Classical history & classical civilisation books

This volume treats diet and supply in the Greco-Roman military from Homer through the Roman Empire. These essays...  Read More >>

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Based on a close rereading of material and textual remains, this volume challenges the interpretation of early Christian...  Read More >>

This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike—in all its facets—in the development of musical practices...  Read More >>

Representations of civil war in classical and Christian Latin and their reception in French literature reveal the...  Read More >>

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This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike—in all its facets—in the development of musical practices...  Read More >>

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First published in 1966, Latin Historians gives an account of some of the most important Latin historians.  Read More >>

Brings together a team of experts in archaeology, ancient history, and architectural and art history re-evaluate...  Read More >>

First published in 1967, Latin Biography contains chapters on Nepos, Plutarch and Suetonius, the three best-known...  Read More >>

Presents a region-by-region consideration of the origins, dating, development, distribution, and social context...  Read More >>

This is the first full-length volume in English that focuses on the historiographical section of the Mirabilia and...  Read More >>

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First published in 1968, Virgil’s Aeneid is to help all who approach the long and difficult poem seriously (in Latin...  Read More >>

At its height Ancient Rome ruled North Africa, Asia Minor, the Arabian Peninsula and Western Europe and extended...  Read More >>

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Much of our knowledge of civic festivals in the Graeco-Roman East comes from material culture--inscriptions, coins,...  Read More >>

This volume offers in-depth analyses of famous examples of spoliation from Greek and Hellenistic-Roman antiquity....  Read More >>

Modern states have ever looked to antiquity for lessons, coveting Rome’s power and fearing its decline. So why did...  Read More >>

The first modern biography of Cleopatra Selene – the daughter of Cleopatra VII.  Read More >>

The second volume of D. S. Levene's Livy: The Fragments and Periochae contains Books 1-45 of the Periochae presented...  Read More >>

The first volume of D. S. Levene's Livy: The Fragments and Periochae contains the fragments, citations, and testimonia...  Read More >>

The first major work to uncover Plutarch’s deliberate and sophisticated use of theatrical imagery in the Parallel...  Read More >>