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 Spawforth