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Divided Hungary in Europe
Despite fragmentation, heterogeneity and the continuous pressure of the Ottoman Empire, early modern "e;divided Hungary"e; witnessed a surprising cultural flourishing in …
The Emperor Commodus
Commodus is synonymous with debauchery and megalomania, best remembered for fighting as a gladiator. Ridiculed and maligned by historians since his own time, modern popular culture …
Mills-Bakeries of Ostia
The ruins of Ostia, main harbour of Imperial Rome, were uncovered in the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. In the present volume the remains of three …
Romans For Dummies
"e;A must for anyone interested in the Roman Empire and its impact on world history."e; Tony Robinson, star of Blackadder and Time Team This entertaining and informative …
Wolves of Rome
From the international bestselling Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Wolves of Rome is a historical thriller about two brothers and the betrayal of Teutoburg Forest that devastated the …
Selections from Petronius, The Satyrica
Taking the reader through the fragmentary text of Petronius' Satyrica in a coherent sequence, this book gives a deeper understanding of the fascinating aesthetic, literary and …
Selections from Virgil's Aeneid Books 7-12
This reader of Virgil's text features passages from the second half of the Aeneid and is designed to help students understand and appreciate Virgil's poem, as well as improve their …
Geography and the Classical World
In the eighteenth century a new subject emerged that was to capture the interest and imagination of scholars and the educated public for the next 150 years. Called 'ancient …
Corruption in the Graeco-Roman World
Defining corruption is an incredibly difficult task. Being at the same time a concept identifying illegitimate and illegal behaviors, mostly connected to positions of power, and a …
‘The Great Crime’ by Aram Andonian
This book makes Aram Andonian's The Great Crime available for English language readers. The Great Crime served as the first systematic documentation of the Armenian Genocide, …
Near Eastern Royalty and Rome, 100-30 Bc
During the first century BC, the Near and Middle East saw a great transition from the Seleucid and Ptolemaic Empires, by way of the brief Pontic and Armenian Empires, to the …
Aurelian and the Third Century
Aurelian and the Third Century provides a re-evaluation, in the light of recent scholarship, of the difficulties facing the Roman empire in the AD 260s and 270s, concentrating upon …