Barry Strauss – författare
Visar alla böcker från författaren Barry Strauss. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
34 produkter
Jews vs. Rome
Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire
Inbunden, 2025
225 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeological discoveries and new scholarship by leading historian Barry Strauss.Jews vs. Rome is a gripping account of one of the most momentous eras in human history: the two hundred years of ancient …
Jews vs. Rome
Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire
Häftad, 2026
124 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeological discoveries and new scholarship by leading historian Barry Strauss.Jews vs. Rome is a gripping account of one of the most momentous eras in human history: the two hundred years of ancient …
The Death of Caesar
The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination
Häftad, 2016
225 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The story of the most famous assassination in history, dramatically narrated in the historical context of Rome's ongoing civil wars.
Ten Caesars
Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
Häftad, 2020
284 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)—a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of …
Ten Caesars
Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
Ljudbok, 2019
409 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” ( The Wall Street Journal ) —a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of …
Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
Häftad, 2013
266 kr
Lägg i varukorg
War That Made the Roman Empire
Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
Häftad, 2023
228 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A “splendid” (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire.Following Caesar’s assassination and Mark Antony’s defeat of the …
Battle of Salamis
The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- And Western Civilization
Häftad, 2005
277 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A brilliant and dramatic account of the most famous naval battle of the ancient world, coupled with an in-depth analysis of the diverse Persian empire and the birth of the Athenian empire. On a late September day in 480 B.C., Greek warships faced an invading Persian armada in the narrow Salamis …
Battle of Salamis
The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- and Western Civilization
E-bok, 2005
199 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A brilliant and dramatic account of the most famous naval battle of the ancient world, coupled with an in-depth analysis of the diverse Persian empire and the birth of the Athenian empire. On a late September day in 480 B.C., Greek warships faced an invading Persian armada in the narrow Salamis …
Jews vs. Rome
Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire
Ljudbok, 2025
397 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeological discoveries and new scholarship by leading historian Barry Strauss.Jews vs. Rome is a gripping account of one of the most momentous eras in human history: the two hundred years of ancient …
Trojan War
Häftad, 2008
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
160 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Did the Trojan War really happen?Spectacular new archaeological evidence suggests that it did. Recent excavations and newly translated Hittite texts reveal that Troy was a large, wealthy city allied with the Hittite Empire. Located at the strategic entrance to the Dardanelles, the link between the …
Spartacus War
E-bok, 2009
34 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator. Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who started a prison breakout with 74 men, armed with kitchen knives. It grew into a full scale rebellion against Rome, the most famous slave revolt in …
Fathers and Sons in Athens
Ideology and Society in the Era of the Peloponnesian War
Inbunden, 1993
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
As history's first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict, from patricide to murdering one's son, was a major public as well as a private theme. In a fascinating …
Fathers and Sons in Athens
Ideology and Society in the Era of the Peloponnesian War
Häftad, 2011
907 kr
Lägg i varukorg
As history's first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict, from patricide to murdering one's son, was a major public as well as a private theme. In a fascinating …
Rowing Against the Current
On Learning to Scull at Forty
Häftad, 2001
164 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In the midst of the standard, dreary midlife crisis -- complete with wine-tasting courses, yoga classes, and a failed attempt at a first novel -- forty-year-old Barry Strauss falls unexpectedly and passionately in love with rowing, a sport in which a twenty-seven-year-old is a has-been. Strauss, a …
Trojan War
A New History
E-bok, 2006
213 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Trojan War is the most famous conflict in history, the subject of Homer''s Iliad , one of the cornerstones of Western literature. Although many readers know that this literary masterwork is based on actual events, there is disagreement about how much of Homer''s tale is true. Drawing on recent …
Spartacus War
Häftad, 2010
151 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator.Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who started a prison breakout with 74 men, armed with kitchen knives. It grew into a full scale rebellion against Rome, the most famous slave revolt in …
Western Civilization
Beyond Boundaries
Av Thomas F. X. Noble, Barry Strauss m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1343 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Europe's place in the world throughout the narrative and in the primary source feature, "The Global Record." The seventh edition has been carefully revised and edited for greater accessibility, and features a streamlined design that incorporates pedagogical features such as focus questions, key …
Fathers and Sons in Athens
Ideology and Society in the Era of the Peloponnesian War
E-bok, 2002
1106 kr
Lägg i varukorg
As history''s first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict, from patricide to murdering one''s son, was a major public as well as a private theme. In a …
Fathers and Sons in Athens
Ideology and Society in the Era of the Peloponnesian War
E-bok, 2002
1082 kr
Lägg i varukorg
As history''s first democracy, classical Athens invited political discourse. The Athenians, however could not completely separate the politicals from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict, from patricide to murdering one''s son, was a major public as well as a private theme. In a …
Athens after the Peloponnesian War (Routledge Revivals)
Class, Faction and Policy 403-386 B.C.
Inbunden, 2013
2578 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Historians are used to studying the origins of war. The rebuilding in the aftermath of war is a subject that – at least in the case of Athens – has received far less attention. Along with the problems of reconstructing the economy and replenishing the population, the problem of renegotiating …
Athens after the Peloponnesian War (Routledge Revivals)
Class, Faction and Policy 403-386 B.C.
Häftad, 2015
934 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Historians are used to studying the origins of war. The rebuilding in the aftermath of war is a subject that – at least in the case of Athens – has received far less attention. Along with the problems of reconstructing the economy and replenishing the population, the problem of renegotiating …
Athens after the Peloponnesian War (Routledge Revivals)
Class, Faction and Policy 403-386 B.C.
E-bok, 2014
1106 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Historians are used to studying the origins of war. The rebuilding in the aftermath of war is a subject that – at least in the case of Athens – has received far less attention. Along with the problems of reconstructing the economy and replenishing the population, the problem of renegotiating …
Athens after the Peloponnesian War (Routledge Revivals)
Class, Faction and Policy 403-386 B.C.
E-bok, 2014
1082 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Historians are used to studying the origins of war. The rebuilding in the aftermath of war is a subject that – at least in the case of Athens – has received far less attention. Along with the problems of reconstructing the economy and replenishing the population, the problem of renegotiating …
Spartacus War
E-bok, 2009
186 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An authoritative account from an expert author: The Spartacus War is the first popular history of the revolt in English. The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion in the ancient world, the fascinating true story behind a legend that has been the inspiration for …
Masters of Command
Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
E-bok, 2012
180 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Bestselling author and historian Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefield. Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar—each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to …
Death of Caesar
The Story of History''s Most Famous Assassination
E-bok, 2015
173 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In this story of the most famous assassination in history, “the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly” ( The Wall Street Journal ). Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on March 15, 44 BC—the Ides of March according to the Roman calendar. He …
Ten Caesars
Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
E-bok, 2019
213 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” ( The Wall Street Journal ) —a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of …
