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Two Falls of Rome in Late Antiquity
This book offers a radical perspective on what are conventionally called the Islamic Conquests of the seventh century. Placing these earthshattering events firmly in the context …
The Jews in the Modern Age
Providing a broad as well as a pointillist overview of modern Jewish history on a global scale from the eighteenth century to the present day, this book analyzes how the Jewish …
Mothering and Motherhood in Ancient Greece and Rome
Motherhood played a central role in ancient Greece and Rome, despite the virtual absence of female participation in the public spheres of life. Mothers could wield enormous …
Ancient Literacy
How many people could read and write in the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans?No one has previously tried to give a systematic answer to this question. Most historians who …
Asterix: Asterix and the Griffin
The latest Album, Asterix and the White Iris, is now available!Deep in the frozen plains of Barbaricum, the Sarmatians face a terrible threat. The Romans are approaching in huge …
Migration and Disease in the Black Sea Region
Drawing upon Ottoman, Russian, and Bulgarian archival sources, this book explores the nexus between the environment, epidemic disease, human mobility, and the centralizing …
Ancient Understanding
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Slovakia
The frontiers of the Roman empire together form the largest monument of one of the world’s greatest states. They stretch for some 7,500km through 20 countries which encircle the …
Shakespeare's Roman Trilogy
Paul A. Cantor first probed Shakespeare's Roman plays-Coriolanus, Julius Caeser, and Antony and Cleopatra-in his landmark Shakespeare's Rome (1976). With Shakespeare's Roman …
Sciences of Antiquity
In the course of the eighteenth century, discoveries ranging from Tahiti to Pompeii initiated a scientific turn in the study of the past. Seeking a formal language to display these …
Monnaie et finances a Byzance: analyses, techniques
In collaboration with colleagues in physics and metallurgy, Cecile Morrison has helped transform our knowledge of the techniques of late Roman and Byzantine coin production. The …
Cicero's Consulship Campaign
This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series features primary texts relating to Cicero's campaign for the consulship of 63 BC, with an accompanying glossary and …