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Born and bred in what is now northern Spain to a family of olive-oil magnates, Hadrian was lucky enough to benefit from the patronage of ...
'An elegant, swift and faultless introduction to the subject' The SpectatorStarting with the founding myth of Romulus and Remus, Anthony Everitt charts Rome's development ...
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Our greatest living expert on Sparta' - Tom Holland, author of Rubicon
The definitive account of the extraordinary people of Sparta.
The Spartan legend has inspired ...
Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE) was a wealthy Athenian and friend of Socrates. He left Athens in 401 and joined an expedition including ...
A definitive and refreshingly readable new translation of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War, paired with a brilliant introduction on how to read and ...
An evenhanded reimagining of the Greek conqueror's life.
This book oers a fresh perspective on the reign of Alexander the Great. It re-examines Alexander ...
The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a ...
How ideas and experiences of beauty informed human relationships with the divine in ancient Greece
Beginning with the earliest Greek literature, the epics of Homer ...
