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Rlpg/Galleys Madness Transformed
Book SynopsisMadness Transformed: A Reading of Ovid''s Metamorphoses is a detailed critical examination of a masterpiece of Augustan Latin epic poetry. In the manner of Lee Fratantuono''s previous volume, Madness Unchained: A Reading of Virgil''s Aeneid, this sequel seeks to explicate Ovid''s magnum opus by moving scene by scene through the entire work. Through a close study of Ovid''s limpid dactylic hexameters, Fratantuono demonstrates the way in which the Metamorphoses stands forth as a bold answer to the Aeneid as another epic consideration of the enigma that was the Augustan principate, with a vision of Roman history (and literature) that both responds to and challenges Virgil. Much of what Virgil left enigmatic and ambiguous is addressed more directly by Ovid, who, unlike his epic predecessor, suffered rather than prospered under the Augustan regime. Madness Transformed considers each tale of wondrous metamorphosis and ironic commentary as it seeks to provide a coherent reading of what might appear a most incoherent poem. Fratantuono carefully examines and critiques secondary scholarship on the Metamorphoses, but the primary method for this journey through Ovid is a close reading of what Ovid the epic poet (and Roman historian) actually says. Fratantuono pays special attention to the sources for Ovid''s myths and the Nachleben of Ovid''s great achievement, especially in medieval and Renaissance France. These considerations will prove valuable to any reader of classical literature and Roman history from novice to expert. An annotated bibliography provides a guide to further reading on the poem, while the introduction offers a foundation for this study: Ovid as reader of Virgil, in the aftermath of some of the more momentous turning points of Augustus'' reign. The madness that was unchained in Virgil, destined to haunt Rome forever, is now revealed by Ovid to have been transformed, as Rome moves definitively from Republic to Empire.Trade ReviewThere is much to recommend this book, especially the many cross references to Vergil, coming as they do from the pen of a first rate Vergilian scholar. Fratantuono’s commentary reminds us of the immense richness of Ovid’s poem and shows us intertextual relations that only a very close reading can reveal. The narrative flows nicely, so much so that it becomes difficult to set the book aside. Indeed, Fratantuono’s prose seems to have captured some of the charm and even humor of Ovid. All in all, this is a wonderful, transformative book. -- Blaise Nagy, College of the Holy CrossLee Fratantuono applies his detailed, subtle, and often original analyses of Virgil's Aeneid to Ovid's Metamorphoses, demonstrating along the way their close intertextual relationship. In so doing he offers a fresh perspective on one of the most influential works of Roman literature. Ovid's vision is at once emulation, rival, and extension of his master Virgil's, and his epic of the whole universe rounds out the image of Augustan Rome as the divinely directed plan of a chosen people destined to bring order out of chaos in the cosmic, political, and poetic realms. -- Robert Dupree, The University of DallasFratantuono's careful and sensitive reading of the Metamorphoses is full of illuminating insights into Ovid's 'tissue of allusions' and his reflections on the Augustan era. This study offers the most comprehensive commentary yet on the epic's structure, its relationship to Vergil's Aeneid, and Ovid's play with his literary inheritance. -- Shadi Bartsch, The University of ChicagoFratantuono (Ohio Wesleyan Univ.) derives his title from Virgil's Aeneid--words spoken by Jupiter proclaiming an era of peace and prophesying that the 'impious rage' and frenzy of war will cease--all gainsaid by the last lines of the poem. Offering a coherent sequel to his Madness Unchained: A Reading of Virgil's Aeneid (CH, Feb'08, 45-3052), the author explicates, scene by scene, Ovid's 'perpetual song.' Close study reveals the Augustan-era epic as a rich, bold answer to both the Aeneid and the Odes of Horace, one that includes subtle cross-referencing bows to Lucretius and Lucan. It is a work of rivalry, but writ large on a cosmic stage. In Ovid's world of imminent chaos, 'madness is the possession of everyone,' with no foreseeable redemption. Fratantuono looks at each tale of wondrous transformation and ironic Ovidian commentary in light of the several momentous turning points in the reign of Caesar Augustus. Ovid's lengthy poem of dactylic hexameters (i.e., not elegiac) here enjoys a fresh perspective, rounding out both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire as the divinely prescribed plan destined to create a 'new world order.' Dense, challenging, scholarly, the volume is graced with an annotated bibliography and a detailed index. * CHOICE *Fratauntuono has many original ideas. He mostly points out parallels between the texts and comments on Ovid's attempts to surpass his predecessor. Several connections between characters in Virgil and Ovid are particularly convincing. The discussion of Virgil's Camilla and Ovid's Atalanta, for instance, is quite compelling....Madness Transformed is a unique book, a hybrid commentary and monograph. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Ad Lectorem Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 I: Into New Bodies Chapter 4 II: The Palace of the Sun Chapter 5 III: And Now the God Confessed Chapter 6 IV: But Not the Daughter of Minyas Chapter 7 V: While the Danaean Hero . . . Chapter 8 VI: Tritonia Had Listened Chapter 9 VII: And Now the Minyans Chapter 10 VIII: Now the East Wind Fell Chapter 11 IX: The Neptunian Hero . . . Chapter 12 X: And Then, Veiled in Saffron . . . Chapter 13 XI: While with Such a Song . . . Chapter 14 XII: Priam, Unknowing . . . Chapter 15 XIII: The Leaders Sat Chapter 16 XIV: And Now Etna . . . Chapter 17 XV: Meanwhile There is Sought . . . Chapter 18 Select Bibliography
£53.10
Lexington Books Marcus Aurelius in the Historia Augusta and
Book SynopsisThis book will be of interest to any person, whether an interested party, student, or scholar of the Roman Empire. It highlights the way in which we should consider ancient figuresâbe they good or bad.Trade ReviewAdams provides a welcome précis of his biographical-literary methods that reveal the intensely aretalogical aspect (narrating the mythical or miraculous deeds of a hero or god) in the Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi, set within the larger context of the historically and textually problematic Historia Augusta. The author acknowledges the earlier contributions of Joseph Schwendemann, André Chastagnol, Ronald Syme, and Robin Birley, and claims to publish the first in-depth commentary on the Vita Marci. He validates his claims through an insightful thematic analysis that focuses on the biographer's motivations, the probity of the Vita as a historical source, and the romantic memorialization of Marcus Aurelius as the ideal princeps. Adams presents a trenchantly detailed literary dissection of the Vita using a distinctive approach (complete with graphs) that focuses on the biographical elevation of thematic progression over historical fact. By contextualizing the Vita Marci, Adams demonstrates the consistent partiality toward the "character" of Marcus Aurelius evidenced within the entire corpus of the Historia Augusta. This is a highly specialized literary study demonstrating (and demanding) a virtuosic command of scholarship. It cuts across a broad spectrum of scholarly issues, and should appeal to advanced students of Roman imperial history and biography. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi and the Historia Augusta in its Biographical Context Chapter 2: Commentary on the Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi Chapter 3: Commentary on the Interpolation in the Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi Chapter 4: Marcus Aurelius’ General Representation in the Historia Augusta Chapter 5: Marcus Aurelius in the Third and Fourth Centuries AD Conclusions Appendix: The Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi: the Text and a Translation
£101.70
Lexington Books Marcus Aurelius in the Historia Augusta and
Book SynopsisThis book will be of interest to any person, whether an interested party, student, or scholar of the Roman Empire. It highlights the way in which we should consider ancient figuresâbe they good or bad.Trade ReviewAdams provides a welcome précis of his biographical-literary methods that reveal the intensely aretalogical aspect (narrating the mythical or miraculous deeds of a hero or god) in the Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi, set within the larger context of the historically and textually problematic Historia Augusta. The author acknowledges the earlier contributions of Joseph Schwendemann, André Chastagnol, Ronald Syme, and Robin Birley, and claims to publish the first in-depth commentary on the Vita Marci. He validates his claims through an insightful thematic analysis that focuses on the biographer's motivations, the probity of the Vita as a historical source, and the romantic memorialization of Marcus Aurelius as the ideal princeps. Adams presents a trenchantly detailed literary dissection of the Vita using a distinctive approach (complete with graphs) that focuses on the biographical elevation of thematic progression over historical fact. By contextualizing the Vita Marci, Adams demonstrates the consistent partiality toward the "character" of Marcus Aurelius evidenced within the entire corpus of the Historia Augusta. This is a highly specialized literary study demonstrating (and demanding) a virtuosic command of scholarship. It cuts across a broad spectrum of scholarly issues, and should appeal to advanced students of Roman imperial history and biography. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi and the Historia Augusta in its Biographical Context Chapter 2: Commentary on the Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi Chapter 3: Commentary on the Interpolation in the Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi Chapter 4: Marcus Aurelius’ General Representation in the Historia Augusta Chapter 5: Marcus Aurelius in the Third and Fourth Centuries AD Conclusions Appendix: The Vita Marci Antonini Philosophi: the Text and a Translation
£47.70
The History Press Ltd UnRoman Britain
Book Synopsis‘… a thrillingly provocative book’ Tom Holland, Sunday Times
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Roman Towns in Britain
Book SynopsisToday, Britain''s Roman Town survive in numerous different forms: from the earthworks of small roadside settlements in Lincolnshire, to the unending new discoveries from deep beneath London''s busy modern streets, and the great ruins at Leicester and Wroxeter. They bear witness to Britain''s first period as a single political, social and economic entity, and they helped form the framework modern Britain is still built around. This is a completely updated edition of the author''s well-known book on the subject, taking into account a vast amount of new work and discoveries over the last decade. He examines the four centuries of Romano-British history, from the ramshackle streetside developments in the opening years of conquest, right through to the archaeological mysteries of the third and fourth centuries.
£22.50
The History Press Ltd The Isle of Thanet
Book SynopsisThe Isle of Thanet is located at the eastern tip of Kent and was once separated from the East Kent mainland by the Wantsum channel. With its unique position which made it part of a key trade route in the Romano-British period, the island has a long and diverse history. The Isle of Thanet explores that history from Prehistoric times up to the Norman Conquest, through the story of the rich and varied archaeological finds and a study of the key sites identified on the island, including Bronze Age Barrows, the Roman Minster Villa and Saxon monastic settlements. It also provides a historical study of the individuals and institutions that pioneered the exploration of archaeological sites on Thanet from the eighteenth century to the present day.
£16.19
The History Press Ltd The Kingdom and People of Kent AD 4001066
Book SynopsisThe roots of England lie within the fertile soil of its earliest kingdom, that of the people of Kent. Here, for a brief moment under King Æthelbert of Kent (c.560-616) this corner of England was transformed into the first Anglo-Saxon and Christian kingdom. But who were the Anglo-Saxons and what happened in Kent during the Dark Ages after the departure of the Roman legions in AD 410? This book draws archaeological and historical evidence together for the first time in one volume to explain how Kent became the most important place in England, noted for its power, culture, wealth and international contacts and why, by the ninth century, it had become absorbed by its more powerful neighbours, the Anglo-Saxons.
£16.19
The History Press Ltd Running the Roman Home
Book SynopsisRunning of the Roman Home explores the real ''every-day'' life of the Romans and the effort required to run a Roman household. It considers the three elements of housework - supply, maintenance and disposal.It is divided into sections on how the Romans collected water and fuel, milled flour and produced thread; how they cleaned the house, illuminated it, did the washing up, cleaned their clothes, got rid of waste water and sewage, and threw out their rubbish.The evidence is taken from literary, archaeological and artistic sources, and often compared to historical or modern parallels from communities using the same methods.
£20.25
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
£24.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Seneca The Tragedies Volume 1 Complete Roman
Book SynopsisThe volume includes Trojan Women, Thyestes, Phaedra, Medea, and Agamemnon, plus a preface.Trade ReviewSlavitt's ability is clearly in evidence... These translations are rendered in lucid, contemporary English, bringing before us the atrocities, horrors, and grotesqueries of Imperial Rome. Classical Outlook Slavitt's translation is... lively and sometimes witty. Times Literary Supplement A good, sensational Senecan read. Queen's QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrefaceTrojan Women (Troades)ThyestesPhaedraMedeaAgamemnon
£29.48
Johns Hopkins University Press The Evolution of Western Private Law
Book SynopsisThe result is a work that incorporates all the ideas that Watson has put forward during his twenty-five years studying comparative law and the development of legal systems, combining a remarkable range of sources with superb insight.Trade ReviewThe Evolution of Western Private Law is an innovative look at the development of the Western legal tradition. It makes an important contribution to the literature on legal history, and Watson has carefully examined the sources and the relevant legal documents. Although highly detailed and somewhat technical, Watson writes with great clarity. -- Gerald J. Russello Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Legislation2. Jurists3. Judges4. Custom5. Legislation and Jurists: French Delit6. Jurists, Judges, Custom, Legislation: Water Rights7. Legal Transplants I: The Cause of the Reception of Roman Law8. Legal Transplants 2: Other Reception of Roman Law9. The Case of English Common law10. Humanism, The Law of Reason, Codification11. ConclusionsNotesGlossaryIndex
£55.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Imperial Projections Ancient Rome in Modern
Book Synopsis, Martin M. Winkler, and Maria WykeTrade ReviewAn excellent collection of essays... Among the best are Nicholas J. Cull's exploration of Carry On Cleo and its brilliant send up of the epic Cleopatra... and Margaret Malamud's careful look at the Broadway and cinema version of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum... The outstanding contribution to Imperial Projections is, however, Sandra Joshel's essay on I, Claudius. -- Mary Beard Times Literary Supplement This volume aids and abets a reader's own meditation on the empires of Britain, America, and Hollywood, and the ways in which the Roman empire has been an abiding vehicle for simultaneously manifesting, indulging, interrogating, and critiquing the ambitions of these more recent empires. -- Rebecca Resinski Key Reporter Imperial Projections is a terrific book. It successfully merges modern cultural critique with sound classical scholarship, and does so in a manner that is enjoyable to read and intellectually challenging. -- Kirk Ormand Bryn Mawr Classical Review An insightful exploration into how Imperial Rome, in its various popular guises, has provided a malleable and commercially viable mythos that has found special receptivity in modern America. -- Amy Henderson History: Reviews of New Books This engaging volume capitalizes on contemporary interest in the decadence and excess that characterizes Rome in the modern, as indeed in the ancient, imagination... Read it and enjoy! -- A. M. Keith New England Classical Journal 2003 An excellent example of what might be called the allegorical mode of cinematic interpretation, in which movies are understood as texts about the cultures that make and consume them. Scope: Online Journal of Film Studies Imperial Projections provides some intriguing new perspectives on such pop culture representations of Rome and the Romans. -- Catherine Colegrove Classical Outlook 2004Table of ContentsContents: Introduction by Sandra R. Joshel, Margaret Malamud, and Maria Wyke Chapter 1: "Oppositions, Anxieties, and Ambiguities in the Toga Movie" by William Fitzgerald Chapter 2: "The Roman Empire in American Cinema after 1945" by Martin Winkler Chapter 3: "Seeing Red: Spartacus as Domestic Economist" by Alison Futrell Chapter 4: "I, Claudius: Projection and Imperial Soap Opera" by Sandra R. Joshel Chapter 5: "'Infamy! Infamy! They've All Got It in for Me!': Carry on Cleo and the British Camp Comedies of Ancient Rome" by Nicholas Cull Chapter 6: "Brooklyn on the Tiber: Roman Comedy on Broadway and in Film" by Margaret Malamud Chapter 7: "Serial Romans" by Martha Malamud Chapter 8: "Shared Sexualities: Roman Soldiers, Derek Jarman's Sebastiane, and British Homosexuality" by Maria Wyke Chapter 9: "Living Like Romans in Las Vegas: The Roman World at Caesar's Palace" by Margaret Malamud and Donald T. McGuire, Jr. Bibliography Filmography
£43.20
Johns Hopkins University Press Etruscan Dress
Book SynopsisFor this paperback edition, an updated bibliographical essay discusses the latest research and discoveries in the field.Trade ReviewPerhaps the greatest contribution of this book is its comparisons of Etruscan dress to Greek and Near Eastern, especially Cypriote, antecedents. Likewise, her presentations of the contrasts between Greek and Etruscan, as well as between Roman and Etruscan dress, neatly pinpoints and summarizes the stylistic differences. American Journal of Archaeology Highlights include judiciously selected illustrations, a superb, up-to-date bibliography, and a remarkably concise, informative chronological table of Greek and Etruscan dress. Library Journal A fine introduction to a very complex area which has received too little attention in the past. The material is rich and varied; the argument is learned, intricate, and wide ranging... This is a major work of scholarship, and well deserves a place among the indispensable works in English on Etruscan topics. Archaeological News This is still the only book on its subject... Bonfante's encyclopedic knowledge and enthusiasms make the Etruscans accessible to anyone who wants to find out what they were like. -- David Ridgway Times Higher Education Supplement 2004 Essential for any teacher or student interested in the Etruscans. For students, moreover, it serves as a model on how to 'read' archaeological finds of fabric and representations of garments in order to elicit valuable insights into Etruscan culture. -- Judith Lynn Sebesta New England Classical Journal 2004 Bonfante's new bibliography is useful and shows clearly that new generations of scholars are active in the field of textile and dress studies. -- L. B. van der Meer BABesch 2006Table of ContentsContents:Introduction Chronological Table of Greek and Etruscan Dress1. Fabrics and Patterns 2. Perizoma and Belts 3. Chiton and Tunic 4. Mantles 5. Shoes 6. Hats, Hair Styles, and Beards 7. Foreign Influences and Local Styles Appedix I: Strange Costumes and Special Problems Appendix II: Vocabulary
£30.04
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co The Apostle and the Empire
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£21.59
MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Roman Political Thought and the Modern
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£30.56
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 *
£52.80
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 *
£52.80
Random House USA Inc Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
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£17.00
IVP Academic Reading Marks Christology Under Caesar
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£18.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC RomanoBritish Mosaics
Book SynopsisA concise introduction to the floor mosaics of Roman Britain. Romano-British Mosaics first chronicles the history of mosaic discovery in Britain and discusses the changing attitudes towards mosaics, no longer considered merely art objects but social documents. It deals with the different periods of mosaic-laying, from the first-century pavements at Fishbourne, of Italian craftsmanship, to the Hadrianic and Antonine periods, when mosaic was first established in the towns. It traces the apparent collapse of the craft in the third century and the remarkable fourth-century revival, when many villas were decorated with sophisticated mosaics, and it examines the probable techniques of the Roman mosaicist by reference to both literary and archaeological evidence. A chapter deals with the recording, conservation and research of mosaics, and a list of sites where mosaics can be seen includes comments on items of outstanding interest. The book is illustrated throughout with photographs and distr
£8.54
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
£25.29
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Plautus and Terence Five Comedies
Book SynopsisThis is a book worthy of high praise. . . . All versions are exceedingly witty and versatile, in verse that ripples from one's lips, pulling all the punches of Plautus, the knockabout king of farce, and proving that the more polished Terence can be just as funny. Accuracy to the original has been thoroughly respected, but look at the humour in rendering Diphilius' play called Synapothnescontes as Three's a Shroud. . . . Students in schools and colleges will benefit from short introductions to each play, to Roman stage conventions, to different types of Greek and Roman comedy, and there is a note on staging, with a diagram illustrating a typical Roman stage and further diagrams of the basic set for each play. The translators have paid more attention to stage directions than is usually given in translations, because they aim to show how these plays worked. This is a book to be used and enjoyed. --Raymond J. Clark, The Classical OutlookTrade ReviewThese five new translations . . . take to its logical, lively conclusion the long-held but oft-ignored reality that Plautus and Terence were writers for the stage. These versions have verve: playability, liveliness, accessibility, unlike anything on library shelves today. Of modern-day attempts at Plautus-inspired music, for example, only Stephen Sondheim has excelled the inspired zaniness of Douglass Parker’s lyrics. There is much virtue to be measured here. . . . After reading these plays we might spend considerable thought on the possibility that conservative translations in the style of Barsby are less authentic--if such a thing can be measured--than those of Berg and Parker. . . . This is a deceptively important book, meriting a wide, attentive readership. . . . [Berg and Parker's] theater-friendly versions offer a vision of the future of Roman comedy, both scholarly and popular. The profession will be well repaid to take an appreciative look. --David Frauenfelder, North Carolina State UniversityDeena Berg and Douglass Parker’s Plautus & Terence: Five Comedies is a fascinating postmodernist rendition of some of the most postmodernist--metatheatrical, self-referential, sophisticated, stylized--literature classical antiquity has to offer. The sparkling and eminently performable translations are a hard act to precede, but the translator’s delightful introductions are a worthy match for their subjects. . . . Highly recommended. --John Wright, Northwestern UniversityThis splendid sampling of Roman comedy is particularly welcome because Parker and Berg have combined the best known (and perhaps finest) comedies of Plautus and Terence (The Brothers Menaechmus, here 'Double Bind,' and Miles Gloriosus, here 'Major Blowhard,' and Adelphoe, 'The Brothers') with two rarer and rather special comedies: 'The Wild Wild Women,' Plautus' exuberant Bacchides, and 'The Mother-in-Law' (Hecyra), perhaps Terence's most modern comedy, important as evidence from ancient comedy for the evolution of the sentimental or psychological drama of everyday life. The translators are to be congratulated on their choices and their truly up-to-date versions; Parker is a veteran whose punning wit and swashbuckling idiom in his very actable Plautus scripts contrast nicely with the simple elegance of Berg's Terence." —Elaine Fantham, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsPart I: The Late Classics / Post-classic in Oaxaca - An Introduction; Part II: Chronology, Continuity and Disjunction - Etic and Emic Perspectives; Part III: Continuity and Abandonment of Houses in the Valley of Oaxaca - Lambityeco and Macuilxochitl; Part IV: Changing Power Relations and Interaction in the Lower Rio Verde Valley; Part V: Sacred History and Legitimisation in the Mixteca Alta; Part VI: New Research Frontiers in Oaxaca and Eastern Guerreo; Index.
£14.24
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Georgics
Book SynopsisRendered in an idiom drawn from present-day nature guides, gardening handbooks, how-to manuals, and scientific treatises--and in a style influenced by twentieth-century poetry--this bold new translation seeks to renew our appreciation of a work often relegated to the pigeonhole of didactic poetry about farming. In doing so, it reveals the Georgics as a remarkable window on Roman conceptions of the natural world and of the place of human life within it--and also conveys a sense of how daring were Virgil''s poetics in their day. Footnotes offer a wealth of information on mythology, agriculture, wildlife, geography, and astronomy while highlighting the technical, scientific, ethnographic, and other registers of the poem.Trade ReviewChew's translation is, both in aesthetic and scholarly terms, an excellent piece of work. I find her approach refreshing and true to the spirit of the Georgics; her adventurousness strikes me as just the thing to rescue the poem from the appearance of blandness that a more straightforward style of translationese would inevitably, but misleadingly, impose upon it. This Georgics does not read much like any previous version of it. Chew helps the English reader to get a sense of Virgil's avant-garde poetics, which is the main thing that almost all translators of the Georgics work to eliminate, if indeed they are even aware of it. First-rate. --Joseph Farrell, Professor of Classical Studies, University of PennsylvaniaThis is a translation with a difference, intended for readers without Latin. The most striking feature is the use of variations of type and layout. . . . Invocations are set out like memorial inscriptions; tasks or points to look for in animals come in the form of numbered or bulleted lists, assembling a plough reads like an instruction manual. Similes appear in italics, but so do the key words in some descriptive passages. The positioning of the text is used to illustrate the meaning of a quincunx, terracing, or the flight of a swarm of bees. These innovations serve to distinguish between what might be termed the poetry and the practical. Explanations are sometimes incorporated into the translation, which is in free verse, but mostly these are in the generous footnotes. . . . Chew has done considerable research into ancient and modern methods of husbandry and the notes concentrate on agriculture, astronomy, and botany. . . . Some [renderings] are particularly apt: 'the cicadas' complaining plainsong bursts the strawberry trees' for 'cantu querulae rumpent arbusta cicadae;' `'the murmur of the groves grows and grows' for 'et nemorum increbescere murmur.' . . . Chew should certainly achieve her aim of bringing the work to a wider readership. As she claims in her Introduction, 'Plain and simple, it is an American Georgics.' _—Anne Haward, The Joint Association of Classical Teachers ReviewMy graduate seminar members and I enjoyed Dr. Chew's rendering of the Georgics immensely. We were delighted and instructed by her playful blend of argots and typefaces, and by her artful blend of information in the notes. This translation opened the poem for me all over again—and it has long been among my favorites. Chew's translation offers a dazzling survey of musical styles in the poem. The fifteen of us send our thanks for her provocative and delightful achievement. -—Thomas A. Goodmann, University of Miami"A translation that is worthy of considerably more critical attention than it has received, not just because it contributes to what is now the well-documented and important phenomenon of classical literature being translated by women, but because it is a suggestive, challenging, vivid text, capable of creating Vergil anew for a new and wide range of demographics."—Fiona Cox, University of Exeter, in Classical Receptions Journal
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Georgics
Book SynopsisRendered in an idiom drawn from present-day nature guides, gardening handbooks, how-to manuals, and scientific treatises--and in a style influenced by twentieth-century poetry--this bold new translation seeks to renew our appreciation of a work often relegated to the pigeonhole of didactic poetry about farming. In doing so, it reveals the Georgics as a remarkable window on Roman conceptions of the natural world and of the place of human life within it--and also conveys a sense of how daring were Virgil''s poetics in their day. Footnotes offer a wealth of information on mythology, agriculture, wildlife, geography, and astronomy while highlighting the technical, scientific, ethnographic, and other registers of the poem.Trade ReviewChew's translation is, both in aesthetic and scholarly terms, an excellent piece of work. I find her approach refreshing and true to the spirit of the Georgics; her adventurousness strikes me as just the thing to rescue the poem from the appearance of blandness that a more straightforward style of translationese would inevitably, but misleadingly, impose upon it. This Georgics does not read much like any previous version of it. Chew helps the English reader to get a sense of Virgil's avant-garde poetics, which is the main thing that almost all translators of the Georgics work to eliminate, if indeed they are even aware of it. First-rate. --Joseph Farrell, Professor of Classical Studies, University of PennsylvaniaThis is a translation with a difference, intended for readers without Latin. The most striking feature is the use of variations of type and layout. . . . Invocations are set out like memorial inscriptions; tasks or points to look for in animals come in the form of numbered or bulleted lists, assembling a plough reads like an instruction manual. Similes appear in italics, but so do the key words in some descriptive passages. The positioning of the text is used to illustrate the meaning of a quincunx, terracing, or the flight of a swarm of bees. These innovations serve to distinguish between what might be termed the poetry and the practical. Explanations are sometimes incorporated into the translation, which is in free verse, but mostly these are in the generous footnotes. . . . Chew has done considerable research into ancient and modern methods of husbandry and the notes concentrate on agriculture, astronomy, and botany. . . . Some [renderings] are particularly apt: 'the cicadas' complaining plainsong bursts the strawberry trees' for 'cantu querulae rumpent arbusta cicadae;' `'the murmur of the groves grows and grows' for 'et nemorum increbescere murmur.' . . . Chew should certainly achieve her aim of bringing the work to a wider readership. As she claims in her Introduction, 'Plain and simple, it is an American Georgics.' _—Anne Haward, The Joint Association of Classical Teachers ReviewMy graduate seminar members and I enjoyed Dr. Chew's rendering of the Georgics immensely. We were delighted and instructed by her playful blend of argots and typefaces, and by her artful blend of information in the notes. This translation opened the poem for me all over again—and it has long been among my favorites. Chew's translation offers a dazzling survey of musical styles in the poem. The fifteen of us send our thanks for her provocative and delightful achievement. -—Thomas A. Goodmann, University of Miami
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Aeneid
Book Synopsis Long a master of the crafts of Homeric translation and of rhapsodic performance, Stanley Lombardo now turns to the quintessential epic of Roman antiquity, a work with deep roots in the Homeric tradition. With characteristic virtuosity, he delivers a rendering of the Aeneid as compelling as his groundbreaking translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey, yet one that--like the Aeneid itself--conveys a unique epic sensibility and a haunting artistry all its own. W. R. Johnson''s Introduction makes an ideal companion to the translation, offering brilliant insight into the legend of Aeneas; the contrasting roles of the gods, fate, and fortune in Homeric versus Virgilian epic; the character of Aeneas as both wanderer and warrior; Aeneas'' relationship to both his enemy Turnus and his lover Dido; the theme of doomed youths in the epic; and Virgil''s relationship to the brutal history of Rome that he memorializes in his poem. A map, a Glossary of NTrade Review Adapting words of the ancient critic Longinus, [Lombardo] refers to the intense light of noon of the Iliad, the magical glow of the setting sun in the Odyssey, and the chiaroscuro of the Aeneid, a darkness visible. This latter phrase is the title of a famous interpretation of the Aeneid by W. R. Johnson, who contributes a splendid essay to the translation. Whether recited or read, the present volume stands as another fine performance on Lombardo's part. Summing up: Highly recommended. --C. Fantazzi, CHOICE Lombardo . . . tends to let Virgil be Virgil, and so avoids imposing unwarranted interpretation on the unwary reader. . . . [W.R. Johnson's] introduction is masterful and illuminating. --Hayden Pelliccia, The New York Review of Books Crisp, idiomatic, and precise, this is a translation for our era. The list of further reading, grounded in the writings of W.R. Johnson (who also wrote the Introduction) and Michael C. J. Putnam, suggests the context that informs the translation: here, as the translator says in the Preface, you will find an Aeneid that works more in the shadows than in the light. . . . This translation would be excellent for classroom use: not only would it incite fascinating discussions about issues of war and empire, but it also reads well aloud. . . . Together with Johnson's Introduction, this volume offers the Aeneid in terms that will resonate strongly with the general reader of today. --Sarah Spence, New England Classical Journal
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Essential Aeneid
Book SynopsisPresents an abridgment of Stanley Lombardo's translation of Virgil's "Aeneid", suitable for use in such courses as those surveys of Roman history or classical mythology in which time may not permit a reading of the epic in its entirety. This book highlights the place of the "Aeneid" in Roman mythology, history, and literature.Trade Review"In 2005, Lombardo published his full Aeneid, and in doing so offered an elegant modern verse translation of Virgil. This has now been abridged, but nevertheless the essence of the original is maintained. . . . Lombardo gives us a realistic Aeneas, whose frail humanity and thoughtful heroism are manifested subtly, in unpretentious, yet dignified language. . . . This would prove a worthy (and cheap!) addition to a bookshelf lacking the full translation by Lombardo. He manages to give a real sense of Virgil through a style that is elegant and solemn, yet never overbearing." --Philip Harrison, The Journal of Classics Teaching"This attractive volume, an abridgment of Stanley Lombardo's complete translation of Virgil's Aeneid (Hackett, 2005), adds a Latin epic to the author's burgeoning set of translations of mainly Greek poetry. Lombardo has proved himself a poet-translator and performer of exceptional ability and innovation; by publishing in written and audio media, he has contributed to the awareness in the readership of translations the centrality of performance to Homeric epic. The recently published Aeneid represented his first foray into Latin epic, and he has translated Virgil with the same combination of austerity and accessibility that marked his Homers. . . . The translation is excellent, on the whole, and perfectly captures the pace and character of the original." --Joanne McNamara, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Stanley Lombardo shows in the strength of his verse the talent that marks him as the most Greek and Roman of the modern translators of ancient epic." --Douglas Domingo-Forasté, Professor of Classics, California State University, Long Beach
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Essential Aeneid
Book SynopsisStanley Lombardo''s deft abridgment of his 2005 translation of the Aeneid preserves the arc and weight of Virgil''s epic by presenting major books in their entirety and abridged books in extended passages seamlessly fitted together with narrative bridges. W. R. Johnson''s Introduction, a shortened version of his masterly Introduction to that translation, will be welcomed by both beginning and seasoned students of the Aeneid, and by students of Roman history, classical mythology, and Western civilization.Trade Review"In 2005, Lombardo published his full Aeneid, and in doing so offered an elegant modern verse translation of Virgil. This has now been abridged, but nevertheless the essence of the original is maintained. . . . Lombardo gives us a realistic Aeneas, whose frail humanity and thoughtful heroism are manifested subtly, in unpretentious, yet dignified language. . . . This would prove a worthy (and cheap!) addition to a bookshelf lacking the full translation by Lombardo. He manages to give a real sense of Virgil through a style that is elegant and solemn, yet never overbearing." --Philip Harrison, The Journal of Classics Teaching"This attractive volume, an abridgment of Stanley Lombardo's complete translation of Virgil's Aeneid (Hackett, 2005), adds a Latin epic to the author's burgeoning set of translations of mainly Greek poetry. Lombardo has proved himself a poet-translator and performer of exceptional ability and innovation; by publishing in written and audio media, he has contributed to the awareness in the readership of translations the centrality of performance to Homeric epic. The recently published Aeneid represented his first foray into Latin epic, and he has translated Virgil with the same combination of austerity and accessibility that marked his Homers. . . . The translation is excellent, on the whole, and perfectly captures the pace and character of the original." --Joanne McNamara, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Stanley Lombardo shows in the strength of his verse the talent that marks him as the most Greek and Roman of the modern translators of ancient epic." --Douglas Domingo-Forasté, Professor of Classics, California State University, Long Beach
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Golden Ass
Book Synopsis Relihan uses alliteration and assonance, rhythm and rhyme, the occasional archaism, the rare neologism, and devices of punctuation and typography, to create a sparkling, luxurious, and readable translation that reproduces something of the linguistic and comic effects of the original Latin. The general Introduction is a masterpiece of clarity, orienting the reader in matters of authorship, narration, genre, religion, structure and style. A generous and browsable index, select bibliography, and maps are included. Trade ReviewRelihan is an American Euphues. I like everything about this edition from the title page to the index. The translation is magnificent. --Stanley Lombardo, Department of Classics, University of KansasThis is easily the best English translation of The Golden Ass. I find that undergraduates with little or no knowledge of classical literature or the Greco-Roman world can readily read and enjoy it--as accessible as Graves or Ruden, but much more true to Apuleius's text and sensibility. Relihan's introduction is a great distillation of scholarly commentary--superb in all aspects. --Robin Walz, University of Alaska SoutheastI've been teaching Apuleius' The Golden Ass off and on for thirty years, first at Dartmouth College and now at Carleton College. Our problem--that shared by all of us who treasure this great romance or novel from late antiquity--has always been translations of The Golden Ass. There's nothing terribly wrong with previous translations; but none captures the wit and candor of Apuleius until now. This term, I used the new translation by Joel Relihan in a Carleton course and the results were beyond my very lofty expectations: students, for the first time, had something close to direct access to Apuleius' prose and they responded with an enthusiasm I've never encountered before. Relihan has given Apuleius a voice in English as never before, and my students and I laughed out loud, often, in reading passages aloud, and we felt the power of Apuleius' wit and open vulgarity. Relihan's translation will be one that many of us will use again and again in the years and decades ahead. -—Robert A. Oden, Jr., Professor of Religion, President of Carleton CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction; A Traveller's Tale; Hospitality in Hypata; The Festival of Laughter; A Den of Thieves; Psyche Lost; Psyche Regained; Charite Regained; Charite Lost; Miller's' Tales; Wicked, Wicked Women; Queen Isis; Index.
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American Numismatic Society Local Coinages in a Roman World
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Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA Pompeian Households An Analysis of Material
Book SynopsisStudies of Pompeian material culture have traditionally been dominated by art historical approaches, but recently there has been a renewed and burgeoning interest in Pompeian houses for studies of Roman domestic behaviour. This book is concerned with contextualised Pompeian household artefacts and their role in deepening understanding of household behaviour at Pompeii.Trade Review"Penelope Allison's study of artefact assemblages in thirty of the larger houses from Pompeii is a welcome addition to published work available to students of this ancient city. ... Her book has updated and made available a reconstructed data-set that is unique and needs to be better known by those studying Roman Houses and Domestic Space." Ray Laurence, Journal of Roman Studies 95 (2005):317-318 "...a must read for everyone dealing with artefacts in a Roman residential context. It perfectly demonstrates the possibilities and impossibilities of artefact analysis in a prime site of Roman archaeology, making it a useful example of research elsewhere." Stephan T.A.M. Mols, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.07.29 "This is a very interesting and important book. It is valuable for all archaeologists because it explains in good detail how complex the site of Pompeii is and because it demonstrates the kinds of information that we can derive from detailed analysis of rooms and their contents. For anyone concerned with Roman urban society, it presents a wealth of information about houses, rooms, and material culture of the latter half of the first century AD...This book is a welcome addition to the scholarly literature about Pompeii, and it has much to teach any archaeologist or historian concerned with understanding past domestic material culture and behavior." Peter S. Wells, Professor of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Society for Archaeological Sciences Bulletin 2005 (28:3): 13-14
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Michigan Classical Press Julius Caesar
Book SynopsisThis new edition offers the intermediate/advanced Latin student everything needed to be able to read Caesar's Gallic War: complete Latin text of Books 1-5 and 6.11-24, grammatical commentary, Latin-English vocabulary, Latin grammar cross-referenced to the usage of Caesar and twelve colour maps illustrating Caesar's campaigns and battles.Trade Review Table of ContentsPreface Introductory Materials Introduction to Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War Reading from the Beginning Caesar in January 58 BC Caesar as Author: Writing the Commentaries on the Gallic War Form and Content, Style and Perspective Themes Debating Caesar’s Achievement in the Gallic War Introduction to Kelsey’s Commentary The Purpose and Method of This Commentary The Career of Francis W. Kelsey and the Development of This Commentary The Latin Text Outline of Books 1–5 and 6.11–24 Bibliography Julius Caesar – Commentaries on the Gallic War Book I Book II Book III Book IV Book V Book VI.11–24 A Companion to Caesar Latin Morphology Latin Syntax The Geography of Caesar’s Commentaries The Roman Art of War in Caesar’s Time Vocabulary List of Maps and Plates Map and Plate Section
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Cambridge University Press The Age of Augustus
Book SynopsisOne of a well-established series of sourcebooks catering to the needs of ancient history students at schools and universities. Each volume focuses on a particular period or topic and provides a generous and judicious selection of primary texts in new English translations, with annotation and supporting materials.Table of ContentsPart I. By Sources: 1. Res Gestae Divi Augusti; 2. List of consuls, 31 BC to AD 14; 3. The calendars; 4. Livy; 5. Velleius Paterculus; 6. Tacitus; 7. Augustan poetry; Part II. By Themes: 8. Triumvate to principate; 9. Imperial family; 10. Rome and Italy; 11. Religion; 12. Administration of empire; 13. War and expansion; 14. Conspiracies, scandals, free speech; 15. Maecenas and the arts; 16. Social legislation; 17. Augustan society.
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LEGARE STREET PR De Bello Gallico Books 17
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Legare Street Press A new Classical Dictionary of Biography Mythology
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Legare Street Press The Roman and Teuton a Series of Lectures
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Foundations for a Humanitarian Economy
Book SynopsisThe modern global economy and discipline of economics place mathematical calculation above human concern. However, a re-reading of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy can positively highlight the contrast in values and spirit of the early medieval European world with our own scientific age.This book discusses the historical and cultural contexts that influenced Boethius' writing and explores how Consolation offers a radically different understanding of economic concepts: wealth from inner happiness and virtues, poverty from hoarding outer possessions, self-sufficiency in the greater whole, enlightenment through misfortune, and development as fruition from the Good. These economic considerations resonate with a range of heterodox economic perspectives, such as Ecological and Buddhist Economics. The fundamental revaluations gained through Boethius pose a critique of mainstream neoclassical and neoliberal economics: to consumerism, avarice, growth and technologTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Consolation in Context 3. The Consolation of Philosophy 4. Consolation as Economy's Foundation 5. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rivers and Waterways in the Roman World
Book SynopsisTaking a broad geographical, temporal, and cross-disciplinary approach, this volume explores new and innovative research which focuses on rivers and waterways from across the Roman world.Rivers and Waterways in the Roman World brings together cross-disciplinary chapters focussing on theoretical approaches, new digital and scientific methods and analytical techniques, and related surveying and excavation case studies to examine the Romans'' extensive use of rivers and inland waterways around the Empire. Roman seafaring is well studied, but this book expands our knowledge of Roman transport, communication, and trade networks inland. The book highlights the challenges of archaeological work in the dynamic environments of rivers and waterways and showcases the use of new methodologies, including the increasing availability and accessibility of digital technologies that have led to a growth in the development and application of new archaeological and analytical techniquesTable of ContentsPart One: General; 1. The Archaeology of Rivers: Processes and Patterns; 2. New Approaches to Roman River Finds; 3. Geoarchaeology and Archaeology of Navigable Canals in River Deltas During the Roman Period: Technical, Methodological and Conceptual Approaches; Part Two: Mediterranean Region; 4. One City, Two Tibers? Reintegrating the Supply Networks of Imperial Rome; 5. Understanding the Cultural Landscape of the Stella River Through Underwater Archaeology; 6. ‘Carrying Up It All The Products Of The Seas’; 7. The River Ljubljanica: Evidence for the Change in Celtic Cult Practices Between the Late Iron Age and the Early Roman Period; 8. The Nile: A Maritime Pacemaker in Roman Egypt; Part Three: Northern Europe and Britain; 9. River Finds from the Netherlands: An Overview; 10. Nodes and Networks: Military and Civilian Trade and Transport in the Roman Dutch Southwest Delta; 11. Roman Waters? Military Usage of Waterways in 1st Century Scotland; 12. Waterways and Community Identities in Early Roman Sussex: A Multiscalar and Multivariate Approach; 13. Back and Forth: Roman River Crossings at Stirling, Scotland and Their Impact on Native Settlement; 14. Do Rivers Make Good Frontiers? Environmental Change and Military Policy Along the Roman Rhine; 15. Rivers and Walls: The Materiality of Roman Frontier Waterscapes on Hadrian’s Wall and the Lower Danube
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OCR Ancient History GCSE Component 2
Book SynopsisThis textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for GCSE Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 2, both the compulsory longer Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies:Longer Period Study: The Foundations of Rome: From Kingship to Republic, 753440 BC by Paul FowlerDepth Study: Hannibal and the Second Punic War, 218201 BC by Paul FowlerDepth Study: Cleopatra: Rome And Egypt, 6930 BC by James Melville Depth Study: Britannia: From Conquest to Province, AD 43c. 84 by Christopher GrocockHow did reactions to the exploitation of women and the poor make Rome great? How did Rome survive a fourteen-year invasion? Was Cleopatra a great queen? What was the impact of Roman invasion on Britain's diverse and prosperous culture?This book raises these and other key questions. GCSE students and their teachers will explore the foundation of Rome, the rise of its empire, and its interactions with nTable of ContentsIntroduction How to Use This Book Period Study: The Foundations of Rome: From Kingship to Republic, 753–440 BC Depth Study Option 1: Hannibal and the Second Punic War, 218– 201 BC Depth Study Option 2: Cleopatra: Rome and Egypt, 69–30 BC Depth Study Option 3: Britannia: From Conquest to Province, AD 43–c. 84 Glossary Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OCR Ancient History AS and A Level Component 2
Book SynopsisThis textbook supports the specification for AS and A-Level Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 2, both the compulsory Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies:Period Study: The Julio-Claudian Emperors, 31 BCAD 68 by Robert Cromarty and James HarrisonDepth Study: The Breakdown of the Late Republic, 8831 BC by Steve MatthewsDepth Study: The Flavians, AD 6896 by Robert Cromarty Depth Study: Ruling Roman Britain, AD 43c.128 by James HarrisonHow did Augustus change the Roman Constitution? Why was the Roman Republic doomed to fail? How did the Flavians re-invent the Imperial image? What was life like in Roman Britain?These are the sort of questions that you are required to consider for A-Level Ancient History. This textbook guides you through the use of power and politics in the Roman Senate and Imperial court from the Late Republic into the Principate. It considers individual ambition against theTable of ContentsIntroduction How to Use This Book Period Study: The Julio-Claudian Emperors, 31 BC–AD 68 Depth Study Option 1: The Breakdown of the Late Republic, 88–31 BC Depth Study Option 2: The Flavians, AD 68–96 Depth Study Option 3: Ruling Roman Britain, AD 43–c. 128 Glossary Index
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Aurelian and Probus
Book SynopsisThis is a narrative military history of the emperors Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (Aurelian', reigned 270-275) and Marcus Aurelius Probus (276-282) which also includes the other reigns between the years 268 and 285. It shows how these two remarkable emperors were chiefly responsible for the Empire surviving and emerging largely intact from a period of intense crisis. It was Aurelian who first united the breakaway regions, including Zenobia's Palmyra, and it was Probus who then secured his achievements.The reigns of Aurelian and Probus have been subjected to many studies, but none of these have approached the extant material purely from the point of view of military analysis. Most importantly, the previous historians have not exploited the analytical opportunities provided by the military treatises that describe the strategy and tactics of the period Roman army. It is thanks to this new methodology that Ilkka Syvänne has been able to reconstruct the military campaigns of these two soldier
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Roman King Arthur
Book SynopsisA fascinating investigation into the historical figure of Lucius Artorius Castus, camp prefect of VI Victrix based at Eboracum, York. Dave Grainger, Legio VI Victrix, Re-Enactment Group, York.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Big Caesars and Little Caesars
Book SynopsisA WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARWho said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. Caesarism is alive and well. Yet in modern times it''s become a strangely neglected subject. Ferdinand Mount opens up a fascinating exploration of how and why Caesars seize power and why they fall.Fast paced and impassioned -- Sunday TelegraphWonderfully wry -- The Guardian...a delight -- Sunday TimesDelicious work, beautifully and acerbically written -- Wall Street JournalThere is a comforting illusion shared by historians and political commentators from Fukuyama back to Macaulay, Mill and Marx, that history progresses in a nice straight line towards liberal democracy or socialism, despite the odd hiccup. In reality, every democracy, however sophisticated or stable it may look, has been attacked or actually destroyed by a would-be Caesar, from Ancient Greece to theTrade ReviewHighly informative and hugely entertaining…a reminder that dictators have long been, and continue to be, a threat to democracy. * Forbes *The power of this needle-sharp book lies in the acuity of its observations and in its ability to zoom out and see modern politicians in broader context, bringing something both fresh and timeless to an otherwise well-worn subject. * The Guardian *Wry, informative but deadly – a great book. * Will Hutton *Mount's prose is enjoyable and some of the vignettes are a delight. [The Caesars] make for compelling reading. * The Sunday Times *Mount’s prose is vivid, erudite and highly opinionated… [he] dissects all these villains in entertaining style… his range of historical reference points is impressive. * Irish Independent *Pass deep historical knowledge through the silkiest of minds and deliver the product onto the page with the most fluent of pens, and you find the combination of gifts which make Ferdie Mount pre-eminent among the political commentariat of our day. He has created a book that will endure in 50 years' time when students of British Politics will still struggle to understand how the supposedly most mature political system in the world could have placed Boris Johnson in Downing Street for three years. This is the volume they will have to read first. * Peter Hennessy *Always absorbing and often bitterly funny, Ferdinand Mount’s survey traces with characteristic panache an unedifying line of populist opportunists from classical times down to the shoddy and sinister figures of Johnson and Trump. His eloquent concluding call for the restoration and safeguarding of parliamentary authority has never been more urgently needed. * Roy Foster, Emeritus Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford *A wonderfully wry field guide to autocrats. With tremendous wit and wisdom, the former head of Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit identifies the qualities particular to dictators – and warns against consigning such people to history… Mount, learned to the pink tips of his ears, knows so much, and what he didn’t before, he has found out. Mount’s considerable journalistic skills deployed here in the cause of concision, the pricking of pomposity and, sometimes, his own outrage…He is especially good on Johnson…Mount is beautifully wry in this book, on top of everything else. * Observer *…a fast-paced and impassioned essay. * Sunday Telegraph *Mount is an entertaining guide to dictatorship. * Book of the week, The Times *A wonderfully wry field guide to autocrats. * guardian.com *[Mount] is one of the best contemporary essayists in English. He writes elegantly with an occasional brutal turn of phrase. * The Tablet *Ferdinand Mount strolls with effortless erudition round the careers of Caesar, Bonaparte, Hitler and even Indira Gandhi. * The Oldie *A thoughtful and cogent account of the Johnson premiership. * Literary Review *A welcome addition to what constitutes the most vital of contemporary discussions. * Irish Times *Delicious work, beautifully and acerbically written by a cultured man of a kind achingly rare in our world of intellectual short cuts and tawdry soundbites. * Wall Street Journal *Those interested in how someone such as Boris Johnson could have been responsible for what was possibly the greatest foreign-policy own-goal in Great Britain’s history would do well to read Mount’s book. * Foreign Policy *Table of ContentsPROLOGUE PART ONE THE IDEA OF A CAESAR 1 Why is he there? 2 The Hero Worshipper 3 Augustus and Auguste – and Adolf 4 The Comforting Illusion 5 How it Starts PART TWO THE MAKING OF CAESARS 1 The Invention of Charisma 2 The Timing 3 The Prep 4 Being Lied to is Good for You 5 The Assault on Parliament 6 The Enemy at the Gates PART THREE THE UNMAKING OF CAESARS 1 Catiline on the Run 2 Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot (?) 3 The Dinner Party that Never Was 4 The Beer-Hall Putsch 5 Mrs Gandhi’s Emergency 6 Donald Trump and the March on the Capitol PART FOUR THE SACREDEST PLACE
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Usborne Publishing Ltd Romans Sticker Book
Book SynopsisFiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She graduated from Exeter University with a Bachelor of Education in Art and Design. She taught for three years at a primary school in Kent, before spending two years at a British school in The Netherlands. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books. She has written all the titles in the award-winning THAT'S NOT MY series and many in the highly successful Sticker Dolly Dressing series. She is the sixth biggest-selling UK children's author, with over 10 million of her books sold in the UK since records began.
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Simon & Schuster The Spartacus War
Book SynopsisAn authoritative account from an expert author: The Spartacus War is the first popular history of the revolt in English. The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion in the ancient world, the fascinating true story behind a legend that has been the inspiration for novelists, filmmakers, and revolutionaries for 2,000 years. Starting with only seventy-four men, a gladiator named Spartacus incited a rebellion that threatened Rome itself. With his fellow gladiators, Spartacus built an army of 60,000 soldiers and controlled the southern Italian countryside. A charismatic leader, he used religion to win support. An ex-soldier in the Roman army, Spartacus excelled in combat. He defeated nine Roman armies and kept Rome at bay for two years before he was defeated. After his final battle, 6,000 of his followers were captured and crucified along Rome''s main southern highway. The Spartacus War is the dramatic and factu
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Empire of the Self
Book SynopsisHe demonstrates a significant point of contact between two writers generally thought to be antagonists-the idea that imperial speech structures reveal the self.Trade ReviewThis [review] can hardly do justice to the scope and richness of Star's argument in each chapter, to the thoroughness with which he discusses his chosen texts, and to the creativity with which he exploits his simultaneous treatments of Seneca and Petronius. This book makes a major contribution to the modern bibliography of selfhood and self-formation in the early empire, and it will doubtless generate further debate in so vibrant an area of study. -- Gareth Williams Classical Journal With this book, Star contributes to a growing body of scholarship on the construction of the self in classical antiquity. Choice If this book only managed to demonstrate -- as it unquestionably does -- the complementary intertexuality of the Satyricon with Senecan philosophy, that alone would be a noteworthy achievement. But in fact The Empire of the Self is rife with compelling readings of its target texts that have ramifications beyond a narrow understanding of either author of their relationship to one another. Star's study offers its readers valuable insights into the governing metaphors and preoccupations of the Roman intelligentsia in the mid-first century CE. -- Amanda Wilcox Bryn Mawr Classical Review Star has performed a valuable service in presenting a fresh approach to familiar authors which helps the discussion to move beyond some of the established academic truisms of the last few decades, and identifying the common conceptual ground that they share. He offers us a fresh perspective on both Seneca's and Petronius' views of self-fashioning, making a major contribution to several recent areas of interest within classics. Both graduate students and scholars working on Neronian literature or Roman concepts of identity will benefit from reading Star's argument. HermathenaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Soul-Shaping Speech1. Senecan Philosophy and the Psychology of Command2. Self-Address in Senecan Tragedy3. Self-Address in the SatyriconPart II: Soul-Revealing Speech4. Political Speech in Declementia5. Soul, Speech, and Politics in the Apocolocyntosisand the Satyricon6. Writing, Body, and MoneyEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Disciples of the Desert
Book SynopsisShe reveals the immense love that Abbot Seridos, Barsanuphius, and John had for their fellow monastics and for the lay community in Tawatha, Gaza, and beyond.Trade ReviewAn important contribution and a welcome addition to the burgeoning study of Palestinian monasticism in general and of Gaza in particular. -- Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony Religious Studies Review This little book should not only be on the shelves of every monastic library, it should also be read by anyone with an interest in the give-and-take between monastic and everyday life inside and outside monasteries. -- Brian Patrick McGuire American Benedictine Review An important contribution to the understanding of the development of the early desert literature and a fine introduction to the relationships among monastics and laity in the sixth century. -- John Chryssavgis Theology Today Groundbreaking work... Provides an informative, engaging interpretation of a daunting body of evidence that, in turn, makes an important contribution to an understudied form of monasticism in the Gaza region. -- Bernadette McNary-Zak Journal of Religion An important contribution and a welcome addition to the burgeoning study of Palestinian monasticism in general and of Gaza in particular that we witness in recent years. -- Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony Journal of the American Academy of Religion Based on very exciting material, and she presents it very accessibly to the wider audience it deserves. The whole work is well-structured. -- Arietta Papaconstantinou Henoch An important contribution... The first book-length exploration of the entire epistolary collection in its social context. -- John Chryssavgis Sobornost: Eastern Churches Review Profitable reading for anyone interested in Eastern monasticism or in the nature of ascetic authority. Hevelone-Harper presents an academically intriguing and spiritually uplifting glimpse into the nature of the desert ethos. -- David Mezynski St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly Hevelone-Harper's fine study offers vivid and persuasive evidence from the early centuries of monasticism of just how central to Christian life the monastic impulse was. For this reason, the book should be part of the field of vision not just for specialists in monastic history but for all who wish to understand Christianity in its historic context. -- Dennis D. Martin Fides Et Historia A topic of great importance in the study of Holy Men, and in the study of this community, is the relationship between the community and the wider world. The strongest chapter of this book examines these relations closely. -- John H. Corbett Journal of Religious History Hevelone-Harper demonstrates with real subtlety how spiritual authority developed and came to be transmitted among the monastic communities in Gaza. A first-rate work of scholarship. Choice Indispensable for students of asceticism in the later Roman world and well worth the attention of a broader audience. -- Paul Dilley Journal of Early Christian Studies A responsible and sensitive introduction to the authority and practice of these remarkable monastic spiritual directors-how they established and maintained their authority despite challenges to it, how they guided disciples from their first interest in the ascetic life to their monastic maturity, and how they interacted with lay Christians and other authoritative figures in Palestinian Christianity and the wider society. -- David Brakke Spiritus ... ambitious and satisfying book... ABRTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Gaza: Crossroads in the Desert2. Tawatha: Looking for God in the Desert3. Dorotheos: From Novice to Spiritual Director4. Lay Disciples: Social Obligations and Spiritual Concerns5. Bishops and Civil Authorities: Rulers of Church and Empire6. Aelianos: Leader for the Next GenerationConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Ex Oriente Lex
Book SynopsisA preface by editors Deborah Lyons and Kurt Raaflaub details the importance of Westbrook's work for the field of classics, while Sophie Demare-Lafont's incisive introduction places Westbrook's ideas within the wider context of ancient law.Trade ReviewIndividually and cumulatively (his) essays encourage a re-examination of shared cultural heritage often fiercely resisted by classicist. -- Rockwell CJ It is the singular admiration for his diagnostic skills which attracts readers of ancient Near Eastern law to his scholarship, and as a result he will not be forgotten... The Ds CommentaryTable of ContentsEditors' NotePrefaceIntroduction1. The Trial Scene in the Iliad2. Penelope's Dowry and Odysseus' Kingship3. Drakon's Homicide Law4. Barbarians at the Gates5. The Nature and Origins of the Twelve Tables6. Restrictions on Alienation of Property in Early Roman Law7. The Coherence of the Lex Aquilia8. Vitae Necisque Potestas9. The Origin of Laesio Enormis10. Codification and Canonization11. Reflections on the Law of Homicide in the Ancient World12. The Early History of LawAbbreviationsBibliographyIndex
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