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Plutarch: Demosthenes and Cicero
Plutarch's Lives have been popular reading from antiquity to the present day, combining engaging biographical detail with a strong underlying moral purpose. The Lives of …
Domesticity of Their Darkness
The Domesticity of Their Darkness is about the appearance of images of the enslaved in Roman art and the analysis of this archive. The word snapshots has been used quite …
Companion to the Roman Army
This companion provides an extensive account of the Roman army, exploring its role in Roman politics and society as well as the reasons for its effectiveness as a fighting force. …
Rome and the Literature of Gardens
"e;Rome and the Literature of Gardens"e; explores the garden as a powerful locus of transformation and transgression in the "e;De Re Rustica"e; of Columella, the …
Sons of Hellenism, Fathers of the Church
This ground breaking study brings into dialogue for the first time the writings of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman Emperor, and his most outspoken critic, Bishop Gregory of …
The Sultan's Fleet
While the Ottoman Empire is most often recognized today as a land power, for four centuries the seas of the Eastern Mediterranean were dominated by the Ottoman Navy. Yet to date, …
Roman Archaeology in a South Anatolian Landscape – The Via Sebaste, The Mansio in the Döseme Bogazi, and Regional Transhumance in Pamphylia and Pisidi
An investigation of a Roman road-station in its archaeological and geographical context that provides a new perspective on the historical landscape of southern Anatolia. This …
Palgrave Advances in Byzantine History
Over the past fifty years, the history and culture of the Byzantine empire has ceased to be the preserve of a few scholars and is now taught and debated in universities all over …
The Second Formation of Islamic Law
The Second Formation of Islamic Law is the first book to deal with the rise of an official school of law in the post-Mongol period. The author explores how the Ottoman dynasty …
Augustus
The first Emperor of Rome holds a perennial fascination for anyone with an interest in the Romans and their Empire. Augustus was a truly remarkable man who brought peace after many …
Blood of the Provinces
Blood of the Provinces is the first fully comprehensive study of the largest part of the Roman army, the auxilia. This non-citizen force constituted more than half of Rome's …