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Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines
Did the ancient Greeks and Romans have conspiracy theories? Did they come close to an industrial revolution? Did they drink beer?In a series of fast-paced essays, Insane Emperors, …
Contact and Conflict in Frankish Greece and the Aegean, 1204-1453
The conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade shattered irreversibly the political and cultural unity of the Byzantine world in the Greek peninsula, the Aegean and western …
Class, Capital, State, and Late Development
In Class, Capital, State, and Late Development: The Political Economy of Military Interventions in Turkey, Gonenc Uysal discusses state-military-society relations in Turkey from …
Marriage, Divorce, and Children in Ancient Rome
The family has played a central role in most societies, and the complexity and variety of that role has engaged the minds of scholars from a wide range of disciplines. Recent …
Roman Anniversary Issues
Originally published in 1950, this book provides an account of the relationship between important 'anniversary years' and the creation of Roman Imperial coins and medallions. The …
Unbound from Rome
An expansive look at ancient art and architecture over four centuries highlighting the diversity of makers and viewers within and beyond Rome’s ever-changing political boundaries …
Roman Military Base at Dura-Europos, Syria
Dura-Europos, a Parthian-ruled Greco-Syrian city, was captured by Rome c.AD165. It then accommodated a Roman garrison until its destruction by Sasanian siege c.AD256. Excavations …
Beyond Boundaries - Connecting Visual Cultures in the Provinces of Ancient Rome
The Roman Empire had a rich and multifaceted visual culture, which was often variegated due to the sprawling geography of its provinces. In this remarkable work of scholarship, a …
Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium
In the Roman and Byzantine Near East, the holy fool emerged in Christianity as a way of describing individuals whose apparent madness allowed them to achieve a higher level of …
Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republic
A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republic offers a diversity of perspectives to explore how differing approaches and methodologies can contribute to a greater …
Routledge Handbook of Classics and Queer Theory
New directions in queer theory continue to trouble the boundaries of both queerness and the classical, leading to an explosion of new work in the vast-and increasingly …
Historicising Ancient Slavery
Informed by the global history of slavery, Kostas Vlassopoulos avoids traditional approaches to slavery as a static institution and instead explores the diverse strategies and …