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Roman Social Historyby Susan Treggiari
Routledge 2001; US$ 30.95This lively and original guidebook is the first to show students new to the subject exactly what Roman social history involves, and how they can study it for themselves. more...
Barbarism and Religion: Volume 3, The First Decline and Fallby J. G. A. Pocock
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 33.00This is the third in a sequence of works by John Pocock designed to situate Edward Gibbon, and his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in a series of contexts in the history of Europe. This is a major intervention from one of the world's leading historians of ideas. more...
The Roman Worldby Victor Chapot; E. Parke
Routledge 1997; US$ 325.00Originally published between 1920-70, the aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up-to-date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available in a number of different sets. more...
Greek and Roman historiography in late antiquityby G. Marasco
BRILL 2003; US$ 285.00A comprehensive analysis of Greek and Latin historiography from Constantine to the end of the sixth century AD. It aims to examine the development of late antique historiography, stressing the relations between pagan and Christian historians, their polemics, and their often neglected agreements. more...
A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiographyby John Marincola
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2009; US$ 274.95This two-volume Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography reflects the new directions and interpretations that have arisen in the field of ancient historiography in the past few decades. Comprises a series of cutting edge articles written by recognised scholars Presents broad, chronological treatments of important issues in the writing of history and antiquity These are complemented by chapters on individual genres and sub-genres from the fifth century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E. Provides a series of interpretative readings on the individual historians Contains essays on the neighbouring genres of tragedy, biography, and epic, among others, and their relationship to history more...
Empire of Ancient Romeby Michael Burgan
Infobase Publishing 2004; US$ 35.00The influence of the Roman Empire has been widespread and profound, perhaps more so than any other empire or civilization. This volume covers the growth of Rome as a republic, the political and social forces that drove the transition to a dictatorship of Caesars, the reasons for Rome's decline, and what happened to the remnants of the empire. more...
Writing and Empire in Tacitusby Dylan Sailor
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 36.00A literary and historical interpretation of the literary career of the Roman historian Tacitus. more...
The Annalsby Cornelius Tacitus; J. C. Yardley; Anthony A. Barrett
Oxford University Press, UK 2008; US$ 8.95The Annals is a gripping account of the Roman emperors Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero and the brutality that marked their reigns. Tacitus deplores their depravity, proof of the corrupting force of absolute power. J.C. Yardley's vivid and accurate translation is complemented by a thorough introduction and notes. - ;'He was atrocious in his brutality, but his lechery was kept hidden... In the end, he erupted into an orgy of crime and ignominy alike'. Such is Tacitus' obituary of Tiberius, and he is no less caustic in his opinion of the weak and cuckolded Claudius and the 'artist' Nero. The Annals is a gripping account of the Roman emperors who followed Augustus, the founder of the imperial system, and of the murders, sycophancy,... more...
Ioannis Antiocheni fragmenta quae supersunt omniaby Sergei Mariev
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2009; US$ 207.00Much read in Byzantium, the historical work of John of Antioch is one of the most important, if as yet intangible, instances of the transmission of tradition in Late Antique historiography. Besides this historiographical relevance, the work is of particular significance as important testimony to the amalgamation of pagan and Christian concepts of time and history. An analysis of the achievements of the Late Antique and Early Byzantine chroniclers would be incomplete without an assessment of the role of John of Antioch. The edition of the text is accompanied by an English translation, notes and indices. more...
Roman Historyby Titus Livius; John Henry Freese; Alfred John Church
The Floating Press 1904; US$ 3.99Titus Livius, often known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita, from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC) through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time. Livy's writing style was poetic and archaic in contrast to Julius Caesar's and Cicero's styles. Also, he often wrote from the Romans' opponent's point of view in order to accent the Romans' virtues in their conquest of Italy and the Mediterranean... more...