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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 …
The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 363-628
Late 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 …
Republican Rome
Republican Rome, the Army and the Allies by Emilio Gabba is a seminal collection of essays that redefines key debates about the late Roman Republic and the emergence of the …
Paterculus: The Tiberian Narrative
This volume deals with the most controversial part of Velleius’ work, regarded by the majority of modern scholars as a panegyrical biography of Tiberius and used as an excuse for …
Studies in the History and Topography of Lycia and Pisidia
A collection of unpublished papers by Alan Hall, a leading authority on the history and epigraphy of classical Asia Minor, supported by contributions by scholars associated with …
The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome
In this revisionist study of Roman imperialism in the Greek world, Gruen considers the Hellenistic context within which Roman expansion took place. The evidence discloses a …
Rome's Enemies Within
The greatest danger to Roman emperors was the threat of deadly conspiracies arising among the Senate, the imperial court or even their own families All the emperors that reigned …
De Bello Civili Liber 8
Originally published in 1917 as part of the Pitt Press series, this book contains an edited edition of the Latin text of the eighth book of Lucan's 'De Bello Civili'. Postgate …
Cicero's De Provinciis Consularibus Oratio
Perhaps no other single Roman speech exemplifies the connection between oratory, politics and imperialism better than Cicero's De Provinciis Consularibus, pronounced to the senate …
Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage
A large gap exists in the literature of ancient numismatics between general works intended for collectors and highly specialized studies addressed to numismatists. Indeed, there is …
Emperor's Lion
A single death could plunge the Empire into chaos...Silus, a member of Emperor Caracalla's elite assassins, the Arcani, is dispatched to Numidia. Rumours of assassination plots …