Classical history & classical civilisation books

This book recovers Dionysus and Apollo as the twin conceptual personae of life’s dual rhythm in an attempt to redesign...  Read More >>

Real News stories of church and state... WWIII we are in but will not call what we are seeing daily a world war!...  Read More >>

Maurizio Bettinis Buch schildert die Praktiken und Paradigmen des Übersetzens in der griechischen und römischen...  Read More >>

This study identifies specific features in the legal procedure and social perception of homicide in Athens in the...  Read More >>

Through close readings of epic, lyric, and tragic poetry, The Poetics of Failure in Ancient Greece engages into...  Read More >>

This volume offers new insights into ancient figurations of temporality by focusing on the relationship between...  Read More >>

This volume argues that ancient Greek girls and early Christian virgins and their families made use of rhetorically...  Read More >>

This volume is the first systematic study of Seneca’s interaction with earlier literature of a variety of genres...  Read More >>

A compact no-nonsense text that lists and addresses the milestones that mark the journey of humans from the beginning...  Read More >>

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Julius Caesar Augustus, founder of the early Roman Empire, replaced the estate of the late Roman Republic and raised...  Read More >>

Covering a broad chronological and geographic range and a great variety of source types, this volume examines the...  Read More >>

Learn about the Jewish revolts against the overwhelming domination of ancient Rome.  Read More >>

Explore the remarkable civilizations of the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans with this comprehensive guide....  Read More >>

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"Color Edition The word 'conspiracy' was created directly after the JFK assassination to debunk anyone who questioned...  Read More >>

Modern sport cannot be understood without ancient sport. Sport saturates contemporary society and the global reach...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on points of interaction between discrete historical contexts, religions, and cultures found...  Read More >>

The book will appeal to readers interested in Graeco-Roman visual-culture, life in Rome and Pompeii, and the use...  Read More >>

Modern sport cannot be understood without ancient sport. Sport saturates contemporary society and the global reach...  Read More >>

Technical automation – the ability of man-made (or god-made) objects to move and act autonomously – is not just...  Read More >>

Founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great, Alexandria’s unique urban, political and religious organization evolved...  Read More >>

Das vorliegende Buch möchte für den öffentlichen Raum Pompejis diskutieren, wie Gestaltungsstrategien eingesetzt...  Read More >>

Examining freewomen in Mesopotamian society, ancient Greek hetaira, Renaissance Italy courtesans, historical and...  Read More >>

Drawing on the Homeric epics, this multidisciplinary work focuses on the cultural transformations which need to...  Read More >>