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Machiavelli on War
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CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781501773020
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Machiavelli on War offers a comprehensive interpretation of the philosopher-historian's treatment of war throughout his writings, from poems and memoranda drafted while he was Florence's top official...
Sepher Yosippon
A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel
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CA$64.95
ISBN: 9780814349434
Pub Date: November 2022
was written in Hebrew by a medieval historian noted by modern scholars for its eloquent style. This is the first known chronicle of Jewish history and legend from Adam to the destruction...
Sepher Yosippon
A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel
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CA$129.95
ISBN: 9780814349441
Pub Date: November 2022
was written in Hebrew by a medieval historian noted by modern scholars for its eloquent style. This is the first known chronicle of Jewish history and legend from Adam to the destruction...
Afghanistan
A Military History from the Ancient Empires to the Great Game
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CA$74.95
ISBN: 9780700632633
Pub Date: December 2021
This is the first comprehensive study in any language published on the millennia-long competition for domination and influence in one f the key regions of the Eurasian continent.
The Life of Alcibiades
Dangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens
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CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781501719752
Pub Date: October 2019
Imprint: Cornell University Press
This biography of Alcibiades, the charismatic Athenian statesman and general (c. 450?404 BC) who achieved both renown and infamy during the Peloponnesian War, is both an extraordinary adventure story...
Killing for the Republic
Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War
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CA$45.95
ISBN: 9781421429861
Pub Date: September 2019
Imprint: John Hopkins University
How Rome's citizen-soldiers conquered the world—and why this militaristic ideal still has a place in America today."For who is so worthless or indolent as not to wish to know by what means and under...
Persian Interventions
The Achaemenid Empire, Athens, and Sparta, 450−386 BCE
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CA$74.95
ISBN: 9781421423708
Pub Date: December 2017
Imprint: John Hopkins University
Persia’s relations with Greek city-states provide a fascinating case study in ancient imperialism.Thirty years after Xerxes invaded Greece, the Achaemenid Persian Empire ended its long war with Athens....
Athens Burning
The Persian Invasion of Greece and the Evacuation of Attica
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CA$32.95
ISBN: 9781421421964
Pub Date: January 2017
Imprint: John Hopkins University
The gripping story of how the Athenians survived the Persian invasion of their homeland—one of the central events in ancient Greek history.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice...
The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire
From the First Century CE to the Third
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CA$41.95
ISBN: 9781421419459
Pub Date: May 2016
Imprint: John Hopkins University
A newly updated edition of this classic, hugely influential account of how the Romans defended their vast empire.At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin,...
Women and War in Antiquity
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CA$74.95
ISBN: 9781421417622
Pub Date: December 2015
Imprint: John Hopkins University
Women in ancient Greece and Rome played a much more active role in battle than previously assumed.The martial virtues—courage, loyalty, cunning, and strength—were central to male identity in the...
The Battle of Arginusae
Victory at Sea and Its Tragic Aftermath in the Final Years of the Peloponnesian War
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CA$32.95
ISBN: 9781421416816
Pub Date: June 2015
Imprint: John Hopkins University
A harrowing, immersive introduction to a violent turning point in the conflict between Sparta and Athens.A pivotal skirmish involving nearly three hundred Athenian and Spartan ships toward the end of...
Thucydides: History Book I
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CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781908343963
Pub Date: November 2014
This edition of Book I offers an Introduction to Thucydides’ history and the Peloponnesian War, a Greek text with facing translation and a commentary written for both specialists and readers with little or no Greek. Matters of text and language are discussed, but the emphasis is on Thucydides’ subject-matter —the greatest war in Greek history.
Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor
Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery
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CA$45.95
ISBN: 9781421408194
Pub Date: May 2013
Imprint: John Hopkins University
A thorough and original study of the linothorax, the linen armor worn by Alexander the Great.Alexander the Great led one of the most successful armies in history and conquered nearly the entirety of...
Rome and the Barbarians, 100 B.C.-A.D. 400
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CA$46.95
ISBN: 9780801892707
Pub Date: July 2009
Imprint: John Hopkins University
The barbarians of antiquity, so long a fixture of the public imagination as the savages who sacked and destroyed Rome, emerge in this colorful, richly textured history as a much more complex—and far...
The Anabasis of Cyrus
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CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780801489990
Pub Date: January 2008
Imprint: Cornell University Press
An excellent book for anyone interested in Ancient Greek warfare, or just a rattling good tale.? The NYMAS ReviewOne of the foundational works of military history and political philosophy, and an inspiration...
Julius Caesar: The Civil War Books I & II
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CA$67.95
ISBN: 9780856684623
Pub Date: December 2003
Julius Caesar's own narrative of the opening year of the Civil War between himself and Pompey is the only surviving account from the classical world of such a conflict written by one of the principals. This acclaimed edition of Books I & II presents Latin text with facing-page English translation, introduction and detailed commentary.
Machiavelli on War
CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781501773020
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Sepher Yosippon
A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel
CA$64.95
ISBN: 9780814349434
Pub Date: November 2022
Sepher Yosippon
A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel
CA$129.95
ISBN: 9780814349441
Pub Date: November 2022
Afghanistan
A Military History from the Ancient Empires to the Great Game
CA$74.95
ISBN: 9780700632633
Pub Date: December 2021
The Life of Alcibiades
Dangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781501719752
Pub Date: October 2019
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Killing for the Republic
Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War
CA$45.95
ISBN: 9781421429861
Pub Date: September 2019
Imprint: John Hopkins University
Persian Interventions
The Achaemenid Empire, Athens, and Sparta, 450−386 BCE
CA$74.95
ISBN: 9781421423708
Pub Date: December 2017
Imprint: John Hopkins University
Athens Burning
The Persian Invasion of Greece and the Evacuation of Attica
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9781421421964
Pub Date: January 2017
Imprint: John Hopkins University
The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire
From the First Century CE to the Third
CA$41.95
ISBN: 9781421419459
Pub Date: May 2016
Imprint: John Hopkins University
Women and War in Antiquity
CA$74.95
ISBN: 9781421417622
Pub Date: December 2015
Imprint: John Hopkins University
The Battle of Arginusae
Victory at Sea and Its Tragic Aftermath in the Final Years of the Peloponnesian War
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9781421416816
Pub Date: June 2015
Imprint: John Hopkins University
Thucydides: History Book I
CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781908343963
Pub Date: November 2014
Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor
Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery
CA$45.95
ISBN: 9781421408194
Pub Date: May 2013
Imprint: John Hopkins University
Rome and the Barbarians, 100 B.C.-A.D. 400
CA$46.95
ISBN: 9780801892707
Pub Date: July 2009
Imprint: John Hopkins University
The Anabasis of Cyrus
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780801489990
Pub Date: January 2008
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Julius Caesar: The Civil War Books I & II
CA$67.95
ISBN: 9780856684623
Pub Date: December 2003