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Power and Rhetoric in the Ecclesiastical Correspondence of Constantine the Great
This volume closely examines patterns of rhetoric in surviving correspondence by the Roman emperor Constantine on conflicts among Christians that occurred during his reign, …
The Ottoman and the Spanish Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
"...THERE was a time when the power, and, in a great measure, the civilization of Europe, seemed to havetheir chief seat in the South; a time when the Ottoman empire and the …
Emperor Titus
Emperor, general, and Vespasian's right hand, Titus Flavius Vespasianus (better known as simply Titus) was remembered by the Romans as a leader to be celebrated and a deity to be …
Callimachus in Context
Scholarly reception has bequeathed two Callimachuses: the Roman version is a poet of elegant non-heroic poetry (usually erotic elegy), represented by a handful of intertexts with a …
The Jews Among the Greeks and Romans
This collection of translated texts is designed to introduce those interested in Graeco-Roman and Jewish culture to the realities of Jewish life outside Israel in the period …
Dreams and Divination from Byzantium to Baghdad, 400-1000 CE
Why did dreams matter to Jews, Byzantine Christians, and Muslims in the first millennium? Dreams and Divination from Byzantium to Baghdad, 400 - 1000 CE shows how the ability to …
Rome Seizes the Trident
Seapower played a greater part in ancient empire building than is often appreciated. The Punic Wars, especially the first, were characterized by massive naval battles. The Romans …
Women in Purple
In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses--Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora--changed history. Their combined efforts restored the veneration of icons, saving …
The Romans
To discover the full story of Rome's rise to become the mightiest empire the world has known and the astounding little-known facts about how it fell into utter ruin, keep …
Empire and Belonging in the Eurasian Borderlands
Empire and Belonging in the Eurasian Borderlands engages with the evolving historiography around the concept of belonging in the Russian and Ottoman empires. The contributors to …
Stranger-Kingship in Antiquity
This volume introduces the notion of "e;stranger-kingship"e; to the field of ancient history and evaluates its use as a new way of thinking about kingship as a political, …
Darkening Age
'Bold, dazzling and provocative' - Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'This book uncovers what was lost when Christianity won' - The TimesIn The Darkening Age, historian …