Survival Guide

Instant Guides are packed with essential information and useful facts covering a wide variety of subjects from survival skills to stargazing. More

Offers an introduction to Roman history. This survival guide for studious centurions is about how to stay alive in the Roman army. It reveals all the gruesome truths of life in the Roman army including what soldiers ate, wore and how they lived. More

A perfect survival guide for novice soldiers about how to stay alive in the Roman Army, revealing all the gruesome truths of life in the Roman army including what soldiers ate, what they wore and how they lived. Witty illustrations complement the text, creating a friendly and accessible introduction… More

It explores how the texts from classical Greece and Rome have survived and gives an account of the reasons why it was thought worthwhile to preserve them for future generations. In this 4th edition adjustments have been made to the text and the notes have been revised in order to take account of… More

…the tales, the author brings her expertise in the archaeology of the Iron Age and particularly shamanism to bear on the mythical worlds she describes, with evidence as diverse as the Gundestrup Cauldron and the famous bog bodies. She also asks how the myths survived the Christianization of Europe. More

The Commentaries translated here, dating from the sixth century, show the persisting survival of Greek learning in an increasingly Christianised world. More

The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity, the Library of Apollodorus is a unique guide to Greek mythology, from the origins of the universe to the Trojan War. More

…monuments, excavations and artifacts, from Paris and Boulogne-sur-Mer to Strasbourg and Lyon. This guide combines a scholarly assessment of the area's Roman heritage, examining and interpreting the surviving remains, with practical visitor information such as directions to sites and opening hours. More

The names of the ancient Greeks, surviving in their tens of thousands, offer valuable insights into Greek society. This is an interpretative guide to the use of personal names as a resource for the study of both old Greece and the many other parts of the ancient world where Greeks traded and… More

…of scholars discusses Herodotus' Histories, the first major surviving prose work from antiquity, and explores their background, methodology and ideas. Each chapter introduces the reader to relevant Herodotean scholarship, providing critical insights and a guide to further reading on the subject. More

Jane Lewis, City Editor of The Week, tells the story of the European Union and asks: who are the people Britain is negotiating with? And can the EU survive Brexit? More