R15) THE BATTLE THAT STOPPED
ROME by Peter S. Wells. 256 pages +
16 plates
Hardcover
with dust
jacket. As new.
W.W.
Norton
2003
How
history
could have
been different had not
Publius
Quinctilius Varus and the
XVII,
XVIII, and
XIX
Legions under his command not been
annihilated at
the Battle of the
Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD!! The
massacre
stopped all Roman
ambitions
across
the
Rhine, and left vast tracks of land
in Barbarian hands.
Had Varus not been
slaughtered, the Germanic tribes would have
probably been
assimilated into the
Roman
Empire and a huge
bulwark to Eastern
Barbarian incursions would have
existed. This battle
was such
a horrific
defeat (Augustus is said to have wandered the
halls
of his palace at night
lamenting "Quinctilius Varus, give
me
back
my
legions!") that the Romans
abandoned all ideas of subjugating the Germanic
tribes and
made the Rhine
River
the
northern border of the Empire.
This
book examines all that is
known about
the battle, and, for
the
first time,
details the
re-discovery of
the site which had
been lost
for 2000
years.
$13
(includes shipping and
handling
in the USA, add $8 for
foreign air mail)
R16) THE ROMAN
EMPIRE
by Colin Wells. 350
pages + 8
pages of
plates.
Hardcover with
Dust Jacket.
Front inside flap of
dust jacket
creased, otherwise
virtually
as
new.
Stanford University Press
1984.
The title is
deceiving, since this
book only covers the
first two
centuries of the
Empire.
Nicely done
overview.
It covers a
lot of ground, and
covers it well. Wells
was
Professor of Classical
Studies at
the University of
Ottawa.
$13
(includes
shipping and handling
in the
USA,
add $8 for foreign air
mail)
R17) HISTORY
OF ROME by Michael Grant.
537
pages + xxi pages of
plates.
Hardcover with
Dust Jacket.
Virtually as new.
Charles
Scribner's Sons
1978.
This book covers
the entire sweep of
Roman history from
Etruscan times
through the aftermath of
the fall
of
the western
empire. Grant was a
master of
this subject, and this
book is from
the
period when he did
some
of his best
work, and as always, his
work is generally
considered the
most readable for the
non-specialist.
$14
(includes
shipping and handling
in the
USA,
add $10 for foreign air
mail)
R18) THE
ROMAN
EMPERORS by
Michael Grant.
367 pages
+
xiii.
Hardcover with Dust Jacket. New. Barnes and
Noble 1997 reprint
of 1985
original.
A
really nice reference work, handy
in one volume.
Nice maps,
geneological
tables, and
a nice
dictionary
of
the Latin terms
used in the
book. Michael Grant
became
famous for making the
scholarly
world
understandable
to the average person, and this book bears testimony to
that.
$14 (includes shipping and handling in the
USA, add $15 for foreign air mail)
R19) THE ROMAN
EMPRESSES
by Jacques Boergas de
Serviez. 2
Volumes. 1932
reprint of 18th
century
original.
A special printing
for
subscribers
of the
American
Anthropological
Society. Hardcover
but
NO Dust Jacket
(Never
had
one).
Dingwall-Rock.
Overall excellent
condition, but
vol. 2 has some
minor light
spots toward the
top of the rear cover.
The covers
have some gold-embossed
art-deco
design,
and
this set has no fading
to the spine
(a very common defect
of both the
1913 and 1932
editions).
Volume 1 is
388 pp + xiii. Nineteen
empresses from
Calpurnia (wife of
Caesar) to Plotina
(wife of
Trajan).
Volume 2 is 451
pp. Forty
empresses from
Sabina (wife of Hadrian) to
Constantia
(wife of
Licinius).
An absolutely classic
set and
scarce. A 1913 edition
(same
art-deco cover style)
sold (Oct.,
2006) on
eBay
for $169 (+S&H)! Much
material hard to find elsewhere.
$49 (includes shipping and handling in the
USA, add $15 for foreign air
mail)
R20) TACITUS: THE
ANNALS OF IMPERIAL
ROME
translated by
Michael Grant 455
pages.
Hardcover with Dust
Jacket. As
New. Barnes
& Noble
1993 reprint of 1956
original
A primary source
for our information
about the reigns of
Tiberius,
Claudius and Nero. The
Latin
text
has
been lost to
time, which explains
the absence of Caligula
and a few
other gaps, as well as
the
last
part
of the
original.
$11 (includes shipping and
handling in the
USA, add $8 for
foreign air
mail)
R21) THE PROVINCES OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE by Theodor
Mommsen
741
pages!
Hardcover with Dust
Jacket.
New. Barnes &
Noble
1996 reprint of 1909
original.
One of the
outstanding historians of
Rome (often such
histories are
'Rome-centric')
expanded his
history
to
cover the provinces. The
book limits its look to
the
first
three centuries
of the
Roman empire,
so
there
isn't anything about
the fall to the
barbarians, etc. but
still an
excellent work on a largely
ignored
topic.
$17
(includes
shipping and handling
in the
USA,
add $10 for foreign air
mail)
R22) THE BATTLE
THAT
STOPPED ROME
by Peter S.
Wells. 256 pages +
16 plates
Hardcover
with dust jacket. As new.
W.W. Norton
2003
How history could have been different had not
Publius
Quinctilius Varus and the
XVII, XVIII, and
XIX
Legions
under his command been
annihilated
at the Battle of the
Teutoburg
Forest in 9
AD!! The
massacre
stopped all
Roman ambitions across the Rhine, and left
vast tracks of
land in
Barbarian hands.
Had Varus not been
slaughtered, the
Germanic tribes
would have probably been assimilated into the
Roman
Empire and a
huge
bulwark to Eastern
Barbarian incursions would have
existed. This battle was such a
horrific
defeat (Augustus is said to have
wandered the
halls of his palace at
night lamenting
"Quinctilius Varus,
give
me
back my legions!")
that the Romans
abandoned all
ideas
of subjugating
the Germanic tribes and made the
Rhine
River the
northern
border of
the
Empire. This
book examines
all that is known about the battle, and, for
the
first time, details the re-discovery
of the site
which had been lost for
2000 years.
$14
(includes
shipping and handling
in the
USA,
add $8 for foreign air
mail)
R23) TIBERIUS: THE
RESENTFUL CAESAR by Gregorio Maranon. 234 pages
+ xi.
Hardcover with
dust
jacket. Excellent
condition,
the
book is
internally
very fine, with only a
couple of
small
pieces missing
from the rear of the
just jacket.
Duell, Sloan, and
Pearce. First
Edition,
1956.
Like nearly all Roman
Caesars,
Tiberius would make a great
subject for a
biography
written by a
psychologist!
Which is
exactly what this book
is. However, while
it makes
observations about the
underlying
motives
that
drove Tiberius, is really is free of double-speak
and is a
very nice biography
of
Tiberius, complete with a
forward by Ronald Syme, one
of the
foremost authorities on
Roman
history.
$16
(includes
shipping and handling
in the
USA,
add $8 for foreign air
mail)
R24)
CALIGULA: EMPEROR OF
ROME by
Arther
Ferrill 184
pages + 8
pages of
plates
Hardcover with
dust
jacket. Gently used (dust
jacket is
intact).
Thames and
Hudson
1991
Well-footnoted (529!)
study of the emperor
who
started out
with the good
will
of the
people,
but
ended
up wishing
"Would
that the
Roman people had but one neck!".
$13 (includes shipping and
handling in the USA, add $8 for foreign air
mail)
R25) CALIGULA: THE CORRUPTION
OF
POWER by
Anthony A.
Barrett.
334 pages +
xxvi + 8
plates (4
of
coins)
Hardcover with
dust
jacket.
Virtually as new.
Yale University
Press
1989
Well-documented
scholarly work on one of Rome's most infamous
emperors. Don't be
deceived
by
the low price - this
reflects that it was once a history
bookclub selection and thus shows up
regularly.
$9 (includes shipping and
handling in the
USA, add $8 for
foreign air
mail)
R26) AGRIPPINA: SEX, POWER, AND
POLITICS IN
THE EARLY
EMPIRE by Anthony A.
Barrett.
330 pages +
xxi + 8
plates. Hardcover with dust
jacket. As new. Yale University Press
1996
Scholarly biography of one of history's most
powerful (and
infamous)
women:
Agrippina Junior -
the daughter of
Germanicus,
sister of Caligula, the
wife of
Claudius, and the mother
of
Nero.
WOW!
$19
(includes
shipping and handling
in the USA,
add $8 for foreign air
mail)
R27) CLAUDIUS by
Barbara
Levick 256
pages + xvi
+ 16 plates
(7 of coins)
Hardcover with dust jacket. As
new. Yale
University Press
1990
A scholarly work on Claudius by
an Oxford
University professor
renowned in the field.
Not the usual "I, Claudius" tripe, but
the definitive work on
Claudius in
English.
$18
(includes
shipping and handling
in the
USA,
add $8 for foreign air mail)
R28)
CONQUEST: THE ROMAN
INVASION OF
BRITAIN
by
John Peddie 214 pages +
xvi
(70 illustrations)
Hardcover with Dust
Jacket. As
New.
Bramley
Books
1998
reprint of 1987
original
The
invasion
of 43 AD, which
resulted in the
"permanent" Roman occupation of
Britain,
is re-created by a
career
British
soldier. Thus
much military
"common sense" is injected as opposed to the
usual
scholarly treatises on
the
subject.
The future emperor Vespasian also plays quite a role
in the subjugation of
Britain.
High quality book at a great
price.
$14 (includes shipping
and handling in the
USA, add $8 for
foreign air
mail)
R29)
NERO:
THE END OF A DYNASTY by
Miriam T.
Griffin. 320 pages +
8 plates.
Hardcover
with Dust
Jacket.
As New. Yale University
Press.
1985
Up
to the usual standard
here at Numus
(Yale doesn't publish
pulp
fiction!). The author
was
affiliated with Oxford
University, and
associated
with such numismatic
giants as
Cathy King
and
C.H.V Sutherland, and D.
MacDowall.
It shows, since
three of the
eight plates are of
coins and
the text has
many references to the
coinage. Solid
but very readable.
$17 (includes shipping and
handling in the USA, add $8 for foreign air
mail)
R30) EMPEROR
IN REVOLT:
NERO
by Michael
Grant. 272 pages
including
numerous
illustrations.
Hardcover but
*no* dust jacket.
Virtually As
New.
American
Heritage Press.
1970
The
usual readable
Michael Grant
product, and profusely
illustrated in both
color and black
and
white.
The book
must have just recently
been separated from its
dust jacket,
because the gold
embossing on
the
binding and front cover is absolutely fresh. Looks
great on the
shelf.. You won't
regret this
one!
$13 (includes shipping and
handling in the USA, add $8 for foreign air
mail)
R31) NERO'S
KILLING MACHINE:
THE TRUE
STORY OF ROME'S REMARKABLE
FOURTEENTH
LEGION by Stephen
Dando-Collins. 322
pages
+ xiv.
Hardcover with dust
jacket.
New.
Wiley. 2005
This is the book
purists love to
hate! It
generally uses modern military terms instead of
their
ancient
equivalents, and although it is historically accurate,
Dando-Collins always
paints a vivid
picture which
can smack of a
novel at times.
As one reviewer said,
it's a
"historically accurate work
of
non-fiction.
Nevertheless, it
reads like a
fast paced
novel". True! Also,
despite the
title, the
book has little to
do
with Nero
specifically.
Incidentally, the XIVth was
the
legion that saved Britain
for Rome
during the
revolt of Queen
Boudicca
in 60 A.D. Enjoyable
and only....
$13 (includes shipping
and handling in the USA, add $8 for foreign air
mail)
R32) HADRIAN by
Stewart
Perowne. 192 pages +
30
plates
Hardcover with
dust
jacket.
As new. Barnes & Noble
1996
A very readable account of the
life of Hadrian. Although Hadrian
ruled at the
heighth of the empire,
sources
for the
period are relatively
meager, presumably
because of the
general
peace and prosperity of the
period.
Periods
of
strife and turmoil seem to
attract more historians (war makes 'rattling good
history', they say!)
$13 (includes shipping and handling in the
USA, add $8 for foreign air mail)
R33) HADRIAN: THE RESTLESS EMPEROR by Anthony R.
Birley. 399 pages + xvii.
Hardcover
with dust
jacket. New.
Routledge
1997
Written by a
renowned historian, it's the one to have if your
budget
allows. Some folks have
criticized
this
for having too
much
information, but if you're looking for
information
instead of a good story
this is
it!
Sells new for
$120 (and
again, this
one is
unused!).
Numus is
passing a
good deal; cheapest
on the net
at:
$49
(includes shipping and handling
in the
USA, add $8 for foreign air
mail)
R34)
HADRIAN'S EMPIRE: WHEN ROME RULED THE
WORLD
by Danziger and
Purcell.
302 pages +
xvii.
Hardcover with dust
jacket.
New. Hodder &
Stoughton.
2005
As the title
suggest's,
this is not so much a
biography of
Hadrian as it is a
snapshot of the
empire and its
culture
as it
existed in the time of
Hadrian. The actual
reign of
Hadrian is poorly
documented in the
primary sources
from
the ancient world, but
much material
is available from the
vast reaches
of the empire - and the
authors
gather
and
present the
material in a very
engrossing fashion rather
than a dry
recitation of
facts. Simply
put, a good
read!
$15 (includes shipping and handling in the
USA, add $8 for foreign air mail)
R35) BELOVED AND GOD: THE STORY OF HADRIAN AND
ANTINOUS by Royston Lambert.
298 pages +
32 plates
+ xix High
quality
paperback. Excellent
condition, only
defect
is slight
crease at
bottom right of
front
cover. Meadowland Books 1988
The
complete
story of the incredible
relationship
between Hadrian and
Antinous.
Lambert
offers
some
scholarly
conjecture, as is
inevitable in
this subject, but the
amount of
research is
extremely
impressive.
The
definitive study
on the
subject.
$16 (includes
shipping and handling in the
USA,
add $8 for foreign air
mail)
R36) MARCUS AURELIUS by Anthony
Birley
320 pages + 16
pages of plates.
Hardcover
with Dust Jacket.
New.
Barnes &
Noble
1999 reprint of 1993 revised version.
Aurelius' Meditations are among
the easiest of all
classical works
to find, but works on
the man and
his times
are
rather scarce.
A great book with maps, copious
notes
and appendices. Four
pages of the plates are
coins.
$18 (includes
shipping and handling in the
R37) LIFE IN EGYPT UNDER ROMAN RULE by
Naphtali Lewis. 240 pages + x + 8 pages of
plates.
Hardcover with Dust
Jacket. Virtually as new except the sun has
faded
the spine of the dust
jacket.
Oxford
University
Press. 1984 reprint of
1983 original.
Wow! If only
there were more
books like this
one!!! The dry sands
of
Egypt
have
preserved more
evidence
of every-day life
during the Roman
Empire than anywhere
else. The
detail is absolutely
fantastic -
allowing
an
analysis of government, taxation, judicial system,
prices
for everyday goods,
religion,
and just about
every
other facet of
every-day life in
Egypt - from the large
citie to the
smallest
villages.
Most of the
papyri
seem
to come from the
second and third
centuries,
thus its
position in
this
offering
list. This book
is
an
absolutely fascinating
read - it
falls into the "can't put
it down"
category (at least for
me!).
$15 (includes shipping and
handling in the
USA, add $8 for
foreign air
mail)
R38) SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS: THE AFRICAN
EMPEROR
by Anthony R. Birley
291 pages + xi + 16
pages of plates. Hardcover with
dust jacket. As new. Yale
University Press,
1989
This is the one to
have on
Septimius Severus, with of
course detailed
treatment of
Caracalla and
Geta until
the
death of
Severus (just an
"aftermath" chapter
afterward).
Said to be the
best in
any language
on Severus, and
I
surely can't
argue
against
that! Sadly
another title we
don't see as often as
we'd
like!!
$27 (includes shipping and handling in the
USA, add $8 for foreign air mail)
R46) CHRISTIANIZING THE ROMAN EMPIRE (A.D.
100 - 400) by Ramsay
MacMullen.
183 pages
+ viii.
Hardcover with dust jacket. As new.
Yale University Press 1984
A
level-headed, dispassionate
analysis
of the spread of Christianity in the Roman
Empire.
This
book
has become the
standard work in the field.
$13 (includes
shipping and handling
in the USA,
add $8 for foreign air
mail)
O31) THE OXFORD CLASSICAL DICTIONARY
(3rd Edition) edited by Hornblower and SpawforthN6)
ROMAN
SILVER
COINS, VOL.
I: REPUBLIC to
AUGUSTUS revised by David
Sear & Robert
Loosley.
166
pages + vi.
Hardcover with
dust
jacket.
New.
Seaby
Publications.
2006 reprint of third
(revised)
edition 1978.
Profusely
Illustrated.
The
standard for Roman silver
coinage. It follows
Cohen in
assigning catalog
numbers
alphabetically
by
reverse legend
(the
numbers match Cohen's,
except where
new varieties
have
been
discovered -
those
are generally denoted by "a", "b",
etc.
after the closest Cohen
number.) The Republican part is alphabetical
by
Gens. The 1978 revision is the latest and
no
updates are in the works.
This
is simply an
indispensible guide
to
the coinage of
the
period.
Valuations are of
course out
of date, but
they serve as a very
reliable
guide to
relative
rarity.
With this one
inexpensive book you'll be
able to collect the silver coinage of the Roman
Republic.
$37 (includes shipping and handling in the
USA, add $8 for foreign air mail)
N7) ROMAN
SILVER
COINS, VOL. II:
TIBERIUS to
COMMODUS revised by David
Sear.
255 pages.
Hardcover with dust
jacket.
Excellent Condition,
no tears or
marks.
Seaby
Publications.
Third
(revised)
edition 1979.
Profusely
Illustrated.
The
standard for Roman silver
coinage. It follows
Cohen in
assigning catalog
numbers
alphabetically
by
reverse legend
(the
numbers match Cohen's,
except where
new varieties
have
been
discovered -
those
are generally denoted by "a", "b",
etc.
after the closest Cohen
number.) The third edition of 1979 is
the
latest - and
from what I can
tell, no
updates are in the works.
This is simply an indispensible guide to
the
coinage of
the
period.
Valuations are of
course out
of date, but
they serve as a very
reliable
guide to
relative
rarity. The
silver
coinage in
this volume is
perhaps the zenith of Roman
silver
coinage
stylistically.
$37 (includes shipping and handling in the
USA, add $8 for foreign air mail)
N8)
ROMAN
SILVER
COINS, VOL. III:
PERTINAX to
BALBINUS &
PUPIENUS revised by David
Sear.
161 pages +
viii. Hardcover
with dust jacket.
New.
Seaby
Publications. Second
revised
edition
1982.
The standard for
Roman silver
coinage. It follows
Cohen in
assigning catalog
numbers
alphabetically
by
reverse legend (the
numbers
match Cohen's, except where
new varieties have
been
discovered -
those
are generally denoted by "a", "b", etc.
after the
closest Cohen number.)
The second edition of 1982 is
the
latest - and
from what I can
tell, no
updates are in the works.
This
is simply an
indispensible guide to
the
coinage
of the
period.
Valuations are
of course out of date, but
they
serve as a very reliable
guide
to
relative
rarity.
$37 (includes shipping and handling in the
USA, add $8 for foreign air mail)
N9) ROMAN
SILVER
COINS, VOL. IV:
GORDIAN III to
POSTUMUS revised by David
Sear.
136 pages +
viii. Hardcover
with dust jacket.
New.
Seaby
Publications. Second
revised
edition
1982.
The standard for
Roman silver
coinage. It follows
Cohen in
assigning catalog
numbers
alphabetically
by
reverse legend (the
numbers
match Cohen's, except where
new varieties have
been
discovered -
those
are generally denoted by "a", "b", etc.
after the
closest Cohen number.)
The second edition of 1982 is
the
latest - and
from what I can
tell, no
updates are in the works.
This
is simply an
indispensible guide to
the
coinage
of the
period.
Valuations are
of course out of date, but
they
serve as a very reliable
guide
to
relative
rarity.
$37 (includes shipping and handling in the
USA, add $8 for foreign air mail)
N10) ROMAN SILVER COINS, VOL. V: CARAUSIUS to
ROMULUS AUGUSTUS by Cathy King
&
David Sear. 214
pages. Hardcover
with dust jacket. New.
Seaby. 2004 reprint of 1987
original.
The standard
for Roman silver
coinage. It follows Cohen in
assigning catalog numbers
alphabetically
by
reverse legend (the numbers match Cohen's, except where
new varieties have been
discovered -
those
are generally denoted by "a", "b", etc. after the closest
Cohen number.) The
1987 edition is
the
latest
- and from what
I can tell, no
updates are in the works.
This is simply an indispensible
guide
to
the
coinage of the
period. Valuations are of course out of
date, but they
serve as a very reliable
guide to
relative
rarity. Note the gap between Vol IV (Gordian III to
Postumus) and this one,
starting
with
Carausius
is due to no
silver coinage being
struck in that period.
This volume is more than a catalog
and price list
like
the others in the series are, because it contains 74 pages
of introductory
material. In my
opinion this is
the
best of the 5
volume series. $45-$50
elsewhere (including
S&H), again you save with
non-nonsense
Numus:
$37 (includes shipping and handling in the USA, add $8 for
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mail)
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