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Agricola and Germania
The Agricola is both a portrait of Julius Agricola - the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected father-in-law - and the first detailed account …
Rome in Late Antiquity
This books captures Rome's fall and rebirth during this tumultous period. The author details the rise of Christianity and its effects on the city as well as the political and …
Seneca: Medea
Composed in early imperial Rome by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Stoic philosopher and tutor to the emperor Nero, the tragedy Medea is dominated by the superhuman energy of its …
The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity
One of the most widely read and studied texts produced in Late Antiquity is the prison diary of a young woman who was martyred in the year 202 or 203 C.E. in Carthage, as part of a …
The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453
This major study is a comprehensive scholarly work on a key moment in the history of Europe, the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The result of years of …
Women, Wealth and Power in the Roman Republic
Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 112
This volume includes: Olga Levaniouk, “The Dreams of Barcin and Penelope”; Paul K. Hosle, “Bacchylides’ Theseus and Vergil’s Aristaeus”; Vayos Liapis, “Arion and the Dolphin: …
Britain & Rome: Caesar to Claudius
This is a bold reassessment of one of the pivotal points in British history. PJ O'Gorman analyses the sources for the period from Julius Caesar's first forays into these islands to …
Studies in Ancient Technology, Volume 6 Heat and Heating: Refrigeration, the Art of Cooling and Producing Cold: Light
The Sultan's Yemen
In the 19th century, when the Ottoman Empire restored direct rule over Yemen, the resulting turmoil came to threaten the security of the entire Arabian Peninsula. This book …
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 …
Hannibal: Enemy of Rome
The first in a brilliant series set during Hannibal's war against Rome, from the bestselling author of THE FORGOTTEN LEGION Chronicles________________________ENEMY OF ROMEThe great …