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Classics and Ancient History 2014 Classics and Ancient History Contents Highlights for 2014 include: Ancient Greece p3 Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome Ancient Persia p5 The latest textbook in our Debates and Documents series p8 Ancient Rome p6 Defining Greek Narrative Ancient History p8 Original research on the narrative tradition on the ancient Greek literary genres p4 Journals p12 Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires Roman Law p12 The first book to publish in our new series Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia p5 Index p13 Reps & Agents p14 Orders Order Form p15 You’ll find the order form at the end of the catalogue. Please photocopy it if you need extra copies. Textbook Inspection Copies t Titles marked with a textbook logo are available to lecturers on inspection. See order form for details. Cover image: wine jug ‘Lovers’ (detail) Ebooks © bpk / Antikensammlung, e Books marked with the ebook logo are available as ebooks. The majority of our ebooks are available from SMB / Johannes Laurentius Academic Rights Press, Amazon Ebooks, Dawson, eBooks.com, EBL, Follett Digital Reserves, MyiLibrary, NetLibrary and Questia. We also have ebook collections for your library and textbooks available for rental or as a part of your coursepack. See page 5 for more details. Journals To subscribe, order sample copies or sign up for TOC alerts visit www.eupjournals.com. Mailing List Join our print mailing list or request email updates by registering at www.euppublishing.com or by mailing [email protected] with ‘Subscribe to Classics Email’ in the subject line. Contacts Commissioning Editor Marketing Manager Carol Macdonald Carla Hepburn +44 (0)131 651 3136 +44 (0)131 651 1286 Carol.Macdonald @eup.ed.ac.uk [email protected] 2 Classics and Ancient History Ancient Greece The Edinburgh History of the Greeks Series Editor: Thomas W. Gallant, University of California, San Diego www.euppublishing.com/series/higr The Edinburgh History of the Greeks is a 10-volume series covering the history of Greece and the Greeks over the last 3,500 years, from antiquity to the present. Each volume combines political history with social and cultural history to tell the story of the Greek people in an exciting, novel and innovative way. Publishing in paperback from 2014, these books are ideal for course use. NEW NEW IN PAPERBACK FORTHCOMING The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, The Edinburgh History of the Greeks, 1774 to 1909 c. 500 to 1050 1453 to 1774 The Long Nineteenth Century The Early Middle Ages The Ottoman Empire Thomas W. Gallant, University of California, Florin Curta, University of Florida Molly Greene, Princeton University San Diego A new approach to the history of Greece during Interprets recent Greek scholarship on the Traces the rich social, cultural, economic and the Middle ages period and makes it accessible to a wider political history of the Greeks ‘This very learned and detailed investigation audience represents an advance in the field … There is no Often referred to as the ‘long nineteenth century’, comparable book.’ Long reviled as 400 years of unrelieved this period in Greek history conventionally American Historical Review slavery and barbarity – the Turkish yoke – a begins with the war of independence in new generation of scholars is rejecting this 1821. However, this book adopts a broader This book is the first comprehensive treatment monochromatic view in favour of a more geographical scope, encompassing the Greeks of the economic and social history of Greece nuanced picture of the Greek experience in of Russia and of the Ottoman Empire, and covers during the early Middle Ages. From the collapse the Ottoman Empire. a longer period. As well as looking at identity of the urban economy in the early 7th century and migration, this volume examines some to the beginning of prosperity during the first Four main themes provide the foundation key themes that were especially important half of the 11th century, it examines the crucial for the book and run through the individual in shaping the development of Greek culture transformations taking place in Greece during chapters: the fate of the 1,000-year Byzantine during the 19th century, including the impact of the ‘Dark Ages’ and the Middle Byzantine period. heritage; the millet system and Ottoman the formation of the nation-state, the formation Florin Curta adopts a wide-ranging approach society; the connections between the Greek of multi-tiered, multinational social structure, which highlights the similarities and differences population and other members of Ottoman and the development of a transnational Greek in the archaeological evidence associated with society, especially in cultural life; and, the culture. a range of social and ethnic groups, whose Greeks and Europe. identities were much more fluid than previously October 2014 o 320pp o t o e imagined. 2014 o 320pp o e o t PHbb oo 997788 00 77448866 33660065 81 oo ££2995..9090 PAbp roi l9 27081 04 7o 438766 p9p43 o2 t 7o eo £29.99 HPbb oo 997788 00 77448866 93399297 34 oo ££2995..9090 50 b/w illustrations & 1 map 2011 o Hb o 978 0 7486 3809 3 o £95.00 8 b/w illustrations &10 maps www.euppublishing.com 3 Ancient Greece Edinburgh Leventis Studies Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Ancient Greece www.euppublishing.com/series/eule Classical Eras From the Mycenaean Palaces to the Age of This series, supported by the Leventis Edited by John Marincola, Lloyd Llewellyn- Homer Foundation, is a forum for original research in Jones & Calum Maciver Edited by Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy and Irene all aspects of ancient Greek history and culture. Lemos Each volume is co-edited by the biannually A comprehensive overview of the importance of appointed Leventis Professor of Ancient Greece the past at every level of Greek society Re-examines old and new evidence on the so-called ‘Dark Age’ at the University of Edinburgh. Volume 6 o July 2012 o 352pp o e Hb o 978 0 7486 4396 7 o £75.00 Volume 3 o 2006 o 640pp o e 29 b/w illustrations Hb o 978 0 7486 1889 7 o £205.00 NEW Defining Greek Narrative Edited by Douglas Cairns, University of The Gods of Ancient Greece Envy, Spite and Jealousy Edinburgh & Ruth Scodel, University of Edited by Jan N. Bremmer & Andrew Erskine The Rivalrous Emotions in Ancient Greece Michigan Edited by David Konstan, Brown University & New approaches to the nature and development N. Keith Rutter, University of Edinburgh Examines what is distinct, what is shared and of the Greek gods from Homer to Late Antiquity what is universal in Greek narrative tradition The first book devoted to the emotions of rivalry Volume 5 o July 2010 o 552pp o e in the classical world The ‘Classic’ narratology that has been widely Pb o 978 0 7486 8322 2 o £40.00 applied to classical texts is aimed at a universal Hb o 978 0 7486 3798 0 o £120.00 Volume 2 o 2003 o 320pp taxonomy for describing narratives. More 44 b/w illustrations & 4 tables Hb o 978 0 7486 1603 9 o £115.00 recently, ‘new narratologies’ have begun linking the formal characteristics of narrative to their historical and ideological contexts. This volume Pursuing the Good Word and Image in Ancient Greece attempts such a rethinking for Greek literature. It has two closely related objectives: to define Ethics and Metaphysics in Plato’s Republic Edited by N. Keith Rutter & Brian Sparkes what is characteristically Greek in Greek Edited by Douglas Cairns, Fritz-Gregor Explores the ways in which these word and narratives of different periods and genres, and Herrmann & Terrence Penner image interact in Greek culture to see how narrative techniques and concerns Brings together a range of different approaches develop over time. to the good in Plato’s Republic Volume 1 o 2000 o 320pp Pb o 978 0 7486 1405 9 o £36.99 Volume 7 o March 2014 o 552pp o e Volume 4 o 2007 o 352pp o e Hb o 978 0 7486 1406 6 o £65.00 Hb o 978 0 7486 8010 8 o £95.00 Hb o 978 0 7486 2811 7 o £115.00 4 Classics and Ancient History Ancient Persia Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia Series Editor: Lloyd Lewellyn-Jones, University of Edinburgh Ebooks from Edinburgh www.euppublishing.com/series/esap Many of our books are now available Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia is a cutting-edge series of academic monographs dealing as ebooks. When you see the e sign, with key aspects of the ancient Persian world from the Achaemenids to the Sasanians: its history, the ebook is available from a variety reception, art, archaeology, religion, literary tradition (including oral transmissions) and philology. of eContent retailers. We participate Written by established and up-and-coming specialists in the field, this series provides an important in the Amazon Search Inside and synergy of the latest scholarly ideas about this formative ancient world civilisation. Google Book Search programs. You can view abstracts and indexes of our NEW ALSO FORTHCOMING books through Elsevier Scopus and Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires Plutarch and the Persica Thomson Reuters. The Near East After the Achaemenids, Eran Almagor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem c. 330 to 30 bce Rolf Strootman, University of Utrecht A bridge between Plutarch Studies and Achaemenid Ebooks in Your Library Studies, using the Persica works as a link The first complete study of royal courts in the You can access many of our ebooks post-Achaemenid Near East 2014 o e through a range of ebook libraries. Hb o 978 0 7486 4555 8 o £80.00 Rolf Strootman brings together aspects of Collections of EUP books are court culture in the Macedonian empires of the Greek Perspectives of the Achaemenid Empire also available through JSTOR, Seleukids, Antigonids and Ptolemies during the Persia Through the Looking Glass University Publishing Online and Hellenistic Period. He shows how Alexander the Janett Morgan, Royal Holloway, University of University Press Scholarship Online. Great and his successors reshaped their Persian London and Greco-Macedonian legacies to create a new Ebooks as Textbooks kind of rulership that was neither ‘western’ nor Explore the many factors that inspired and ‘eastern’ and would profoundly influence the later manipulated different identities for Persia and Our electronic textbooks are the Persians within Greece development of court culture and monarchy in available for inspection online both the Roman West and Iranian East. Drawing 2014 o e through CourseSmart. on the socio-political models of Norbert Elias and Hb o 978 0 7486 4724 8 o £80.00 Charles Tilly, Strootman demonstrates how the Many of our textbooks are also Hellenistic dynastic courts were instrumental in The Bactrian Mirage available on AcademicPub, allowing the integration of local elites in the empires, and Iranian and Greek Interaction in Western you to combine chapters the (re)distribution of power, wealth, and status. Central Asia and pages with other content. He analyses the competition among courtiers Michael Iliakis for royal favour and the, not always successful, For more information on any of attempts of the Hellenistic rulers to use these A critical examination of Bactria during the our ebook providers, please visit struggles to their own advantage. Achaemenid and Hellenistic period www.euppublishing.com April 2014 o 302pp o e 2014 o e Hb o 978 0 7486 9126 5 o £80.00 Hb o 978 0 7486 8006 1 o £80.00 www.euppublishing.com 5 ad.indd 1 11/11/2013 2:59:06 PM Ancient Rome The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome Rome and the Mediterranean 290 to 146 bc Augustan Rome 44 bc to ad 14 General Editor: J. S. Richardson The Imperial Republic The Restoration of the Republic and the www.euppublishing.com/series/ehar Nathan Rosenstein, Ohio State University Establishment of the Empire J. S. Richardson, University of Edinburgh This series is a chronological, 8-volume history Rome’s stunning rise to mastery of the ancient of Rome and the Roman world from the city’s Mediterranean Augustus: How the Roman Empire came first settlement to the collapse of the western about Nathan Rosenstein describes the Republic’s great empire and the emergence of Byzantium wars – against Pyrrhus, Carthage and Hannibal, ‘This is a valuable and unique addition to the some 1,500 years later. Each volume gives and the kings of Macedon and Syria – as well as proliferating surveys of the age of Augustus. a sense of the ever-changing identity of its subjugation of Gallic northern Italy and Spain. It stands out for its detailed coverage of the Rome while providing an overall unity to this He reveals why and shows how Rome engaged in political as well as military history of the dramatic history. war so frequently and analyses the operation of whole period, the latter of which is often the Roman army on campaign and in combat. underemphasized in teaching, despite its FORTHCOMING March 2012 o 312pp o t o e lasting impact. Instructors interested in Early Rome to 290 bc Pb o 978 0 7486 2322 8 o 29.99 training students in how to write history with The Beginnings of the City and the Rise of the Hb o 978 0 7486 2321 1 o £95.00 such a focus will welcome it warmly.’ Republic 22 b&w illustrations, 4 tables & 6 maps Bryn Mawr Classical Review Guy Bradley, Cardiff University The reign of Augustus has been seen, both The emergence of Rome as an imperial power The End of the Roman Republic 146 to 44 bc by contemporaries and over the centuries Conquest and Crisis that have followed, as a pivotal moment in In the first few centuries of its existence, Rome Catherine Steel, University of Glasgow the history of Rome. The final stage in the developed from a minor settlement on the A crucial and turbulent century for the Roman move to monarchical government and the Tiber into the most powerful city-state in Italy. Republic structures he put in place, which were to This book examines the reasons for Rome’s last largely unchanged for over 200 years, success within a highly competitive Italian In the century following 146 bc, Rome ensured this; but Augustus himself remains environment, and explains how many of consolidated its power into an immense territorial an enigmatic figure. J. S. Richardson explores Rome’s key characteristics, such as its powerful empire. At the same time, the internal balance the processes which resulted in such a ruling elite, its stable political institutions, of power shifted dramatically, a process which massive shift, and the often unforeseen its openness to outsiders, and its intensely culminated in the civil war between Pompey and events which led to the establishment of an militaristic society, were shaped by their origins Caesar and the re-establishment of monarchy. empire and a dynasty. in the monarchy and early Republic. Catherine Steel focuses on the issues of freedom, HP20bb1 oo6 99 o77 3882 000 p774p48 8o6 6t 2o2 1e11009 15 oo ££2995..9090 hcwhohenircoihsuh rwe, pdeor bew ucete ran, bgtruraesle etdod aeinnvsdetn iattumst.ibointiso onf, athned Rthepe ublic HPMbba oroc 99h77 828 0 001 7274 4o8 82668 1819p95p554 o 9t2 o oo e ££2995..9090 8 b/w illustrations & 1 map 70 b/w illustrations March 2013 o 320pp o t o e Pb o 978 0 7486 1945 0 o £29.99 Hb o 978 0 7486 1944 3 o £95.00 7 b/w illustrations & 2 maps 6 Classics and Ancient History Ancient Rome FORTHCOMING Imperial Rome ad 193 to 284 Imperial Rome ad 284 to 363 Imperial Rome ad 14 to192 The Critical Century The New Empire The First Two Centuries Clifford Ando, University of Chicago Jill Harries, University of St Andrews Jonathan Edmondson, York University, Canada Traces the history of Rome during a period of A distinct perspective on the momentous Covers Rome and its empire from Tiberius to unprecedented foreign crises and religious religious change in the region Commodus change Diocletian and his principal successor, Despite an uneven quality to the imperial line – ‘Provides an excellent gateway to one of the Constantine, ruled the Roman world for over including a suicide (Nero) and two assassinations most confusing and intriguing periods in Roman half a century and Constantine’s sons built on (Caligula and Domitian) – this was a period of imperial history.’ that legacy. Administrative reform encouraged imperial consolidation and some expansion. Sehepunkte the rise of a bureaucratic culture, provincial The society and economy of Rome and its government was reshaped and the court empire thrived for the most part under the twin The Roman empire during the period framed by became more structured. The period was also blessings of an efficient administration and a the accession of Septimus Severus in 193 and the one of momentous religious change. With near invincible army. Jonathan Edmondson rise of Diocletian in 284 has conventionally been Constantine’s adoption of Christianity. interweaves a narrative of the main events with regarded as one of crisis. Between 235 and 284, at an analysis of the key underlying themes. least eighteen men held the throne of the empire, March 2012 o 384pp o t o e for an average of less than three years, a reckoning Pb o 978 0 7486 2053 1 o £29.99 • Reveals how the evolving political relationship which does not take into account all the relatives Hb o 978 0 7486 2052 4 o £95.00 resulted in the redefinition of what it meant to and lieutenants with whom those men shared 23 b&w illustrations & 4 maps be ‘Roman’ power. • Argues that power still depended largely on From Rome to Byzantium ad 363 to 565 the personality and preferences of the emperor The middle of the century also witnessed The Transformation of Ancient Rome • Stresses the military image of the Roman catastrophic, if temporary, ruptures in the A. D. Lee, University of Nottingham Princeps and describes continuing the military territorial integrity of the empire. Large portions The transformation of the Roman world under expansion of the eastern and western halves of the empire the combined impact of Christianity and passed under the control of powers and barbarian incomers 2015 o 320pp o t o e principalities who assumed the mantle of Roman Pb o 978 0 7486 2332 7 o £29.99 government and exercised meaningful and Control of the west was lost during the 5th Hb o 978 0 7486 2331 0 o £95.00 legitimate power over millions. century, and the empire’s centre of gravity had 50 b/w illustrations shifted irrevocably to the east, with its focal point Clifford Ando describes and integrates the now the city of Constantinople. At the same time contrasting histories of different parts of the Christianity became increasingly dominant in empire and assesses the impacts of administrative, religious life, politics, society and culture. A. D. Lee political and religious change. charts these and other significant developments. June 2012 o 272pp o t o e January 2013 o 360pp o t o e Pb o 978 0 7486 2051 7 o £29.99 Pb o 978 0 7486 2791 2 o £29.99 Hb o 978 0 7486 2050 0 o £95.00 Hb o 978 0 7486 2790 5 o £95.00 23 b/w illustrations & 4 maps 40 b&w illustrations & 10 maps www.euppublishing.com 7 Ancient History Debates and Documents in Ancient History Rome and its Empire, ad 193–284 Julian the Apostate Series Editors: Emma Stafford, University of Olivier Hekster, Radboud University, Nijmegen Shaun Tougher, Cardiff University Leeds & Shaun Tougher, Cardiff University www.euppublishing.com/series/ddah Documents a time of civil war, anarchy, intrigue Provides remarkable insight into the life and his and assassination times of the last pagan Roman emperor This series consists of concise books on important but relatively compact themes. 2008 o 208pp o t o e 2007 o 224pp o t o e The books are readable and informative Hb o 978 0 7486 2303 7 o £75.00 Hb o 978 0 7486 1886 6 o £80.00 and stimulate an awareness of the kinds of Pb o 978 0 7486 2304 4 o £24.99 Pb o 978 0 7486 1887 3 o £26.99 32 b/w illustrations material and documentary evidence likely to be available to the ancient historian, and the Roman Imperialism usually problematic nature of its interpretation. King and Court in Ancient Persia (559 to 331 bc) Andrew Erskine, University of Edinburgh Each volume gathers key texts in one place, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, University of Edinburgh includes a glossary, bibliography and questions A valuable guide to a central aspect of the for consideration, and provides a guide to Explores Achaemenid kingship and argues for classical world further reading and resources. the centrality of the royal court in elite Persian Andrew Erskine examines the course and nature society of Roman expansion, focusing on the impact NEW ‘Llewellyn-Jones blends an easy mastery of widely of Roman rule on the subject and the effect Sex and Sexuality in Classical Athens disparate sources with a clear-cut, jargon-free prose of empire on the imperial power. The book is James Robson, The Open University style.’ divided into two halves. Part I treats some of the London Review of Books main issues in modern debates about Roman A broad look at the sex lives and sexual beliefs imperialism, while Part II offers a selection of of ancient Athenians The first Persian Empire (559-331 bce) was the the most important source material allowing biggest land empire the world had seen, and readers to enter these debates themselves. This book aims to make accessible the seated at the heart of its vast dominions, in the evidence for – and the controversies south of modern-day Iran, was the person of the 2010 o 232pp o t o e surrounding – the sexual behaviour and social Great King. Hidden behind the walls of his vast Pb o 978 0 7486 1963 4 o £21.99 attitudes of classical Athenians. Key areas palace, and surrounded by the complex rituals Hb o 978 0 7486 1962 7 o £65.00 such as marriage, same-sex relationships, of court ceremonial, the Persian monarch was 15 b/w illustrations & 2 maps prostitution, sexual fantasy, rape, adultery and undisputed master of his realm, a god-like figure sexual attraction are dealt with in chapters of awe, majesty, and mystery. Diocletian and the Tetrarchy which discuss the original sources, highlight their strengths and weaknesses as evidence, January 2013 o 272pp o t o e Roger Rees, University of St Andrews and consider the main scholarly approaches Pb o 978 0 7486 4125 3 o £24.99 Assesses the sources and controversies to them. Hb o 978 0 7486 4126 0 o £80.00 concerning the reign of Diocletian and its 23 b/w illustrations & 1 table immediate aftermath October 2013 o 336pp o t o e Pb o 978 0 7486 3414 9 o £24.99 2004 o 220pp o t Hb o 978 0 7486 3413 2 o £80.00 Pb o 978 0 7486 1661 9 o £32.00 32 b/w illustrations Hb o 978 0 7486 1660 2 o £90.00 8 Classics and Ancient History Ancient History Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World The Athenian Empire General Editors: Michele George, McMaster University & Thomas Harrison, University of Liverpool Edited by Polly Low Advisory Editors: Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge & Richard Saller, University of Chicago 2008 o 368pp o e www.euppublishing.com/series/eraw Hb o 978 0 7486 2585 7 o £100.00 Each volume in this series collects and introduces important work on aspects of the Ancient world Athenian Democracy which are of enduring interest and popularity amongst students. The books provide a guide to Edited by P. J. Rhodes the range of approaches in and across disciplines and include new translated work. Each contains 2004 o 304pp extensive contextual introductions, maps, guides to further reading, a full bibliography, a glossary Pb o 978 0 7486 1687 9 o £30.99 and an intellectual chronology. Hb o 978 0 7486 1686 2 o £95.00 NEW IN PAPERBACK Greek Athletics Roman Religion Augustus Edited by Clifford Ando Jason König, University of St Andrews Edited by Jonathan Edmondson, York University, 2003 o 416pp Canada Exploring the past and rethinking the future of Pb o 978 0 7486 1566 7 o £36.99 ancient sport studies Hb o 978 0 7486 1565 0 o £140.00 A history of Rome’s first emperor and the impact of his regime ‘Provides a good introduction to how the study of Sex and Difference in Ancient Greece and Rome ancient athletics intersects with subjects such as Edited by Mark Golden and Peter Toohey ‘A valuable publication for every student interested the influence of Greek culture on the Roman world 2003 o 352pp in Roman history and in the age of Augustus.’ and the importance of state-sponsored education Pb o 978 0 7486 1320 5 o £40.00 Bryn Mawr Classical Review in the life of Greek cities.’ Hb o 978 0 7486 1319 9 o £125.00 Bryn Mawr Classical Review Augustus brought peace and stability to Rome The Ancient Economy after decades of strife and uncertainty, putting Athletic training and athletic competition were in place a new institutional framework for the key features of ancient Greek life for more than Edited by Walter Scheidel and Sitta von Reden Roman Empire and inspiring the ideology that 1,000 years, from the foundation of the Olympic 2002 o 320pp sustained it for the next 300 years. The papers in festival in the 8th century bc into the Roman Pb o 978 0 7486 1321 2 o £34.99 this volume discuss a range of topics including: period. This volume brings together a collection Hb o 978 0 7486 1322 9 o £115.00 Augustus’ dramatic rise to prominence following of important pieces and extracts on core Greeks And Barbarians the death of Julius Caesar in 44 bc; his policy on themes, covering gymnasium education, festival Edited by Thomas Harrison overseas wars; his concern to reinforce Roman competition and victory, the role of athletic religion and family life; the importance of visual activity in conceptions of ancient identity, and 2001 o 288pp imagery in developing his image as leader; and the reception of the ancient athletic heritage in Pb o 978 0 7486 1271 0 o £33.99 the impact of his regime on the Roman provinces. the modern world. Hb o 978 0 7486 1270 3 o £105.00 Sparta April 2014 o 576pp o e April 2013 o 352pp o e Pb o 978 0 7486 1595 7 o £29.99 Pb o 978 0 7486 3944 1 o £29.99 Edited by Michael Whitby 2009 o Hb o 978 0 7486 1594 0 o £115.00 2010 o Hb o 978 0 7486 3490 3 o £150.00 2001 o 276pp 59 b/w illustrations 16 b/w illustrations Hb o 978 0 7486 1294 9 o £105.00 Pb o 978 0 7486 1293 2 o £33.99 www.euppublishing.com 9 Rome/Greece The Edinburgh Companion to Ancient Greece The Roman Cult of Mithras Ancient Tyranny and Rome The God and His Mysteries Sian Lewis, University of St Andrews Edited by Edward Bispham, Brasenose College, Manfred Clauss Examines the autocratic rulers and dynasties of Oxford, Thomas Harrison, University of Liverpool A reliable, as well as the most readable, account classical Greece and Rome & Brian A. Sparkes, University of Southampton of this elusive and fascinating subject 2006 o 282pp o e A gateway to the fascinating worlds of ancient 2000 o 256pp Hb o 978 0 7486 2125 5 o £95.00 Greece and Rome Pb o 978 0 7486 1396 0 o £32.99 ‘Indispensable to students at all levels.’ Hb o 978 0 7486 1230 7 o £85.00 An Introduction to Roman Religion Journal of Roman Studies John Scheid The Foundation of Rome Wide-ranging in its approach, this book Translated by Janet Lloyd Ausgusto Fraschetti demonstrates the multifaceted nature of classical civilisation and enables readers to gain guidance Translated by Marion Hill & Kevin Windle Religion in Rome during the late republic and early empire in drawing together the perspectives and Describes the legends surrounding the origins, methods of different disciplines, from philosophy foundation and early history of Rome 2003 o 232pp to history, from poetry to archaeology, from art Hb o 978 0 7486 1607 7 o £105.00 history to numismatics, and many more. 2005 o 224pp Pb o 978 0 7486 1608 4 o £30.99 Hb o 978 0 7486 2120 0 o £105.00 Wesrsiettnetnia bl iyn efoxrpmearttsio inn tchleea firleyl dan itd p greivseesn atsn up-to- Pb o 978 0 7486 2121 7 o £28.99 The Gods of Ancient Rome date overview of the classical world. It guides Religion in Everyday Life from Archaic to Rome in Late Antiquity readers to sources, reference material and further Imperial Times reading and contains over 100 illustrations, maps Everyday Life and the Urban Change, Robert Turcan and plans. ad 312–609 Bertrand Lançon A vivid account of what their gods meant to the 2006 o 616pp o e Translated by Antonia Nevill Romans from archaic times to late antiquity Pb o 978 0 7486 1630 5 o £31.99 Introduced by Mark Humphries 2000 o 180pp A history of life in ancient Rome from the 3rd to Pb o 978 0 7486 1390 8 o £33.99 Julius Caesar the 7th centuries ad Hb o 978 0 7486 1389 2 o £80.00 Luciano Canfora Translated by Marion Hill & Kevin Windle 2000 o 186pp Women of Ancient Greece Pb o 978 0 7486 1240 6 o £40.99 A radically new interpretation of one of the most Hb o 978 0 7486 1239 0 o £100.00 Pierre Brulé controversial figures in history Translated by Antonia Nevill 2007 o 408pp o e A brilliant evocation of every aspect of a Hb o 978 0 7486 1936 8 o £32.99 woman’s life in ancient Greece 2003 o 320pp Hb o 978 0 7486 1643 5 o £125.00 10 Classics and Ancient History

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