Routledge Studies in Ancient History – serie
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Imagining Ancient Cities in Film
From Babylon to Cinecitta
Av Marta Garcia Morcillo, Pauline Hanesworth m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
725 kr
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In film imagery, urban spaces show up not only as spatial settings of a story, but also as projected ideas and forms that aim to recreate and capture the spirit of cultures, societies and epochs. Some cinematic cities have even managed to transcend fiction to become part of modern collective …
History of the Pyrrhic War
Häftad, 2021
727 kr
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A History of the Pyrrhic War explores the multi-polar nature of a conflict that involved the Romans, peoples of Italy, western Greeks, and Carthaginians during Pyrrhus’ western campaign in the early third century BCE.The war occurred nearly a century before the first historical writings in Rome, …
Image and Reality of Roman Imperial Power in the Third Century AD
The Impact of War
Häftad, 2020
725 kr
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Image and Reality of Roman Imperial Power in the Third Century AD focuses on the wide range of available sources of Roman imperial power in the period AD 193-284, ranging from literary and economic texts, to coins and other artefacts. This volume examines the impact of war on the foundations of the …
Geopolitics in Late Antiquity
The Fate of Superpowers from China to Rome
Av Hyun Jin Kim
Häftad, 2020
725 kr
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Geopolitics in Late Antiquity explores the geopolitical revolution which shook the foundations of the ancient world, the dawning of the millennium of Inner Asian dominance and virtual monopoly of world power (with interludes) that began with the rise of the Huns and then continued under the …
Tombs of Pompeii
Organization, Space, and Society
Häftad, 2019
725 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive overview of the tombs of Pompeii and its immediate environs, examining the funerary culture of the population, delving into the importance of social class and self-representation, and developing a broad understanding of Pompeii’s funerary epigraphy and business. The …
Truth and History in the Ancient World
Pluralising the Past
Av Lisa Hau, Ian Ruffell
Häftad, 2019
725 kr
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This collection of essays investigates histories in the ancient world and the extent to which the producers and consumers of those histories believed them to be true. Ancient Greek historiographers repeatedly stressed the importance of truth to history; yet they also purported to believe in myth, …
Rome and Judaea
International Law Relations, 162-100 BCE
Häftad, 2019
725 kr
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Rome and Judaea explores the nature of Judaea’s first diplomatic mission to Rome during the Maccabean revolt: did it result in a sanctioned treaty or was it founded instead on amity? This book breaks new ground in this debate by bringing to light the "Roman-Jewish Friendship tablet," a newly …
Rewriting Ancient Jewish History
The History of the Jews in Roman Times and the New Historical Method
Häftad, 2019
725 kr
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Half a century ago, the primary contours of the history of the Jews in Roman times were not subject to much debate. This standard account collapsed, however, when a handful of insights undermined the traditional historical method, the method long enlisted by historians for eliciting facts from …
Plight of Rome in the Fifth Century AD
Av Mark Merrony
Häftad, 2019
755 kr
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The Plight of Rome in the Fifth Century AD argues that the fall of the western Roman Empire was rooted in a significant drop in war booty, agricultural productivity, and mineral resources. Merrony proposes that a dependency on the three economic components was established with the Principate, when …
Time in Roman Religion
One Thousand Years of Religious History
Inbunden, 2012
2586 kr
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Religion is a major subfield of ancient history and classical studies, and Roman religion in particular is usually studied today by experts in two rather distinct halves: the religion of the Roman Republic, covering the fifth through first centuries B.C.; and the religious diversity of the Roman …
Banishment in the Later Roman Empire, 284-476 CE
Inbunden, 2012
2586 kr
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This book offers a reconstruction and interpretation of banishment in the final era of a unified Roman Empire, 284-476 CE. Author Daniel Washburn argues that exile was both a penalty and a symbol. It applied to those who committed a misstep or crossed the wrong person; it also stood as a marker of …
Ancient Graffiti in Context
Av Jennifer Baird, Claire Taylor
Häftad, 2012
934 kr
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Graffiti are ubiquitous within the ancient world, but remain underexploited as a form of archaeological or historical evidence. They include a great variety of texts and images written or drawn inside and outside buildings, in public and private places, on monuments in the city, on objects used in …
Immigrant Women in Athens
Gender, Ethnicity, and Citizenship in the Classical City
Inbunden, 2014
2818 kr
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Many of the women whose names are known to history from Classical Athens were metics or immigrants, linked in the literature with assumptions of being ‘sexually exploitable.’ Despite recent scholarship on women in Athens beyond notions of the ‘citizen wife’ and the ‘common prostitute,’ the …
Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy
Häftad, 2011
814 kr
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This story of Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy is set within and offers a case study of the political, military, economic and social crises besetting the late Roman Republic in the era of the "Roman Revolution." The book chronicles the efforts of the defeated radical politician Lucius Sergius …
Imagining Ancient Cities in Film
From Babylon to Cinecitta
Av Marta Garcia Morcillo, Pauline Hanesworth m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
2578 kr
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In film imagery, urban spaces show up not only as spatial settings of a story, but also as projected ideas and forms that aim to recreate and capture the spirit of cultures, societies and epochs. Some cinematic cities have even managed to transcend fiction to become part of modern collective …
Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy
Inbunden, 2010
2578 kr
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This story of Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy is set within and offers a case study of the political, military, economic and social crises besetting the late Roman Republic in the era of the "Roman Revolution." The book chronicles the efforts of the defeated radical politician Lucius Sergius …
Ancient Graffiti in Context
Av Jennifer Baird, Claire Taylor
Inbunden, 2010
2818 kr
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Graffiti are ubiquitous within the ancient world, but remain underexploited as a form of archaeological or historical evidence. They include a great variety of texts and images written or drawn inside and outside buildings, in public and private places, on monuments in the city, on objects used in …
Roman Elections in the Age of Cicero
Society, Government, and Voting
Inbunden, 2012
2578 kr
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Great debate exists amongst classical historians on the nature of Roman republican government. Some contend that the Roman Republic was governed by a small group of aristocratic families that entrenched their rule by means of long-standing alliances and an intricate network of loyal clients from …
Popes and the Church of Rome in Late Antiquity
Inbunden, 2014
2504 kr
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In the past few decades there has been an explosion of interest in the period of late antiquity. Rather than being viewed within a paradigm of the fall of the Roman Empire, these centuries have come to be seen as a time of immense creativity and significance in western history. Popes and the Church …
Early Christian Dress
Gender, Virtue, and Authority
Inbunden, 2011
2736 kr
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Early Christian Dress is the first full-length monograph on the subject of dress in early Christianity. It pays attention to the ways in which dress expressed and shaped Christian identity, the role dress played in Christians’ rivalries with pagan neighbours, and especially to the ways in which …
Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace
The Origins of War in the Ancient Middle East
Inbunden, 2020
2578 kr
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This volume offers an informed survey of the problematic relationship between the ancient empires of Rome and Parthia from c. 96/95 BCE to 224 CE. Schlude explores the rhythms of this relationship and invites its readers to reconsider the past and our relationship with it.Some have looked to this …
Image and Reality of Roman Imperial Power in the Third Century AD
The Impact of War
Inbunden, 2018
2578 kr
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Image and Reality of Roman Imperial Power in the Third Century AD focuses on the wide range of available sources of Roman imperial power in the period AD 193-284, ranging from literary and economic texts, to coins and other artefacts. This volume examines the impact of war on the foundations of the …
Sallust's Histories and Triumviral Historiography
Confronting the End of History
Häftad, 2021
812 kr
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Sallust’s Histories and Triumviral Historiography explores the historiographical innovations of the first century Roman historian Sallust, focusing on the fragmentary Histories, an account of the turbulent years after the death of the dictator Sulla. The Histories were written during the violent …
Carthaginians and Sicily
Empire by Inertia
Inbunden, 2025
2578 kr
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This volume analyses the Carthaginian policy towards Sicily, from the earliest recorded contacts in the 6th century to the expulsion of Punic influences by the Romans in the 3rd century.It aims at reconstructing Carthaginian policy and strategies towards the island by looking beyond the opinions of …
Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period
Kleopatra Thea and Kleopatra III
Av Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Alex McAuley
Häftad, 2024
685 kr
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Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period is a cutting-edge exploration of ancient queenship and the significance of family politics in the dysfunctional dynasties of the late Hellenistic world.This volume, the first full-length study of Kleopatra III and Kleopatra Thea and their careers as …
Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace
The Origins of War in the Ancient Middle East
Häftad, 2022
725 kr
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This volume offers an informed survey of the problematic relationship between the ancient empires of Rome and Parthia from c. 96/95 BCE to 224 CE. Schlude explores the rhythms of this relationship and invites its readers to reconsider the past and our relationship with it.Some have looked to this …
Emotion and Historiography in Polybius’ Histories
Inbunden, 2023
2879 kr
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This volume explores emotion and its importance in Polybius’ conception of history, his writing of historiography, and the benefits of this understanding to readers of history.How and why did ancient historians include emotions in their texts? This book argues that in the Histories of Polybius – …
Emotion and Historiography in Polybius’ Histories
Häftad, 2025
809 kr
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This volume explores emotion and its importance in Polybius’ conception of history, his writing of historiography, and the benefits of this understanding to readers of history.How and why did ancient historians include emotions in their texts? This book argues that in the Histories of Polybius – …
Stranger-Kingship in Antiquity
Av Julius Guthrie, Henry Anderson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
2578 kr
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This volume introduces the notion of “stranger-kingship” to the field of ancient history and evaluates its use as a new way of thinking about kingship as a political, social, and cultural phenomenon.The chapters highlight the clear and widespread value of the “stranger-king” as a new approach for …
Rethinking Diodorus’ Library of History
Historiographical Theory and Praxis
Inbunden, 2026
2879 kr
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The book offers a reassessment of Diodorus Siculus' historiographical principles and their application in the Bibliotheke Historike, approached through systematic analysis of the text rather than assumptions about its author as a passive compiler.Readers will gain a rigorous re-evaluation of how …
