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Rome

  • Die Soldatenkaiserby

    WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 13.22

    Hauptbeschreibung 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...

  • The Romansby

    Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 32.95

    The Romans: an introduction 2nd edition is a concise, readable, and comprehensive survey of the civilization of ancient Rome. It covers more than 1200 years of political and military history, including many of the famous, and infamous, personalities who featured in them, and describes the religions, society, and daily life of the Romans, and their... more...

  • Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire by

    University of California Press 2000; US$ 15.95

    The 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... more...

  • Daily Life in the Roman Cityby GREGORY ALDRETE

    ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 77.00

    Despite the fact that the majority of the inhabitants of the Roman Empire lived an agricultural existence and thus resided outside of urban centers, there is no denying the fact that the core of Roman civilization?its essential culture and politics?was based in cities. Even at the furthest boundaries of the Empire, Roman cities shared a remarkable... more...

  • The Common People of Ancient Romeby Frank Frost Abbott

    Andrews UK 2012; US$ 2.99

    A fascinating look at the ordinary citizens and freemen in ancient Rome by eminent American classical scholar Frank Frost Abbott. more...

  • Land Transport in Roman Egyptby Colin Adams

    Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 134.99

    The first systematic treatment of the role of land transport within the economic life of Roman Egypt, an everyday economic activity at the centre of the economy not only of Egypt but the Roman world. - ;The papyri of Egypt offer a rich and complex picture of this important Roman province and provide an unparalleled insight into how a Roman province... more...

  • Travel and Geography in the Roman Empireby Colin Adams; Ray Laurence

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95

    The remains of Roman roads are a powerful reminder of the travel and communications system that was needed to rule a vast and diverse empire. Yet few people have questioned just how the Romans - both military and civilians - travelled, or examined their geographical understanding in an era which offered a greatly increased potential for moving around,... more...

  • Marcus Aurelius in the Historia Augusta and Beyondby Geoff W. Adams

    Lexington Books 2012; US$ 79.99

    This 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...

  • Geschichte der römischen Literaturby Michael von Albrecht

    De Gruyter 2012; US$ 280.00

    This volume, which has now been published in eight languages, provides an overview of all Latin literature, from its beginnings to Boethius. ?Literature? is understood in the ancient sense, that is it also includes rhetoric, history, philosophy and specialised sciences. Particular attention is paid to the continued influence of Latin literature up... more...

  • Images of Empireby Loveday Alexander

    Continuum International Publishing 1991; US$ 150.00

    At the Images of Empire colloquium held in Sheffield in 1990, an international team of scholars met to explore some of the conflicting images generated by the Roman Empire. The articles reflect interests as diverse as those of the scholars themselves: Roman history and archaeology, Jewish Studies, Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament and Patristics are... more...