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Gerard Friell - The Rome That Did Not Fall.jpg
Why did the Western Roman empire collapse in the fifth century and the Eastern Roman empire survive for another thousand years?The Rome That Did Not Fall examines the two halves of the Roman empire in the fifth century_the Latin West and the Greek East. Stephen Williams and ...
M. Johnson - Sexuality in Greek and Roman Literature and Society.jpg
This volume contains numerous original translations of ancient poetry, inscriptions, and documents, all of which illuminate the multifaceted nature of sexuality in antiquity. The detailed introduction provides full social and historical context for the sources, and ...
David Mattingly - Tripolitania (2005).jpg
Lepcis Magna, one of the greatest cities of North Africa and one of the most famous archaeological sites in the Mediterranean, was situated in the region (later province) of Tripolitania. Birthplace of the emperor Septimius Severus, the city has yielded many well- ...
Adrian Goldsworthy - Caesar's Civil War 49-44 BC (2003).jpg
Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals Rome ever produced. Together they had brought vast stretches of territory under Roman dominion. But in 49 BC they turned against one another and plunged Rome into civil war, with legion pitched against ...
Thomas Noble - From Roman Provinces to Medieval Kingdoms (2006).jpg
In 300 C.E. the Roman Empire stretched from Britain to Mesopotamia, from the North Sea to the Sahara Desert. A mere three hundred years later the Roman imperial structure was gone, replaced by a series of barbarian kingdoms that became the basis of Europe's eventual medieval ...
Leonard Curchin - The Romanization of Central Spain.jpg
Curchin explores how, why and to what extent the peoples of Central Spain were intergrated into the Roman Empire during the period from the second century BC to the second century AD. He approaches the question from a variety of angles, including the social, economic, ...
M.G.L. Cooley - Pompeii.jpg
With helpful introductions, notes and illustrations, this sourcebook will appeal to anyone with an interest in Pompeii and in daily life in Roman times. It is also designed to be directly relevant to those studying the Romans in translation, at school or university level.
Linda Jones Hall - Roman Berytus.jpg
Modern Beirut was a city of major importance in the Roman world, as one the three main centers for the study of Roman law. For this study Linda Jones Hall exploits the numerous primary sources, including inscriptions, religions, histories, literary references, legal ...
Duane W Roller - The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene.jpg
Raised and educated in Rome, Juba II (48BC - AD 23) was sent to uphold Roman interests in northwest Africa as ruler of the new client kingdom of Mauretania. Together with his wife Kleopatra Selene, daughter of Mark Anthony and Kleopatra VII, he established a rich, ...
K. M. Gilliver - Caesar's Gallic Wars 58-50 BC (2003).jpg
Julius Caesar was one of the most ambitious and successful politicians of the late Roman Republic, and his short but bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the establishment of the Roman province of Gaul (modern France). Caesar's commentaries on his Gallic Wars provide ...
Pat Southern - The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine (2001).jpg
The growing threat from Germanic tribes and the Persian Empire, combined with internal difficulties, shook Rome to the core. In many respects the Empire should have collapsed, yet it didn't. Pat Southern's elegant narrative synthesizes a wealth of recent scholarship to ...
Jane F. Gardner - Being a Roman Citizen (1993).jpg
This is a book about Roman law for Roman historians. It reveals that the rules stated baldly in legal textbooks had a real and active function in maintaining the fabric of Roman society. Besides legal texts and literary sources, the book makes use of epigraphic material, ...
Thoma Wiedemann - Emperors and Gladiators (1992).jpg
Of all aspects of Roman culture, the gladiatorial contests for which the Romans built their amphitheatres are at once the most fascinating and the most difficult for us to come to terms with. Since antiquity, a number of theories have been put forward to explain their ...
Esmonde-Cleary - The Ending of Roman Britain (2000).jpg
The Ending of Roman Britain explains what Britain was like in the fourth century AD and how this can be understood only in the wider context of the Western Roman Empire. The emphasis is on the information to be won from archaeology rather than history, leading to a compelling ...
Kenne Wellesley - The Year of the Four Emperors (2004).jpg
"...unfolds with masterly skill the tale of the conflict and intrigue of this critical time of transition from the Julio-Claudians to the Flavian Emperors....The excellent and compelling narrative is enriched by a wealth of background...." -- Times Educational ...
Charles M Odahl - Constantine and the Christian Empire (2004).jpg
This detailed biographical narrative reveals how the greatest emperor of Late Antiquity transformed Christianity from a persecuted minority cult into an established majority religion, and changed the pagan state of classical Rome into the Christian empire of the ...
Holly Haynes - The History of Make-Believe.jpg
A theoretically sophisticated and illuminating reading of Tacitus, especially the Histories, this work points to a new understanding of the logic of Roman rule during the early Empire.Tacitus, in Holly Haynes' analysis, does not write about the reality of imperial ...
Claudia Rapp - Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity.jpg
Between 300 and 600, Christianity experienced a momentous change from persecuted cult to state religion. One of the consequences of this shift was the evolution of the role of the bishop--as the highest Church official in his city--from model Christian to model citizen. ...
We Cotter C.S.J - Miracles in Greco-Roman Antiquity.jpg
Miracles in Greco-Roman Antiquity presents a collection in translation of miracle stories from the ancient world. This interesting new work is divided up into four main categories including healing, exorcism, nature and raising the dead. Wendy Cotter contextualizes ...
Brian W. Jones - The Emperor Domitian (1992).jpg
Domitian, Emperor of Rome AD 81-96, has traditionally been portrayed as a bloodthirsty tyrant, responsible for bringing a "reign of terror" to the throne. Yet The Emperor Domitian challenges these beliefs, showing him to be an able, meticulous administrator, a reformer ...
Jurgen Malitz - Nero (1999).jpg
The fifth Roman emperor, Nero has gone down in history as the archetypal narcissistic tyrant. In this fascinating new biography, Jurgen Malitz invites readers to reconsider Nero's reputation. Malitz focuses on the growing tension between Nero's artistic tendencies and ...
M. L. Clarke - Rhetoric at Rome.jpg
This edition of M. L. Clarke's 1953 classic study of Roman rhetoric incorporates corrections and a new introduction by D. H. Berry. The bibliography has been substantially updated and supplemented by suggestions for further reading.
Olga Tellegen-Couper - A Short History of Roman Law (1993).jpg
The Roman's established one of the key legal systems from which modern European law is derived. It is one of the binding factors par excellence within the European community. It is thus vital for the new "Europeans" to have a sound knowledge of of its history. This book ...