Ancient Lives
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By: Scott, Michael
Themistocles: The Rise and Fall of Athens’s Naval MasterMind
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cartA portrait of the Athenian politician and general Themistocles, tracing his political development, his victory at the Battle of Salamis, and his exile in Persia
Themistocles (524-459 BC) came of age j- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Scott, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0300256590
- Language: English
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By: Ruden, Sarah
Perpetua: The Woman, the Martyr
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cartAn intimate and human portrait of Perpetua, a third-century woman author who was idealized as a Christian martyr
On March 7, 203, in the monumental amphitheater at Carthage, Vibia Perpetua was one of- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Ruden, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0300273711
- Language: English
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By: Stothard, Peter
Horace: Poet on a Volcano
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cartA biography of Horace, one of the most popular poets from antiquity, revealing the little-known man behind his famous lines
“Peter Stothard is a master of modern writing about ancient Rome, of vividl- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Stothard, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300256582
- Language: English
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By: Romm, James
Demosthenes: Democracy’s Defender
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe tragic story of ancient Greece’s last democratic leader and his doomed fight to save Athens from Macedonian domination
In the spring of 340 BCE, news arrived that Philip of Macedon had seized a t- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Romm, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0300269382
- Language: English
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Phocion: Good Citizen in a Divided Democracy
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cartThomas R. Martin recounts the unmatched political and military career of Phocion of Athens, and his tragic downfall
“Elegant and enlightening.”–Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal Phocion (402-318 BC- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Martin, Thomas R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0300256639
- Language: English
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Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor
$18.00PaperbackRead moreExperience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy
“[Robertson] thoughtfully and readably capture[s] the essenc- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Robertson, Donald J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300280149
- Language: English
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By: Stothard, Peter
Crassus: The First Tycoon
$18.00PaperbackRead moreThe story of Rome’s richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory
- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Stothard, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 300274173
- Language: English
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By: Romm, James
Demetrius: Sacker of Cities
$18.00PaperbackRead moreA portrait of one of the ancient world’s first political celebrities, who veered from failure to success and back again
- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Romm, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0300274165
- Language: English
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Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor
$26.00HardcoverAdd to cartExperience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy
This novel biography brings Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) to- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Robertson, Donald J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0300256663
- Language: English
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By: Toby Wilkinson
Ramesses the Great: Egypt’s King of Kings
$26.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson
“The author succeeds in bring- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Wilkinson, Toby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0300256655
- Language: English
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By: Sarah Ruden
Vergil: The Poet’s Life
$26.00HardcoverRead moreA biography of Vergil, Rome’s greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid
“Ms. Ruden has converted the writer of the Aeneid from a noble and stodgy ‘ancient’ into our contemporary . . . p- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Ruden, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 22, 2023
- ISBN10: 0300256612
- Language: English
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By: Freeman, Philip
Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
$26.00HardcoverRead moreThe tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Freeman
“When we think of ancient Rome, it’s impossible not to think of Christianity, one of its most- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Freeman, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0300256647
- Language: English
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By: Francine Prose
Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartA feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy
- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Prose, Francine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 0300274157
- Language: English








