Society & Culture
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Gladiators: Fighting to the Death in Ancient Rome [Paperback]
M. C. Bishop
£7.99ISBN: 9781612005133
Published by : Casemate UK
Series: Casemate Short History
The gladiator is one of the most enduring figures of Ancient Rome. Heroic, though of lowly status, they fought vicious duals in large arenas filled with baying crowds. The survivor could be either executed (the famous ‘thumbs down' signal) or spar... .... Learn More -
Personal Names in the Roman World [Paperback]
Clive Cheesman (Author)
£16.99ISBN: 9780715636183
Published by : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
Not yet published - available for pre-order
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Exemplary Ethics in Ancient Rome [Hardback]
Rebecca Langlands (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781107040601
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This ground-breaking study conveys the thrill and moral power of the ancient Roman story-world and its ancestral tales of bloody heroism. Its account of 'exemplary ethics' explores how and what Romans learnt from these moral exempla, arguing that ... .... Learn More -
Roman Homes, Gardens, and Domestic Medical Practice [Hardback]
Jane Draycott (Author)
£105.00ISBN: 9781472433961
Published by : Routledge
Series: Medicine and the Body in Antiquity
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Recent scholarship on gardens in Roman Italy has focused largely on the aesthetic or symbolic significance of gardens. This is far removed from the tradition of the hortus - the garden as a productive irrigated space used to grow herbs, fruit and ... .... Learn More -
The Medicina Plinii: Pliny's Guide to Traveller's Health [Hardback]
Kai Brodersen (Author); Yvette Hunt (Author)
£105.00ISBN: 9781138934825
Published by : Routledge
Series: Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Presented with facing Latin text, this is the first English translation and an up-to-date commentary of the Medicina Plinii, a late antique book on self-medication for travellers, adapted from Pliny's Natural History, which became one of the most ... .... Learn More -
The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World [Hardback]
Sabine R. Huebner (Editor); Christian Laes (Editor)
£95.00ISBN: 9781108470179
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Using a variety of historical sources and methodological approaches, this book presents the first large-scale study of single men and women in the Roman world, from the Roman Republic to Late Antiquity and covering virtually all periods of the anc... .... Learn More -
Travel in the Roman Mind [Hardback]
Richard J. A. Talbert (Editor)
£90.00ISBN: 9780415504706
Published by : Routledge
Travel in the Roman Mind presents a broad spectrum of travel experiences in the Roman world from the Republic to the Late Empire. The sources reveal both the nature of travellers’ real-world interactions with humans and landscapes and the challeng... .... Learn More -
Travel in the Roman Mind [Paperback]
Richard J. A. Talbert (Editor)
£27.99ISBN: 9780415504713
Published by : Routledge
Travel in the Roman Mind presents a broad spectrum of travel experiences in the Roman world from the Republic to the Late Empire. The sources reveal both the nature of travellers’ real-world interactions with humans and landscapes and the challeng... .... Learn More -
Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship [Hardback]
Giuseppe La Bua (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9781107068582
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Cicero saw publication as a means of perpetuating a distinctive image of himself as statesman and orator. He memorialized his spiritual and oratorical self by means of a very solid body of texts. Educationalists and schoolteachers in antiquity rel... .... Learn More -
The World through Roman Eyes [Hardback]
Maurizio Bettini (Editor); William Michael Short (Editor)
£110.00ISBN: 9781107157613
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The culmination of a project aimed at showcasing, in a systematic way, the potential of applying anthropological perspectives to classical studies, this volume highlights the fundamental contribution this approach has to make to our understanding ... .... Learn More
