Books in the Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World series

Original edition published under title: Pompeii. London: Routledge, 2004.

This volume contains numerous original translations of ancient poetry, inscriptions and documents, all of which illuminate the multifaceted nature of sexuality in antiquity.

Brings together translations of classical passages which contributed to ancient debate on the nature of animals and their relationship to human beings. This title discusses questions such as: Do animals differ from humans intellectually? Were animals created for the use of humankind? Should animals be used for food, sport, or sacrifice?

A collection of source material on Greek social and political history from 800 to 399 BC, from all over the Greek world.

Adopting a critical approach, this study presents contemporary sources, later historical and biographical writings and archaeological evidence in order to explore central issues in ancient Athenian politics, such as constitutional change and the origins of democracy.

Incorporates literary, numismatic and epigraphic evidence for the history of Britain under Roman rule, as well as translations of major literary sources. This title includes the texts of Caesar's commentaries on his expeditions to Britain in 55 and 54 BC, and relevant sections of Tacitus' biography of his father-in-law, former governor of Britain.

We all want to understand the world around us, and the ancient Greeks were the first to try and do so in a way we can properly call scientific. Now their work is accessible to all, with this invaluable introduction.

Presents the English translations of the six Athenian writers known as the Atthidographos. This title examines these historical writers' work - in chronological order - and how these writings, dating from the fifth and fourth century BC, reveal a wealth of information about early Athenian history, legend, religion, customs and anecdotes.

Presenting a range of translated texts on death, burial and commemoration in the Roman world, this book is organized thematically and supported by discussion of scholarship. It sheds light on the way death was thought about and dealt with in Roman society.

Complete with notes, index and bibliography, Warfare in Ancient Greece will provide students of Ancient and Military History with an unprecedented survey of relevant materials.

Modern western education finds its origins in the practices, systems and schools of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It is in the field of education that classical antiquity has exerted one of its clearest influences on the modern world. This book provides a representative sample of the primary evidence for ancient Greek and Roman education.

This sourcebook presents a collection of ancient Greek laws and covers a wide area of legislative activity in major and minor Greek city-states. It explores the significance of legislation in ancient Greece, the differences and similarities between ancient Greek legislation modern counterparts.

Introduces scholarship on the evolution of the Roman Army and the Roman experience of war. This book presents the social and historical framework in which ancient Roman warfare took place - from the Archaic and Servian period through to the Late Republic. It explores questions such as the army's influence on Roman society and its economy.

A valuable collection of source material which makes this revised edition an essential tool for everyone studying the administration of the Empire.

This sourcebook fully exploits the rich legal material of the imperial period, explaining the rights women held under Roman law, the restrictions to which they were subject, and legal regulations on marriage, divorce and widowhood.

The Roman army was an integral part of the society and life of the Empire and exemplifies many aspects of Roman government. This sourcebook presents material which illustrates the life of the army in the field and in the community.

This study illustrates the activities associated with the household in Roman society, and the role and position of the household within the wider fabric of the Empire. Emphasis is placed on the frequently conflicting roles and moral values expected from male and female, young and old.

This handy and often fascinating book collects sources (mostly literary) relevant to the study of Roman society. It is arranged thematically in such sections as social classes, demography, education, slavery, poverty and so on.

Women in the Ancient Near East provides a collection of primary sources for the lives of women from a broad range of Near Eastern civilizations, from the earliest historical and literary texts (c. 2700 BC) to the latest Hellenistic historians who comment on Near Eastern history (e.g., Berossus, c.205 BC).

This sourcebook illustrates the dramatic political, social and religious transformations of Late Antiquity through the words of the men and women who experienced them. Drawing from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Hebrew, Coptic, Persian, Arabic and Armenian sources, the carefully chosen passages illuminate the lives of emperors, abbesses, aristocrats, slaves, children, barbarian chieftains, and saints from the Roman Empire and its neighbours.

Women in the Ancient Near East provides a collection of primary sources for the lives of womenfrom a broad range of Near Eastern civilizations, from the earliest historical and literary texts (c. 2700 BC) to the latest Hellenistic historians who comment on Near Eastern history (e.g., Berossus, c.205 BC).