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  • Conquest and Empire

    The Reign of Alexander the Great

    by A. B. Bosworth ...
    Series series Canto
    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, ... Read more

    $25.91 CAD

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  • In the Name of Rome

    The Men Who Won the Roman Empire

    by Adrian Goldsworthy ...
    The complete and definitive history of how Roman generals carved out the greatest and longest-lasting empire the world has ever seen.The Roman army was one of the most effective fighting forces in history. The legions and their commanders carved out an empire which eventually included the greater part of the known world. This was thanks largely to the generals who led the Roman army to victory ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Maximinus Thrax

    From Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome

    by Paul N. Pearson ...
    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 enlisted Maximinus into the imperial bodyguard whereupon he embarked on a distinguished military career. Eventually he achieved ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Death of Caesar

    The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination

    by Barry Strauss ...
    In this story of the most famous assassination in history, “the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly” (The Wall Street Journal).Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on March 15, 44 BC—the Ides of March according to the Roman calendar. He was, says author Barry Strauss, the last casualty of one civil war and the first casualty of the next ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Carthage Must Be Destroyed

    The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization

    by Richard Miles ...
    The first full-scale history of Hannibal's Carthage in decades and "a convincing and enthralling narrative." (The Economist )Drawing on a wealth of new research, archaeologist, historian, and master storyteller Richard Miles resurrects the civilization that ancient Rome struggled so mightily to expunge. This monumental work charts the entirety of Carthage's history, from its origins among the ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Pax Romana

    War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World

    by Adrian Goldsworthy ...
    The Pax Romana is famous for having provided a remarkable period of peace and stability, rarely seen before or since. Yet the Romans were first and foremost conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west. Their peace meant Roman victory and was brought about by strength and dominance rather than co-existence with ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Birth of Classical Europe

    A History from Troy to Augustine

    by Simon Price, Peter Thonemann ...
    To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a 'classical Europe', using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures.As this consistently fresh and surprising new book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Ghost on the Throne

    The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire

    by James Romm ...
    Alexander the Great, perhaps the most commanding leader in history, united his empire and his army by the titanic force of his will. His death at the age of thirty-two spelled the end of that unity.The story of Alexander’s conquest of the Persian empire is known to many readers, but the dramatic and consequential saga of the empire’s collapse remains virtually untold. It is a tale of loss that ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Defeat of Rome in the East

    Crassus, the Parthians, and the Disastrous Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC

    by Gareth C. Sampson ...
    "Not just worthwhile for its analysis of the battle, but also for its coverage on Marcus Licinius Crassus' long career and the rise of the Parthian Empire." — Medieval Warfare MagazineIn 53BC the Proconsul Marcus Crassus and 36,000 of his legionaries were crushed by the Parthians at Carrhae in what is now eastern Turkey. Crassus' defeat and death and the 20,000 casualties his army suffered were an ... Read more

    $13.67 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ancient Warfare

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Harry Sidebottom ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Greek and Roman warfare differed from other cultures and was unlike any other forms of warfare before and after. The key difference is often held to be that the Greeks and Romans practised a 'Western Way of War', where the aim is an open, decisive battle, won by courage instilled in part by discipline. Harry Sidebottom looks at how and why this 'Western Way of War' was constructed and maintained ... Read more

    $6.47 CAD

  • The Empire of Alexander the Great

    by John Mahaffy ...
    Most of the great changes in the world's history come about gradually and wise men can see them coming, for it is very hard to run counter to the nature of average men, and all great advances and degradations of society are the result of persistent causes; but a few times, since our records have been kept, there has arisen a single genius, who has done what no number of lesser men could accomplish ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Brief History of the Roman Empire

    by Dr Stephen P. Kershaw ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    In this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476, Kershaw draws on a range of evidence, from Juvenal's Satires to recent archaeological finds.He examines extraordinary personalities such as Caligula and Nero and seismic events such as the conquest of Britain and the establishment of a 'New Rome' ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD