Classical history & classical civilisation books

The chapters in this volume examine the similarities and differences between the two text types ""letter"" and ""epigram""...  Read More >>

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A reevaluation of ancient people's attitudes to labor. From Plato's ideas about the meaning of work to Roman scupltors'...  Read More >>

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Refutes the commonly-held perception that Nero should be understood as the Antichrist figure in the Bible, and argues...  Read More >>

Brings innovations in modern life-writing studies to Roman poetry and its reception. While its core fields are Latin...  Read More >>

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Localism in Hellenistic Greece explores, in exemplary fashion, how ancient societies positioned themselves in a...  Read More >>

The volume is an overview of the research projects and educational activities of the Archaeological Department at...  Read More >>

English summary: The Variae is, until now, the only of the great works of Latin culture to not have been completely...  Read More >>

This book presents a full commentary on a subversive second-century narrative of the shipwreck, capture by bandits,...  Read More >>

The volume puts into the spotlight overlaps between Plutarch and other imperial writers. By examining the Plutarchan...  Read More >>

This volume explores emotion and its importance in Polybius’ conception of history, his writing of historiography,...  Read More >>

This book instead adopts a chronological approach and considers how Basil justified his seizure of power, and how...  Read More >>

This volume explores and elucidates Critical Ancient World Studies, a new model for the study of the ancient world...  Read More >>

This volume explores and elucidates Critical Ancient World Studies, a new model for the study of the ancient world...  Read More >>

This volume offers an updated analysis of the use, meaning, and scope of the classical notion of aitía. It clarifies...  Read More >>

A thorough reconsideration of Julius Caesar's career throughout the crisis of the Roman Republic. Argues that Caesar...  Read More >>

There, individual communities were linked by a regional superstructure of identity and organisation: being Thessalian....  Read More >>

Transformation and the History of Philosophy is an outstanding survey of the history, nature and development of...  Read More >>

The writings of Cicero contain hundreds of quotations of Latin poetry. This book examines his citations of Latin...  Read More >>