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Roman Pompeiiby Ray Laurence
Routledge 1996; US$ 41.95A look at the archaeological and literary evidence relating to Pompeii from the viewpoint of social scientist, architect and geographer which enhances our understanding of the Roman world. more...
Archaeology of Ancient Sicilyby R. Ross Holloway
Routledge 2000; US$ 47.95The standard work on the archaeology of ancient Sicily, Holloway's now updated study provides the only comprehensive introduction to the wealth of artefacts and monuments discovered on the island. more...
Pompeiiby Alison E. Cooley; M.G.L. Cooley
Routledge 2004; US$ 39.95This book presents translations of a wide range of written records which give a vivid picture of what life was like in the twon. Sources range from the labels on wine jars to scribbled insults, from adverts for gladiatorial contests to love poetry. more...
Rome and its Frontiersby C. R. Whittaker
Routledge 2004; US$ 44.95This collection of essays on the frontiers of the Roman Empire, their physical significance and their relationship with the way the Romans viewed the world without and beyond the boundaries. more...
Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire by
University of California Press 2000; US$ 15.95The Roman empire remains unique. Although Rome claimed to rule the world, it did not. Rather, its uniqueness stems from the culture it created and the loyalty it inspired across an area that stretched from the Tyne to the Euphrates. Moreover, the empire created this culture with a bureaucracy smaller than that of a typical late-twentieth-century research university. more...
Roman Urbanismby Helen Parkins
Taylor & Francis 1997; US$ 44.95The papers in this volume provide an accessible and jargon-free insight into the notion of the Roman city, what shaped it, and how it both structured and reflected Roman society. more...
Rome And The Western Greeks, 350 Bc - Ad 200by Kathryn Lomas
Taylor & Francis 1993; US$ 44.95This book reassesses the role of Magna Graecia in Roman Italy and illuminates the mechanisms of Roman control and the processes of acculturation. more...
Roman Monarchy and the Renaissance Princeby Peter Stacey
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 36.00Stacey traces the formative impact of Senecas political philosophy upon medieval and Renaissance thinking about princely government. more...
Adventure Guide to Milan & the Italian Lakesby Catherine Richards
Hunter Publishing 2006; US$ 15.00No competing guides exist that provide in-depth hotel, restaurant and other practical information for the region of the Italian Lakes and Milan (Lombardia). Culinary delights abound here. Risotto, polenta, minestrone, ossobucco originated in the region. The little town of Gorgonzola is here as well, where you can get the best you-know-what in the world. The wines are fabulous. Milan is a world leader in fashion and boutiques are everywhere. We give full details on what to buy and where. A short drive out of Milan are the Lakes. Belaggio is on Lake Como, where Franz Liszt lived. Pliny the Younger and Virgil lived here as well in Roman times and called it the most beautiful place in the world. From the hills above you can see the Matterhorn.... more...
Daciaby Ioana A Oltean
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 44.95Providing a detailed consideration of previous theories of native settlement patterns and the impact of Roman colonization, this book offers fresh insight into the province Dacia and the nature of Romanization. more...









