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Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy
$47.99 NZD
Category: History
The love affair between Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most famous stories from the ancient world, and has been depicted in countless novels, plays and films. As one of the three men in control of the Roman Empire, Antony was perhaps the most powerful man of his day; while Cleopatra, who had alread ...Show more
Augustus - From Revolutionary to Emperor by Adrian Goldsworthy
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: near fine
Caesar Augustus schemed and fought his way to absolute power. He became Rome's first emperor and ruled for forty-four years before dying peacefully in his bed. The system he created would endure for centuries.Yet, despite his exceptional success, he is a difficult man to pin down, and far less well-know ...Show more
Brigantia (#3 Vindolanda) by Adrian Goldsworthy
$32.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vindolanda Ser.
From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set in Roman Britain. AD 100: BRITANNIA. THE EDGE OF THE ROMAN WORLD. Flavius Ferox is the hardbitten centurion charged with keeping the peace on Britannia's frontier with the barbarian tribes of the north. ...Show more
Caesar - The Life of a Colossus by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
$37.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: good
From the very beginning, Caesar's story makes dazzling reading. In his late teens he narrowly avoided execution for opposing the military dictator Sulla. He was decorated for valour in battle, captured and held to ransom by pirates, and almost bankrupted himself by staging games for the masses. As a pol ...Show more
Hadrian's Wall - Rome and the Limits of Empire by Adrian Goldsworthy
$39.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: The Landmark Library | Reading Level: near fine
A beautifully produced account of the history and importance of Hadrian's Wall. Located at the far-flung and wild edge of the Roman Empire, Hadrian's Wall was constructed by Emperor Hadrian in the 120s AD. Vast in size and stretching from the east to the west coast of the northern part of Britannia, it ...Show more
Pax Romana - War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World by Adrian Goldsworthy
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
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 m ...Show more
Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World by Adrian Goldsworthy
$65.00 NZD
Category: History
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 m ...Show more
Philip And Alexander by Adrian Goldsworthy
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
A joint biography that investigates how, during their lifetimes, Philip and Alexander transformed Macedon from a weak kingdom into a globe-spanning empire. During his short life Alexander the Great carved out an empire stretching from the Balkans to Central India, re-drawing the map of the ancient worl ...Show more
Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors by Adrian Goldsworthy
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
Philip and Alexander of Macedon transformed a weak kingdom in northern Greece into a globe-spanning empire. In so doing, they changed the course of history. By the end of his short life, Alexander the Great had eclipsed the power of Persia, crossed the Hindu Kush and marched into what is now Pakistan, ...Show more
Roman Warfare by Adrian Goldsworthy
$36.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
When Alexander the Great carved out his empire, Rome was just one of many city states on the Italian peninsula. Yet it conquered its neighbours one-by-one, defeated Carthage and eventually overwhelmed the Greek successor states too. As its republican institutions gave way to Imperial rule by Augustus an ...Show more
The City (#2 City of Victory) by Adrian Goldsworthy
$32.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: City of Victory Ser.
From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, the second book in his authentic, action-packed series set on the frontiers of the Roman Empire. AD 113: NICOPOLIS In the depths of the desert on the empire's Eastern Frontier, the Roman army lays siege to the city of Nicopolis. Estranged from his belove ...Show more