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Seneca's Letters from a Stoic
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C-A.D. 65), the chief advisor to the emperor Nero, was the power behind the throne in Ancient Rome. He is most famous for his writings on Stoic ideology, …
History of Julius Caesar. Volume 2
The aim of the History of Julius Caesar is to prove that, when Providence raises up such men as Caesar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon, it is to trace out to peoples the path they ought …
'Bread and Circuses'
Cities in the ancient world relied on private generosity to provide many basic amenities, as well as expecting leading citizens to pay for 'bread and circuses' - free food and …
Catiline's Conspiracy, The Jugurthine War, Histories
'the glory of wealth and physical beauty is fluid and fragile; but virtue is held brilliant and eternal' The Roman historian Sallust lived through troubled times. He deplored the …
Garden Archaeology
Presents an analysis of the changes - especially those in the visual arts - which occurred between AD 150 and 600, and led into the medieval world.
Parallel Lives - 13 selected biographies
"To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days." -PLUTARCH Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, also …
Classical Slavery
Slavery in Greece and Rome has always prompted comparisons with that of more recent history. This volume includes discussions of the relationship between war, piracy and slavery, …
Silchester Insula IX
Silchester (Calleva) experienced major disruption in the late first century A.D. as the Iron Age oppidum was transformed into the Roman city responsible for the administration of …
Narratives of the Roman Empire
Since Republican times, Rome has fostered ideological constructs aimed at justifying its conquest and domination of the Mediterranean. This process gathered steam in the imperial …
Ottoman Empire and its Successors 1801–1927
First published in 1936, as the fourth edition of a 1913 original, this book forms part of the Cambridge Historical Series. The text presents a comprehensive account of the history …
Archaeology and Urban Settlement in Late Roman and Byzantine Anatolia
The site of medieval Euchaïta, on the northern edge of the central Anatolian plateau, was the centre of the cult of St Theodore Tiro ('the Recruit'). Unlike most excavated or …
An Atlas of Roman Britain
First published in 1990, this is a comprehensive atlas containing over 270 detailed and wide-ranging maps, figures, plans and site photographs on all aspects of Roman Britain. The …