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Cicero: On Duties
De Officiis (On Duties) was Cicero's last philosophical work. In it he made use of Greek thought to formulate the political and ethical values of Roman Republican society as he saw …
Cultural Encounters on Byzantium's Northern Frontier, c. AD 500–700
In the sixth century, Byzantine emperors secured the provinces of the Balkans by engineering a frontier system of unprecedented complexity. Drawing on literary, archaeological, …
On the Spartacus Road
In this inspiring and original book, former editor of The Times, Sir Peter Stothard, re-traces the journey taken by Spartacus and his army of rebels. In the final century …
Opposition and Legitimacy in the Ottoman Empire
This book looks at opposition to the Ottoman government in the second half of the nineteenth century, examining a number of key political conspiracies and how these relate to an …
Ancient Farms and Land-Plots on the Khora of Khersonesos Taurike
The Herakleian peninsula or the Minor Khersonesos of Strabon is a plain territory in the South Western Crimea which served as the hinterland of the Greek city of Khersonesos …
Roman Religion
This book introduces students to the complex and foreign world of Roman religion and to major trends in its study. Praised in the Enlightenment for its supposed tolerance, it has …
Essays on the Latin Orient
This book, originally published in 1921, contains a collection of monographs on the history of the Balkans and Eastern Roman Empire, particularly after the fall of the Western …
On Roman Time
Because they list all the public holidays and pagan festivals of the age, calendars provide unique insights into the culture and everyday life of ancient Rome. The Codex-Calendar …
Galen on Food and Diet
Galen, the personal physician of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, wrote what was long regarded as the definitive guide to a healthy diet, and profoundly influenced medical thought for …
Byzantine Warfare
Warfare was an integral part of the operations of the medieval eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire, both in its organization, as well as in social thinking and political ideology. …
Children and Childhood in the Ottoman Empire
Explores 5 centuries of changing attitudes toward children and childhood in the Ottoman Empire Includes data on Christian, Jewish and Muslim children that shed light on differences …
The Roman Agricultural Economy
This volume is a collection of studies which presents new analyses of the nature and scale of Roman agriculture in the Mediterranean world from c. 100 BC to AD 350. It provides a …