This is an enormous and impressive book that is not only full of facts, but that also solves mysteries. It provides a detailed and lavishly illustrated catalogue of the main monuments of Petra. Then, in seeking the origins of Petra's particular architecture and its close relations with the architectural scenes on the walls of Pompeii, Judith McKenzie examines the rock cut tombs of Medain Saleh (Saudi Arabia) and then the little known architectural remains of Ptolemaic Alexandria. Here lies her solution, for the earliest of the Petra-style baroque architecture is in Alexandria A from where it spread east to Petra and west to Pompeii and thus elsewhere in the Roman World. It is an impressive study with a significant and satisfying conclusion.

The Architecture of Petra (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology)

History

McKenzie, Judith

Ancient Civilizations

Oxbow Books

This book provides an assessment of Scipio Aemilianus as a political figure, in terms both of contemporary politics and of the general political development of the Roman Republic. His background, his character and the manner of his early success are examined and his career as a whole is considered in relation to issues of foreign policy, to social problems and to various trends in political behaviour. The crisis of 133 BC falls within this framework and the links between that crisis and Scipio's career are discussed.

Scipio Aemilianus

Astin, A. E.

Five Greek and Latin treatises, with a facing English translation, which enable Marsden to trace mechanical progress in Greek and Roman artillery over five hundred years. Each text and translation is followed by extensive notes which contain explanatory diagrams which reconstruct the machines. Additional chapters discuss and reconstruct the 4th-century  ballista  and the  onager  based on a range of sources.

Greek and Roman Artillery: Historical Development (Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints)

Science & Math

Marsden, E. W.

Technology

Hardcover with dust jacket. G/G. Dust jacket is edge chipped, worn and scuffed. Slightly edge worn and bumped boards.

The Roman citizenship, (Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints)

Literature & Fiction

A N Sherwin-White

Genre Fiction

Robert Grosseteste and the Origins of Experimental Science 1100-1700

A. C. Crombie

The Passage of Arms: An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits

A new paperback edition of Richard Bradley's study of the fine objects that were so often buried in hoards or deposited in watery locations such as rivers or bogs. Richard Bradley brings his views up-to-date and answers some of his critics in a new introduction.

Bradley, Richard

Europe

The continuing demand for all Richard Hattatt's books on brooches justifies another reprint. This is his second volume with drawings and descriptions of over 500 broochs, mostly from Roman Britain. When first published most of the trade copies were softback; this reprint is cased, matching the format of his other volumes.

Iron Age and Roman Brooches

Hattatt, Richard

Iron Age and Roman brooches: A second selection of brooches from the author's collection

Brooches of Antiquity (AA-INT)

A study of the problems of structure and design, this book relates the architect to the society in which he worked; it shows him as a designer, structural engineer and director of works; it identifies the problems that architects encountered and suggests solutions.

Ancient Greek Architects at Work

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