Classical history & classical civilisation books

After the Text honours the work of renowned historian Margaret Mullett, who since the 1970s has transformed the...  Read More >>

Minds on Stage expands our understanding of Greek tragedy, and uses Greek tragedy as a way to explore cognitive...  Read More >>

Italy and the East Roman World in the Medieval Mediterranean addresses the understudied topic of the Italian peninsula’s...  Read More >>

This volume offers the first comprehensive look at the role of women in the monarchies of the ancient Mediterranean....  Read More >>

This volume provides a solid grounding in the field of Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek studies, mixing theoretical...  Read More >>

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From ancient Egypt to Imperial Rome, from Greek medicine to early Christianity, this volume examines how human bodily...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1996, this volume contains essays by scholars, critics and translators and includes themes...  Read More >>

In the essays of this volume, Michael Putnam shows how seriously Statius pays homage to his canonical predecessor,...  Read More >>

This book discusses hagiographic, historiographical, hymnological and theological Syriac Christian sources on Jerusalem...  Read More >>

This book provides an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and general readers who wish to put current debates...  Read More >>

Identifies and contextualises a new work within the Animal Apocalypse, dated to the dawn of the First Jewish Revolt....  Read More >>

The first comprehensive multi-disciplinary study of Junian Latinity  Read More >>

This book focuses on the conceptualization of the court, palace and ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus....  Read More >>

This book presents the results of a research project realised in 2012-14 in the surroundings of the Roman legionary...  Read More >>

The Roman town of Interamna Lirenas (Southern Lazio, Central Italy) was established as a colony in 312 BC and was...  Read More >>

Excavations since 2003 at ancient Methone in the Northern Aegean have uncovered remains from the Late Neolithic...  Read More >>

Provides students of Classics, ancient history and archaeology with an accessible introduction to the archaeological...  Read More >>

Challenging established narratives of literary history, this book explores how the earliest known Greek poets signposted...  Read More >>

This book provides the Greek text and an English translation of Aristarchus of Samos’ On the Sizes and Distances...  Read More >>

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This collection (Cameron’s third in the Variorum series) discusses the changing approach among historians of the...  Read More >>