Greek social and governmental structure and permit detailed prosopographical analysis.
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Fornara, Charles W. (edited and translated by)
ARCHAIC TIMES TO THE END OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
Some shelfwear with creasing and scuffing. Some staining. ; Translated Documents of Greece and Rome 1; 231 pages; The first volume is devoted to the period which begins with the era of Greek colonization and ends with the close of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B. C. Charles Fornara has gathered together material compiled from inscriptions, ancient encyclopedias, scholia, and similar sources. The material, much of it translated by him for the first time, covers not only events of national significance - wars and treaties, the founding of towns and colonies, the dedication of temples - but also presents such records of daily life as ration lists, wine trade regulations, inventories of treasure, drinking songs, and financial records. The documents are accompanied by a brief commentary, which is basically intended to clarify obscurities in the text. An extensive glossary and indexes explain obscure terms of Greek social and governmental structure and permit detailed prosopographical analysis.
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Burgess, Jonathan S.
THE TRADITION OF THE TROJAN WAR IN HOMER AND THE EPIC CYCLE
Some spotting to boards. Very light shelfwear to DJ. Dustjacket is protected in plastic sleeve. ; Although the Iliad and Odyssey narrate only relatively small portions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, for centuries these works have overshadowed other, more comprehensive narratives of the conflict, particularly the poems known as the Epic Cycle. In The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle, Jonathan Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the war's history and the legends surrounding it, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age. He traces the development and transmission of the Cyclic poems in ancient Greek culture, comparing them to later Homeric poems and finding that they were far more influential than has previously been thought. ; 320 pages
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Hanson, Victor Davis; John Keegan (Intro. )
THE WESTERN WAY OF WAR Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
271 pages; Second Edition. The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics--that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens--but also the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle. Instead of ambush, skirmish, maneuver, or combat between individual heroes, the Greeks of the fifth century b. C. Devised a ferocious, brief, and destructive head-on clash between armed men of all ages. In this bold, original study, Victor Davis Hanson shows how this brutal enterprise was dedicated to the same outcome as consensual government--an unequivocal, instant resolution to dispute. The Western Way of War draws from an extraordinary range of sources--Greek poetry, drama, and vase painting, as well as historical records--to describe what actually took place on the battlefield. It is the first study to explore the actual mechanics of classical Greek battle from the vantage point of the infantryman--the brutal spear-thrusting, the difficulty of fighting in heavy bronze armor which made it hard to see, hear and move, and the fear. Hanson also discusses the physical condition and age of the men, weaponry, wounds, and morale. This compelling account of what happened on the killing fields of the ancient Greeks ultimately shows that their style of armament and battle was contrived to minimize time and life lost by making the battle experience as decisive and appalling as possible. Linking this new style of fighting to the rise of constitutional government, Hanson raises new issues and questions old assumptions about the history of war.
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Rawlinson, Mark
BRITISH WRITING OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Else book is fine. Faint rubbing and shelfwear to DJ. ; British Writing of the Second World War is the first study to provide a detailed critical and historical survey of British literary culture in wartime. Concerned as much with war as with writing, it explores the significance of cultural representations of violence to the administration of the war effort. A theoretical account of the symbolic practices which connect military violence to policy provides a framework for analysing imaginative and documentary literature in its relations both to propaganda and to Peoples War ideals of social reconstruction. The book evaluates wartime fictions and memoirs in the context of official and unofficial discourses about military aviation, the Blitz, campaigns in North Africa, war aims, the conscript Army and the Home Front, Prisoners of War, and the Holocaust. It uncovers the processes by which the meanings the war had for participants were produced, and provides an extensive bibliographical resource for future scholarship. ; Oxford English Monographs; 256 pages
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Palmer, Laura
SHRAPNEL IN THE HEART Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Light shelfwear. ; 272 pages
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Brady, James
THE MARINES OF AUTUMN A Novel of the Korean War
Minor shelfwear. ; War has been the inspiration of such great novels as The Red Badge of Courage and A Farewell to Arms, and daring feats of courage and tragic mistakes have been the foundation for such classic works. Now, for the first time ever, the Korean War has a novel that captures that courage and sacrifice. When Captain Thomas Verity, USMC, is called back to action, he must leave his Georgetown home, career, and young daughter and rush to Korea to monitor Chinese radio transmissions. At first acting in an advisory role, he is abruptly thrust into MacArthur's last daring and disastrous foray-the Chosin Reservoir campaign-and then its desperate retreat. ; 274 pages
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Sides, Hampton
GHOST SOLDIERS The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission
Light shelfwear to book and DJ. ; A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U. S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British POWs who had spent three years in a surreally hellish camp near the city of Cabanatuan. The prisoners included the last survivors of the Bataan Death March left in the camp, and their extraordinary will to live might soon count for nothing—elsewhere in the Philippines, the Japanese Army had already executed American prisoners as it retreated from the advancing U. S. Army. As the Rangers stealthily moved through enemy-occupied territory, they learned that Cabanatuan had become a major transshipment point for the Japanese retreat, and instead of facing the few dozen prison guards, they could possibly confront as many as 8,000 battle-hardened enemy troops. ; 342 pages
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Hersey, John
INTO THE VALLEY A Skirmish of the Marines
Foxing to top of textblock. Else book is fine. DJ has sticker stain to front panel and some foxing. ; Witness to War; 111 pages
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Adcock, F. E
CAESAR As Man of Letters
Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown) , other name struck out. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Spine sunned. ; Sir Frank Adcock's aim is to emphasize the literary character of Caesar's writings. He is worth reading, and this small book will help understanding. The Introduction reminds the reader what Caesar was and what he had accomplished when he wrote. In a chapter on "The Military Man" Caesar's literary interpretation of war and generalship is described. This short study gives insight into Roman literature and history as well as into the life and character of one of the world's great men. ; 114 pages
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Strassler, Robert B. (Ed. ) & Victor Davis Hanson (Intro. )
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). 1 corner lightly bumped. Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear. ; A newly revised edition of the Richard Crawley Translation with Maps, Annotations, Appendices, and Encyclopedic Index. ; 711 pages; Beautifully and intelligently presented with a huge array of supportive material, this is the most lucid "reader-friendly," and comprehensive edition of this classic text ever published. Illustrations and maps throughout.
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Bookman, John T. & Stephen T. Powers
THE MARCH TO VICTORY A Guide to World War II Battles and Battlefields from London to the Rhine
Very faint rubbing to wraps. Else fine. ; 293pp, illustrated. Revised ed.
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Kiene, A. & E. Marcks & I. Haug & A. Voirol
STUDIES IN THE SOCIAL WAR
Light soiling to boards and a small chip to cloth on rear cover. Corners a bit bumped. ; From the Arno series Studies in Roman History, 4 volumes bound in one: reprints of Der romische Bundesgenossenkrieg, by A. Kiene, first published by Weidmann, Leipzig, 1845; of Die Uberlieferung des Bundesgenossenkrieges, 91-89 v. Chr. , by E. Marcks, first published by N. G. Elwert, Marburg, 1884; of Der romische Bundesgenossenkrieg, 91-88 bei Titus Livius, by I. Haug, first published by F. Schoningh, Wurzburg, 1947; and of Die Munzen des Bellum Sociale und ihre Symbolik, by A. Voirol, first published in the Schweizer tter, Jahrg. 4, Heft 15, 1954. Viii, 350pp; 92pp; pp1 00-139; pp 202-67. ; Roman History
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Suzuki, Mihoko
METAMORPHOSES OF HELEN Authority, Difference, and the Epic
Very light shelfwear. ; Mihoko Suzuki sheds light on a literary tradition that seemingly holds Helen of Troy and her descendants responsible for causing epic conflicts, while it appropriates the woman's perspective as a source of insight and poetic power." A superb study of the uses and abuses of female characters in the epic tradition and their complex, sympathetic treatment by male poets." --Choice; 288 pages
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Fields, Nic
THE ROMAN ARMY: THE CIVIL WARS 88-31 BC
Light shelfwear. Scholar's name to titlepage (Robert Brown). ; Focusing on the organizational changes in the Roman Army during the Civil Wars, Nic Fields examines the role played by Caius Marius and his far-reaching reforms, which included having professional volunteers from the lowest social class enter the army in search of the possibility of plunder. He goes on to examine the consequences of encouraging these soldiers to follow their commanders without question, which broke the allegiance of the army to the Roman state, a trend that gave rise to militarily ambitious men such as Sulla, Pompeius, Caesar, Antonius, and Octavian. ; Battle Orders 34; 96 pages
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Valeton, Matthaeus
DE ILIADIS FONTIBUS ET COMPOSITIONE
Pages unopened. Light foxing. A couple of small chips and light creasing to wraps. ; Text is in Latin. ; 8vo; 337 pages
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Bartsch, Shadi
IDEOLOGY IN COLD BLOOD A Reading of Lucan's Civil War
Scholar's small bookplate to ffep (R. E. Fantham). Marginalia in pen to about 3 pages (a word or two). Else very minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Is Lucan's brilliant and grotesque epic Civil War an example of ideological poetry at its most flagrant, or is it a work that despairingly proclaims the meaninglessness of ideology? Shadi Bartsch offers a startlingly new answer to this split debate on the Roman poet's magnum opus. Reflecting on the disintegration of the Roman republic in the wake of the civil war that began in 49 B. C. , Lucan (writing during the grim tyranny of Nero's Rome) recounts that fateful conflict with a strangely ambiguous portrayal of his republican hero, Pompey. Although the story is one of a tragic defeat, the language of his epic is more often violent and nihilistic than heroic and tragic. And Lucan is oddly fascinated by the graphic destruction of lives, the violation of human bodies--an interest paralleled in his deviant syntax and fragmented poetry. In an analysis that draws on contemporary political thought ranging from Hannah Arendt and Richard Rorty to the poetry of Vietnam veterans, as well as on literary theory and ancient sources, Bartsch finds in the paradoxes of Lucan's poetry both a political irony that responds to the universally perceived need for, yet suspicion of, ideology, and a recourse to the redemptive power of storytelling. This shrewd and lively book contributes substantially to our understanding of Roman civilization and of poetry as a means of political expression. ; Revealing Antiquity; 236 pages
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Kern, Fritz; Chrimes, S. B.
KINGSHIP AND LAW IN THE MIDDLE AGES I. the Divine Right of Kings and the Right of Resistance in the Early Middle Ages; II. Law and Constitution in the Middle Ages
Former owner's signature on ffep. Dustjacket has a tear on front panel but protected by mylar. ; Studies in Mediaeval History; 249 pages
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Browning, Robert
BYZANTIUM AND BULGARIA A Comparative Study Across the Early Medieval Frontier
Very light shelfwear to book and DJ. ; 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
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Isaac, Benjamin
THE LIMITS OF EMPIRE The Roman Army in the East
Light shelfwear to DJ. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; For more than seven centuries most of the Near East was part of the Roman empire. Yet no work exists which explores the means by which an ancient power originating in the western Mediterranean could control such a vast and distant region. What was the impact of the army presence on the population of the provinces? How did Rome respond to the challenge posed by the desert and its nomadic population? Isaac here offers answers to these questions in the first comprehensive treatment of the Roman military presence in the Near East. Using both well-known and neglected sources, he reassesses the means by which Rome achieved and maintained its control over the region. His study, now revised and updated to reflect recent research findings, casts new light on an important issue which has far-reaching implications for the understanding of ancient and modern imperialism. ; 506 pages
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Gilbert, Gustav
THE CONSTITUTIONAL ANTIQUITIES OF SPARTA AND ATHENS
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Spine is cocked. Corners are bumped. Boards show signs of creasing. Edgewear. ; Reprint edition of 1895. ; 463 pages
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Warman, M. S. & I. Sutherland & C. MacDonald
FROM PERICLES TO CLEOPHON A Source Book and Reader in Athenian Politics
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Light edgewear. ; Facilitates the teaching of Greek History by means of original sources. The theme is Athenian democracy and its development during the Peloponnesian War. Extracts included are from Andocides, Antiphon, Aristophanes, Aristotle, Demosthenes, Euripedes, Hermippus, Herodotus, Isocrates, Lysias, Plato, Plutarch, Thucydides and Xenophon. ; 260 pages
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Podlecki, Anthony J
THE LIFE OF THEMISTOCLES A Critical Survey of the Literary and Archaeological Evidence
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. One closed tear along front panel of dustjacket. Edgewear to head of DJ. Back panel has one small piece missing of DJ. ; 250 pages; Themistocles (ca. 525 BC-460 BC) was a leader in the Athenian democracy during the Persian War. Themistocles favored the expansion of the navy to meet the Persian threat and persuaded the Athenians to spend the surplus generated by their silver mines on building new ships - the Athenian navy grew from 70 to 200 ships. Despite the importance of this enigmatic figure in Greek history, our knowledge still largely comes from the ancient accounts of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch. Podlecki provides the first modern comprehensive assessment of Themistocles, based on literary and archaeological evidence.
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Gomme, A. W.
THE POPULATION OF ANCIENT ATHENS IN THE FIFTH AND FOURTH CENTURIES B.C.
Top of spine is lightly bumped. Former owner's name on ffep. Minor shelfwear. ; Unchanged reprint of 1933 Edition. Looks at the population of Athens in order to answer some fundamental questions as: How was the population distributed? How did it fluctuate? What was the net loss due to the Peloponnesian War? Did the population increase again during the fourth century, between 400 and 322, and how quickly did it decline after that? If the assertion of the oligarchs in 411 that no more than 5000 ever attended the ecclesia, what proportion was that of the whole number? ; 87 pages
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