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Public Uses of Human Remains and Relics in History
The principal theme of this volume is the importance of the public use of human remains in a historical perspective. The book presents a series of case studies aimed at offering …
Archaeology of Mithraism
Over the course of the second century CE, worship of the Persianate god Mithras swept across the whole of the Roman Empire. With its distinctive traces preserved in the material …
Sacred Violence
One route to understanding the nature of specifically religious violence is the study of past conflicts. Distinguished ancient historian Brent D. Shaw provides a new analysis of …
Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 108
This volume includes Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui, “‘Trust the God’: Tharsein in Ancient Greek Religion”; Jordi Pàmias, “Acusilaus of Argos and the Bronze Tablets”; Karen …
The Roman Family in Italy
The family continues to be seen as a central institution in Roman as well as modern, Western society. The Roman family is often used as a stereotype, sometimes of severity, …
Murder's Immortal Mask (Ancient Roman Mysteries, Book 4)
Has a notorious murderer returned to the streets of Ancient Rome?In the fourth novel in Paul Doherty's acclaimed Ancient Roman series featuring Claudia, a killer stalks the streets …
Stranger-Kingship in Antiquity
This volume introduces the notion of "e;stranger-kingship"e; to the field of ancient history and evaluates its use as a new way of thinking about kingship as a political, …
Bombing Pompeii
Bombing Pompeii examines the circumstances under which over 160 Allied bombs hit the archaeological site of Pompeii in August and September 1943, and the wider significance of this …
The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World
The past thirty years have seen an explosion of interest in Greek and Roman social history, particularly studies of women and the family. Until recently these studies did not focus …
East Encounters West
In 1720, an Ottoman ambassador was sent to the court of the Child King Louis XV to observe Western civilization and report on what he saw and how it could be applied in the Ottoman …