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The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World
by Yun Lee Too
Yun Lee Too argues that the ancient library was much more than its incarnation at Alexandria, which has been the focus for students of the subject up till now. She shows the library as an ancient concept to be a complex institution with many different forms and functions. It can be a building with books, but it can also be individual people, or the individual books themselves. In antiquity, the library's functions were numerous: as an instrument ...
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Marburger Beitrage zur antiken Handels, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Band 27
edited by Hans-Joachim Drexhage, Robert Rollinger, Torsten Mattern, Kai Ruffing and Christoph Schafer
Papers on ancient trade and economics. The articles deal with P. Pomponius Secundus' campaign against the Chatti; three ancient Syrian graffiti from Krefeld-Gellep; the Pizzale delle Corporazioni at Ostia and its economic and social significance; the Roman Empire as a marketing area; the role of long distance trade in the transformation of Attic agriculture from Solon to Socrates; and Roman inland ports. German text. 238p (Verlag Marie Leidorf ...
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The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans
edited by W.V. Harris
The ancient economy is always a subject which provokes intense debate, and these essays on ancient monetary systems are no exception. Topics include: origins of coinage and the reasons for its adoption; the use of bullion as money; the availability and use of credit in the ancient world; the extent of monetization; whether economic growth was possible in the ancient world; and whether the Roman Empire could be considered a singel integrated ...
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Money in Classical Antiquity
by Sitta von Reden
This study makes use of new developments in economic history to analyse the role played by money in the economy of the ancient world. Amongst other topics the author considers the development of monetary networks, the use of credit and the prominent role played by temples and their treasuries in civic economies. In an epilogue, she summarises the negative views on monetary culture that some ancient authors expressed. 260pp., 10 b/w illus. 5 ...
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Sex: Vice and Love From Antiquity to Modernity
by Alastair J.L. Blanshard
The Classical world is regularly invoked both as the home of sexual freedom (Greece, in particular with reference to homosexuality), and as a haven for wanton acts of sexual perversity (Rome). This volume examines the profound impact that sexual fantasies about the classical world have had on modern Western culture, and looks at the ways in which various cultures have used classical erotica to locate and articulate their own erotic discourse. It ...
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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rhetoric
edited by Erik Gunderson
Rhetoric thoroughly infused the world and literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity. This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of rhetorical theory and practice in that world, from Homer to early Christianity, accessible to students and non-specialists, whether within classics or from other periods and disciplines. Its basic premise is that rhetoric is less a discrete object to be grasped and mastered than a hotly contested set of practices ...
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Graeco-Roman Slave Markets - Fact or Fiction?
by Monika Trümper
This book critically examines the existence and identification of purpose-built slave markets in the Graeco-Roman world from a cross-cultural perspective. It investigates whether certain ancient monuments were designed specifically for use as slave markets and whether they required special equipment and safety precautions, allowing them to be clearly distinguished from other nonspecific commercial buildings and marketplaces of the Graeco-Roman ...
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Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity
edited by Sabine R. Hubner and David M. Ratzan
Ancient historians and classicists have rarely explored ancient father-absence, despite the likelihood that nearly a third of all children in the ancient Mediterranean world were fatherless before they turned fifteen. The proportion of children raised by single mothers, relatives, step-parents, or others was thus at least as high in antiquity as it is today. This book assesses the wide-ranging impact high levels of chronic father-absence had on ...
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Time in Antiquity
by Robert Hannah
How did ordinary people in the ancient world conceptualise time? Robert Hannah argues that the best way to answer this question is not to focus on the works of philosophers (who after all were the only writers to really focus on the issue), but to study the instruments used for measuring and marking time, the sundials, water clocks and calendars of the ancient world, as well as the ways in which the landscape both natural and man-made was used in ...
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From Captivity to Freedom: Themes in Ancient and Modern Slavery
edited by Constantina Katsari and Enrico Dal Lago
Following on from their early CUP volume Slave Systems, Katsari and Dal Lago again assemble a cast of contributors to take a comparative look at societies, ancient and modern, which were dependent on slave labour. Where the earlier volume was primarily methodological in character, these essays look at specific issues and events, and each broad topic is illustrated by one ancient and one modern essay. The topics are: Captives and Slaves, ...
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