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  • Ancient Perspectives

    Maps and Their Place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome

    Edited by Richard J. A. Talbert ...
    "Contains must-read essays for all those interested in the history of these earliest forms of cartography . . . A truly wonderful read." —John Hessler, Library of Congress, The PortolanAncient Perspectives encompasses a vast arc of space and time—Western Asia to North Africa and Europe from the third millennium BCE to the fifth century CE—to explore mapmaking and worldviews in the ancient ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • World and Hour in Roman Minds

    Exploratory Essays

    by Richard J. A. Talbert ...
    World and Hour in Roman Minds: Exploratory Essays seeks to penetrate Romans' consciousness of space and time, aspects of antiquity currently attracting intense interest. Historian Richard Talbert presents here a cohesive selection of nineteen essays, published over the course of thirty years, all but one previously appearing in widely scattered publications. Now reinforced by an Introduction and ... Read more

    $124.79 CAD

  • The Senate of Imperial Rome

    by Richard J.A. Talbert ...
    Richard J. A. Talbert examines the composition, procedure, and functions of the Roman senate during the Principate (30 B.C.-A.D. 238). Although it is of central importance to the period, this great council has not previously received such scholarly treatment. Offering a fresh approach to major ancient authors (Pliny and Tacitus in particular), the book also draws on inscriptions and legal writers ... Read more

    $79.19 CAD

  • Challenges of Mapping the Classical World

    by Richard J.A. Talbert ...
    Challenges of Mapping the Classical World collects together in one volume fourteen varied items written by Richard Talbert over the past thirty years. They cohere around the theme of mapping the classical world since the nineteenth century. All were originally prompted by Talbert’s commission in the late 1980s to produce a definitive classical atlas after more than a century of failed attempts by ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Mercury's Wings

    Exploring Modes of Communication in the Ancient World

    Edited by Richard J. A. Talbert, Fred S. Naiden ...
    Mercury's Wings: Exploring Modes of Communication in the Ancient World is the first-ever volume of essays devoted to ancient communications. Comparable previous work has been mainly confined to articles on aspects of communication in the Roman empire. This set of 18 essays with an introduction by the co-editors marks a milestone, therefore, that demonstrates the importance and rich further ... Read more

    $98.39 CAD

  • Geography and Ethnography

    Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies

    Edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub, Richard J. A. Talbert ...
    Series series Ancient World: Comparative Histories
    This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies.Presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of DiscoveryProvides cross-cultural comparison of ancient societies around the globe, from the Chinese to the Incas and Aztecs, from the Greeks and Romans ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

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    The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of World War II in Europe

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  • The Meaning of Myth: With 12 Greek Myths Retold and Interpreted by a Psychiatrist

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