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Professor Alice Roberts travels two thousand miles by train in search of a greater understanding of the Roman Empire for Channel 4’s popular TV series The Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts. This book delivers more depth and context than the TV series possibly can, using four broad narrative strands. Alice explores what everyday life was like for ordinary citizens of the Roman Empire and reveals the extraordinary developments in technology, law, lifestyle, politics, health and education that remain to this day and how these fed into the birth, expansion and collapse of the empire. She also shares her experiences from the journey itself, including her drawings and personal anecdotes.
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£22.00
We all know how the people of Pompeii died. But what about how they lived?
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£16.99
Mary Beard points to the surprising connections between antiquity and the present. From revolutionaries to dictators, Bob Dylan to Beyoncé, she joins forces with the varied modern characters who have been transfixed by the ancient world. It’s not compulsory, she argues, to be excited by antiquity, but it’s a shame not to be. After half a century teaching and studying classics, she fills the book with lively stories, curious facts and some good gossip. This book explains why the deep past does really affect us all.
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£36.99
‘Atlas of the Roman Empire’ explores every aspect of the empire’s rise, apogee and fall. Comprehensive political maps show the dynamic ebb and flow of conquest and resistance. Battle maps illustrate key victories and defeats, illuminating the tactics that made Rome so successful, as well as its errors and disasters. Political and social life is not neglected, featuring surprisingly intimate portaits of life across the empire, from the emperors and their rivals to ordinary soldiers.
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£8.99
It’s your lucky day! You’ve stumbled across an ancient treasure chest in your garden that was buried thousands of years ago by a child living in ancient Rome. And the chest is packed with 20 strange and curious items that tell us so much about their life.
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£10.99
The second book from the creators of the smash-hit number 1 podcast takes us on a dizzying A–Z through the past