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Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy
$24.98 AUD
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. And Cleopatra, who had already be ...Show more
Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy
$39.99 AUD
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
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
In the year 44 BC, when Julius Caesar was killed, Augustus was a mere teenager who had been adopted into Caesar's household. His reaction to Caesar's death was to step forward and proclaim himself Caesar's rightful successor. The Senate did not take him seriously, but over the following months he raised ...Show more
Augustus - From Revolutionary to Emperor by Adrian Goldsworthy
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | 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
$29.99 AUD
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
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | 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
Cannae : Hannibal's Greatest Victory by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
On 2 August 216BC, Hannibal won his greatest victory in the plain north of the small, hilltop town of Cannae in southern Italy. By the end of the day his outnumbered mercenaries had enveloped and massacred the greater part of the largest army Rome had ever fielded, turning this into one of the bloodies ...Show more
Fall of the West by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
$69.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
The Fall of the Roman Empire has been a best-selling subject since the 18th century. Since then over 200 discrete reasons have been advanced for the collapse of the western half of the Roman empire. Until very recently, the academic view downplayed the death and destruction, to spin a positive story of ...Show more
Hadrian's Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Landmark Library
A beautifully produced account of the history and importance of Hadrian's Wall, by a bestselling author and expert on Ancient Rome. 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 ...Show more
In the Name of Rome - The Men Who Won the Roman Empire by Adrian Goldsworthy
$26.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Phoenix Press | Reading Level: good-very good
The complete and definitive history of how Roman generals carved out the greatest and longest lasting empire the world has ever seen. The Roman army was one of the most effective fighting forces in history. The legions and their commanders carved out an empire which eventually included the greater part ...Show more
Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World by Adrian Goldsworthy
$55.00 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
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