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The Roman empire, unlike the British, evoked no national resistance except from the Jews. This collection of essays by e......more

Prominent historian Ramsay MacMullen here offers a new perspective on the decline and fall of Rome. MacMullen argues tha......more

Quantum field theory, one of the most rapidly developing areas of contemporary physics, is full of problems of great the......more

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Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet are leaders in a contemporary French classical scholarship that has produced......more

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Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold’s Roman Civilization is a classic. Originally published by Columbia University Press i......more

Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold s Roman Civilization is a classic. Originally published by Columbia University Press i......more

An ancient doctor who advocated the therapeutic benefits of wine and passive exercise was bound to be popular. But Ascle......more

This volume covers the Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian periods, a period marked initially by the struggle of two city-stat......more

This book is a selection of twenty-four passages from books I-VII of Julius Caesar’s Gallic War, including the descripti......more

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The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history do......more

For many centuries it was accepted that civilization began with the Greeks and Romans. During the last two hundred years......more

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The Arabian Gulf has, since the early 1970’s, been one of the most promising areas of research in ancient near-eastern a......more

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A pioneering study in historical population biology, this book offers the first comprehensive ecological history of the ......more

In this richly illustrated account of black-white contacts from the Pharaohs to the Caesars, Frank Snowden demonstrates ......more

What were the illnesses that plagued men, women, and children of the ancient world? Traditional approaches to this subje......more

With the help of a wide variety of source material, particularly legal documents and inscriptions, some of it made avail......more

Because they list all the public holidays and pagan festivals of the age, calendars provide unique insights into the cul......more

Although music was an essential part of Freek and Roman culture, modern introductions to the subject have often tended t......more

When the great citadel of Mycenae, then the center of the Aegean world, went up in flames about 1100 B.C., what followed......more

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The role and function of law in religious communities in the Roman period--especially in Judaism--has been a key issue a......more

Why did the Peace of Nicias fail to reconcile Athens and Sparta? In the third volume of his landmark four-volume history......more

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Iliad VI makes ideal reading for a student approaching the epic for the first time. Amongst other episodes it includes t......more

The dark, unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero..are condemned ......more

This useful volume in the Inside the Ancient World series is a clear, accessible introduction to Roman Comedy, aimed at ......more

Book VI of Caesar s description of his campaigns in Gaul deals with events of 53 BC, teh year after his major expedition......more

Book V of Julius Caesar s memoirs of the Gallic War covers his second assault on Britain in 54 BC and defeat of the Brit......more

This school/university student edition of "Thucydides: Book I" by E.C. Marchant, consisting of Greek text, extensive phi......more

This edition provides the commentary and student aids lacking in larger volumes on Homer s work. It contains a full Intr......more

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Freed from the familial and social obligations incumbent on the living, the Roman testator could craft his will to be a ......more

In The History of Archaic Rome, Dionysius purposely viewed Roman history as an embodiment of all that was best in Greek ......more

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"The fourth volume in Kagan’s history of ancient Athens, which has been called one of the major achievements of modern h......more

This book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenia......more

Soranus was one of the most learned and lucid medical qriters of antiquity. Among his admirers was St. Augustine, who ca......more

This is the second volume of Catherine Perles’s study of the chipped/flaked stone tools found at Franchthi Cave, the fir......more

This new work from Thomas Gallant provides a highly original analysis of the ancient Greek domestic economy. The nature ......more

This book is concerned with the public aspects of the life of Athenian citizens in the period from c. 450 to 322 BC. Its......more

A dream in which a man has sex with his mother may promise him political or commercial success--according to dream inter......more

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Elizabeth Rawson (1934-1988) was a distinguished specialist in the history, society, and culture of the later Roman Repu......more

Written by the renowned authority on ancient ships and seafaring Lionel Casson, The Ancient Mariners has long served the......more

How many people could read and write in the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans? No one has previously tried to give ......more

An engrossing popular history of the major events and people at the time of Jesus, the Roman Empire, and the Han Dynasty......more

Lending and borrowing were commonplace in Athens during the fourth century BC and could involve interest rates, security......more

Cicero’s De Finibus 3 gives, through the persona of Cato, an outline of Stoic ethical theory, and is the main continuous......more

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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Writt......more