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Rome and China
Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases …
Roman Empire
During the first, stable period of the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. …
From Romulus to Caesar
From Romulus to Caesar: Rise and Fall of the Roman RepublicOliver J. OwenDelve into the tumultuous history of the Roman Republic in Oliver J. Owen's masterful retelling of its rise …
Women, Wealth and Power in the Roman Republic
In the Roman Republic, elite women were legally permitted to control substantial assets – and many demonstrably were in direct control of their wealth. They were also the mothers, …
Ottoman State
First published in 2004. When the Ottoman Empire undertook reforms to re-centralise and westernise in the first half of the 19th century, the first task was to introduce a new …
Ancient Rome
Rome was a huge city. Running it required not only public works and services but also specialised law. This innovative work traces the development of that law and system in the …
Penal Practice and Penal Policy in Ancient Rome
Using Roman literary and legal sources, this book assesses Roman penal policy through an in-depth examination of six high-profile criminal cases, ranging from the Bacchanalian …
Journeys of the Mind
A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world's most influential and distinguished historiansThe end of the ancient world was long …
Ushering in a New Republic
The ancient Romans are well known for their love of the pageantry of power. No single ceremony better attests to this characteristic than the triumph, which celebrated the victory …
Pity Transformed
"Pity Transformed" is an examination of how pity was imagined and expressed in classical antiquity. It pays particular attention to the ways in which the pity of the Greeks and …
Eastern Approaches to Byzantium
The eastern frontier of Byzantium and the interaction of the peoples that lived along it are the themes of this book. With a focus on the ninth to thirteenth centuries and dealing …
Celibate Marriages in Late Antique and Byzantine Hagiography
This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of celibate marriage as depicted in the lives of three couples who achieved sainthood. Marriage without intercourse appears to have no …