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Food and Society in Classical Antiquity
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 32.00This is a general study of food in antiquity. The book deals with food as food or nutrition. It also treats the non-food uses of food, focusing on the role of food in forming and marking the social hierarchy. Food defines the group, whether social, religious, philosophical or political. more...
Image and Idea in Fifth Century Greece
Taylor and Francis 1990; US$ 49.95Francis presents his theory that the ancient world was a unity in which issues of the day were reflected in the language of pictorial and sculptural representation and in the works of literature. more...
Theodosius
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 38.95Emperor Theodosius (379-95) was the last Roman emperor to rule a unified empire of East and West and his reign represents a turning point in the policies and fortunes of the Late Roman Empire. In this imperial biography, Stephen Williams and Gerry Friell bring together literary, archaeological and numismatic evidence concerning this Roman emperor,... more...
John Lydus and the Roman Past
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 138.00John Lydus and the Roman Past offers a new interpretation of the emergence of Byzantine society as viewed through the eyes of John Lydus, a sixth-century scholar and civil servant. Maas show that control of classical inheritance was politically contested in the reign of Justinian. He demonstrates how the past could be used to convey legitimacy and... more...
Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 363-628
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 49.95Late Antiquity was an eventful period on the eastern frontier of the Roman empire. From the failure of the Emperor Julian's invasion of Persia in 363 AD to the overwhelming victory of the Emperor Heraclius in 628, the Romans and Persians were engaged in almost constant conflict. This book, sequel to the volume covering the years 226-363 AD, provides... more...
Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 95.00This text amasses the evidence for the defence and prosecution of a little-understood transition era in the history of Western civilization. Covering 1000 years of history, from the ancient period through to the Middle Ages, it examines the key figures, places, events and ideas of barbarian Europe. more...
Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXV
BRILL 2005; US$ 149.00This is a commentary on Book XXV of the Res Gestae by the fourth century historian Ammianus Marcellinus. The commentary discusses philological, literary, linguistic and historical problems in the Latin text. more...
War in Late Antiquity
Wiley 2009; US$ 121.00The first book to focus on the social impact of warfare and the Roman army in Late Antiquity. Explores the implications of war and the army in a broad range of areas encompassing politics, the economy, and social life Pays particular attention to the experience of war from the perspective of non-combatants Investigates the religious dimension... more...
Rome and Persia in Late Antiquity
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 32.00Narrative history, with sourcebook, of the turbulent relations between Rome and the Sasanian Empire. more...
Religious Identity in Late Antiquity
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 50.00Offers a new approach to understanding religious interaction in the fourth century AD. more...









