Society & Culture

ISBN: 9780521898225
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book offers readers a comprehensive and innovative introduction to the economy of the Roman Empire. Five main sections discuss theoretical approaches drawn from economics, labor regimes, the production of power and goods, var... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521726887
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book offers readers a comprehensive and innovative introduction to the economy of the Roman Empire. Five main sections discuss theoretical approaches drawn from economics, labor regimes, the production of power and goods, var... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781107001022
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Drawing on hundreds of tombstones from Rome, Italy and the Western provinces, this study assesses how parents visualised childhood. By considering the most popular funerary themes and iconographic models, it emphasises both the em... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781107003651
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book invites us to approach friendship not as something that simply is, but as something performed in and through language. Roman friendship is read across a wide spectrum of Latin texts, from Catullus' poetry to Petronius' S... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780415542807
Published by : Routledge Ltd
From abolla (a thick woollen cloak) to zostra (a type of decorated hairband) this encyclopedia contains a vast amount of information about dress in the classical world. As well as practical information about garments jewellery and so on, it als... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310145
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2416
The purpose of this study is to examine the healing strategies employed by the inhabitants of Egypt during the Roman period, from the late first century BC to the fourth century AD, in order to explore how Egyptian, Greek and Roman customs and tra... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788392591962
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Supplements
Volume: 17
Cicero's Topica is a kind of compendium of arguments that functioned in ancient philosophy and rhetoric and were destined for jurists. The present book analyzes one of the patterns of argumentation described by Cicero, an argument drawn ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781853996962
Published by : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
In this book Hazel Dodge offers an introduction to the main forms of spectacle in the Roman world (human and animal combat, chariot racing, aquatic displays), their nature, context and social importance. She explores the vast array of sources, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521840668
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Volume 1 in the new Cambridge World History of Slavery surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world. Although chapters are devoted to the ancient Near East and the Jews, its principal concern is with the societies of ancien... .... Learn More