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ISBN: 9780140443080 - Lives of the Later Caesars Lives of the Later Caesars
Anthony Birley

ISBN10: 0140443088  ISBN13: 9780140443080
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Penguin Classics
Edition: 1
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 Mar 1976
One of the most controversial of all works to survive from ancient Rome, the Augustan History is our main source of information about the Roman emperors from 117 to 284 AD. Written in the late fourth century by an anonymous author, it is an... More

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ISBN: 9780199539260 - Agricola and Germany Agricola and Germany
Tacitus Anthony Birley

ISBN10: 019953926X  ISBN13: 9780199539260
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 26 Mar 2009
'Long may the barbarians continue, I pray, if not to love us, at least to hate one another.' Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last great writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. He was inspired to... More

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ISBN: 9780752419503 - Garrison Life at Vindolanda Garrison Life at Vindolanda
Anthony Birley

ISBN10: 0752419501  ISBN13: 9780752419503
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15 Feb 2002
The ink writing-tablets, first identified at Roman Vindolanda, just south of Hadrian's Wall, in 1973, revealed a hitherto unknown papyrus-substitute, thin leaves of wood for day-to-day book-keeping and letters. Dating mostly from the years AD 90... More

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ISBN: 9780415165914 - Septimius Severus Septimius Severus
Anthony Birley

ISBN10: 0415165911  ISBN13: 9780415165914
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Mar 1999
In the first part of the biography, Anthony R. Birley explores what was African and what was Roman in Septimius' background, given that he came from an African city, Lepcis Magna, which prospered under Roman domination. In the second part of the... More

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ISBN: 9780199252374 - The Roman Government of Britain The Roman Government of Britain
Anthony Birley

ISBN10: 0199252378  ISBN13: 9780199252374
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 29 Sep 2005
This work contains biographical entries for all the Roman higher officials who served in Britain from A.D. 43 to c. 409. It is a completely revised edition of the author's The Fasti of Roman Britain (1981), taking account both of newly discovered... More

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ISBN: 9780415228121 - Hadrian Hadrian
Anthony R Birley

ISBN10: 0415228123  ISBN13: 9780415228121
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 Feb 2000
This widely acclaimed book brilliantly uses new evidence to chronicle the life of a man who, while broken and hated at his death, nevertheless left an indelible stamp on the Roman Empire. Birley shows how Hadrian brazenly abandoned his predecessor... More

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ISBN: 9780415165440 - Hadrian Hadrian
Anthony Birley

ISBN10: 041516544X  ISBN13: 9780415165440
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: Reissue
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Sep 1997
In "Hadrian, " Anthony R. Birley brilliantly uses new evidence to chronicle the fascinating life of a man who, while broken and hated at his death, nevertheless left an indelible stamp on the Roman Empire. Birley shows how Hadrian brazenly... More

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ISBN: 9780713454291 - Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius
Anthony Birley

ISBN10: 0713454296  ISBN13: 9780713454291
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 May 1993
In this accessible and scholarly study, Professor Birley paints a portrait of an emperor who was human and just - an embodiment of the pagan virtues of Rome. This is a definitive account of the philosopher-emperor who ruled the Roman Empire... More

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ISBN: 9780198149439 - Anatolica Anatolica
Ronald Syme Anthony Birley

ISBN10: 0198149433  ISBN13: 9780198149439
Publisher: Oxford University Press Clarendon Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 23 Mar 1995
No historian of ancient Rome in this century has had a greater influence on historical research or won greater international acclaim than Sir Ronald Syme. His outstanding position was due mainly to his first two books, The Roman Revolution... More

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ISBN: 9780198144946 - Roman Papers (v. 6) Roman Papers (v. 6)
Ronald Syme Anthony Birley

ISBN10: 0198144946  ISBN13: 9780198144946
Publisher: Oxford University Press Clarendon Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Aug 1991
Before his death in 1989, Sir Ronald Syme approved the publication of these 59 papers on Roman history which complete this distinguished collection of his life's work. Shortly before his death in September 1989, Sir Ronald Syme approved the... More