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A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization by Stephen Kershaw
Category: History | Series: Brief Histories
A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire. The book focuses on questions of how we know about Classical civilization from archaeology and history; deals with the Mycenaean era and the world of Myth and Epic in Homer's "Iliad & Odyssey"; gives an o ...Show more
A Brief History of the Roman Empire - Rise and Fall by Stephen Kershaw
Category: History | 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 ...Show more
Ancient Myths, Legends and Superheroes - And How They Live on Today by Stephen Kershaw
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Barbarians - Rebellion and Resistance to the Roman Empire by Stephen P. Kershaw
Category: History
A fresh new look at the Roman Empire, from the point of view of those regarded by the Romans as 'barbarians'. Kershaw builds a narrative around the lives, personalities, successes and failures both of the key opponents of Rome's rise and dominance, and of the those who ultimately brought the empire down ...Show more
Barbarians: Rebellion and Resistance to the Roman Empire by Stephen P. Kershaw
Category: History
'And now what will become of us without barbarians?Those people were a sort of solution.' 'Waiting for the Barbarians'C. P. Cavafy History is written by the victors, and Rome had some very eloquent historians. Those the Romans regarded as barbarians left few records of their own, but they had a tremen ...Show more
Brief History of Atlantis: Plato's Ideal by Dr. Stephen P. Kershaw
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Brief Histories
The Atlantis story remains one of the most haunting and enigmatic tales from antiquity, and one that still resonates very deeply with the modern imagination. But where did Atlantis come from, what was it like, and where did it go to?Atlantis was first introduced by the Greek philosopher Plato in two dia ...Show more
Mythologica - An Encyclopedia of Gods, Monsters and mortals from ancient Greece by Stephen P. Kershaw
Category: Children's Educational
An illustrated encyclopedia of Greek mythology like no other, Mythologica features startlingly beautiful and exquisitely otherworldly portraits of mythological characters in eye-popping color from artist Victoria Topping and authoritative text from Classics scholar and Greek mythology expert Dr. Stephen ...Show more
The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology by pierre grimal; A R Maxwell-Hyslop (translator); Stephen Kershaw (ed.)
Category: Fiction | Series: Dictionary, Penguin Ser.
The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology is essential reading for anyone who wants to know more about the stories, heroes and gods of ancient Greece and Rome - from the siege of Troy and the quest for the Golden Fleece to such figures as Hercules and Juno. It will also enhance an understanding of t ...Show more
Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis by Stephen P. Kershaw
Category: History
In 2022 it will be 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King Xerxes. This astonishing clash between East and West still has resonances in modern history, and has left us with tales of heroic resistance in the face of seemingly hopeless odds. Kershaw makes use of re ...Show more
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