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From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 82.00Integrated collection of essays examining the politics, social networks, law, history and historiography, and literature of the later Roman world. more...
Aspects of Roman History 82BC-AD14
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 41.95Aspects of Roman History 82BC?AD14 examines the political and military history of Rome and its empire in the Ciceronian and Augustan ages. It is an indispensable introduction to this central period of Roman History for all students of Roman history, from pre-university to undergraduate level. This is the first book since H.H. Scullard?s From... more...
Caesars' Wives
Atria Books 2010; US$ 16.00In scandals and power struggles obscured by time and legend, the wives, mistresses, mothers, sisters, and daughters of the Caesars have been popularly characterized as heartless murderers, shameless adulteresses, and conniving politicians in the high dramas of the Roman court. Yet little has been known about who they really were and their true roles... more...
Reconstructing the Roman Republic
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 42.00In recent decades, scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was essentially democratic in nature, stressing the central role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. Karl-J. Hölkeskamp challenges this view in Reconstructing the Roman Republic , warning that this scholarly trend threatens to become the new orthodoxy,... more...
Augustus
Edinburgh University Press 2009; US$ 181.00Augustus (63 BC AD 14), the first Roman emperor, brought peace and stability to Rome after decades of strife and uncertainty. He put in place a new institutional framework for the Roman Empire and inspired the ideology that sustained it for the next three hundred years. This book presents a selection of the most important scholarship on Augustus... more...
From the Gracchi to Nero
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 24.95From the Gracchi to Nero is an outstanding history of the Roman world from 133 BC to 68 AD. Fifty years since publication it is widely hailed as the classic survey of the period, going through many revised and updated editions until H.H. Scullard?s death. It explores the decline and fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the Pax Romana... more...
The Great Fire of Rome
Da Capo Press 2010; US$ 25.00Acclaimed author Stephen Dando-Collins tells the never-before-told story of Rome?s famous fire that destroyed the world?s greatest city and its most notorious emperor: Nero more...
Blood in the Forum
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 29.95This is the story of the last century of the Roman Republic – why and how did the Republic succeed and why did it ultimately fail? Was the destruction of the Republic attributable to one man – Julius Caesar – or was he perhaps the most visionary of his colleagues in realising that the Rome of the past had changed? Are the actions... more...
Imperialism, Power, and Identity
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 46.95Despite what history has taught us about imperialism's destructive effects on colonial societies, many classicists continue to emphasize disproportionately the civilizing and assimilative nature of the Roman Empire and to hold a generally favorable view of Rome's impact on its subject peoples. Imperialism, Power, and Identity boldly challenges this... more...
A Companion to the Punic Wars
Wiley 2010; US$ 207.95A Companion to the Punic Wars offers a comprehensive new survey of the three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC. Offers a broad survey of the Punic Wars from a variety of perspectives Features contributions from an outstanding cast of international scholars with unrivalled expertise Includes chapters on military and naval... more...









