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This 2006 text investigates neighborhoods of ancient Rome during the reign of the first Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus. Focusing on neighborhood-based voluntary... Læs mere
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A rich portrayal of how Romans used their pottery and the implications of these practices on the archaeological record, considering an array of evidence... Læs mere
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This text argues that the Roman Christians of the last century of the Western empire found a way to re-invent the Roman family as a social institution to weather the political, military, and social upheaval of two centuries of invasion and civil war.
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This 2007 study explores how modern scholars came to write Greek history from a Eurocentric perspective and challenges orthodox... Læs mere
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This book is a clear and accessible reference work, the first in modern times, for the tasks performed by the consuls in the... Læs mere
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Translated examples from Greek, Latin and other languages give an accessible account for students and general readers of how language illuminates... Læs mere
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Graeco-Roman religion in its classic form was polytheistic, but monotheistic ideas enjoyed wide currency in ancient philosophy. This book establishes a new... Læs mere
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This book examines Roman military and political conquest of the Western Balkans (Illyricum) between 229 BC and c.AD 68 using written and archaeological sources.... Læs mere
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Why did the spectacles of violence and bloodshed in the amphitheatre prove so appealing to the Romans? To answer this, Professor Fagan examines the ancient evidence in detail and draws on insights from modern studies of social psychology, and especially the behaviour of crowds.
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What did it mean to be Roman once the Empire had collapsed in the West? This is the first systematic study of the changing nature of Roman identity in post-Roman North Africa, revealing the value and flexibility of the notion of 'Romanness' across the Mediterranean.
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This book explores the beginnings and development of geographical ideas in Classical antiquity and demonstrates technical methods for describing landscape, topographies... Læs mere
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This book consists of a comprehensive collection of ancient literary evidence on Roman art and artists, assembled together in translation and... Læs mere