A general history of the army in Roman society. Shows how the rise and decline of Imperial Rome was connected with the balance of political and military power.

Built in the fifth century b.c., the Parthenon has been venerated for more than two millennia as the West's ultimate paragon of beauty and proportion. Since the Enlightenment, it has also come to...

A master piece of dramatic dialogue, Plato has few rivals, and in The Symposium he is at his most incisive and entertaining.

Plato is one of the key ancient authors studied by both classicists and philosophers. This volume contains the first eight of Plato's works in the traditional order which appears in most of the...

"Delve into Rome's lost history through the stories of a single city block. Cutting through the heart of Rome is Via delle Botteghe Oscure, a time-worn street named for the mysterious "shops" said to...

"Guy de la Bédoyère draws on decades of research to provide a history of the ancient world through a personal selection of key figures. The story of any one of these lives is unique, from Egypt's...

A richly illustrated history that reveals how the peoples living along the Danube frontier helped transform the Roman Empire Crossing the Danube offers a new account of the peoples who lived along...

A radical new portrait of the infamous Roman emperor Rome’s second emperor, Tiberius (42 BCE–CE 37), has traditionally been seen as a villainous hypocrite—treacherous, grasping, vindictive, and...

"Acclaimed author and translator Sophus Helle considers an ancient creation story with themes of humanity, class warfare, and catastrophic climate change. The Babylonian poem Atra-hasis is a...

A nuanced reassessment of the ancient Fertile Crescent civilization that complicates received wisdom by exploring the ever-present politics of archaeology and laying claim to the past. The Sumerians...

"Gender has now become a pervasive topic in the humanities and social sciences. Yet despite its familiarity within universities and colleges, some have argued that the radical debates which first...

With his signature flair, historian Philip Matyszak explores the strangest and most spellbinding places of ancient belief, where gods walked, spirits lingered and the underworld was just a step away...

A new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeological discoveries and new scholarship by leading historian Barry Strauss. Jews vs. Rome is a...

One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2025 “Breathes life into the dry clay of philology.” ―Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal Humanity’s earliest efforts at recording and drawing meaning from...

Aristotle was the first philosopher in the Western tradition to address politics systematically and empirically, and he remains a central figure in political theory. This essential volume presents...

Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially...

Hinweis Internationale Hölderlin Bibliographie: S.621-647: Hölderlins Sophoklesübersetzungen auf der Bühne. (Zuerst in: Jenseits des Idealismus : Hölderlins letzte Homburger Jahre (1804-1806) / hrsg...

Hardcover, no dust jacket. In German. Very good condition.