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Books in the Studies in the History of Greece and Rome series

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  • - Volume 3: The Greek World, the Jews, and the East
    by Fergus Millar
    £58.49

    Presents essays that contribute to our understanding of the impact of Rome on the peoples, cultures, and religions of the eastern Mediterranean, and the extent to which Graeco-Roman culture acted as a vehicle for the self-expression of indigenous cultures. This book offers English translations of passages in Greek, Latin, and Semitic languages.

  • - Volume 2: Government, Society, and Culture in the Roman Empire
    by Fergus Millar
    £55.49

    This second volume of the three-volume collection of Fergus Millar's published essays draws together 20 of his classic pieces on the government, society, and culture of the Roman Empire. Every article in Volume 2 addresses the themes of how the Roman Empire worked in practice and what it was like to live under Roman rule.

  • - Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta
    by Nigel M. Kennell
    £45.99

    Examines education in ancient Sparta, covering the period from the sixth century BC to the fourth century AD. Nigel Kennell refutes the popular notion that classical Spartan education was a conservative amalgam of "primitive" customs, and argues instead that later political and cultural movements made the system appear to be more distinctive than it actually had been.

  • - The Process of Hellenization in Roman Relief Sculpture
    by Diane Atnally Conlin
    £63.49

  • - Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems
    by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow
    £40.99

  • - Volume 1: The Roman Republic and the Augustan Revolution
    by Fergus Millar
    £55.49

    These 16 essays open with a contribution by Fergus Millar, in which he defends studying Classics. He also questions the dominiant interpretation of politics in the Roman Republic, arguing that the people, not the Senate, were the sovereign power, therefore shedding new light on Augustus' regime.

  • - Magistrates and Ceremony in the Regulation of Public Lands in Republican Rome
    by Daniel J. Gargola
    £55.49

    Examines the formulation and implementation of laws regulating the use of public lands, including the establishment of colonies, in Republican Rome (509-27 BC). Using agrarian law as a case study and focusing especially on rituals that both validated and gave structure to the administrative process, Gargola demonstrates the fundamental connections between religion, law, and government.

  • by James P. Sickinger
    £46.99

    Public Records and Archives in Classical Athens

  • - Publius Clodius Pulcher
    by W. Jeffrey Tatum
    £48.99

    Publius Clodius Pulcher was a prominent political figure during the last years of the Roman Republic. The first modern, comprehensive biography of Clodius, The Patrician Tribune traces his career from its earliest stages until its end in 52 BC, when he was murdered by a political rival.

  • - Book Collections and Their Management in Antiquity
    by George W. Houston
    £44.49

    Inside Roman Libraries: Book Collections and Their Management in Antiquity

  • - Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle Republic
    by Nathan Rosenstein
    £52.99

    Rome at War: Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle Republic

  • by Brian Campbell
    £55.49

    Figuring in myth, religion, law, the military, commerce, and transportation, rivers were at the heart of Rome's increasing exploitation of the environment of the Mediterranean world. In Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome, Brian Campbell explores the role and influence of rivers and their surrounding landscape on the society and culture of the Roman Empire.

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