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ISBN: 9780753826980 - The Spartacus War The Spartacus War
Barry Strauss

ISBN10: 0753826984  ISBN13: 9780753826980
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Mar 2010
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... More

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ISBN: 9781439164488 - Masters of Command Masters of Command
Barry Strauss

ISBN10: 1439164487  ISBN13: 9781439164488
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 24 May 2012
Masters of Command compares how the three greatest generals of the ancient world, Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar, waged war. Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar. Each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to decide whom to fight... More

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ISBN: 9780099474333 - The Trojan War The Trojan War
Barry S Strauss

ISBN10: 0099474336  ISBN13: 9780099474333
Publisher: Cornerstone Arrow Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Jan 2008
Did the Trojan War really happen? Archaeological evidence suggests that it did. Excavations and translated Hittite texts reveal that Troy was a large, wealthy city allied with the Hittite Empire. The Trojan War may have been the consequence of... More

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ISBN: 9780415620215 - Fathers and Sons in Athens Fathers and Sons in Athens
Barry Strauss

ISBN10: 041562021X  ISBN13: 9780415620215
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Jan 2010
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... More

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ISBN: 9780091795047 - Salamis Salamis
Barry S Strauss

ISBN10: 0091795044  ISBN13: 9780091795047
Publisher: Cornerstone Hutchinson
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 06 May 2004
"Salamis" tells the story of one month in 480 B.C., when the ancient world trembled at the the outcome of the largest land / sea invasion ever attempted. And nothing would be the same ever again. Salamis tells the story of possibly the greatest... More

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ISBN: 9780099451921 - Salamis Salamis
Barry S Strauss

ISBN10: 0099451921  ISBN13: 9780099451921
Publisher: Cornerstone Arrow Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Mar 2005
Tells the story of possibly the greatest naval battle of the ancient world. Involving hundreds of thousands of combatants and well over a thousand triremes, it was the culminating battle in a 20-year struggle between the Persian Empire and the... More

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ISBN: 9780091799809 - The Trojan War The Trojan War
Barry S Strauss

ISBN10: 0091799805  ISBN13: 9780091799809
Publisher: Cornerstone Hutchinson
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Feb 2007
Troy was destroyed by fire between 1200 and 1180 BC; large piles of sling stones, arrowheads and spearheads suggest that it had prepared for a siege, but may have suffered a sudden conquest. At the end, some ploy - which has come to us as the... More

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ISBN: 9780691015910 - Fathers and Sons in Athens Fathers and Sons in Athens
Barry S Strauss

ISBN10: 0691015910  ISBN13: 9780691015910
Publisher: The University Press Group Ltd Princeton University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Feb 1997
In ancient Athens father-son conflict was a topic of widespread interest that touched the core of both family and political life, particularly during times of social upheaval. The author explores the tensions experienced by a society that... More

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ISBN: 9780415041461 - Fathers and Sons in Athens Fathers and Sons in Athens
Barry S Strauss

ISBN10: 0415041465  ISBN13: 9780415041461
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Sep 1993
The Athenians could not separate politics from the private sphere; indeed, the father-son conflict was a major public as well as private theme. This book explores the consequences of the powerful influence of familial ideology on politics. More

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ISBN: 9780495897903 - Western Civilization Western Civilization
Thomas F X Noble, Barry S Strauss, Duane J Osheim, Kristen Neuschel, David Roberts, Elinor Accampo

ISBN10: 0495897906  ISBN13: 9780495897903
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Edition: International ed of 6th revised ed
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Jan 2010
WESTERN CIVILIZATION, International Edition, is distinguished for its wider definition of Europe that includes Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and European frontiers. Recognizing that factors outside the continent affected European history... More