Classical history & classical civilisation books

This book is the first entirely devoted to Crantor of Soli, an outstanding figure of the Old Academy. It aims at...  Read More >>

How encounters with the Roman Empire compelled the Jews of antiquity to rethink their conceptions of Israel and...  Read More >>

Cleopatra was born of an ancient Greek dynasty that stretched back to the time of Alexander the Great, and as the...  Read More >>

The greatest of all Pharaohs, Ramses reigned at the height of Ancient Egypt's power. He led military campaigns with...  Read More >>

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Exhibits the elaborate findings of the Zea Harbour Project at Mounichia Harbour from 2005 to 2012.  Read More >>

This book delves into the intricate and, as argued, essential relationship between poetics and religion in Pindar....  Read More >>

This book traces the formation of the archaeological site of Carthage and how it re-emerged in the minds of European...  Read More >>

A narrative history, document excerpts, and reference entries explore how Greek and Roman women both individually...  Read More >>

This accessible edition for students presents Herodotus as one of the most fascinating and colourful authors from...  Read More >>

Brings together scholars of Attic, the Koine, and Atticism to better understand the connections between these varieties....  Read More >>

Covering Western history from the ancient world to the current era of globalization, The Modernization of the Western...  Read More >>

First published in 1980, Catalogue of Chinese Manuscripts in Danish Archives is a descriptive catalogue that gives...  Read More >>

Covering Western history from the ancient world to the current era of globalization, The Modernization of the Western...  Read More >>

First published in 2002, Germain Boffrand's Livre d'Architecture is one of the most original books on architecture...  Read More >>

This volume consists of 15 articles published between 1991 and 2018. It falls into three sections, reflecting different...  Read More >>

This volume explores how individuals use moral agency to craft the moral dispositions and moral capabilities needed...  Read More >>

The Tyrants of Corinth is the first monograph in English devoted to the archaic tyranny of Corinth and the engaging...  Read More >>

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The Tyrants of Corinth is the first monograph in English devoted to the archaic tyranny of Corinth and the engaging...  Read More >>

This handbook explores the ways in which histories of colonialism and postcolonial thought and theory cast light...  Read More >>

One of GCP's bestselling backlist staples is now in oversize.  Read More >>

This book provides an in-depth analysis of Statius' Achilleid, an epic poem written in the 1st century A.D. It explores...  Read More >>

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"This is the first book-length study of the rhetoric of Cicero's ""On the Agrarian Law"" I and II. Through a close...  Read More >>