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Gladiators: Deadly Arena Sports of Ancient Rome
by Christopher Epplett
Skyhorse, 2017. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in new dust jacket. Includes photo plates. 216 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. A history of gladiators-with an added bite! It's hard for modern readers to truly grasp the spectacle that was arena sports in ancient Rome, which pitted man against man and man against beast in mortal combat. Our modern games of football and hockey, or even boxing and MMA, truly pale in comparison. The Gladiators is a comprehensive survey of...
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SGD 17.85
The Comic History of Rome
by BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott
London: Bradbury, Agnew. hardcover. very good(+). From the founding of the city to the end of the commonwealth. Illustrated title page, 10 color plates and black & white illustrations by John Leech, 308pp., 8vo, 3/4 calf, green leather spine label, ornately gilt spine, marbled boards, marbled edges, (lightly rubbed). London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., n.d. [ca. 1860].<br/> <br/>
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SGD 344.68
The Economy of the Greek Cities: From the Archaic Period to the Early Roman Empire
by Léopold Migeotte (Author), Lady Janet Lloyd (Translator)
University of California Press, 2009. Paperback. New.
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SGD 27.51
Reading Herodotus: A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History
by Debra Hamel
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Paperback. New. New trade softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. (6 x 0.87 x 9 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. B&W illustrations. Includes notes, bibliography and an index. 360 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Hamel takes us on a delightful, audacious romp through The History of the Persian Wars. Debra Hamel's book is a lively introduction to The History of the Persian Wars, Herodotus's account of Persia's expansion under...
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SGD 34.40
The Decline of Rome
by VOGT, Joseph
New York: New American Library, 1967. hardcover. very good/very good(-). Translated by Janet Sondheimer. xii + 340pp., green cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, lightly worn. New York: The New American Library, (1967). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>
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SGD 18.10
Forum of Nerva
by DUBOURG, Matthew
London: J. Taylor, 1844. unbound. Aquatint and etching with hand coloring. 9" x 11.5" sheet mounted to 10.5" x 14.5" sheet.<br/><br/> Beautiful aquatint etching from Dubourg's "Views of The Remains of Ancient Buildings in Rome, and its Vicinity". The print depicts the Forum of Nerva in Rome, an ancient Roman structure that made up part of the Imperial fora. Dubourg shows the ruins from outside the eastern wall, with a view of Via Tor d'Conti surrounding...
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SGD 344.68
Brutus: Caesar's Assassin
by Kirsty Corrigan
Pen and Sword Military, 2015. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in like DJ. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes bibliography, index, maps, and B&W photo plates. 272 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. From the publisher, "Although Marcus Junius Brutus is one of the most famous, or infamous, conspirators of Rome and the ancient world, if not of all time, knowledge of this historical figure has principally been passed to the modern world through the literary...
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SGD 31.64
La Geographie et les Origines du Premier Art Roman
by PUIG I CADAFALCH, Josep
Paris: Henri Laurens, 1935. First. hardcover. near fine. Translated from the Catalan by J. Viellard. Profusely illustrated with 701 in-text photographs and 5 folding maps. 516pp of text in French. Thick square 4to, rebound in plain black cloth with red spine label; original printed wrappers bound-in; uncut edges. Paris: Henri Laurens, 1935. A near fine and sturdy copy of this very uncommon book of European church architecture of the 11th century.<br/> <br/> Ownership signatures of art...
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SGD 930.62
The Reach of Rome: A History of the Roman Imperial Frontier 1st - 5th Centuries AD
by Williams, Derek
New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. 0312156316 . Fascinating look at the Roman Frontier. Includes a section of photographs as well as 30 maps which illustrate the text. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no owner names or price clipping to dust jacket.; B&W Photos & Maps; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 321 pages .
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SGD 20.61
The Roman Games Historical Sources in Translation
by Alison Futrell
Blackwell Publishing, 2006. Paperback. New. New trade softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. (6.8 x 0.85 x 9.7 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. B&W photos and illustrations. Includes a glossary, timeline, notes, suggested readings and an index. 253 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. This sourcebook presents a wealth of material relating to every aspect of Roman spectacles, especially gladiatorial combat and chariot racing. Draws on the words of eye-witnesses and...
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SGD 37.16
Ave Roma Immortalis
by Francis Marion Crawford
Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1920. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1920. 2nd Edition. 617 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour pull-out map to frontispiece. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions and sticker to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning...
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SGD 13.19
Roman Mythology
by Perowne, Steward
Northamptonshire: Hamlyn. 1988. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Tiny speckles to top edge. Light rubbing to front and back cover. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 144 pages. . 3rd Impression. Hardback.
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SGD 13.52
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I
by Edward Gibbon
Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I.
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SGD 69.29
Maximinus Thrax: From Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome
by Paul N. Pearson
Skyhorse Publishing, 2017. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in like DJ. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes index, photo plates, and maps. xxiv, 296 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The first full-length biography of the half-barbarian emperor. Maximinus was a Thracian tribesman "of frightening appearance and colossal size" who could smash stones with his bare hands and pull fully laden wagons unaided. Such feats impressed the emperor Severus who...
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SGD 24.75
Conquerors of the Roman Empire: The Vandals
by Simon MacDowall
UK: Pen & Sword, 2016. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in brown cloth on boards with gilt lettering to spine. New DJ. 8vo. (6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches). Clean text free of marks or underlining. Color photo plates. Includes a chronology, glossary, bibliography and an index. 208 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. On 31 December AD 406, a group of German tribes crossed the Rhine, pierced the Roman defensive lines and began a rampage across Roman Gaul, sacking cities such as Metz,...
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SGD 34.40
The Holy Roman Empire
by Bryce, James
New York: A. L. Burt Company [nd] Green cloth, 467 pages, portrait; 19 cm. Top edge gilt, gilt-tooled device on the front board. Frontispiece with guardsheet. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards, age toning. A sturdy, finely-bound copy, early 20th century.. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo.
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SGD 17.23
Life, Myth, and Art in Ancient Rome
by Tony Allan
J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005. Paperback. New. New tightly bound softcover in printed wraps. 4to. (10 X 10). Clean text free of marks or underling. Beautiful color photos throughout the text. Includes chronology, list of Roman emperors, further readings and an index. 144 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. From the publisher, "Inspired by the achievements of the ancient Greeks, the Romans made their city the center of an empire unsurpassed in size and influence for more than a...
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SGD 26.13
Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome (Ancient Society and History)
by Gregory S. Aldrete
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in new dust jacket. (5.5 x 1.02 x 8.5 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes appendices [3], bibliography, index, includes tables, figures, and maps. 368 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. While the remains of its massive aqueducts serve as tangible reminders of Rome's efforts to control its supply of drinking water, there are scant physical reminders that other waters sometimes...
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SGD 68.87
Policing Athens Social Control in the Attic Lawsuits, 420-320 B.C.
by Virginia J. Hunter
Princeton University Press, 1994. First. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Like new hardcover with navy blue cloth on boards with gilt lettering to spine. Sun fading to spine of DJ. 8vo. Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes Notes, glossary, select bibliography, Index of Ancient sources, and a general index. xv, 324 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. From household gossip to public beatings, this social history explores the many channels through which Athenians...
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SGD 73.00
Caesar's Footprints: A Cultural Excursion to Ancient France: Journeys Through Roman Gaul
by Bijan Omrani
Pegasus Books, 2019. Paperback. New. New softcover in glossy printed wraps. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Includes maps and photos. 416 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. An intellectual adventure through ancient France revealing how Caesar's conquest of Gaul changed the course of French culture, forever transforming modern Europe. Julius Caesar's conquests in Gaul in the 50s b.c. were bloody, but the cultural revolution they brought in their wake forever...
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SGD 13.72
Sexuality in Greek and Roman Literature and Society: A Sourcebook (Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World)
by Marguerite Johnson, Terry Ryan
Routledge, 2004. Paperback. New. New softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. (6.14 x 9.21 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes glossary, bibliography, index, and photos. 280 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. This Sourcebook contains numerous original translations of ancient poetry, inscriptions and documents, all of which illuminate the multifaceted nature of sexuality in antiquity. The detailed introduction provides full social and historical context for...
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SGD 24.75
A Roman Interior
by HOLDEN
1920. Pencil and watercolor on board. Signed and dated in ink in the ower right. Image measures 11" x 9", board measures 19 7/8" x 15"<br/> <br/> Striking architectural study depicting a cutaway view of a Roman interior. The perspective shows the corner of the room, with a mosaic tile floor enclosed by eight Ionic columns, with a lush landscape of trees and a hill in the background. Decorative details include a niche housing a large vase, and colorful patterned panels...
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SGD 620.42
Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
by Barry Strauss
Simon & Schuster, 2019. Hardcover. Used Like New/New. Used like new hardcover in new dust jacket. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Publisher's overstock mark on the bottom of the text block. Includes chronology, maps, family trees, index, and B&W photo plates. 432 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers "an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire...much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of...
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SGD 21.99
Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny
by Edward J. Watts
Basic Books, 2018. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in a new dust jacket. 8vo. (6.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. B&W photos. Includes chapter notes and an index. 352 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Learn why the Roman Republic collapsed -- and how it could have continued to thrive -- with this insightful history from an award-winning author. In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of...
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SGD 45.43
Accurata e succinta descrizione topografica delle antichità di Roma.
by Ridolfino Venuti, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Jean Barbault, Jerome Charles Bellicard, Giovanni Battista Bernabo et al
Full gilt ruled/Greek-keyed mottled calf surrounding Haystoune coat-of-arms; five raised bands with ruled & floriated compartments; red morocco label to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Ninety-six full copper-engraved plates including many by Piranesi. Part 1: xxxvi,143, with 59 interleaved plates (the first of which is a large folding map); Part 2: viii, 143, [1], with interleaved plates 60-96. Wear to hinges, otherwise a nice clean copy.
8.5 x 11.5 in
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SGD 4,549.71
