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Divided Hungary in Europe
Despite fragmentation, heterogeneity and the continuous pressure of the Ottoman Empire, early modern "e;divided Hungary"e; witnessed a surprising cultural flourishing in …
Episcopal Networks in Late Antiquity
Recent studies on the development of early Christianity emphasize the fragmentation of the late ancient world while paying less attention to a distinctive feature of the …
Imperial Visions of Late Byzantium
Explores a Byzantine emperor’s construction of authority with the help of his rhetorical texts Examines the changes in the Byzantine imperial idea by the end of the fourteenth …
Soldier of Rome
The Flavians have arisen. Following the death of Emperor Nero, four men battled to become 'Caesar' in what was now called The Year of the Four Emperors. Flavius Vespasian, the …
The Legions of the Mist
An awe-inspiring account of the final days of Rome’s forgotten legion.The Ninth Hispana was once the pride of the Roman Army, wreathed in honour for numerous successful campaigns. …
Ruin of Roman Britain
How did Roman Britain end? This new study draws on fresh archaeological discoveries to argue that the end of Roman Britain was not the product of either a violent cataclysm or an …
Empire and Education under the Ottomans
Once hailed as 'the eternal state', the Ottoman Empire was in decline by the end of the nineteenth century, finally collapsing under the pressures of World War I. Yet its legacies …
Essential Greek and Roman Anthology
The Essential Greek and Roman Anthology:The Aeneid- Virgil Meditations- Marcus Aurelius Of The Nature of Things- Lucretius Platos Republic Alcestis- Euripides The Electra of …
Canidia, Rome’s First Witch
Canidia is one of the most well-attested witches in Latin literature. She appears in no fewer than six of Horace’s poems, three of which she has a prominent role in. Throughout …
Rome in Egypt's Eastern Desert
A detailed archaeological study of life in Egypt's Eastern desert during the Roman period by a leading scholar Rome in Egypt's Eastern Desert is a two-volume set collecting Hélène …
The Varangians of Byzantium
An aura of romance has clung about the Varangians for over six centuries. This book examines how the Norsemen came to be drawn into the Imperial service until the greatest of all …