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The family from which I am derived is not an ignoble one, but hath descended all along from the priests; and as nobility among several people is of a different origin, so with us …

The role of philosophy as a valued and effective part of the culture of civilized Romans has aroused an increasing amount of scholarly interest in recent years. In this volume, …

These two volumes form the first part of Dr Shackleton Bailey’s long-awaited edition of the Atticus letters. The introduction (printed in volume I only) deals successively with the …

Domitian, Emperor of Rome AD 81-96, has traditionally been portrayed as a tyrant, and his later years on the throne as a `reign of terror'. Brian Jones' biography of the emperor, …

En fort lling om hvorledes det var at v re barn p landet i halvtresserne, det at v re ung i tresserne, arbejdet som l rling hos et elfirma p landet, det at v re ung f r p-pillen …

Byzantine chronicles have traditionally been regarded as a somewhat inferior form of Byzantine history writing, especially in comparison with 'classicizing' historians. The aim of …

In Brokering Empire, E. Natalie Rothman explores the intersecting worlds of those who regularly traversed the early modern Venetian-Ottoman frontier, including colonial migrants, …

Henrik Waldorfs dagbog er en morsom og underholdende bog for mennesker i alle aldre. Den handler om Henrik Waldorf, der har et vandhoved og altid er opsat på sjov og ballade. Han …

How far were appointments in the Roman Empire based on merit? Did experience matter? What difference did social rank make? This innovative study of the Principate examines the …

This volume explores the political, cultural, and ecclesiastical forces that linked the metropolis of Byzantium to the margins of its far-flung empire. Focusing on the provincial …