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Germany's Northern Challenge
Shortly after the Augsburg peace settlement of 1555, from 1563 to 1576, the Holy Roman Empire was threatened by the rivalry between Denmark and Sweden. This book examines the …
The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic
The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic examines all aspects of Roman history and civilization from 509 to 49 BC. The key development of the republican period was Rome's rise …
City in the Greek and Roman World
Drawing on archaeology, literary and epigraphic evidence, professional and technical literature, and descriptions of cities by travellers and geographers, the author traces the …
Poetry in Late Byzantium
The late Byzantine period (thirteenth to fifteenth centuries) was marked by both cultural fecundity and political fragmentation, resulting in an astonishingly multifaceted literary …
Revisiting Rape in Antiquity
How did the Greeks and Romans perceive rape? How seriously was it taken, and who were seen as its main victims? These are two central questions that Rape in Antiquity: Sexual …
Ritual Sites and Religious Rivalries in Late Roman North Africa
In Ritual Sites and Religious Rivalries in Late Roman North Africa, Lander examines the rhetorical and physical battles for sacred space between practitioners of traditional Roman …
Fides in Flavian Literature
Fides in Flavian Literature explores the ideology of "e;good faith"e; (fides) during the time of the emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian (69-96 CE), the new imperial …
Sexuality in Greek and Roman Literature and Society
This volume contains numerous original translations of ancient poetry, inscriptions and documents, all of which illuminate the multifaceted nature of sexuality in antiquity.The …
Christian Rhetoric in Imperial Speeches and Writings
Becoming Ottoman
This book examines the role of Europeans who settled in the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 19th centuries and assumed Ottoman identity , be it by way of conversion to Islam …
Boundaries of Belonging
French Revolutionaries in the Ottoman Empire
The effects of the French Revolution reached far beyond the confines of France itself. The Ottoman Empire, ancient ally and major trading partner of France, was not immune from the …