Category: Military & Warfare

COLLINS ATLAS OF MILITARY HISTORY

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd : 2006

Seller ID: 30237

ISBN-13: 9780007166398

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Minor shelfwear. Remainder mark to bottom of textblock. ; 9.6 X 7.3 X 0.6 inches; 192 pages
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TRANSITIONS TO EMPIRE Essays in Greco-Roman History, 360-146 B.C., in Honor of E. Badian

By: (Badian, Ernst) & Robert W. Wallace & Edward M. Harris (Eds. )

Price: $63.00

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press : 1996

Seller ID: 17159

ISBN-13: 9780806128634

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Top corners are bumped else book has Minor shelfwear. DJ spine slightly discolored. ; During the period 360-146 BC, the Greco-Roman world underwent the transition from independent city states and small regional powers to large and potent empires of the Hellenistic age. The essays in this volume consider various aspects of this central political transformation. Essays on Greco-Roman history of the period 360-146 BC are by students and colleagues of Ernst Badian. Nine chapters on the `Early Imperial History of Macedon, 360-300 BC' (Peter Green, Julia Heskel, Edward Harris, John Buckler, George C...
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TRANSITIONS TO EMPIRE Essays in Greco-Roman History, 360-146 B.C., in Honor of E. Badian

By: (Badian, Ernst) & Robert W. Wallace & Edward M. Harris (Eds. )

Price: $63.00

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press : 1996

Seller ID: 17160

ISBN-13: 9780806128634

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

A couple of corners and top of spine are lightly bumped else book has Minor shelfwear. Top of DJ spine slightly creased. DJ in mylar. ; During the period 360-146 BC, the Greco-Roman world underwent the transition from independent city states and small regional powers to large and potent empires of the Hellenistic age. The essays in this volume consider various aspects of this central political transformation. Essays on Greco-Roman history of the period 360-146 BC are by students and colleagues of Ernst Badian. Nine chapters on the `Early Imperial History of Macedon, 360-300 BC' (Peter Green, J...
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LEUCARUM Excavations at the Roman Auxiliary Fort at Loughor, West Glamorgan 1982-84 and 1987-88

By: A. G. Marvell & H. S. Owen-John

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies : 1997

Seller ID: 7220

ISBN-13: 9780907764212

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Very light edgewear else Fine. Small crease to back upper corner. ; Britannia Monograph Series; 448 pages; The Roman fort at Loughor was founded in c. AD 75 and occupied continuously until the early 120s. The fort was then reduced and was reoccupied from c. 270 until the early fourth century. Excavation was concentrated on the defences and part of the interior. Detailed examination of the defences enabled useful analysis of construction methods. In the interior of the Flavio-Trajanic fort, a sequence of granaries was followed by a series of praetoria. Analysis of these buildings has enabled a ...
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THE ABINNAEUS ARCHIVE Papers of a Roman Officer in the Reign of Constantius II. Collected and re-edited.

By: Abinnaeus, Flavius; H. I. Bell; V. Martin; E. G. Turner; & D. Van Berchem

Price: $190.00

Publisher: Oxford Clarendon Press : 1962

Seller ID: 29728

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Light bump to top of spine. Former owner's name to ffep. Else minor shelfwear to book. DJ spine browned with a bit of sticker damage. Tears to head of spine. Some chipping to DJ. ; 191 pages; Flavius Abinnaeus is commander of the cavalry (praefectus alae) in the Fayum, stationed in a fortress in Dionysias, a village in the North-West of the province from AD 342 to 35. The book is a collection of petitions, letters, accounts and lists. Of the 42 letters, 37 are addressed to Abinnaeus and one is written by him. All together, he has 26 different correspondents. Fourteen petitions are addressed to...
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L'ARCHITECTURE MILITAIRE GRECQUE

By: Adam, Jean-Pierre

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Picard : 1982

Seller ID: 13171

ISBN-13: 9782708400610

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Book is fine. DJ has light edgewear and faint rubbing. ; 144 figures. Numerous photos and illustrations; French Edition; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 263 pages
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L'ARCHITECTURE MILITAIRE GRECQUE

By: Adam, Jean-Pierre

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Picard : 1982

Seller ID: 14231

ISBN-13: 9782708400610

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Book is fine. DJ has some minor edgewear and chipping and faint rubbing. ; 144 figures. Numerous photos and illustrations; French Edition; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 263 pages
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CAESAR As Man of Letters

By: Adcock, F. E

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1956

Seller ID: 18975

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

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 ...
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PHYLARCHUS AND THE SPARTAN REVOLUTION

By: Africa, Thomas W

Price: $70.00

Publisher: University of California Press : 1961

Seller ID: 3485

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Light browning to wraps. Gift inscription on inner wrap. Light pencil notes on ffep only. Old price in pen. ; University of California Publications in History; 92 pages; Phylarchus was a Greek historical writer whose works have been lost, but not before having been considerably used by other historians whose works have survived.
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BATTLE AND BATTLE DESCRIPTION HOMER A Contribution to the History of War

By: Albracht, Franz. translated and edited by Peter Jones, Malcolm Willcock and Gabriele Wright

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press : 2005

Seller ID: 11823

ISBN-13: 9780715632413

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Very light shelfwear to DJ else fine. ; 224 pages; Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the Iliad, in two parts: in Part I the council of war, marshalling of the troops, the use of chariots, the advance into battle, the standing fight, the massed attack and defence, retreat, flight and pursuit; in Part II protection in the field, attack and defence of a fortified camp, and the siege and defence of a fortified city. Throughout, he offers the reader fascinating ex...
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BATTLE AND BATTLE DESCRIPTION HOMER A Contribution to the History of War

By: Albracht, Franz. translated and edited by Peter Jones, Malcolm Willcock and Gabriele Wright

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press : 2005

Seller ID: 11987

ISBN-13: 9780715632413

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Gift inscription from Peter Jones to ffep. Else book is fine. DJ has chipping along lower edge of front panel and light creasing along upper edge of rear panel. ; 224 pages; Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the Iliad, in two parts: in Part I the council of war, marshalling of the troops, the use of chariots, the advance into battle, the standing fight, the massed attack and defence, retreat, flight and pursuit; in Part II protection in the field, attack and ...
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BATTLE AND BATTLE DESCRIPTION HOMER A Contribution to the History of War

By: Albracht, Franz. translated and edited by Peter Jones, Malcolm Willcock and Gabriele Wright

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press : 2005

Seller ID: 12212

ISBN-13: 9780715632413

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Very light shelfwear to DJ else fine. ; 224 pages; Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the Iliad, in two parts: in Part I the council of war, marshalling of the troops, the use of chariots, the advance into battle, the standing fight, the massed attack and defence, retreat, flight and pursuit; in Part II protection in the field, attack and defence of a fortified camp, and the siege and defence of a fortified city. Throughout, he offers the reader fascinating ex...
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BATTLE AND BATTLE DESCRIPTION HOMER A Contribution to the History of War

By: Albracht, Franz. translated and edited by Peter Jones, Malcolm Willcock and Gabriele Wright

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press : 2005

Seller ID: 18700

ISBN-13: 9780715632413

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 224 pages; Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the Iliad, in two parts: in Part I the council of war, marshalling of the troops, the use of chariots, the advance into battle, the standing fight, the massed attack and defence, retreat, flight and pursuit; in Part II protection in the field, attack and defence of a fortified camp, and the siege and defence of a fortified city. Throughout, he offers the reader fascinating explan...
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NEUTRALIDAD Y NEUTRALISMO EN LA GUERRA DEL PELOPONESO (431-404 A. C.)

By: Alonso Troncoso, V.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Ediciones de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid : 1987

Seller ID: 20592

ISBN-13: 9788474770896

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Inscribed by author to Christian Habicht on title, else unmarked. Covers creased. Backstrip sunned. First few pages have mild corner crease. ; 606pp. ; Colección De Estudios; 606 pages; Signed by Author
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GREAT AND SMALL POLEIS A Study in the Relations between the Great Powers and the Small Cities in Ancient Greece

By: Amit, M.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Latomus : 1973

Seller ID: 15587

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Pages unopened. Very light shelfwear else fine. ; Collection Latomus Volume 134; 194 pages
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ANCIENT GREEK HORSEMANSHIP

By: Anderson, J. K.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: University of California Press : 1961

Seller ID: 35441

ISBN-13: 9780520000230

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

DJ has many tears and chipping- a bit tattered. DJ is price-clipped. Faint rubbing to boards. A couple of corners lightly bumped. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; 329 pages; Examines both archaeological and literary data and to make possible a new understanding of the role of the horse in Greek war tactics, travel, sports, and major festivals.
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IMPERIAL IDEOLOGY AND PROVINCIAL LOYALTY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE

By: Ando, Clifford

Price: $55.00

Publisher: University of California Press : 2000

Seller ID: 8229

ISBN-13: 9780520220676

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

One small chip to DJ else Fine. ; Classics and Contemporary Thought; 1.57 x 9.37 x 6.31 Inches; 494 pages; The Roman empire remains unique. Although Rome claimed to rule the world, it did not. Rather, its uniqueness stems from the culture it created and the loyalty it inspired across an area that stretched from the Tyne to the Euphrates. Moreover, the empire created this culture with a bureaucracy smaller than that of a typical late-twentieth-century research university. In approaching this problem, Clifford Ando does not ask the ever-fashionable question, Why did the Roman empire fall? Rather...
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THE ARMY IN ROMAN DOBRUDJA

By: Aricescu, Andei; (Nubar Hampartumian, translator)

Price: $240.00

Publisher: British Archaeological Reports : 1980

Seller ID: 7471

ISBN-13: 9780860540991

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Very minor shelfwear. ; Contents: I. Military History of Roman Dobrudja; II. Roman Army in the Principate; III. Roman Army during the Dominate: Fortifications and Roads; Aspects of Military Life; Role of the Army in the process of Romanisation in Dobrudja....List of Fortified sites on strategic roads. ; British Archaeological Reports BAR International Series 86; 225 pages
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THE LIFE OF HANNIBAL With an Introduction and Notes by Henry Ketcham. with Illustrations

By: Arnold, Thomas

Price: $32.00

Publisher: A. L. Burt Company : 1903

Seller ID: 2555

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Former owner's name on ffep. One small bump to top of back board. Very minor discoloration. Minor browning to ffep. ; 293 pages
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GUERRE ET PAIX DANS LA POESIE GRECQUE De Callinos a Pindare

By: Arnould, Dominique

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Arno Press : 1981

Seller ID: 9162

ISBN-13: 9780405140273

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Scholar's initials to ffep (E. Badian). Else Fine. ; Revision of thesis (doctoral) - University of Paris, 1977. ; Monographs in Classical Studies; 395 pages
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ARRIANI: ANABASIS ET INDICA & RELIQUA ARRIANI Ex Optimo Codice Parisino Emendavit Varietatem Ejus Libri Retulit...et Scriptorum De Rebus Alexandri M. Collegit Pseudo-Callisthenis Historiam Fabulosam.

By: Arrian; Fr. Dübner & Carolus Müller

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Editore Ambrosio Fermin-Didot : 1846

Seller ID: 5217

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

1/4 buckram boards with gilt lettering. 1 1/2" piece missing from top of spine. Front board detached but present. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Minor edgewear to boards. Endpapers browned. Light foxing throughout. First two front endpapers have top corner missing. Fair to good condition. ; Ex Optimo Codice Parisino Emendavit et Varietatem Ejus Libri Retulit. Fr. Dübner. Reliqua Arriani, Et Scriptorum de Rebus Alexandri M. Fragmenta Collegit, Pseudo-Callisthenis Historiam Fabulosam. Ex Tribus Codicibus Nunc Primum edidit, itinerarium alexandri et indices adjecit, C...
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MODUS OPERANDI Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Rickman

By: Austin, Michel, Jill Harries and Christopher Smith (Eds. ) & (Geoffrey Rickman)

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Institute of Classical Studies, University of London : 1998

Seller ID: 12058

ISBN-13: 9780900587825

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light bump to top of spine. Minor shelfwear. ; Collection of essays covering a range of topics, including the administration of Delphi, Roman law, the Roman economy and army, art and literature. ; Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement 71; 256 pages
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AMMIANUS ON WARFARE An Investigation Into Ammianus' Military Knowledge

By: Austin, N. J. E

Price: $47.00

Publisher: Latomus : 1979

Seller ID: 15582

ISBN-13: 9782870311059

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Pages unopened. Very light shelfwear. Else fine. ; Aims to establish Ammianus in the front rank of ancient military historians; attempts to do this by demonstrating that he possesses an extensive knowledge of the three principal phases of military activity: intelligence, planning and operations. ; Collection Latomus Volume 165; 171 pages
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JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL MILITARY HISTORY Volumes I, II, III

By: Bachrach, Bernard S. & Clifford J. Rogers & Kelly Devries (Eds. )

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Boydell Press : 2002-5

Seller ID: 2603

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

3 Volumes -- minor shelfwear. ; Three Volumes--Journal of Medieval Military History; Vol. 123; 0.81 x 9.74 x 6.26 Inches; Warfare is one of the central themes of medieval history. Until now, however, there has been no journal dedicated specifically to this area. The Journal of Medieval Military History, the new annual journal of De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History will remedy this situation by publishing top-quality scholarly articles on topics across the full thematic and chronological ranges of the study of war in the middle ages. Medieval society was dominated by men w...
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MEDICAL CARE FOR THE ROMAN ARMY ON THE RHINE, DANUBE AND BRITISH FRONTIERS IN THE FIRST, SECOND AND EARLY THIRD CENTURIES AD

By: Baker, Patricia Anne

Price: $160.00

Publisher: British Archaeological Reports : 2004

Seller ID: 6630

ISBN-13: 9781841713786

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

British Archaeological Reports BAR International Series 1286; 204 pages; This detailed study of military medical practice on the western frontiers of the Roman army aims to discover whether legionary and auxilliary units were treated differently, whether local civilians were also treated by military doctors and if the soldier's location impacted on his medical treatment. At the heart of this wide-ranging study is an analysis of medical instruments discovered at frontier sites, such as Housesteads, Wallsend, Carnuntum, Caerleon, Xanten, Mainz and many others. Patricia Anne Baker examines the sc...
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THE GOD-LIST IN THE TREATY BETWEEN HANNIBAL AND PHILIP V OF MACEDONIA A Study in Light of the Ancient Near Eastern Treaty Tradition

By: Barré, Michael L. (Barre)

Price: $33.00

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press : 1983

Seller ID: 35514

ISBN-13: 9780801827877

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Very faint Bumping to 1 corner. Else very minor shelfwear. ; In 215 BC in the second Punic War, Philip V of Macedonia sent an emissary to Hannibal in order to form an alliance with the Carthaginian general. This alliance was formalized in a treaty, the document which provides the corpus for this study. In this treaty is a list of "divine witnesses", which comprise the "official pantheon" of Carthage. The organization of the material and the presentation of the god-lists of all the treaties in a series of charts in Appendix I as well as the extensive indexes and bibliography make the book a use...
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HANNIBAL Challenging Rome's Supremacy

By: Beer, Sir Gavin De

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Viking Press : 1969

Seller ID: 575

ISBN-13: 9780670360482

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. ; Biography of Hannibal, the scourge of Rome. ; 320 pages
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JOURNAL OF ROMAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT STUDIES. VOLUME 4 1993 Dedicated to the Study of the Weapons, Armour, Andmilitary Fittings of the Armies and Enemies of Rome and Byzantium

By: Bishop, Mike

Price: $52.00

Publisher: Oxbow Books : 1994

Seller ID: 11398

ISBN-13: 9780946897957

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Minor shelfwear. Light rubbing to back wrap. ; Jrmes 4; Vol. 4; 103 pages; Fragments of an Iorica hamata from a barrow at Fluitenberg, Netherlands (W. A. B. Van der Sanden) ; A bronze spearhead from Insula 22, and its significance for the urban history of Augusta Rauricorum (Augst BL, Switzerland) (Eckhard Deschler-Erb and Peter-Andrew Schwarz) ; Roman tents 'replicated' in stone-built barracks of the 2nd century BC in Spain (John Pamment Salvatore) ; The de munitonibus castrorum: Text and translation (Catherine M. Gilliver) ; Hedgehogs, caltrops and palisade stakes (Catherine M. Gilliver) ; T...
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JOURNAL OF ROMAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT STUDIES. VOLUME 7 1996 Dedicated to the Study of the Weapons, Armour, Andmilitary Fittings of the Armies and Enemies of Rome and Byzantium

By: Bishop, Mike

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Oxbow Books : 1999

Seller ID: 7112

ISBN-13: 9781900188852

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Light bump to base of spine else Fine. ; Jrmes 7; Vol. 7; 153 pages; The seventh volume of this authoritative specialist journal contains six papers: A Third Century collection of decorative objects from a Roman villa at Wange (Central Belgium): second interdisciplinary report (Marc Lodewijckx, Louis Wouters, and Els Scheurman); Equipamiento militar del campamento romano de Aquae Querquennae (Portoquintela, Ourense, Espana) (Antonio Rodriguez Colmenero and Tomas Vega Avelaira); The Scholae Palatinae and the Notitia Dignitatum (David Woods); Reconstructing the iron core from the Deurne helmet (...
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MANPOWER SHORTAGE AND THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE WEST

By: Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Price: $50.00

Publisher: University of Michigan Press : 1955

Seller ID: 4935

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket

Light shelfwear to boards. Dust jacket is chipped along top edge and bottom of spine. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Former owner's name on ffep. ; The first detailed picture of the population policies of the Western Empire, and their effects on its government service. This analysis throws new light on the economic and social legislation of Diocletian, Constantine and their successors. ; Jerome Lectures; 169 pages
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THE IMPERIAL ROMAN ARMY

By: Bohec, Yann Le

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Hippocrene Books : 1994

Seller ID: 17142

ISBN-13: 9780781802598

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Bumping to lower corners. Book and Dustjacket have minor shelfwear. ; The Emperor Augustus believed that the Roman army occupied a crucial place at the heart of the empire and it was he who made it a fully professional force. This book looks at the structure and development of the army between the Republic and the Late Empire, examining why the army has always been accorded such a prominent position in the history of the Roman Empire, and whether that view is justified. The book is divided into three sections. The author first examines the major divisions of army organization - the legions, th...
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THE IMPERIAL ROMAN ARMY

By: Bohec, Yann Le

Price: $15.00

Publisher: B. T. Batsford : 1994

Seller ID: 19129

ISBN-13: 9780713471663

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Book is fine. DJ is price-clipped. ; The Emperor Augustus believed that the Roman army occupied a crucial place at the heart of the empire and it was he who made it a fully professional force. This book looks at the structure and development of the army between the Republic and the Late Empire, examining why the army has always been accorded such a prominent position in the history of the Roman Empire, and whether that view is justified. The book is divided into three sections. The author first examines the major divisions of army organization - the legions, the auxiliary units, the fleet - an...
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WHERE HANNIBAL PASSED

By: Bonus, Arthur Rivers

Price: $67.00

Publisher: Methuen & Company : 1925

Seller ID: 28703

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Book has shelfwear.. Former owner's name to ffep. Foxing passim. ; With twelve ill. And a map. ; 87 pages
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THE MARCH TO VICTORY A Guide to World War II Battles and Battlefields from London to the Rhine

By: Bookman, John T. & Stephen T. Powers

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Boulder, CO, U.S.A., University Press of Colorado : 1994

Seller ID: 20052

ISBN-13: 9780870813276

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Very faint rubbing to wraps. Else fine. ; 293pp, illustrated. Revised ed.
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ALEXANDER AND THE EAST The Tragedy of Triumph

By: Bosworth, A. B.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 1996

Seller ID: 4902

ISBN-13: 9780198149910

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

2 Small tears to DJ at spine (1cm) (repaired with cellotape). Former bookseller's plate on inner cover. ; 0.54 x 8.5 x 5.5 Inches; 218 pages; In this study, Bosworth looks at Alexander the Great's activities in Central Asia and Pakistan, drawing a bleak picture of massacre and repression comparable to the Spanish conquest of Mexico. He investigates the evolution of Alexander's views of empire and concept of universal monarch, and documents the representation of Alexander by historians of antiquity. The book is directed to specialists and general readers alike.
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CONQUEST AND EMPIRE The Reign of Alexander the Great

By: Bosworth, A. B.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1989

Seller ID: 27068

ISBN-13: 9780521348232

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor shelfwear. ; This book is an exploration of the process and consequences of the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon (who reigned from 336 to 323 BC) , focusing on the effect of his monarchy upon the world of his day. A detailed running narrative of the actual campaigns from the Danube to the Indus is complemented and enlarged upon by thematic studies on the reaction in Greece to Macedonian suzerainty, the administration of the empire, the evolution of the Macedonian army and its role as the instrument of conquest, and on the origins of the ruler c...
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SPAIN UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE With a Map

By: Bouchier, Edmund Spenser

Price: $70.00

Publisher: B.H. Blackwell : 1914

Seller ID: 3250

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Light foxing to ffeps. Minor edgewear to extremities. ; A history of Spain which following the fall of Carthage came under Roman control, the author examines the history of the Roman period, as well as the antiquities and remains of Roman influence and the effect of Rome on Spanish language and literature. Includes a single fold-out map. ; 200 pages
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AUGUSTUS AND THE GREEK WORLD

By: Bowersock, G. W.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Oxford Clarendon Press : 1965

Seller ID: 34453

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Light shelfwear to book. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). DJ spine a bit browned. DJ has some chipping and a few small tears. Some scuffing to DJ. ; 176 pages; The principal theme is the process of consolidation of the Graeco-Roman world under the first Princeps.
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THE CAMBRIDGE ANCIENT HISTORY Volume X: the Augustan Empire 43 B. C. - A. D. 69

By: Bowman, Alan K. & Edward Champlin & Andrew Lintott (Eds. )

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1996

Seller ID: 26288

ISBN-13: 9780521264303

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

1 page untrimmed else book is fine. DJ has some tears and chipping. ; The period described in this volume begins in the year after the death of Julius Caesar and ends in the year after the fall of Nero. Its main theme is the transformation of the political configuration of the state to a dynastic monarchy and the establishment of the Roman Empire. Central to the period is the achievement of the first emperor, Augustus. ; Cambridge Ancient History Series; Vol. 10; 1193 pages
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LEONIDAS AND THE KINGS OF SPARTA Mightiest Warriors, Fairest Kingdom

By: Bradford, Alfred S.

Price: $53.00

Publisher: Praeger : 2011

Seller ID: 16797

ISBN-13: 9780313385988

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Gift inscription in pen to ffep (likely from author) "In memory of the Sparta conference". Else book is fine. DJ flaps are creased. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Organized in a logical and chronological order, Leonidas and the Kings of Sparta: Mightiest Warriors, Fairest Kingdom describes the legendary origins of the dual kingship in Sparta, documents the many reigning eras of the kings, and then concludes with the time when the kingship was abolished six centuries later. The book examines the kings' roles in war and battle, in religion, in the social life of the city, and in formulating Spartan po...
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THERMOPYLAE The Battle for the West

By: Bradford, Ernie

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Da Capo Press : 2004

Seller ID: 20724

ISBN-13: 9780306813603

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Minor edgewear where laminate is lifting in places. Else fine. ; Reprint of the 1980 ed. 255pp. An impressively accessible narrative depicting the three-day battle for the pass at Thermopylae (the Hot Gates) --a critical contest in Xerxes's massive invasion of Greece. The bloody stand made there by Leonidas and his small Spartan army in 480 B. C. Has been hailed ever since as an outstanding example of patriotism, courage, and sacrifice.; 255 pages
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HANNIBAL

By: Bradford, Ernle

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Dorset Press : 1991

Seller ID: 18198

ISBN-13: 9780880296670

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Minor bump to top of spine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear. ; Describes Hannibal's actions as soldier, general, statesman, and as a mortal human being. It explores the strategies of his greatest battles (at Cannae his troops killed 45,000 Romans in an afternoon and nearly brought the Roman Empire to its knees). ; 223 pages; During the second century B. C. , the North African city of Carthage was a powerful commercial center. One of its leading citizens was Hannibal. Carthagian excursions into Roman territory led to the Punic Wars and Hannibal was called into service. Ernle Bradford examines th...
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THE MARINES OF AUTUMN A Novel of the Korean War

By: Brady, James

Price: $4.00

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin : 2001

Seller ID: 18920

ISBN-13: 9780312280819

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

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 ...
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ROMAN MILITARY LAW

By: Brand, C.E.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: University of Texas Press : 1968

Seller ID: 4167

ISBN-13: 9780292733930

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers. Traces of removed pocket on back board. Book has been rebound in dark red library buckram. Light pencil marginalia on a few pages. ; In view of the importance of both the legal and military aspects of the Roman Empire, an account for the Roman armies is of considerable significance to historians in both fields. Colonel C. E. Brand describes this system of control. ; 209 pages
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THE AGE OF THE SOLDIER EMPERORS Imperial Rome, A.D. 244-284

By: Brauer, George C.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Noyes Press : 1975

Seller ID: 3416

ISBN-13: 9780815550365

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Minor shelfwear. ; Noyes Classical Studies; 288 pages; Looks at the history of the Roman Empire in the middle part of the third century A. D. From the reign of Philip the Arab to Carus and his dynasty before the reign of Diocletian. Book is heavily illustrated with pictures of coins of the period.
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THE AGE OF THE SOLDIER EMPERORS Imperial Rome, A.D. 244-284

By: Brauer, George C.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Noyes Press : 1975

Seller ID: 5320

ISBN-13: 9780815550365

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Dustjacket spine is slightly discolored. Tiny chip to DJ at head of spine. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Noyes Classical Studies; 288 pages; Looks at the history of the Roman Empire in the middle part of the third century A. D. From the reign of Philip the Arab to Carus and his dynasty before the reign of Diocletian. Book is heavily illustrated with pictures of coins of the period.
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THE AGE OF THE SOLDIER EMPERORS Imperial Rome, A.D. 244-284

By: Brauer, George C.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Noyes Press : 1975

Seller ID: 7511

ISBN-13: 9780815550365

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

DJ is very discolored with light chipping and edgewear. Book has very light shelfwear with slight bumping along bottom edge of boards. ; Noyes Classical Studies; 288 pages; Looks at the history of the Roman Empire in the middle part of the third century A. D. From the reign of Philip the Arab to Carus and his dynasty before the reign of Diocletian. Book is heavily illustrated with pictures of coins of the period.
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THE AGE OF THE SOLDIER EMPERORS Imperial Rome, A.D. 244-284

By: Brauer, George C.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Noyes Press : 1975

Seller ID: 7972

ISBN-13: 9780815550365

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

DJ is discolored along edges of front panel. DJ has minor shelfwear. ; Noyes Classical Studies; 288 pages; Looks at the history of the Roman Empire in the middle part of the third century A. D. From the reign of Philip the Arab to Carus and his dynasty before the reign of Diocletian. Book is heavily illustrated with pictures of coins of the period.
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THE AGE OF THE SOLDIER EMPERORS Imperial Rome, A.D. 244-284

By: Brauer, George C.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Noyes Press : 1975

Seller ID: 17762

ISBN-13: 9780815550365

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Foxing to textblock and endpapers. DJ is discolored along edges and spine. DJ has minor shelfwear. ; Noyes Classical Studies; 288 pages; Looks at the history of the Roman Empire in the middle part of the third century A. D. From the reign of Philip the Arab to Carus and his dynasty before the reign of Diocletian. Book is heavily illustrated with pictures of coins of the period.
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RULING ROMAN BRITAIN Kings, Queens, Governors and Emperors from Julius Caesar to Agricola

By: Braund, David

Price: $115.00

Publisher: Routledge : 1996

Seller ID: 3502

ISBN-13: 9780415008044

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Minor shelfwear to DJ else Fine. ; In this book, David Braund offers a significantly different perspective upon the history of Roman Britain. Rather than relying on archaeology, the author concentrates on the literary evidence, drawing a colorful picture of the social and political context of Roman imperialism. The study discusses Roman theories of imperialism as well as the intellectual and political atmosphere within which Caesar mounted his invasions of Britain in 55 and 54 B. C. Braund shows how the ideologies and power structures at work in Rome fundamentally shaped politics and society i...
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