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8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 28 plates on 14, 22 maps (several full-page) in the text, 2 large folding maps and coloured front and rear endpaper reproductions of sketch-maps by Rommel, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; red tweed cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head of backstrip and with one short closed tear on rear panel. 'No commander in history has written an account of his campaigns to match the vividness and value of Rommel's'. Hart was in no doubt about the responsibility of his task, the more so since much of this unique material had to be painstakingly reassembled from its various hiding-places safe from Hitler's eyes. Half a century later, the brilliance of Hart's achievement is undimmed. An outstanding record from one of the greatest commanders of the war. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.374.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, upper board letered in black, a good, firm copy.
Small tear to base of spine. Institution stamp to front wrap. No other markings. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Offprint Pages 175-199, pl xlix-LX. From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume LI; From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume LI; 24 pages
Former owner's embossed circular name stamp on title, thin strips of clear tape attached to pastedowns and dustjacket. Else book is VG. Some creasing along upper edge of DJ. ; Reprint of the 1994 ed. 169pp, illustrated. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 169 pages
Scholar's name to inner cover (J. B. Clinard). Else minor shelfwear. DJ has some chipping, small tears and a bit of colour loss. ; 256 pages
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Minor bumping to head of spine. ; Carl Newell Jackson Lectures; 9.5 x 1.5 x 6.75 Inches; 624 pages; From Augustus to Constantine, the Roman Empire in the Near East expanded step by step, southward to the Red Sea and eastward across the Euphrates to the Tigris. In a remarkable work of interpretive history, Fergus Millar shows us this world as it was forged into the Roman provinces of Syria, Judaea, Arabia, and Mesopotamia. His book conveys the magnificent sweep of history as well as the rich diversity of peoples, religions, and languages that intermingle in the Roman Near East. Against this complex backdrop, Millar explores questions of cultural and religious identity and ethnicity--as aspects of daily life in the classical world and as part of the larger issues they raise. As Millar traces the advance of Roman control, he gives a lucid picture of Rome's policies and governance over its far-flung empire. He introduces us to major regions of the area and their contrasting communities, bringing out the different strands of culture, communal identity, language, and religious belief in each. The Roman Near East makes it possible to see rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and eventually the origins of Islam against the matrix of societies in which they were formed. Millar's evidence permits us to assess whether the Near East is best seen as a regional variant of Graeco-Roman culture or as in some true sense oriental. A masterful treatment of a complex period and world, distilling a vast amount of literary, documentary, artistic, and archaeological evidence--always reflecting new findings--this book is sure to become the standard source for anyone interested in the Roman Empire or the history of the Near East.
Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear ; Carl Newell Jackson Lectures; 9.5 x 1.5 x 6.75 Inches; 624 pages; From Augustus to Constantine, the Roman Empire in the Near East expanded step by step, southward to the Red Sea and eastward across the Euphrates to the Tigris. In a remarkable work of interpretive history, Fergus Millar shows us this world as it was forged into the Roman provinces of Syria, Judaea, Arabia, and Mesopotamia. His book conveys the magnificent sweep of history as well as the rich diversity of peoples, religions, and languages that intermingle in the Roman Near East. Against this complex backdrop, Millar explores questions of cultural and religious identity and ethnicity--as aspects of daily life in the classical world and as part of the larger issues they raise. As Millar traces the advance of Roman control, he gives a lucid picture of Rome's policies and governance over its far-flung empire. He introduces us to major regions of the area and their contrasting communities, bringing out the different strands of culture, communal identity, language, and religious belief in each. The Roman Near East makes it possible to see rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and eventually the origins of Islam against the matrix of societies in which they were formed. Millar's evidence permits us to assess whether the Near East is best seen as a regional variant of Graeco-Roman culture or as in some true sense oriental. A masterful treatment of a complex period and world, distilling a vast amount of literary, documentary, artistic, and archaeological evidence--always reflecting new findings--this book is sure to become the standard source for anyone interested in the Roman Empire or the history of the Near East.
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing with small chip to heel of spine. Minor shelfwear to book. ; Carl Newell Jackson Lectures; 9.5 x 1.5 x 6.75 Inches; 624 pages; From Augustus to Constantine, the Roman Empire in the Near East expanded step by step, southward to the Red Sea and eastward across the Euphrates to the Tigris. In a remarkable work of interpretive history, Fergus Millar shows us this world as it was forged into the Roman provinces of Syria, Judaea, Arabia, and Mesopotamia. His book conveys the magnificent sweep of history as well as the rich diversity of peoples, religions, and languages that intermingle in the Roman Near East. Against this complex backdrop, Millar explores questions of cultural and religious identity and ethnicity--as aspects of daily life in the classical world and as part of the larger issues they raise. As Millar traces the advance of Roman control, he gives a lucid picture of Rome's policies and governance over its far-flung empire. He introduces us to major regions of the area and their contrasting communities, bringing out the different strands of culture, communal identity, language, and religious belief in each. The Roman Near East makes it possible to see rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and eventually the origins of Islam against the matrix of societies in which they were formed. Millar's evidence permits us to assess whether the Near East is best seen as a regional variant of Graeco-Roman culture or as in some true sense oriental. A masterful treatment of a complex period and world, distilling a vast amount of literary, documentary, artistic, and archaeological evidence--always reflecting new findings--this book is sure to become the standard source for anyone interested in the Roman Empire or the history of the Near East.
Creasing to bottom portion of spine. Minor shelfwear. Light creasing to wraps. ; B. A. R. - British Archaeological Reports. British Series 101; 311 pages; Contents: Roman Frontier Development; Third Century; Archaeological Evidence for the History of Forts in the Later Third Century; Forts without Angle-Towers, Artillery and the Provision of Projecting towers; Britain under Constantius Chlorus, AD 296-306; AD 367, The 'Barbarica Conspiratio' and Count Theodosius; Last Four Decades of Military occupation; notitia Dignitatum; Function of Towns in the Military Defence of the British Diocese; Evidence for the Presence of Laeti and Foederati in Later Roman Britain; Appendixes: Chronology of the Stone Forts and Vici at Chesterholm; A note on Pottery Supplies to Northern Military Sites in the Fourth Century.
Creasing to bottom portion of spine. Light creasing to wraps. Top corner bumped. Small stains to front wrap. Former owner's initials on ffep. Spine slightly browned. ; B. A. R. - British Archaeological Reports. British Series 101; 311 pages; Contents: Roman Frontier Development; Third Century; Archaeological Evidence for the History of Forts in the Later Third Century; Forts without Angle-Towers, Artillery and the Provision of Projecting towers; Britain under Constantius Chlorus, AD 296-306; AD 367, The 'Barbarica Conspiratio' and Count Theodosius; Last Four Decades of Military occupation; notitia Dignitatum; Function of Towns in the Military Defence of the British Diocese; Evidence for the Presence of Laeti and Foederati in Later Roman Britain; Appendixes: Chronology of the Stone Forts and Vici at Chesterholm; A note on Pottery Supplies to Northern Military Sites in the Fourth Century.
Bump to spine ends and top corner of book. Light creasing to wraps. Spine slightly browned. Small tear to base of spine cloth (3 cm) . ; B. A. R. - British Archaeological Reports. British Series 101; 311 pages; Contents: Roman Frontier Development; Third Century; Archaeological Evidence for the History of Forts in the Later Third Century; Forts without Angle-Towers, Artillery and the Provision of Projecting towers; Britain under Constantius Chlorus, AD 296-306; AD 367, The 'Barbarica Conspiratio' and Count Theodosius; Last Four Decades of Military occupation; notitia Dignitatum; Function of Towns in the Military Defence of the British Diocese; Evidence for the Presence of Laeti and Foederati in Later Roman Britain; Appendixes: Chronology of the Stone Forts and Vici at Chesterholm; A note on Pottery Supplies to Northern Military Sites in the Fourth Century.
Former owner's bookplate on inner cover and name on endpapers with blindstamp to half-title. Some highlighting to introduction and bibliography. Else VG. ; Reprint of the 1958 ed. 296pp. Alternate ISBN: 0389031267; 296 pages
Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. DJ spine sunned with mild foxing. ; Reprint of the 1958 ed. 296pp. Alternate ISBN: 0389031267; 296 pages
8vo., Second and Best Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and plans (a number full-page) in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Considerably enlarged version of this standard reference, first published in 1969.
Light discoloration to spine. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears. Corners are bumped. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. ; First general survey of the development of Roman Army, deals with its organisation, equipment, camps, forts and frontier works as well as its battle and siege tactics. ; 334 pages
Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping to top and bottom edges and tiny piece missing from bottom edge. ; First general survey of the development of Roman Army, deals with its organisation, equipment, camps, forts and frontier works as well as its battle and siege tactics. ; 330 pages
Minor shelfwear. ; 1.45 x 8.48 x 5.53 Inches; 460 pages; While most studies of the internal and international conflicts of Rome's 3rd century crisis are recorded in a scattered and unsatisfactory manner, this documentary history of the period brings together the main sources, of which the better ones--those not in Latin-- are not easily accessible. The volume includes translations of such diverse sources as Zosimus, John Malalas, Al-Tabari and Moses of Chorene--documents which, when viewed in combination, provide a clearer picture of this complex, fraught period of Roman history. The editors also provide a selection of inscriptions, papyri and oriental sources, generous notes, a detailed bibliography and maps. Comprehensive in scope, The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars covers such topics as the rise of the Sassanians, the Persian expedition of Gordian III, the second and third campaigns of Shapur I against the Roman Empire, the rise and fall of Palmyra, the early and later wars of Constantius II, as well as the Persian expedition of Julian.
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; This is an account of the turbulent centuries in which the forces of Rome subdued the peoples of Italy, incorporated their aristocracies and created, by the end of the first-century BC, a unified Italian state of Roman citizens. At the time of the second Punic War when Hannibal descended from the Alps, Italy consisted of several ancient settlements and peoples: among them, the Gauls in the North, the Etruscans in the centre, the Greeks on the Southern coasts and in Sicily, and the indigenous Phoenicians in Sardinia. The Romans themselves occupied little more than one-tenth of what is now modern Italy. The process by which these people were incorporated into the Roman Polity was violent and effective. The state that Augustus inherited was not only the largest in the ancient world, but efficiently ordered and administered from the Roman centre. The book opens with a description of the peoples of Italy at around the end of the fourth-century BC. It describes the early success of Roman diplomacy and force in creating client populations among the Etruscans, the Latins and the Hellenized populations of the south. Hannibal's invasion both accelerated and accentuated the process of incorporation. Those people who sided with the Carthaginians were ruthlessly punished, their lands confiscated and tens of thousands massacred. Those people siding with the Romans required their protection. Whereas at the beginning of the period the Italian peoples sought to preserve their independence and ethnic traditions, by its end those who had not achieved Roman citizenship were demanding it, by argument and by force. The author shows how the social and civil wars stemmed more from a desire for inclusion in the Roman state than independence from it. Jean-Michel David describes the dramatic change in the Roman economy and polity during the period. He also examines the causes and consequences of the changes in population that took place, including the effects of the enslavement and importation of large numbers of defeated rebels (including, for example, over one million Gauls). By the end of the period many of the slaves had, too, graduated by a process of emancipation and economic well-being to the citizenship which had once held them in thrall. This is a history of the formative years of Roman power. It takes full account of recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries in Italy. ; 218 pages
Minor bump to base of spine. Light creasing to wraps top of spine. ; British Archaeological Reports (B. A. R. ) British Series 332; 159 pages; Grainge's dissertation examines recent evidence from maritime archaeology, in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Britain, to reinterpret the events of AD 43. Grainge's principal aims are to identify Roman bridgeheads on the British coastline, to examine the technology available to the Romans for seafaring and to assess the value of Romano-Celtic vessels. The study also considers more recent invasions for clues as to where the Roman force landed.
Book is fine. Very light shelfwear to DJ; The cavalry was a vital part of the army of Rome and it played a significant role in the expansion and success of the Roman Empire. The authors describe the origins of the mounted units of the Roman army and trace their development from temporary allied troops to the regular alae and cohorts. The book covers the subject from the perspective of both the men and the horses. How were the horses selected and disposed of; how were they trained, stabled and fed? How were the men recruited, organized and equipped; and what were the conditions of service for a Roman cavalryman? The cavalry had to be employed in peacetime and this is discussed as well as its role in war. This book provides a comprehensive account of the Roman cavalry and the current state of knowledge concerning it. The wide selection of illustrations includes original drawings by Karen R. Dixon. ; 256 pages
Book is fine. DJ in mylar. ; The cavalry was a vital part of the army of Rome and it played a significant role in the expansion and success of the Roman Empire. The authors describe the origins of the mounted units of the Roman army and trace their development from temporary allied troops to the regular alae and cohorts. The book covers the subject from the perspective of both the men and the horses. How were the horses selected and disposed of; how were they trained, stabled and fed? How were the men recruited, organized and equipped; and what were the conditions of service for a Roman cavalryman? The cavalry had to be employed in peacetime and this is discussed as well as its role in war. This book provides a comprehensive account of the Roman cavalry and the current state of knowledge concerning it. The wide selection of illustrations includes original drawings by Karen R. Dixon. ; 256 pages
Light shelfwear. Scholar's name to titlepage (Robert Brown). ; Focusing on the organizational changes in the Roman Army during the Civil Wars, Nic Fields examines the role played by Caius Marius and his far-reaching reforms, which included having professional volunteers from the lowest social class enter the army in search of the possibility of plunder. He goes on to examine the consequences of encouraging these soldiers to follow their commanders without question, which broke the allegiance of the army to the Roman state, a trend that gave rise to militarily ambitious men such as Sulla, Pompeius, Caesar, Antonius, and Octavian. ; Battle Orders 34; 96 pages
Light soiling to boards. One single institution stamp "Library US Naval Academy" stamped to top of textblock-- no other ex-library markings. Minor shelfwear. ; Articles: Roman army in the East; Where are the frontiers now? ; River Frontiers in the environmental psychology of the Roman World; Emperors, their borders and their neighbours: the scope of imperial mandata; Parthia and Rome: Eastern perspectives; Annexation of Arabia and imperial Grand Strategy; Civic coins and imperial campaigns; one hundred years of rebellion: the eastern army in politics, AD 175-272; Eusebius and the geography of Roman provinces; Was there an eastern origin for the design of late Roman fortifications? Some problems for research on forts of Rome's eastern frontier; roman army as "total Institution" in the Near East? Dura-Europos as a case study; Laxity of Syrian legions; commanders of Syrian Legions (1st to 3rd c. AD) ; North african deserts and mountains: comparisons and insights. ; Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series; Vol. 18; 1 x 11.5 x 9 Inches; 320 pages
Vol 1 pt 1: xix +182 pp; Vol 1 pt 2: pp 196-337; Vol 2: 151 pp; all vols electronically reproduced by the British Thesis Service, perfect bound card. Covers the identity of the garrisons of Syria, Judaea and Arabia from the reign of Augustus to the end of the fourth century, the dispositions of the troops, and the implications of these dispositions. ; 3 Volume Set COMPLETE
Minor shelfwear. Sticker damage to upper corner of front wrap. Light yellowing to wraps. ; 51pp, illustrated, + folding plan. ; 51 pages
