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Rome in the Eastby Warwick Ball
Routledge 1999; US$ 165.00Rome in the East provides a lavishly illustrated and arresting study of the influence of Near Eastern culture on the Roman world, which overturns received wisdom about Rome as the bastion of European culture. more...
Constructing Identities in Late Antiquityby Richard Miles
Routledge 1999; US$ 125.00Examines the theme of identity: geographic, ethnic , religious, status and sex-based. Discussions of Roman texts and images show how constructions of identity and culture contributed to the creation of "late antiquity" as a historical concept. more...
Cultural Identity in the Roman Empireby Ray Laurence; Joanne Berry
Routledge 1998; US$ 135.00Cultural Identity in the Roman Empire breaks new ground, arguing that the idea of a unified and easily defined Roman culture is over simplistic, and offers alternative theories and models. more...
Roman Pompeiiby Ray Laurence
Routledge 1996; US$ 41.95A look at the archaeological and literary evidence relating to Pompeii from the viewpoint of social scientist, architect and geographer which enhances our understanding of the Roman world. more...
Pompeiiby Alison E. Cooley; M.G.L. Cooley
Routledge 2004; US$ 39.95This book presents translations of a wide range of written records which give a vivid picture of what life was like in the twon. Sources range from the labels on wine jars to scribbled insults, from adverts for gladiatorial contests to love poetry. more...
Under the Tuscan Sunby Frances Mayes
Broadway Books 2003; US$ 11.99Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence. Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. There were unexpected treasures at every turn: faded frescos beneath the whitewash in her dining room, a vineyard under wildly overgrown brambles in the garden, and, in the nearby hill towns, vibrant markets and delightful people. In Under the Tuscan Sun, she brings the lyrical voice of a poet, the eye of a seasoned traveler, and the discerning palate of a cook and food writer to invite readers to explore... more...
Globalizing Roman Cultureby Richard Hingley
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 36.95A study of identity and social change in the Roman empire and the relationship of this knowledge to understanding of the contemporary world. more...
The English in Rome, 1362-1420by Margaret Harvey; Rosamond McKitterick; Christine Carpenter; Jonathan Shepard
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 46.00This study centres on the early archives of the Venerabile Collegio Inglese in Rome. It examines the English community in Rome, in its political, commercial and religious setting, between 1362, when the first English hospice for poor people and pilgrims was founded, and 1420. more...
Apocalypse in Romeby Ronald G. Musto
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95On May 20, 1347, Cola di Rienzo overthrew without violence the turbulent rule of Rome's barons and the absentee popes. A young visionary and the best political speaker of his time, Cola promised Rome a return to its former greatness. Ronald G. Musto's vivid biography of this charismatic leader--whose exploits have enlivened the work of poets, composers, and dramatists, as well as historians--peels away centuries of interpretation to reveal the realities of fourteenth-century Italy and to offer a comprehensive account of Cola's rise and fall. more...
Society and Individual in Renaissance Florenceby William J. Connell
University of California Press 2002; US$ 15.95Renaissance Florence has often been described as the birthplace of modern individualism, as reflected in the individual genius of its great artists, scholars, and statesmen. The historical research of recent decades has instead shown that Florentines during the Renaissance remained enmeshed in relationships of family, neighborhood, guild, patronage, and religion that, from a twenty-first-century perspective, greatly limited the scope of individual thought and action. more...