Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation, Hardcover - Philip Matyszak

Universally admired in 479 BC, the Spartans were masters of the Greek world by 402 BC, only for their state to collapse in the next generation. Wha...

Charts Spartas rise from provincial village to regional superpower.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Matyszak, PhilipIllustration(s): 16 i...

Predominantly narrated from the perspective of the Hellenistic Kingdoms, showing how Rome was barely on their radar, the wars among them and intern...

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Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Philip MatyszakIllustration(s): 176 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Get to know the real Rome during a compelling 24 hours in the lives of the people who lived there.

This is high drama played out on a stage that spanned from Greece and Egypt to India, full of plots, poisoning, treachery, incest, murder, rebellio...

During a day we meet 24 ancient Athenians from all levels of society and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their com...

"The Athenian mission to Sicily, 415 BC"--Front cover of dust jacket.

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Spend a year in the company of the ancient Greeks, during an historic and triumphant Olympic year, and experience the drama and excitement that swe...

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Mithridates the Great was one of the dominant figures of the first century BC and the Romans' most persistent enemy, going to war with them three t...

Classic tale of the defiant underdog as the rebel Sertorius defies the might of Rome.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Philip MatyszakIllu...

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David French warns of the potential dangers to the country--and the world--if we don't summon the courage to reconcile our political differences. T...

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There is an intriguing correlation between the physical warfare of an infantryman and the spiritual warfare of a follower of Jesus Christ. Both of ...

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