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Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy
$25.00 AUD
Category: Biography
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
Augustus - First Emperor of Rome by Adrian Goldsworthy
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
The dramatic story of Rome s first emperor, who plunged into Rome s violent power struggles at the age of nineteen, proceeded to destroy all rivals, and more than anyone else "created" the Roman Empire Caesar Augustus story, one of the most riveting in Western history, is filled with drama and contradi ...Show more
Augustus : From Revolutionary to Emperor by Adrian Goldsworthy
$50.00 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
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 - Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of Julius Caesar's life, Adrian Goldsworthy covers not only the great Roman emperor's accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator but also lesser-known chapters. Ultimately, Goldsworthy realizes the full complexity of Caesar's cha ...Show more
Fall of the West by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
$69.99 AUD
Category: History
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
HOW ROME FELL - Death of a Superpower by GOLDSWORTHY ADRIAN
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
In AD 200, the Roman Empire seemed unassailable, its vast territory accounting for most of the known world. By the end of the fifth century, Roman rule had vanished in western Europe and much of northern Africa, and only a shrunken Eastern Empire remained. In his account of the fall of the Roman Empire, ...Show more
Hadrian's Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy
$23.00 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
Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World by Adrian Goldsworthy
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
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
Pax Romana - War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World by Adrian Goldsworthy
$23.00 AUD
Category: European
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
Philip And Alexander by Adrian Goldsworthy
$50.00 AUD
Category: European
A joint biography that investigates how, during their lifetimes, Philip and Alexander transformed Macedon from a weak kingdom into a globe-spanning empire. During his short life Alexander the Great carved out an empire stretching from the Balkans to Central India, re-drawing the map of the ancient worl ...Show more