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Procopius and the Sixth Century
Taylor and Francis 1996; US$ 45.95Originally published by Duckworth and the University of California Press, Procopius is now available for the first time in paperback. Professor Cameron emphasises the essential unity of Procopius' three works and, starting from the `minor' ones, demonstrates their intimate connection with the Wars . Procopius' writings are seen to comprise a subtle... more...
Greek and Roman historiography in late antiquity
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...
Jerusalem, Alexandria, Rome
BRILL 2003; US$ 206.00This journal supplement features scholarly articles on many aspects of Judaism, mostly from the Persian period through late Antiquity. In this collection of 23 contributions in honor of Hilhorst's 65th birthday retirement as a classical scholar from the U. of Groningen, the Netherlands, the editors (at the same campus) introduce his interests in ph more...
Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 34.00The Greek pandocheion, the Arabic funduq, and Latin fondaco were ubiquitous institutions in the Mediterranean sphere that operated as hostelries for travellers and evolved into centres of trade between Muslim and Christian regions. Professor Constable traces their complex evolution across space and culture from late antiquity to the middle ages. more...
Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 41.00This is the first ever single-volume collection of sources for Manichaeism, a world religion founded by Mani which spread rapidly from Mesopotamia into the Roman Empire in the third and fourth centuries AD and became one of the most persecuted heresies under Christian Roman emperors. more...
Rome's Gothic Wars
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 20.00Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric is a concise introduction to the latest research on the Roman Empire's relations with one of the most important barbarian groups of the ancient world. more...
Christianization and Communication in Late Antiquity
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 29.00During the fourth century CE many aspects of life in the cities of the Roman Empire gradually became 'Christianized'. This book examines the role of ordinary people in this process by studying the relationship between an influential and prolific church leader, John Chrysostom, and his congregation in Antioch. more...
Hispania in Late Antiquity
BRILL 2005; US$ 223.00This collection of essays on late Roman Hispania describes the relationships between the peninsula and the rest of the late antique world. Its contributors ? archaeologists, historians, and historians of art ? address both the historical evidence and the complex historiography of late antique Hispania. more...
Transfigurations of Hellenism
BRILL 2005; US$ 249.00This richly illustrated book presents a history of Egyptian late antique?early Byzantine (Coptic) art in its international stylistic, social and intellectual context. more...
Common to Body and Soul
De Gruyter 2006; US$ 147.00The volume presents essays on the philosophical explanation of the relationship between body and soul in antiquity from the Presocratics to Galen, including papers on Parmenides on thinking (E. Hussey, R. Dilcher), Empedocles? Love (D. O?Brien), tripartition in Plato (T. Buchheim), Aristotle (C. Rapp, T. Johansen, P.-M. Morel), Peripatetics after Aristotle... more...









