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Ethics, Identity, and Community in Later Roman Declamation
Rhetorical training was the central component of an elite Roman man's education, and declamations--imaginary courtroom speeches in the character of a fictional or historical …
Orphans and Destitute Children in the Late Ottoman Empire
History books often weave tales of rising and falling empires, royal dynasties, and wars among powerful nations. Here, Maksudyan succeeds in making those who are farthest removed …
Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman Republic
In Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman Republic, Charles E. Muntz offers a fresh look at one of the most neglected historians of the ancient world, and recovers …
The Criminal Law of Ancient Rome
Although the Romans lived in a society very different from ours, they were like us in fearing crime and in hoping to control it by means of the law. Ordinary citizens wanted …
Byzantium at War
Byzantium survived for 800 years, yet its dominions and power fluctuated dramatically during that time. Now explained in a compact, easy-to-read e-edition.John Haldon tells the …
From Hannibal to Sulla
The second century BCE was a time of prolonged debate at Rome about the changing nature of warfare. From the outbreak of the Second Punic War in 218 to Rome’s first civil war in 88 …
Legatus Mystery (A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, book 5)
A deadly puzzle from the days of the Roman Empire... Libertus must uncover the sinister truth after a murdered body goes missing in The Legatus Mystery, the fifth thriller in …
Fighting Hydra-like Luxury
From the Old Testament to Elizabethan England, luxury has been morally condemned. In Rome, sumptuary laws (laws controlling consumption) seemed the only weapon to defeat …
Theodosian Empresses
Theodosian Empresses sets a series of compelling women on the stage of history and offers new insights into the eastern court in the fifth century.
Pushing the Boundaries of Historia
Pushing the Boundaries of Historia collects together 20 chapters, whose coverage extends from the prehistory of Greece through early Christianity in the Roman Empire to the …
Imperial Roman Naval Forces 31 BC–AD 500
The Roman Navy, although somewhat overshadowed by the legions, played an important role for the Roman Empire.For the Army to conquer and rule its vast territories, control of the …
Revival: The Common People of Ancient Rome (1911)
This book, like the volume on "e;Society and Politics in Ancient Rome,"e; deals with the life of the common people, with their language and literature, their occupations …