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Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Staff Pick I'm rather sure that all three of Stacy Schiff's previous works have been nominated for some award or another. With a pedigree like that, you know that her latest biography is bound to be a must-read. Stripping away all the previous misconceptions about... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Staff Pick I'm rather sure that all three of Stacy Schiff's previous works have been nominated for some award or another. With a pedigree like that, you know that her latest biography is bound to be a must-read. Stripping away all the previous misconceptions about... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Oxford History of the Classical World by John Boardman Publisher Comments 'From the epic poems of Homer to the glittering art and architecture of Greece\'s Golden Age to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership, the classical world has established the foundations of our culture, as well as many of its enduring... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Penguin Classics #253: The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian Publisher Comments ‘His passion was for glory only, and in that he was insatiable’ Although written over four hundred years after Alexander’s death, Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander is the most reliable account of the man and his achievements we... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy by Adrienne Mayor Publisher Comments "Mithradates should be a household name alongside his fellow rebels Hannibal, Cleopatra, Spartacus, and Attila. This detailed, juicy, entertaining, yet painstaking work of superb scholarship should finally give Mithradates the recognition he deserves... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Lost Empire of Atlantis: The Secrets of History's Most Enduring Mystery Revealed by Gavin Menzies Publisher Comments The astonishing true story of Atlantis In 1500 B.C. a supervolcano beneath the Greek island of Santorini exploded in a near-apocalyptic eruption. Buried beneath the rubble and waves was the world’s most remarkable lost civilization. . . . New York... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland Publisher Comments A masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of perhaps the greatest civilization ever and the events and people that led to its transformation from a republic to an empire. On a dark January morning, Julius Caesar, the governor of Gaul,... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Book Club Hardcover
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter by Thomas Cahill Publisher Comments In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore "the hinges of history," Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining-and historicallyunassailable-journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volume 1 (Penguin Classics) by Edward Gibbon Synopsis Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (the first volume was originally published in 1776), is one of the most famous texts in the English language. David Womersley's annotated edition returns to manuscript and original... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient Olympics by Neil Faulkner Publisher Comments What was it like to attend the Olympics in 388 B.C.? Would the experience resemble Olympic festivals as we celebrate them today? This remarkable book transports us back to the heyday of the city-state and classical Greek civilization. It invites us to... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover
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Rubicon by Tom Holland Publisher Comments In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland's enthrallingaccount tells the story of Caesar's generation... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Marathon: The Battle That Changed Western Civilization by Richard A Billows Publisher Comments Published to coincide with Marathon's 2500th anniversary, a riveting history of the historic battle The Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. is not only understood as the most decisive event in the struggle between the Greeks and the Persians, but can also be... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $11.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The First Clash: The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization by Jim Lacey Publisher Comments Marathon—one of history’s most pivotal battles. Its very name evokes images of almost superhuman courage, endurance, and fighting spirit. But until now, the story of what happened at Marathon has been told exclusively through the narrow... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Agrippina: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Early Empire by Anthony A Barrett Synopsis In this dynamic biography -- the first on Agrippina the Younger in English -- Anthony Barrett paints a I startling new picture of the powerful first-century Roman woman who was the sister of the emperor Caligula, wife of the emperor Claudius, and mother... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika by Robert B Strassler Publisher Comments From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus, here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika, the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. Hellenika... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt Publisher Comments Brilliant, voluble, cranky, a genius of political manipulation but also a true patriot and idealist, Cicero was Rome's most feared politician, one of the greatest lawyers and statesmen of all time. Cicero comes to life in these pages and takes center... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times (Yale Nota Bene) by Thomas Martin Publisher Comments In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox Publisher Comments Tough, resolute, fearless. Alexander was a born warrior and a ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 B.C.E. at age thirty-two, his vast empire comprised more than two million... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization by Richard Miles Publisher Comments The first full-scale history of Hannibal's Carthage in decades and andquot;a convincing and enthralling narrative.andquot; (The Economist ) Drawing on a wealth of new research, archaeologist, historian, and master storyteller Richard Miles resurrects... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography by Peter Green Publisher Comments Until recently, popular biographers and most scholars viewed Alexander the Great as a genius with a plan, a romantic figure pursuing his vision of a united world. His dream was at times characterized as a benevolent interest in the brotherhood of man... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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