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Kenchreai, Eastern Port of Corinth. IV. The Pottery
Living Latin
What kind of language is Latin, and who is it for? Contrary to most accounts, this book tells the story of Latin as a language of ordinary people. Surveying the whole span of the …
The Memoirs of a Balkan Diplomatist
"He is far and away the best known, the most distinguished, and the most respected diplomatist the Balkan Peninsula has yet produced."--William Thomas Stead, British journalist, …
Armies of Julius Caesar 58–44 BC
Gaius Julius Caesar remains the most famous Roman general of all time.Although he never bore the title, historians since Suetonius have judged him to be, in practice, the very …
The Politics of Latin Literature
This is the first book to describe the intimate relationship between Latin literature and the politics of ancient Rome. Until now, most scholars have viewed classical Latin …
Resurrecting Pompeii
Resurrecting Pompeii provides an in-depth study of a unique site from antiquity with information about a population who all died from the same known cause within a short period of …
Terrapulchra
Sinews of Empire
A recent surge of interest in network approaches to the study of the ancient world has enabled scholars of the Roman Empire to move beyond traditional narratives of domination, …
The Ancient Germans and Rome, AD 68 to 500
The Germanic nations of northern Europe resisted the Romans, forcing them to confine their empire within the heavily militarized Rhine and Danube frontiers. Despite fierce wars and …
Theodosius II
Theodosius II (AD 408–450) was the longest reigning Roman emperor. Ever since Edward Gibbon, he has been dismissed as mediocre and ineffectual. Yet Theodosius ruled an empire which …
The 'cursus laborum' of Roman Women
This book assesses a narrow but vital – and so far understudied – part of Roman women's lives: puberty, preparation for pregnancy, pregnancy and childbirth. Bringing together for …
Armenians and the Fall of the Ottoman Empire
The Armistice of Mudros was signed on 30 October 1918 and on the morning of 13 November 1918, a mighty fleet of battleships from Britain, France, Italy and Greece sailed to …