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Benediction Classics The History of Rome (volumes 1-5)
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Open Book Publishers Tacitus, Annals, 15.20-23, 33-45
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Pantianos Classics The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic: An Introduction to the Calendar and Religious Events of the Roman Year
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Pantianos Classics Story of the Romans: A History of Ancient Rome for Young Readers - its Legends, Military and Culture as a Republic and Empire
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British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd Limes XVIII - Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies held in Amman, Jordan (September 2000), Volume 1
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British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd Papers in Italian Archaeology VI: Communities and Settlements from the Neolithic to the Early Medieval Period, Volume I
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Writing Ancient History: An Introduction to Classical Historiography
Book Synopsis'History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon', said Napoleon. Yet the actual writing of history, especially ancient history, is a practice that often prompts more discord than assent. In his new textbook, Luke Pitcher aims to overcome the hostility which exists between two rival camps in their study of classical historiography. The first camp looks at the classical historians with an eye to what data they can provide about the ancient world. The second camp examines the ancient writers as literary texts in their own right, employing the tools of literary criticism and engaging with such matters as narrative artistry.Attempting to fuse these two - mutually suspicious - approaches, Luke Pitcher's attractive introduction offers undergraduate students of classics the first comprehensive introduction to historiography in antiquity on the market. It unites the nitty-gritty of the historian's trade (the finding and managing of data) to an awareness of the importance of style, form, allusion and composition. The book also seeks to do justice to individual classical historians, and discusses such important figures as Livy, Tacitus, Herodotus, Cicero, Plutarch and Lucian. A comprehensive bibliography and glossary are included. "Writing Ancient History" at last does full justice to the mechanics of history-writing in the ancient world.Trade Review'This is a very good book indeed; general readers, students, and specialists alike will read it with profit and delight. Luke Pitcher ranges over ancient historical writers, both Greek and Roman, from Herodotus to Ammianus, with an impressive grasp of his material, and he has a gift for finding the telling example and making subtle and insightful points with lucidity and punch. He also has a wonderful eye for the modern parallel, and one is as likely to find here illumination drawn from a Patrick O'Brian novel or an episode of Doctor Who as from an extract from Xenophon or Velleius. Pitcher is unusually sensitive to the narrative strategies of the ancient historical writers, and also of all the health-warnings that the modern student needs to bear in mind when reading their works. Few writers about ancient historiography are so learned, and even fewer carry their learning so lightly: this is a book that anyone interested in ancient history just has to read - and they will thoroughly enjoy it.' - Christopher Pelling, Regius Professor of Greek, University of Oxford; 'Luke Pitcher has written an engaging, witty, and accessible study of the complicated relationship between theory and practice in the ancient historians, bringing to the task an impressive expertise in texts that range from archaic Greece to late antiquity. He resists simple contrasts between ancient and modern, presenting the reader instead with finely drawn, convincingly argued analyses of the spectrum of practices employed by ancient historiographers in their treatment of sources, self-presentation, and narrative modes of (re)presenting their pasts. Bearing in mind always that the modern student of the Greco-Roman world is also, in some way, 'writing ancient history', Pitcher brings us much closer to the methodologies and reception of these texts through which so much of our understanding of the ancient world derives.' - Christina S Kraus, Professor of Classics, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Writing About History in the Ancient World The Natures of History Using Sources Using Sources - II Writing Ancient History The Ends of History - I The Ends of History - II Texts and Translations: The Transmission of Ancient History Conclusion Suggestions for Further Reading Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Cicero: Politics and Persuasion in Ancient Rome
Book SynopsisCombining the latest scholarship with a highly readable style, Kathryn Tempest looks at Cicero the politician and orator, and the private man. On the back of his natural talent for oratory, Cicero set out on the path to a glorious reputation - his earliest speeches brought the name of Cicero out of the shadows and hurled him into the spotlight. Cicero was the first 'new man' in thirty years to reach the consulship; the fact that he managed to do so without bribery or violence makes his success even more remarkable. His year of office witnessed events of such a scale that he was granted the extraordinary honour of the title 'pater patriae' - he was the father of his fatherland. Following the Civil War, and with renewed hopes for the restoration of the Roman Republic, Cicero launched a fierce attack on Mark Antony by delivering a series of speeches that cannot be matched for their vigour. It was these speeches that would be the cause of Cicero's death, and his death was to be as dramatic as his life. Kathryn Tempest's life of Cicero and his times is as engaging as it is informative.Trade Review‘The picture of the cut and thrust of Roman politics is as beguiling as the man, and Tempest does an admirable job in bringing the orator's orator to life.' -- Good Book GuideAuthor Kathryn Tempest took part in a live one-hour special on Cicero, on the Irish radio 'Newstalk' http://www.newstalk.ie/2011/programmes/all-programmes/talking-history/cicero-sunday-october-2nd/By the end of the book, readers will appreciate the complexity not only of Cicero's character, but also of the extraordinary shift from republic to empire. Recommended. -- CHOICEA very useful guide to the frequently convoluted and often murderous politics of the late Republic. … This is a good read for both those familiar with the period or for those seeking an introduction to Roman political life in final era of the Republic. -- A. A. Nofi * StrategyPage *Table of ContentsPrologue: A Master of Words and a Patriot; 1. The Senate and the People of Rome; 2. The Making of the Man; 3. Climbing the Ladder of Offices; 4. Cicero on the Attack; 5. The New Man at Rome; 6. Cicero's Bid for the Consulship; 7. A Consulship and a Conspiracy; 8. High Hopes and Shattered Dreams; 9. Enemies, Exile and Return; 10. Cicero and the Triumvirs; 11. Clodius, Cicero and Milo; 12. Away from Rome: Cilicia; 13. Away from Rome Again: Civil War; 14. Cicero and Caesar; 15. The Tyranny of Antony; 16. The Last Fight for Liberty; Epilogue: The Head and the Hands of Cicero.
£45.00
Cazimi Press Mathesis
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Evolution Publishing & Manufacturing The Fragmentary History of Priscus: Attila, the Huns and the Roman Empire, Ad 430-476
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Rogue Scholar Press The History of the Roman Republic
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The Roman Catacombs: The History and Legacy of Ancient Rome's Most Famous Burial Grounds
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The Roman Catacombs: The History and Legacy of Ancient Rome's Most Famous Burial Grounds
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Independently Published Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The Roman Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE: The History and Legacy of Rome's Destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Ancient Cities: The History of Pompeii
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Antiqua Sapientia Natural History - An Illustrated Selection
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Antiqua Sapientia Historia Natural - Una edición condensada
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Hachette Livre - BNF Oeuvres Complètes de Flavius Josèphe
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Alicia Editions Metamorphoses: New Edition in Large Print
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De Gruyter Infrastruktur und Herrschaftsorganisation im
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De Gruyter The Histories
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De Gruyter Die Welt der Römer
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Hansebooks Darstellungen aus der Sittengeschichte Roms: in
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Books on Demand Cornelii Taciti Annalium: Liber XV
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Tredition Classics Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)
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Forgotten Books Histoire Ancienne de lAfrique du Nord Vol 3 Histoire Militaire de Carthage Classic Reprint
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Western Empires in
Book SynopsisCarlos F. Noreña is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He is author of Imperial Ideals in the Roman West (2011), co-editor of From Document to History: Epigraphic Insights into the Greco-Roman World (2018) and The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual (2010). He is currently working on a book on law, empire and political culture in the Roman Republic.Trade ReviewEach volume could successfully stand alone as a reference work on an era: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, the Age of Empire, and the Modern Age ... The introductory essay to each is a valuable resource for comparing traditional political and economic histories with the more critical and cultural works presented in subsequent chapters. Accompanying each volume is a list of illustrations, notes, further reading, and an index ... Overall, students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty * CHOICE *Table of ContentsGeneral Editor's Preface, Antoinette Burton (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) Introduction, Carlos F. Noreña, (University of California Berkeley, USA) 1. War, Michael Taylor, (University of Texas at Austin, USA) 2. Trade, Sitta von Reden, (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany) 3. Natural Worlds, Nicholas Purcell, (University of Oxford, UK) 4. Labor, Elio Lo Cascio, (Universita di Roma, Italy) 5. Mobility, Sailakshmi Ramgopal, (University of Chicago, USA) 6. Sexuality, Caroline Vout, (University of Cambridge, UK) 7. Resistance, Lisa Pilar Eberle, (University of Oxford, UK) 8. Race, Emma Dench, (Harvard University, USA) Notes Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index
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Edinburgh University Press Roman Law Before the Twelve Tables
Book SynopsisBringing together a team of international experts from different subject areas including law, history, archaeology and anthropology this book re-evaluates the traditional narratives surrounding the origins of Roman law before the enactment of the Twelve Tables.
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Edinburgh University Press Wrongful Damage to Property in Roman Law
Book SynopsisThis volume investigates the peculiarly British fixation with the the lex Aquilia, a Roman statute enacted c.287/286 BCE to reform the Roman law on wrongful damage to property, against thebackdrop larger themes such as the development of delict/tort in Britain and the rise of comparative law.
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Forgotten Books Montesquieu's Considerations on the Cause of the Grandeur and Declension of the Roman Empire (Classic Reprint)
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Kohlhammer Das Romische Kaiserreich: Aufstieg Und Fall Einer
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Kohlhammer Kaiserliche Autoritat in Kult- Und Gottermotiven:
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Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH Die Epigraphische Kultur an Oberrhein Und Neckar
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Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Latein Lernen Wie in Der Antike:
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Verlag-Antike Stadttor und Stadteingang: Zur Alltags- und Kulturgeschichte der Stadt in der romischen Kaiserzeit
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Verlag Antike Die Stadtromische Supplicatio in Republikanischer
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Columbia University Press On Ovids Metamorphoses
Book SynopsisDrawing on many years of teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Gareth Williams offers a brisk and lively reading of the poem that emphasizes why it speaks in compelling ways to a twenty-first-century audience. He shows how the Metamorphoses is not just a colorful collection of stories about change but an exploration of change itself.Trade ReviewSmart close readings abound, and Williams’s punchy analyses make the book fun to read, though they never obscure his mastery of the subject. * Publishers Weekly *The perfect sidekick to accompany readers on their journey through Ovid’s epic—whether approaching the Metamorphoses for the very first time or revisiting this ever-changing kaleidoscope of a poem. -- Genevieve Liveley, author of Ovid’s Metamorphoses: A Reader’s GuideLucid, insightful, and lively, this book offers compelling new interpretations of Ovid that speak to current issues such as fake news, deceptive speech, sexual violence, gender inequity, and strategies of resistance within an autocracy. These are serious themes, but Williams adopts some of Ovid’s own wit and psychological nuance, providing an accessible and intellectually exciting approach to the Metamorphoses. -- Carole E. Newlands, author of Playing with Time: Ovid and the FastiThis is a wonderful book. It offers an introduction to Ovid's Metamorphoses and the life of the poet, guiding the reader through some of the epic’s most memorable moments. The primary pleasure of the book is to read about a great poem through the words of a sensitive and experienced teacher, who wears his erudition very lightly. The writing frequently sparkles, with contemporary allusions and wicked puns throughout. -- James Uden, Boston UniversityThe book is full of lively and provocative readings of Ovid’s greatest work, careening through its changing tales and tales about change to portray a work which, having endured throughout the two millennia since its composition, find a deep resonance even in—or especially in—the 2020s. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *A delightful volume....highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Diversity, Idiosyncrasy, and Self-Discovery in the Metamorphoses2.The Liabilities of Language: Change and Instability in Ovid’s World of Words3. The Path of Deviance: Sexual Morality and the Incestuous Urge in the Metamorphoses4. Rough Justice: Victimization, Revenge, and Divine Punishment in the MetamorphosesEpilogueFurther ReadingIndex
£42.50
Columbia University Press On Ovids Metamorphoses
Book SynopsisDrawing on many years of teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Gareth Williams offers a brisk and lively reading of the poem that emphasizes why it speaks in compelling ways to a twenty-first-century audience. He shows how the Metamorphoses is not just a colorful collection of stories about change but an exploration of change itself.Trade ReviewSmart close readings abound, and Williams’s punchy analyses make the book fun to read, though they never obscure his mastery of the subject. * Publishers Weekly *The perfect sidekick to accompany readers on their journey through Ovid’s epic—whether approaching the Metamorphoses for the very first time or revisiting this ever-changing kaleidoscope of a poem. -- Genevieve Liveley, author of Ovid’s Metamorphoses: A Reader’s GuideLucid, insightful, and lively, this book offers compelling new interpretations of Ovid that speak to current issues such as fake news, deceptive speech, sexual violence, gender inequity, and strategies of resistance within an autocracy. These are serious themes, but Williams adopts some of Ovid’s own wit and psychological nuance, providing an accessible and intellectually exciting approach to the Metamorphoses. -- Carole E. Newlands, author of Playing with Time: Ovid and the FastiThis is a wonderful book. It offers an introduction to Ovid's Metamorphoses and the life of the poet, guiding the reader through some of the epic’s most memorable moments. The primary pleasure of the book is to read about a great poem through the words of a sensitive and experienced teacher, who wears his erudition very lightly. The writing frequently sparkles, with contemporary allusions and wicked puns throughout. -- James Uden, Boston UniversityThe book is full of lively and provocative readings of Ovid’s greatest work, careening through its changing tales and tales about change to portray a work which, having endured throughout the two millennia since its composition, find a deep resonance even in—or especially in—the 2020s. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *A delightful volume....highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Diversity, Idiosyncrasy, and Self-Discovery in the Metamorphoses2.The Liabilities of Language: Change and Instability in Ovid’s World of Words3. The Path of Deviance: Sexual Morality and the Incestuous Urge in the Metamorphoses4. Rough Justice: Victimization, Revenge, and Divine Punishment in the MetamorphosesEpilogueFurther ReadingIndex
£12.34
Pennsylvania State University Press Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire From
Book SynopsisA novel treatment of a group of early Christian authors, demonstrating that their behavior and self-presentation were shaped by the norms of Roman intellectual culture, and not simply by factors internal to Christianity.Trade Review“This book is a welcome addition to a growing movement by classicists and ancient historians to examine early Christian authors within the horizons of Roman imperial culture (the so-called Second Sophistic). Secord brings to the task an unusually strong command of the scholarship and the Christian texts, married to a firm grasp of the history and non-Christian intellectual trends of the first three centuries CE. Scholars who work with equal comfort on both sides of the pagan-Christian divide are rare; this is a book that scholars in both disciplines will read with profit.”—Kendra Eshleman,author of The Social World of Intellectuals in the Roman Empire: Sophists, Philosophers, and Christians“An impressively erudite work, which may prove to be seminal. Secord makes use of a huge range of both classical and Christian texts, many of which are not widely cited in scholarly literature. The copious prosopographic information is genuinely illuminating, and he rightly observes that Christians were not conforming to the times but joining a dissident trend when they styled themselves philosophers.”—Mark Edwards,author of Christians, Gnostics and Philosophers in Late Antiquity“Christian Intellectuals in the Roman Empire is an engaging and valuable study. Secord succeeds in demonstrating how several key early Christian thinkers participated in the competitive culture of Roman intellectuals, and his contribution surely helps to overcome the traditional exclusion of Christians from the intellectual history of the Greco-Roman world.”—Jennifer Otto Bryn Mawr Classical Review“In this valuable and stimulating work, Jared Secord argues that Christianity was not the most important consideration when a Christian intellectual interacted with non-Christians, particularly imperial authority.”—David Neal Greenwood Journal of Theological StudiesTable of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Emperors, Intellectuals, and the World of the Roman Empire2. Justin Martyr: A Would-Be Public Intellectual3. Tatian Versus the Greeks: Diversity in Christian Intellectual Culture4. Christian Intellectuals and Cultural Change in the Third CenturyConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£84.56
University of Texas Press Vestal Virgins Sibyls and Matrons
Book SynopsisA sweeping overview of Roman women’s roles and functions in religion and, by extension, in Rome’s history and culture from the republic through the empire.Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Silent Ones Speak Chapter 2: Life Cycles and Time Structures Chapter 3: The Making of Rome Chapter 4: Rome Eternal Chapter 5: Rome Besieged Chapter 6: Rome and Its Provinces Conclusion Appendix A: Ancient Authors Appendix B: Timeline Appendix C: Maps Notes Bibliography General Index
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University of Texas Press Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine
Book SynopsisIn this culmination of over twenty years of research, the author employs modern science and anthropological studies innovatively and cautiously to demonstrate the substance to Dioscorides' authority in medicine.Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Dioscorides and the Materials of Medicine 2. One Plant, One Chapter 3. Drug Affinities 4. Animals, Wines, and Minerals 5. Done and Undone Notes Works Cited Index
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