James Romm
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Since You’re Mortal . . .: Life Lessons from the Lost Greek Plays
$24.99 Add to cart“The truly happy man ought to stay at home.”
“Hunger, and lack of coin, put a stop to love.”
“Hades, alone of the gods, does not enjoy bribes.”
These quotes and many others from the great Greek dramatist
- Author: Romm, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1324086084
- Language: English
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Demosthenes: Democracy’s Defender
$28.00 Add 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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Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece’s Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece
$31.99 Add to cartPlato is one of history’s most influential thinkers, the “sublime philosopher” whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dialogues in which he depicted his t
- Author: Romm, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1324093188
- Language: English
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Ghost on the Throne: Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire
$21.00 Read moreWhen Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs–a m
- Author: Romm, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0307456609
- Language: English
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Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
$18.00 Read moreFrom acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne a high-stakes drama full of murder, madness, tyranny, perversion, with the sweep of history on the grand scale.
At the center, the tum- Author: Romm, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 02 2014
- ISBN10: 0307743748
- Language: English
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Demetrius: Sacker of Cities
$18.00 Read 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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The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers and the Last Days of Greek Freedom
$18.99 Add to cartFrom classicist James Romm comes a “striking…fascinating” (Booklist) deep dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great’s destruction of Thebes–and the saga … [more below]
- Author: Romm, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1501198025
- Language: English
