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"The Story of Apollonius, King of Tyre"
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 182.00The anonymous Latin Story of Apollonius, King of Tyre (Historia Apollonii regis Tyri) is a romance of adventure, possibly of Greek origins, with Christian elements in its plot. Well known for its important afterlife, including Shakespeare?s Pericles, the Story of Apollonius is commonly viewed as a Christianised folktale of a sub-literary character.... more...
428 AD
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 17.95This is a sweeping tour of the Mediterranean world from the Atlantic to Persia during the last half-century of the Roman Empire. By focusing on a single year not overshadowed by an epochal event, 428 AD provides a truly fresh look at a civilization in the midst of enormous change--as Christianity takes hold in rural areas across the empire, as western... more...
69 AD
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 15.99The Year of Four Emperors, was one of the most chaotic, violent, and frightening periods in all Roman history. This book offers a fresh look at this period. This narrative history features portraits of the leading participants and insights into the nature of the Roman military. more...
A.D. 381
Overlook 2010; US$ 15.95A provoking and timely examination of one of the most important periods in Church history In A.D. 381, Theodosius, emperor of the eastern Roman empire, issued a decree in which all his subjects were required to subscribe to a belief in the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This edict defined Christian orthodoxy and brought to an end... more...
AD 33
The History Press 2013; US$ 14.57This is a portrait of one of the great years in world history. It is a book comparable to Gavin Menzies 1421: The Year China discovered the World. AD 33 was the year when an obscure religious teacher died a criminal's death in an outpost of the Roman Empire, an event which had world-changing consequences in the form of the beginnings of Christianity.... more...
Actors and Audience in the Roman Courtroom
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95What would you see if you attended a trial in a courtroom in the early Roman empire? What was the behaviour of litigants, advocates, judges and audience? It was customary for Roman individuals out of general interest to attend the various courts held in public places in the city centre and as such the Roman courts held an important position in... more...
Adnotationes super Lucanum
De Gruyter 1969; US$ 112.00Adnotationes Super Lucanum (Bibliotheca Teubneriana) more...
Adoption in the Roman World
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 86.00Full account of the practice, including the procedures and adoption's use as a mode of succession, especially in political circles. more...
Against Apion or, Flavius Josephus Against Apion
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99Complete interlinked edition. Includes contemporary maps, timelines, family trees, coinage, and units of measure, as well as modern view of history and analysis of Josephus works. Josephus fought the Romans in the First Jewish-Roman War as a Jewish military leader in Galilee. After the the Romans invaded, killing thousands, Josephus and one of his... more...
The Age of Augustus
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2012; US$ 75.95In this concise biography, Professor Werner Eck, one of the world's leading experts on the Roman empire, tells the extraordinary story of Augustus, Rome's first emperor. A concise and gripping account of Augustus and his age. Written by one of the world's foremost experts on the Roman Empire. Examines the transformation of Rome from a republic... more...









