European history: the Romans Books
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
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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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University of Texas Press Roman Military Law
Book Synopsis Rome was the law-giver for much of the modern world. She was also the greatest military power of antiquity, operating her military organization with remarkable efficiency and effectiveness throughout most of the then-known world. In view of the importance of both the legal and military aspects of the Roman Empire, an account of their combination in a system of disciplinary control for the Roman armies is of considerable significance to historians in both fields—and, in fact, to scholars in general. In Roman Military Law, C. E. Brand describes this system of control. Since a characterization of such a system can be made most meaningful only against a background of Roman constitutional government and in the light of ideologies current at the time, Brand follows his initial “Note on Sources” with a sketch of the contemporary Roman scene. This first section includes a discussion of the Roman constitution and an examination of Roman criminal law. Table of Contents Preface Foreword Acknowledgments Notes on the Sources I. Introduction II. The Roman Constitution III. Discipline and Criminal Law IV. Military Organization V. Disciplinary Organization of the Army VI. Religion and Discipline VII. Offenses and Punishments VIII. From The Punic Wars To Constantine IX. Military Codes and Treatises Appendices A. Military Laws from Ruffus B. De Re Militari from Corpus Juris Civilis C. Strategica, by Maurice D. Table of Comparisons Bibliography Index
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University of Wisconsin Press The Fractured Voice Silence and Power in
Book SynopsisConfronts the trope of muteness in Imperial Roman literature, arguing that this understanding of silence is incomplete. Amy Koenig shows that the Roman perception of silence was more complicated than a simple binary and that authors used voiceless characters to interrogate the concept of voicelessness in ways that would be taboo in other contexts.Trade Review“Pulling together a dizzying array of materials and concepts from disparate fields, The Fractured Voice is a transformative study of speech in the ancient world. Impressive scholarship supports an adroit, wholly original, and convincing argument that avoids the previous, reductive approaches to the motif of speech loss in Roman literature.”—Bartolo Natoli, author of Silenced Voices: The Poetics of Speech in Ovid “Koenig brings a fresh perspective to the understanding of silence in the culture of the Roman empire, showing that loss of voice can unlock new possibilities of expression that allow the mute person to signify facts and feelings otherwise difficult or dangerous to communicate. Those interested in Roman literature, cultural history, and disability studies stand to learn a great deal from this book.”—Silvia Montiglio, author of Silence in the Land of LogosTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Tongueless Nightingale Chapter 1. The Embodied Voice: Conflict and Constraint in Galen’s Writings Chapter 2. The Mute Goddess: Speechlessness, Divinity, and Power in Ovid’s Fasti Chapter 3. The Dancer’s Silence: Ovidian Myths of the Voice and Roman Pantomime Chapter 4. The Instrument of the Voice: Body, Mind, and Music in the “Second Sophistic” Greek Novels Chapter 5. Nova vox: (Re)gaining a Voice in the Ass Novels Epilogue: Mea lingua Christus: Muteness and Martyrdom Notes References Index
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Yale University Press Crassus
Book SynopsisThe story of Rome’s richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military gloryTrade Review“It is a remarkable and fascinating story and Stothard has done his subject proud.”—Roger Alton, Daily Mail“In this short volume of 158 pages, Stothard gives just about enough background for those unversed in Roman history to follow the tale. But his aim is not to paint a picture of SPQR. It is to focus on a man who will be barely known to most readers. And also worryingly familiar. That he has done—and done well.”—Stefan Wagstyl, Financial Times“Brings Crassus to life (and death) adeptly. . . . Stothard tells the story of this campaign vividly and skilfully.”—Patrick Kidd, The Times (UK)“The pages of this short book turn quickly. The Parthian campaign, in particular, is narrated with a gripping verve and brio. . . . One of the strengths of Stothard’s writing is that he shows rather than tells: anecdote is preferred to adjectives.”—Christopher White, Daily Telegraph“A perfectly paced biography: one that provides a novel perspective on a period of Roman history that, although often narrated, can always bear another retelling.”—Tom Holland, Times Literary Supplement“Crassus until now has not been the subject of a popular biography. For the many fans of this period of Roman history, Stothard offers a fascinating story, both well told and well worth the telling.”—Anthony Spawforth, Literary Review“Stothard’s elegant and penetrating biography could not be more apposite in this age of political turmoil. . . . The trends of contemporary politics find dark echoes in the story that Stothard retells.”—Bijan Omrani, The Critic“A terrific biography. . . . In Stothard’s fine prose we see not only the whole picture of Crassus’s life but also how consequential a figure he truly was.”—Matthew d’Ancona, Tortoise Media“An obscenely wealthy oligarch seeks new prestige by invading a neighbouring country whose resilience he doesn’t appreciate—and meets with catastrophe. This is a superb life of an ancient Roman whose experiences horrifically echo our own time.”—Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny“Peter Stothard is a master of modern writing about ancient Rome. Here he cleverly explores the life of one of the most puzzling and elusive ‘big men’ in the history of Rome, and why it matters.”—Mary Beard
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Roman Community at Table during the
Book SynopsisOn its initial publication, The Roman Community at Table during the Principate broke new ground with its approach to the integral place of feasting in ancient Roman culture and the unique power of food to unite and to separate its recipients along class lines throughout the Empire. This expanded edition includes significant new material on current trends in food studies.Trade ReviewPraise for the hardcover edition: ""This book is indispensable both for ancient history and for food history. . . . Donahue offers fascinating reflections on public and private dining, doing for Roman politics what Pauline Schmitt did for the Greek polis. [He] brilliantly ties meal times into the practices of Rome's Hellenistic predecessors and richly reflects the religious and cultural contexts of eating."" - John Wilkins, University of Exeter
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University of California Press Classicism and Christianity in Late Antique Latin
Book SynopsisAfter centuries of near silence, Latin poetry underwent a renaissance in the late fourth and fifth centuries CE evidenced in the works ofkey figures such as Ausonius, Claudian, Prudentius, and Paulinus of Nola. This period of resurgence markeda milestone in the reception of the classics of late Republican and early imperial poetry. In Classicism and Christianity in Late Antique Latin Poetry, Philip Hardie explores the ways in which poets writing on non-Christian and Christian subjects used the classical traditions of Latin poetry to constructtheir relationship with Rome's imperial past and present, and with the by now not-so-new belief system of the state religion, Christianity. The book pays particular attention to the themes of concord and discord, the cosmic sense of late antiquity, novelty and renouatio, paradox and miracle, and allegory. It is also a contribution to the ongoing discussion of whether there is an identifiably late antique poetics and a late antique practice of intertextuality. Not since Michael Robert's classic The Jeweled Style has a single book had so much to teach about the enduring power of Latin poetry in late antiquity. Trade Review"As always, Hardie’s work is erudite and articulate, displaying the author’s extensive knowledge of both early and late Latin poetic corpora. This recent work advocates for the uniqueness and vitality of late antique Latin poetry against the still-widespread stereotype of the period as one marked by decadence and degeneration. It should be widely appreciated by specialists in Latin poetry, late antiquity, and anyone interested in the complex interactions between ‘classical’ and Christian culture in the later Roman world. It is highly recommended." * The Society of Biblical Literature *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Farewells and Returns: Ausonius and Paulinus of Nola 2. Virgilian Plots: Public Ideologies and Private Journeys 3. Cosmos: Classical and Christian Universes 4. Concord and Discord: Concordia Discors 5. Innovations of Late Antiquity: Novelty and Renouatio 6. Paradox, Mirabilia, Miracles 7. Allegory 8. Mosaics and Intertextuality References General Index Index Locorum
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University of California Press The Selected Letters of Cassiodorus
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bjornlie makes the material as readable as it’s ever going to be. . . . We need reliable, well-annotated translations, and products of this quality should be recognised as the original contributions they are. A formidable and committed translator, Cassiodorus would surely agree." * London Review of Books *Table of ContentsMaps Introduction Cassiodorus, the Variae, and Their World The Variae as a Letter Collection A Note on the Present Translation Chronology of Key Events Indictional Years Relative to Cassiodorus's Tenure in Public Offices Section I. Sixth-Century Italy in a Wider World: Diplomatic Letters from the Ostrogothic Court to the Eastern Imperial and Western "Barbarian" Courts Section II. The Senate in Public Life and Public Office: Letters to the Senate, Letters to Individual Senators, and Letters Announcing the Appointment of Senators to Office Section III. Civil Bureaucracy and Administration in Italy: Letters Describing Activities of the Court Bureaucracy and Letters of Appointment to Bureaucratic Posts Section IV. Taxes and Finances: Letters Describing Fiscal Organization and the Collection and Distribution of State Resources Section V. Administration of the Provinces: Letters Concerned with Ostrogothic Affairs in Regions outside Italy Section VI. Goths and the Military: Letters concerning Gothic Settlement and the Organization of the Military Section VII. Urban Life: Letters Describing Attention to the Urban Environment Section VIII. Rural Life: Letters concerning People in the Countryside and Their Obligations to the State Section IX. Religion: Letters to Bishops and Letters Touching upon the Court's Spiritual Sentiments and Involvement in Religious Matters Section X. Family and Gender: Letters concerning Households and Relations between Family Members and Letters to Women Section XI. Law, Order, and Conflict: Letters Describing the Court's Approach to Criminal Charges against Individuals Section XII. Intellectual Culture: Letters Pertaining to Aspects of Late-Antique Intellectual Culture Section XIII. Nature: Letters That Provide Literary Perspectives on the Natural World Glossary Concordance of Letters Cited in This Volume Selected Bibliography of Related Reading Index of Individuals Index of Concepts, Peoples, and Terms Index of Places
£22.50
University of California Press The Variae
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bjornlie’s translation is fluid and excellent. . . .this is a much-needed and masterfully crafted addition to the historical corpus, of interest to historians, Byzantinists, and scholars of the ancient world interested in the Ostrogothic Court, Justinian’s conquest of Ravenna, and the early Byzantine world." * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsIntroduction Italy in the Sixth Century Cassiodorus as Statesman and Author The Variae as an Epistolary Collection Nachleben The Variae in Translation Chronology of Key Events Indictional Years Relative to Cassiodorus’s Tenure in Public Offices Maps THE VARIAE Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Book 7 Book 8 Book 9 Book 10 Book 11 Book 12 Bibliography of Related Reading Index of Individuals Index of Concepts, Peoples, and Terms Index of Places
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University of California Press Apex Omnium
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University of California Press The Rich and the Pure
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Caner furthers our understanding of how religious and laypeople negotiated relationships with one another and how they defined themselves in relation to their wealth. His book is an outstanding contribution not only to gift-giving practices in early Byzantine Christianity, but also to the establishment of monastic self-identity in this period." * Journal of Early Christian Studies *"Caner deftly exhibits the difficulty of implementation inherent in each mode of giving. . . . It is a gift to the scholarship of its subject." * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"Deeply learned and carefully considered, Caner’s book is a masterly exploration of 'the first truly affluent, complex Christian society.'" * New York Review of Books *"The Rich and the Pure is a welcome and provocative analysis of timeless questions that continue to influence much that is complicated and messy about stewardship, philanthropy, divestment, welfare, social justice, gratitude, and gift wraps." * Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue: What Is a Christian Gift? Map Timeline Introduction Surviving Sources and Historical Discourses Philanthropy and Asceticism as Complementary Virtues 1. The Present-Giving World of Early Byzantium Christian Gifts in the Late Roman Holy Land Secular Gifts and the Late Roman Imperial Order Providential Order and the Rise of a Religious Aristocracy The Christian Ideal of Stewardship 2. "Give to All Who Ask of You": The Challenge of Early Byzantine Philanthropy The Classical Roots of Christian Philanthrōpia Christian Philanthropy before Constantine Constantine and the Extension of Christian Philanthropy Preaching Philanthropy in Christian Cappadocia "To Each According to Need": Philanthropic Priorities in Church Institutions "To Each According to Rank": Philanthropic Priorities in Sixth-Century Monasteries 3. “Bend Your Heart to Mercy”: Almsgiving and the Christian Advocacy of Social Compassion Preaching Direct Almsgiving in Christian Antioch The Monastic Middle Way of Communal Ministrations Monastic Mediation between the Rich, the Clergy, and the Poor 4. "Give It with Your Whole Soul": From Alms to Charity in Early Byzantine Monasticism Defining Charity in Egyptian Desert Tradition Gifts of Charity in the Seridos Monastery Sins of Excess and Redemptive Almsgiving Almsgiving as Purification in Eastern Hagiography "Give as Your Alms from the Things Within": Alms, Charity, and Christian Altruism 5. “What God Has Put in Your Heart to Give”: Divine Patronage, Sacred Wealth, and Material Blessings The Pauline Concept of a Christian Blessing The Institutional and Lay Provision of Material Blessings Human Avarice and Divine Patronage Converting Lay Offerings into Blessings Ascetic Stewardship and the Multiplication of Monastic Blessings Gifts of a Sacred Order Sacred Wealth and Monastic Culture 6. "You Are the Firstfruits of the World": Monasticism, Fruitbearings, and Prosperity in the Countryside Agrarian and Monastic Expansion on the Rural Margins A Syrian Village Perspective: The Letter of Cosmas of Panîr Agriculture and Religious Science in the Roman Near East The Intercessory Powers of Symeon Stylites the Elder Ascetic Penance and Lay Prosperity in the Lives of Barsauma and Theodore Fruitbearings, Gratitude, and Sacred Vessels 7. "Imperishable Remembrance in Heaven and Earth": Liturgical Offerings and the Rise of Patronal Monasteries Lay Offerings and Church Commemorations Church Apologetics for Commemorative Rites Jacob of Serug's On the Loaf for the Departed Patronal Praise and the Proliferation of Private Monasteries Monks, Freedmen, and the Perennial Quest for Perpetual Commemoration Memory, Salvation, and the Economics of Monastic Patronage Epilogue: When Holy Men Walked the Earth Notes Bibliography Index
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Harvard Department of the Classics Harvard Studies in Classical Philology V105
Book SynopsisHarvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 105 includes Carolyn Higbie, “Divide and Edit: A Brief History of Book Divisions”; Ho Kim, “Aristotle’s Hamartia Reconsidered”; Andrew Faulkner, “Callimachus and His Allusive Virgins: Delos, Hestia, and the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite”; and other essays.
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Princeton University Press The Seven Hills of Rome
Book SynopsisFrom humble beginnings, Rome became perhaps the greatest intercontinental power in the world. This book demonstrates the important link between the history of Rome and its geologic setting. It contains chapters that are arranged geographically, based on the seven hills, the Tiber floodplain, the ancient creeks that dissected the plateau, and more.Trade Review"A detailed description."--Ingrid Rowland, New York Review of Books "Rome we know as a museum of empires and faiths, architecture and art collections: this fascinating little book shows how it may be a museum of the earth as well."--Greg Woolf, Times Literary Supplement "This is a truly unusual book of great interest to amateur geologists, historians, and travelers."--Library Journal "A very interesting book on the geology of Rome and how that geology has strongly influenced the city's geography, history, economics, and culture since its earliest settlement."--Choice "This is a book of delights. A volcanologist and two geologists unpick the fabric of Rome, from its roots of silts and gravels overlain by volcanic flows to the summits of the seven hills."--Maggie McDonald, New Scientist "Now here's a tourist guide to Rome with a difference...This isn't just a guide. The authors have also set out to awaken people to Rome's geological framework in the hope of making the city itself more sustainable."--Sarah Barnett, Geographical Magazine "This fascinating and easy-to-read guidebook shows how the geography and geology of Rome allowed it to grow into the great center of civilization that it became... This book is for travelers and readers interested in both history and geology."--Science News "The writing in this joint Italian-American volume is delightfully clear, and the book is full of helpful illustrations."--Ron Smith, Georgia ReviewTable of ContentsForeword, by Walter Veltroni vii Preface ix CHAPTER 1: A Tourist's Introduction to the Geology of Rome 1 Timelines 18 CHAPTER 2: Center of the Western World--The Capitoline (Campidoglio) Hill 27 CHAPTER 3: Palaces and Gardens--The Palatine (Palatino) Hill 37 CHAPTER 4: The Aventine (Aventino) Hill 51 CHAPTER 5: The Tiber Floodplain, Commerce, and Tragedy 59 CHAPTER 6: The Tiber's Tributaries in Rome--Clogged with Humankind's Debris 85 CHAPTER 7: The Western Heights--Janiculum, Vatican, and Monte Mario 110 CHAPTER 8: The Celian (Celio) Hill 123 CHAPTER 9: Largest of the Seven Hills--The Esquiline (Esquilino)153 CHAPTER 10: Upper Class--The Viminal (Viminale) and Quirinal (Quirinale) Hills 162 CHAPTER 11: Field Trips in and around Rome 174 The Seven Hills of Rome in Fifteen Stops 174 Panoramas, Piazzas, and Plateaus 195 A Field Trip to Rome, the City of Water 216 Acknowledgments 229 Further Reading 231 Index 237
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Princeton University Press A Written Republic
Book SynopsisIn the 40s BCE, during his forced retirement from politics under Caesar's dictatorship, Cicero turned to philosophy, producing a massive and important body of work. This title examines the rhetorical battle that Cicero stages in his philosophical prefaces - a battle between the forces that would oppose or support his project.Trade Review"[T]his is an excellent study, and will be valuable reading for anyone interested in Cicero's philosophical works and the cultural and political environments from which they emerged."--Walter Englert, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "The attention to detail, textual and contextual, throughout A Written Republic makes Baraz's argument a persuasive one."--Christopher Brooke, Perspectives on Politics "Baraz's discussion shows that she knows her political history, which suggests that the strict focus on the prefaces and Cicero's justifications of his philosophical project is a conscious choice. Indeed, at all times Baraz guides her reader lucidly through her argument. More importantly, Baraz's book is full of new ideas and developments of existing ideas... Baraz's observations and interpretations push forward our understanding of Cicero's philosophical engagement and, indeed, the relationship between this engagement and his political activity. Baraz is to be commended for providing such a stimulating study."--Henriette van der Blom, British Journal for the History of Philosophy "Baraz's stimulating and nuanced argument about Cicero's literary and political goals should make this book a standard reference for anyone interested in Cicero, his philosophical program, or the intellectual life of the Late Republic."--Jonathan P. Zarecki, CJ-Online "[T]his book has much to recommend it, and anyone writing on Cicero's philosophical works will profit from its careful attention to the details of the prefaces."--J. Jackson Barlow, Review of Politics "The result is a fine contribution to Ciceronian studies, which deserves attention not only from those who work on his philosophy but from those interested in any aspect of his writings."--Catherine Steel, GnomonTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Abbreviations and Translations xi Introduction 1 Chapter One: Otiose Otium: The Status of Intellectual Activity in Late Republican Prefaces 13 Cicero's Ennius, or Anxiety about Too Much Philosophy 15 Sallust, or Anxiety about Writing 22 Rhetorica ad Herennium, or Anxiety about Status 36 Chapter Two: On a More Personal Note: Philosophy in the Letters 44 Philosophy as a Basis for Action 46 Philosophy and Politics 67 Writing as a Primary Occupation 78 The Consolation of Philosophy 86 Chapter Three: The Gift of Philosophy: The Treatises as Translations 96 The Shape of Translation: Tusculans I 103 Why Translation? De Finibus I 113 Chapter Four: With the Same Voice: Oratory as a Transitional Space 128 The Philosophizing Orator: A Stoic or an Academic? Cato versus Cicero in the Paradoxa Stoicorum 131 Always Philosophizing: Cicero as the Linchpin in De Natura Deorum I 137 From Oratory to Philosophy: The Logic of Tusculan Disputations I 140 Chapter Five: Reading a Ciceronian Preface: Strategies of Reader Management 150 Making Friends with Strangers: Topica 156 Drawing Strength from Tradition: De Senectute 173 Chapter Six: Philosophy after Caesar: The New Direction 187 Looking Back: De Divinatione II 188 From the Ides to the De Officiis 194 From Quintus the Elder to Marcus the Younger: The Pattern of Dedications 204 The Final Encounter: De Officiis 212 Bibliography 225 Index Locorum 243 General Index 249
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Princeton University Press Time and Cosmos in GrecoRoman Antiquity
Book SynopsisPublished on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, New York, October 19, 2016-April 23, 2017.Table of ContentsLetter from ISAW 10 Acknowledgments 12 I Map: The Greco-Roman World, 500 BCE-500 CE 16 Introduction 19 Alexander Jones, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World II Near East Relations: Mesopotamia and Egypt 45 John Steele, Brown University III Measuring the Hours: Sundials, Water Clocks,and Portable Sundials 63 Karlheinz Schaldach, Independent researcher IV Days, Months, Years, and Other Time Cycles 95 Daryn Lehoux, Queen's University, Kingston V Astrology in the Greco-Roman World 123 Stephan Heilen, Universitat Osnabruck Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum, University of Wales Trinity St David VI Images of Time and Cosmic Connection 143 James Evans, University of Puget Sound VIII Imperial Imagery of Time and Comos 171 Bernhard Weisser, Munzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Exhibition Checklist 184 Bibliography 194 Photography and Drawing Credits 204
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Princeton University Press Morgantina Studies Volume I The Terracottas
Book SynopsisThe author considers the Morgantina terracottas as representatives of one of the liveliest traditions of the Greek minor arts, and thus he examines questions of stylistic development and influence, workshop traditions, and technique. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again makTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Plates, pg. ix*List of Text Figures, pg. xi*Editor's Foreword, pg. xiii*Preface, pg. xvii*Abbreviations, pg. xxi*Introduction and Historical Sketch, pg. 1*I. Archaic and Early-Classical Terracottas, pg. 9*II. Late-Classical Terracottas, pg. 22*III. Early-Hellenistic Terracottas, pg. 41*IV. Late-Hellenistic Terracottas, pg. 74*V. The VotiveTerracottas, pg. 81*Introduction Part I., pg. 115*Introduction Part II., pg. 161*Introduction Part III., pg. 200*List of Contexts, pg. 238*Concordance, pg. 261*Index, pg. 263*1-19, pg. 269*20-40, pg. 290*41-60, pg. 311*61-80, pg. 331*81-100, pg. 351*101-120, pg. 371*121-150, pg. 391
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Princeton University Press Morgantina Studies Volume I The Terracottas 4611
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Plates, pg. ix*List of Text Figures, pg. xi*Editor's Foreword, pg. xiii*Preface, pg. xvii*Abbreviations, pg. xxi*Introduction and Historical Sketch, pg. 1*I. Archaic and Early-Classical Terracottas, pg. 9*II. Late-Classical Terracottas, pg. 22*III. Early-Hellenistic Terracottas, pg. 41*IV. Late-Hellenistic Terracottas, pg. 74*V. The VotiveTerracottas, pg. 81*Introduction Part I., pg. 115*Introduction Part II., pg. 161*Introduction Part III., pg. 200*List of Contexts, pg. 238*Concordance, pg. 261*Index, pg. 263*1-19, pg. 269*20-40, pg. 290*41-60, pg. 311*61-80, pg. 331*81-100, pg. 351*101-120, pg. 371*121-150, pg. 391
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Cornell University Press The Care of the Dead in Late Antiquity
Book SynopsisIn this provocative book Éric Rebillard challenges many long-held assumptions about early Christian burial customs. For decades scholars of early Christianity have argued that the Church owned and operated burial grounds for Christians as early as the...Trade ReviewÉric Rebillard amasses a vast array of second- through fifth-century Christian literature in an attempt to systematically dispel any notion that Church institutions had much to do with the dead bodies of their community. Cemetery space, unless it was inhabited by a saint, was not considered sacred, grave robbing was a civil matter, and belief in resurrection of the dead had little influence on the fate of the Christian corpse—these are just some of the conclusions reached in this important revisionist work. * Religious Studies Review *The importance of Éric Rebillard's book lies in that it establishes beyond any doubt that in the early centuries the Church was not concerned with taking control of the care and commemoration of the dead, but treated these matters as being within the sphere of decisions taken by families and subject to established custom and law. * Journal of Ecclesiastical History *
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Ancient City
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Ancient or modern, the city is among man's most complex creations and probably the most illustrative of both his best and worst qualities. The Ancient City, originally published in the 1870s, provides a 19th-century French view of Greek and Roman metropolises. Washington Post
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University of Pennsylvania Press The Digest of Justinian Volume 2
Book SynopsisThe most famous and influential collection of legal materials in world history, now available in a four-volume English-language paperback edition.Trade Review"Definitive." * The Retainer *"A landmark." * Religious Studies Review *"Superb." * Texas Bar Journal *
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University of Pennsylvania Press The Digest of Justinian Volume 4
Book SynopsisThe most famous and influential collection of legal materials in world history, now available in a four-volume English-language paperback edition.Trade Review"Definitive." * The Retainer *"A landmark." * Religious Studies Review *"Superb." * Texas Bar Journal *
£56.10
Liverpool University Press Cicero On Friendship and the Dream of Scipio
Book SynopsisCicero's essay On Friendship is of interest as much for the light it sheds on Roman society as for its embodiment of ancient philosophical views on the subjects of friendship. The Dream of Scipio, in which Cicero describes his vision of the cosmos, is an excerpt from his De Republica. Latin text with facing translation, introduction and commentary.Table of ContentsPrefaceBibliographical NoteLaelius On Friendship (Laelius de amicitia) Introduction Text and Translation CommentaryThe Dream of Scipio (Somnium Scipionis) Introduction Text and Translation CommentaryAppendix: notes on the textIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Brides Mourners Bacchae
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsTexts UsedAbbreviationsIntroductionPart I. Brides1. The Roman Wedding2. Sexuality and Ritual: Catullus' Wedding Poems3. Isis at a Wedding: Gender, Ethnicity, and Roman Identity in Ovid's Metamorphoses4. Wartime Weddings: Lucan's Civil War and Seneca's Trojan Women5. Quartilla's Priapic Weddings in Petronius' Satyrica: Female Power and Male ImpotencePart II. Mourners6. Roman Burial Rites 7. Mourning Orpheus: Poetry and Lament in Ovid's Metamorphoses 10 and 118. A New Hope: Burying the War Dead in Statius' Thebaid 12Part III. Bacchae9. Bacchic Rites in Greece and Rome10. Roman Bacchae: Dionysiac Mysteries, Masculinity, and the State in Livy's Bacchanalian Narrative11. Philomela's Bacchic Justice: Ritual Resistance and Abusive Authority in Ovid's Metamorphoses 612. Hypsipyle's Bacchic Pietas: Ritual, Exemplarity, and Gender in Valerius and StatiusPart IV. Women-Only Rituals13. Women-Only Rituals in Rome14. Spinning Hercules: Gender, Religion, and Geography in Propertius 4.915. Hercules and the Founding Mothers: Mater Matuta and the Matralia in Ovid's Fasti 616. Dancing in Scyros: Masculinity and Young Women's Rituals in Statius' AchilleidEpilogue: Tacita's Rites and the Story of Lara in Ovid's Fasti 2NotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Toronto Press The Manuscript Tradition of Propertius
Book SynopsisThe elegist Sextus Propertius (ca 50–ca 16 BC) is generally reckoned among the most difficult of Latin authors. At the root of this difficulty lies a deeply corrupt text and uncertainty over the manuscript transmission; moreover, the manuscripts used in the standard editions of today have been selected without a comprehensive examination of the surviving copies. This study, the fullest survey of the manuscripts so far, considers the affiliation of more than 140 complete or partial witnesses and offers a thorough reassessment of the tradition. The principal novelty is the argument that six Renaissance copies represent an independent third witness to the archetype, revealing passages where corruptions, glosses, or medieval corrections are now accepted as the words of Propertius and suggesting that the archetype was far more corrupt than now commonly supposed. The study is in two parts. In Part One, after a survey of Propertius’ fortuna in the Middle Ages, the auth
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Commanders and Command in the Roman Republic and
Book SynopsisStudies the development of Roman provincial command using the terms and concepts of the Romans themselves as reference points. Beginning in the earliest years of the republic, Fred Drogula argues, provincial command was not a uniform concept fixed in positive law but rather a dynamic set of ideas shaped by traditional practice.
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University of Texas Press The Restoration of the Roman Forum in Late
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive examination of the Roman Forum in late antiquity, this book explores the cultural significance of restoring monuments and statues in the city's preeminent public space, demonstrating shifts in patronage, political power, historicalTrade ReviewAn interesting book, which puts forward an important and innovative agenda for the study of Late Antique Rome. * Antiquity *Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Late Antique Roman Forum under Restoration 1. Collective Identity and Renewed Time in the Tetrarchic Roman Forum 2. Constantine the Restorer 3. Statues in the Late Antique Roman Forum 4. Restored Basilicas and Statues on the Move 5. The Contested Eternity of Temples 6. Rome’s Senatorial Complex and the Late Antique Transformation of the Elite Conclusion: Public Space in Late Antiquity Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Toronto Press The Excavations of San Giovanni di Ruoti
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University of Toronto Press Greek and Roman Mechanical WaterLifting Devices
Book SynopsisWater is fundamental to human life, and the ways in which a society uses it can tell us a great deal about a people. The ancient Greeks and Romans had at their disposal several mechanical water-lifting devices. The water-screw, the force pump, the compartmented wheel, and the bucket-chain were developed by scientists associated with the great school at Alexandria. Application of these devices was sporadic in the Hellenistic world, but they, and the later saqiya gear, were used in a wide range of rural and urban settings in many parts of the Roman Empire.Professor Oleson has prepared a definitive study of mechanical water-lifting devices in the Greek and Roman world. He systematically and thoroughly examines the literary, papyrological, and archaeological evidence for the devices and considers the design, materials, settings, costs, effectiveness, and durability of the many adaptations of the small basic repertoire of models. The literary and papyrological materials range from Deute
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University of Toronto Press The Orators in Ciceros Brutus
Book SynopsisSpecial problems are presented to prospographers and historians of the Roman Republic who attempt to determine the chronological structure of Cicero’s Brutus.Over two hundred orators who figured actively in Roman politics from the time of the Punic Wars to that of Civil War are cited in the dialogue. Professor Sumner presents their probable birth-dates and careers in the form of a register, followed by a commentary concentrating on the controversial points in the Brutus, to give a systematic basis to our understanding of the problems of the historical aspects of the dialogue and Cicero’s organization of it.Professor Sumner has worked primarily from the historian’s viewpoint. In his words: ‘the study of the chronological structure of the Brutus should be considered the vertebra of the monograph, but the body of the work is the prosopographical commentary, while the examination of Cicero’s prosoporgraphical and chronographic resources a
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Cornell University Press On Roman Religion
Book SynopsisWas religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? Jörg Rüpke, one of the world’s leading authorities on Roman religion, demonstrates in his new book that it was a lived religion with individual appropriations evident at the...Trade ReviewDrawing on the contemporary methodology of 'lived religion,' Rüpke examines a variety of texts, practices, and religious artifacts to discover how Romans individualized their religion. He persuasively demonstrates that religious individuality can be seen in domestic cults, public sanctuaries, and personal visionary experiences.... This is a groundbreaking study by a leading historian of Roman religion. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice *A lucid, thought-provoking, and highly persuasive attempt to access 'lived ancient religion.'... The book as a whole is enormously fertile, and really is essential reading for anyone interested in 'Roman religion.' * Reading Religion *Provocative reading for anyone interested in Roman culture in the late Republic and early Empire. * Religious Studies Review *
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Cornell University Press The Space That Remains
Book SynopsisIn The Space That Remains, Aaron Pelttari offers the first systematic study of the major fourth-century poets since Michael Robert''s foundational The Jeweled Style. It is the first book to give equal attention to both Christian and Pagan poetry and the first to take seriously the issue of readership.As Pelttari shows, the period marked a turn towards forms of writing that privilege the reader''s active involvement in shaping the meaning of the text. In the poetry of Ausonius, Claudian, and Prudentius we can see the increasing importance of distinctions between old and new, ancient and modern, forgotten and remembered. The strange traditionalism and verbalism of the day often concealed a desire for immediacy and presence. We can see these changes most clearly in the expectations placed upon readers. The space that remains is the space that the reader comes to inhabit, as would increasingly become the case in the literature of the Latin Middle Ages.Trade ReviewThe analysis itself is sharp and to the point, with each passage deftly handled to serve its point. The conclusions are thought-provoking. * Comitatus *Pelttari's project is thought-provoking... The Space that Remains will be fundamental to future discussions of Latin textuality, compositional practices, and the horizons of readers' expectations in Late Antiquity. * Journal of Roman Studies *This book is destined to be quoted in every discussion on late antique literary studies and it makes a significant contribution to the debate on Latin poetry of the 4th century. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *The Space That Remains is an exciting book...Throughout it all, the author himself is excited, passionate, engaged... As a vision of strong readers in late antiquity, and as its own example of strong reading, The Space That Remains is promising and illuminating new work. * Classical World *In recent criticism of Late Antique poetry, Aaron Pelttari's book stands out because it has a theoretical focus on fourth-century literature. It is not a study of a particular poet, nor of a particular genre. Pelttari seeks to understand the special character of writing and reading poetry during this time period—what he describes as a "shift." * The Medieval Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Late Antique Poetry and the Figure of the Reader1. Text, Interpretation, and Authority2. Prefaces and the Reader's Approach to the Text3. Open Texts and Layers of Meaning4. The Presence of the Reader: Allusion in Late AntiquityConclusionReferences General Index Index of Passages Cited
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Grolier Club Edward Gibbon's the History of the Decline and
Book SynopsisA catalog of the exhibition mounted at the Chapin Library to provide contemporary background for publication of Edward Gibbon's great work including items owned by Gibbon, as well as his manuscript.
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Liverpool University Press Themistius and Valens: Orations 6-13
Book SynopsisThemistius and Valens offers the first complete English translation and analysis of Themistius’ speeches for or on behalf of the emperor Valens (r. 364-378). As a westerner and a Latin speaker, Valens had a tough job to convince the aristocracies of Constantinople and the East that he shared their expectations and knew how to preserve their wealth and security. By 364 Themistius already enjoyed huge influence. He was famous as a philosopher who was ‘an exceptional citizen’, and his leadership of the dramatic expansion of the senate in 359 gave him the best address book in town. His ambition and political sense made him a perfect ally for communicating imperial policy and action. These speeches present the major issues Valens faced: his right to rule alongside the western emperor, his brother Valentinian, his handling of the revolt of Procopius, his ability to manage the empire’s economy and borders, his wars against the Goths and the Persians, his controversial religious and judicial policies, and the clever diplomatic work Themistius undertook for him in the lead up to his death in battle in 378.Trade Review'Among those volumes known to the reviewer of the Translated Texts for Historians series this one is without a doubt amongst the best.' Raphael Brendel, Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft Translated from German, 'Unter den dem Rezensenten bekannten nicht wenigen verdienstvollen Bänden der Reihe „Translated Texts for Historians“ gehört dieser ohne Zweifel zu den besten.''Swain fulfilled the aim expressed in the introduction, making the volume an indispensable work for all those interested in “the political history of the key transitional period of the 360s and 370s.' Simone Mehr, Bryn Mawr Classical Review'This is a fantastic book that offers the reader an easy and yet detailed and erudite overview of the subtle chains of policy, obligation, and ambition that bound Themistius to Valens and Valens to Themistius... For anyone with an interest in Themistius, in Valens, or in the East Roman Empire in the mid fourth century, it is a must read.' Adrastos Omissi, Plekos
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Liverpool University Press Themistius and Valens: Orations 6-13
Book SynopsisThemistius and Valens offers the first complete English translation and analysis of Themistius’ speeches for or on behalf of the emperor Valens (r. 364-378). As a westerner and a Latin speaker, Valens had a tough job to convince the aristocracies of Constantinople and the East that he shared their expectations and knew how to preserve their wealth and security. By 364 Themistius already enjoyed huge influence. He was famous as a philosopher who was ‘an exceptional citizen’, and his leadership of the dramatic expansion of the senate in 359 gave him the best address book in town. His ambition and political sense made him a perfect ally for communicating imperial policy and action. These speeches present the major issues Valens faced: his right to rule alongside the western emperor, his brother Valentinian, his handling of the revolt of Procopius, his ability to manage the empire’s economy and borders, his wars against the Goths and the Persians, his controversial religious and judicial policies, and the clever diplomatic work Themistius undertook for him in the lead up to his death in battle in 378.Trade Review'Among those volumes known to the reviewer of the Translated Texts for Historians series this one is without a doubt amongst the best.' Raphael Brendel, Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft Translated from German, 'Unter den dem Rezensenten bekannten nicht wenigen verdienstvollen Bänden der Reihe „Translated Texts for Historians“ gehört dieser ohne Zweifel zu den besten.''Swain fulfilled the aim expressed in the introduction, making the volume an indispensable work for all those interested in “the political history of the key transitional period of the 360s and 370s.' Simone Mehr, Bryn Mawr Classical Review'This is a fantastic book that offers the reader an easy and yet detailed and erudite overview of the subtle chains of policy, obligation, and ambition that bound Themistius to Valens and Valens to Themistius... For anyone with an interest in Themistius, in Valens, or in the East Roman Empire in the mid fourth century, it is a must read.' Adrastos Omissi, Plekos
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Navies of Rome
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking new chronological study of the role played by the Navy in the successful development of the Roman Empire. Both welcome and useful. [...] This is a narrative history as well as a focused study of the development of the ships, officers, and crews and the overall naval establishment. Recommended. CHOICE This publication represents the first true examination of the Roman Navy as an independent arm of the military. Though many may perceive the Roman Empire as a primarily land-based organisation, an empire forged by the formidable legions of infantry, thetruth is that it was as much a maritime empire as that of the British in the nineteenth century, and in fact the Roman Navy was the most powerful maritime force ever to have existed. It secured the trade routes and maintained thecommunications that allowed the Roman Empire to exist; and it brought previously untouchable and unreachable enemies to battle and enabled the expansion of Imperial power into areas thought hitherto inaccessible. This book, featuring detailed reconstructions of the ships themselves, provides an engaging survey of the craft, their crewmen, and the navy's major contribution to the Empire's growth.Trade Review[There is an] enormous amount of material contained in this excellent work by Michael Pitassi, which for the first time seeks to examine all aspects of the much neglected subject of Roman naval power. [It is] an academically very rigorous work of considerable substance written for both professional scholars and for those who are approaching the subject for the first time. It deserves to be on the shelves of all those with a passion for ancient naval warfare. * JOURNAL OF MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES *The first comprehensive history of Roman fleets from their inception to the end of the Roman empire in the West. [...] An interesting and handy overview of military Rome on sea and river. * ANCIENT WARFARE *
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American Academy in Rome Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Volume
Book SynopsisThe Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, an annual publication of the American Academy in Rome, gathers articles on topics including Roman archaeology and topography, ancient and modern Italian history, Latin literature, and Italian art and architectural history. Volume 63/64 is the first volume edited by Sinclair W. Bell, Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University. This volume includes the following essays and articles:" Incised and Stamped Ceramics from Morgantina: Taking the Long View" by Emma Buckingham and Carla M. Antonaccio; "Early Iron Age and Orientalizing Mediterranean Networks from Funerary Contexts in Latium vetus: Identifying Gender and Special Patterns of Interaction" by Francesca Fulminante; "Herakles on the Move: A Greek Hydria's Journey from Athens to Vulci" by Sheramy D. Bundrick; "A Hemicycle with a View" by Barbara Burrell; "Coinage Programs and Panegyric in the Reign of Trajan: Imagery, Audience, and Gency" by Nathan T. Elkins; "Matidia Minor and the Rebuilding of Suessa Aurunca" by Margaret Woodhull; "Sesostris' Chariot in a Roman Circus? A New Interpretation of a Scene Depicted on an Imperial Oil Lamp" by Sylvain Forichon; "The Sylloge Einsidlensis, Poggio Bracciolini's De Varietate Fortunae, the Turris de Arcu, and the Disappearance of the Arch of Titus in the Circus Maximus" by Tommaso Leoni; "Three Drawings of the Domus Aurea and the Colosseum at the Uffizi: Disiecta membra froma Drawing-book after the Antique?" by Marco Burnetti; and reports from the American Academy in Rome covering 2017-2019.
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De Gruyter Die römische Gesellschaft bei Galen: Biographie und Sozialgeschichte
Book SynopsisGalen hat als Gladiatorenarzt in Pergamon, als Freund etlicher Mitglieder der römischen Oberschicht und als Hausarzt der Kaiser in Rom die Lebensbedingungen aller Schichten der römischen Gesellschaft des 2. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. kennen gelernt. Die vorliegende Arbeit unternimmt erstmals eine Auswertung des gesamten Corpus Galenicum für die Sozialgeschichte der römischen Kaiserzeit. Dabei wird die besondere Perspektive berücksichtigt, die sich aus Galens Herkunft und Laufbahn sowie der Motivation seiner Schriften ergibt. Die Darstellung folgt zunächst der Biographie Galens, bietet aber auch übergreifende Kapitel, z. B. zur Sklaverei.
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De Gruyter Eustathii Thessalonicensis exegesis in canonem iambicum pentecostalem: Recensuerunt indicibusque instruxerunt Paolo Cesaretti – Silvia Ronchey
Book SynopsisThis volume offers the first critical edition of the vast Commentary on the Pentecostal iambic canon (traditionally ascribed to St John the Damascene) composed by Eustathius, archbishop of Thessalonica. The attribution of the hymn to the Damascene was, in principle, called into question by Eustathius himself, who eventually suggested to have it adopted into Damascene’s paternity only out of ecclesiastical obedience. The Commentary is probably the last text Eustathius wrote. It can be regarded as the summa of his method of work, his style of exposition, his scholarly interests and literary tastes. Moreover, it can be read as the first Byzantine attempt to create a fusion between a method of work which originated from the exegesis of classical texts and the modes of theological interpretation connected in turn with liturgical experience and pastoral practice. The edition of the text is accompanied by three apparatuses, a complete range of indices, and exhaustive Prolegomena where the editors shed light on the Commentary as such – its genesis and date, its audience, its discussion of the traditional attribution, its sources – and on history of its manuscript tradition, with a special focus on the Constantinopolitan didaskaleion of Prodromos-Petra.
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Trivent Publishing Nemo Non Metuit: Magic in the Roman World
Book SynopsisNemo Non Metuit has the ambitious goal of discussing some of the fundamental themes in the development of the idea of magic, in all its facets, in the long chronological span of the Roman world, between the 8th century BCE and the 5th century CE. At the same time, this volume is the result of a team effort that has brought together both accomplished scholars and young researchers at the beginning of their scholarly careers. Altogether, this ample work is the result of a synergy that brought together different approaches to the study of Roman magic. The broad content of this volume includes studies on magical gems of Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician background; curse tablets; amulets targeting malaria; erotic spells; the use of veneficia or poisons for magical purposes; judicial prayers in Roman Britain; witches in the literary tradition; the role of women in the matter of magic and divination; the figure of the "Orphic witch" in the age of Augustus; sorcerers and rivals of Jesus Christ; early-Christian sermons against magic and superstition; the fight of late-antique Church against magical powers. By addressing such a diverse spectrum of topics, this volume aims to challenge traditional views and open new paths of interpretation in the reconstruction of a long-term cultural-historical object such as magic in connection to the Roman civilization.Trade ReviewMagic in Western antiquity existed within a social and cultural context quite different from the subsequent Christian-dominated cultures of medieval and early modern Europe. Yet ancient ideas of magic and stereotypes about various kinds of magical practitioners profoundly influenced later conceptions. The essays collected in this volume all properly set Roman magical beliefs and practices in their own specific contexts. The volume as a whole, however, also looks forward, positioning Roman magic as an essential basis from which later beliefs and practices either developed or in many cases were consciously reshaped in light of the received authority of Roman models.These essays span the full range of magic's history in the Roman world, from real practices performed via physical objects that we can in some cases still hold in our hands today (gems, curse tablets) to literary constructions that exerted tremendous force on both contemporary and subsequent imaginings about how magic operated and who magicians were supposed to be. Focus falls on the imperial center and on the provinces, and extends chronologically from Rome's own appropriation of the magical practices of earlier cultures to the critical metamorphosis that ideas about magic underwent in late antiquity, as Christian beliefs became dominant across the classical world. With this breadth, the volume provides an excellent introduction to Roman magic and an essential basis for those interested in magic in later periods as well." —Michael D. Bailey, Iowa State UniversityTable of Contents CHAPTER 1 Magical Gems. A Roman development of Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician scarab amulets (8th – 5th c. BCE) — Ronaldo G. Gurgel Pereira CHAPTER 2 Change and Continuity in Curse Tablets from the Roman World — Charlotte Spence CHAPTER 3 Pursuing Health by Pursuing Disease. The Use of Spells and Amulets to Address Malaria in Roman Antiquity — Yvette Hunt CHAPTER 4 "Erotic" Spells, Stalking, and the Exclusus Amator in Ancient Rome — Elizabeth Ann Pollard CHAPTER 5 Magic to steal, magic to love, magic to heal: veneficia, defixiones, devotiones in the Naturalis historia by Plinius the Elder — Alfredo Viscomi CHAPTER 6 Cursing Patterns and Religious Belief. Studying the Prevalence of "Judicial Prayers" in Roman Britain — Madeline Line CHAPTER 7 How Lucan Kills Magic. Magic and the vates in Book Six of Lucan's Bellum Civile — Caolán Mac An Aircinn CHAPTER 8 Abjection and Anxiety: The Metamorphosis of the Roman Literary Witch — Nicole Kimball CHAPTER 9 Foreseeing the Future: The Role of Women between Magic and Divination — Angelica Flandoli CHAPTER 10 Orpheus and the Evolution of the Roman Witch — Britta Ager CHAPTER 11 Memories of Apollonius of Tyana: Sorcerer, Holy Man and Rival of Jesus Christ — Semíramis Corsi Silva CHAPTER 12 Si Crimina Demas: Necromancy in Roman Literature and Statius' Transgressive Manto — Anna Everett Beek CHAPTER 13 The Magic of Isis-Fortuna in Apuleius' Metamorphoses — Ashli Baker CHAPTER 14 Pagan and Christian Identities in the Later Roman Empire: Maximus of Turin and His Sermons on Magic and Superstition — Fabrizio Conti CHAPTER 15 A World Imbued with Sorcery? The Fight between Christian and non-Christian Powers in Fourth- and Fifth-Century Christendom — Andrea Maraschi
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Aarhus University Press Catalogue of the Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic
Book SynopsisIn the First Millennium BC present-day Italy was inhabited by many different ethnic groups, most of which spoke a language affiliated with Latin. Sardinia, a large island to the West of the Italian mainland, had a culture characterized by nuraghs, a kind of massive stone tower, presumably for defense purposes. Many finds of bronze statuettes of warriors show the concern of the population to protect themselves from aggressors, also with divine support secured by impressive priestesses. However, Rome’s closest neighbours to the North were the Etruscans, who spoke a language quite different from any other people in Italy. For a long period Etruscan kings ruled the Romans who, however, liberated themselves from the foreigners and, in reverse, started to conquer their territory. Gradually, from about the Sixth Century BC to about 100 BC, the Romans came to dominate the Etruscans as well as the ethnic groups we call the Italics. But, apart from the military conflict, from which the Romans emerged victorious they were in many ways influenced by the Etruscans, whose prevalence in the field of religion and art they admired. Actually, they welcomed cultural exchange. A striking example is that the Romans invited a famous Etruscan artist to decorate their most important temple, dedicated to Jupiter, on the Capitol Hill. The Etruscan excellence in bronze casting has left a rich heritage of bronze sculpture. Statues and statuettes were used as gifts for the gods in sanctuaries both in Etruria and Rome, as well as in many other parts of Italy.
£21.85
Nord Academic Private Associations and the Public Sphere:
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Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskab Illerup Adal 13: Die Bogen, Pfeile Und Axte
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Editorial Creacion Roma, la destrucción de una Ciudad y de un
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Almuzara Eso No Estaba En Mi Libro de Historia del Circo
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Edaf Antillas 24 Horas En La Antigua Roma
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