Classical history & classical civilisation books

This concise history of how the Christian Church grew between 32 and 380 focuses on the anonymous Christians who...  Read More >>

This book examines the career of the Roman poet Horace, one of the greatest writers in Roman literature. It introduces...  Read More >>

Radegund is a biography of a remarkable woman--princess, war captive, queen, deaconess, nun, and saint--who lived...  Read More >>

This concise history of how the Christian Church grew between 32 and 380 focuses on the anonymous Christians who...  Read More >>

This work breaks new ground by considering the ancient and medieval reception of Alexander the Great from a gender...  Read More >>

The first major study of politeness in Ancient Greece and Rome, introducing the linguistic framework and showcasing...  Read More >>

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Plato’s political thought continues to be of enduring interest among classicists, philosophers, political theorists,...  Read More >>

"The knowledge of ancient Sabina, in its various aspects, territorial, institutional, cultural and socio-economic,...  Read More >>

Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil's 'Aeneid' poses new questions about Vergil's pervasive engagement with elegy,...  Read More >>

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Through a vast array of case studies, from the silent era to recent years, Brill's Companion to Ancient Greek and...  Read More >>

SEG LXVIII covers newly published Greek inscriptions and studies on previously known documents from the year 2018,...  Read More >>

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This book examines the ceramic and metal vessels in terms of the information offered on the foods eaten, the foods...  Read More >>

""This work provides an interdisciplinary and historical exploration of various techniques leveraging writing in...  Read More >>

The third edition of this magisterial account of medicine in the Greek and Roman worlds has been updated to incorporate...  Read More >>

""This work provides an interdisciplinary and historical exploration of various techniques leveraging writing in...  Read More >>

This volume interrogates the nature of warfare in the Aegean world during the Bronze Age, reviews the essential...  Read More >>

During the reign of Nero, Roman culture produced some of its most spectacular works of art and literature. This...  Read More >>

This book uses the rich epigraphic evidence left behind by the municipal freedmen and freedwomen of communities...  Read More >>

Provides a guide to Plato in an unexpected key with well-grounded views of Plato's works (particularly major middle...  Read More >>

A portrait of the continuing intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers in the Age of Rome.  Read More >>