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Monument und Inschrift
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 182.00One of the most important forms of senatorial representation was a monument embellished with an inscription. Inscription and monumentwere always intimately related, so that epigraphy and the study ofancient historyare challenged to workmore closely with archaeology. Only in this way is it possible to establish a correct understanding of how senators... more...
Tradition und Erneuerung
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 210.00Following the confusion that accompanied the demise of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the Flavians succeeded in restoring stability to Rome. This volume of papers deals with the media strategies which were employed to help overcome a difficult initial situation and to master the crisis, thus establishing prosperous conditions in Rome and the Empire. 18... more...
Roman Readings
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 182.00This volume presents closely connected articles by Elaine Fantham which deal with Roman responses to Greek literature on three major subjects: the history and criticism of Latin poetry and rhetoric, women in Roman life and dramatic poetry and the poetic representation of children in relation to their mothers and teachers. The volume discusses among... more...
A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization
Constable & Robinson 2010; US$ 13.11A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire. The book focuses on questions of how we know about Classical civilization from archaeology and history; deals with the Mycenaean era and the world of Myth and Epic in Homer's Iliad & Odyssey; gives an outline of Greek history in the 5th & 4th Centuries... more...
The Rise of Rome
Random House Publishing Group 2012; US$ 30.00NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian , comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known. Emerging as a... more...
Consuls and Res Publica
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 91.00A comprehensive discussion of the supreme magistrates in Rome, from the beginning of the Republic until the age of Augustus. more...
The Victor's Crown
Quercus 2011; US$ 18.03What is sport and why do we love it? These two questions drive David Potter's analysis of the western tradition of competitive athletics from eighth century BC to the sixth century AD. The story of ancient sport offers a paradigm for the tale of sport in our own time. Incorporating the latest research, 'The Victor's Crown' opens with an analysis of... more...
Family Favourites (Bello)
Pan Macmillan 2012; US$ 5.11It was really the army?s fault. Bored with respectable middle-aged generals, they picked Elagabalus, thirteen-year-old high priest of a Syrian sun-god, to be Emperor of Rome. Golden-haired, handsome as a god, a brilliant charioteer with a passion for stable boys ? this wilful adolescent was hardly a fit successor to Caesar and Augustus. With real government... more...
Die Soldatenkaiser
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 13.04Hauptbeschreibung Das Römische Reich stand im 3. Jh. n.Chr. am Abgrund: militärisch, politisch, sozial und fiskalisch. War es eine "Weltkrise", die der antike Mittelmeerraum unter den Soldatenkaisern durchlitt? Dieser Band zeichnet die verschiedenen Aspekte nach und versucht sich in einer Deutung: Nicht eine alle Lebensbereiche erfassende Krise erschütterte... more...
Marcus Aurelius in the Historia Augusta and Beyond
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 79.99This book will be of interest to any person, whether an interested person, student or scholar of the Roman Empire. It highlights the way in which we should consider ancient figures ? be they good or bad. more...









