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 -
Challenges of Mapping the Classical World [Hardback]
Richard J. A. Talbert (Author)
Regular Price: £115.00
Special Price: £80.00
ISBN: 9781472457820
Published by : Routledge
Richard Talbert's historical interests have focused primarily in recent years on Greek and Roman spatial perceptions, and on mapping the classical world. The items collected in this volume, both previously published and unpublished, cohere around ... .... Learn More -
Embracing the Provinces: Society and Material Culture of the Roman Frontier Regions [Hardback]
Tatiana Ivleva (Editor); Jasper de Bruin (Editor); Mark Driessen (Editor)
£48.00ISBN: 9781789250152
Published by : Oxbow Books
Embracing the Provinces is a collection of essays focused on people and their daily lives living in the Roman provinces, c. 27 BC-AD 476. The main aim is to showcase the vibrancy of Roman provincial studies and suggest new directions, or new empha... .... Learn More -
Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome [Hardback]
Guy de la Bedoyere (Author)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £18.00
ISBN: 9780300230307
Published by : Yale University Press
Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero-these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. In this captivating history, a prominent scholar of ... .... Learn More -
Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World [Hardback]
Paul Keyser (Editor); John Scarborough (Editor)
Regular Price: £115.00
Special Price: £65.00
ISBN: 9780199734146
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Handbooks
With a focus on science in the ancient societies of Greece and Rome, including glimpses into Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China, The Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World offers an in depth synthesis of science and medici... .... Learn More -
Jewish Childhood in the Roman World [Hardback]
Hagith Sivan (Author)
Regular Price: £105.00
Special Price: £75.00
ISBN: 9781107090170
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This is the first full treatment of Jewish childhood in the Roman world. It follows minors into the spaces where they lived, learned, played, slept, and died and examines the actions and interaction of children with other children, with close-kin ... .... Learn More -
Freed Slaves and Roman Imperial Culture: Social Integration and the Transformation of Values [Hardback]
Rose MacLean (Author)
Regular Price: £75.00
Special Price: £50.00
ISBN: 9781107142923
Published by : Cambridge University Press
During the transition from Republic to Empire, the Roman aristocracy adapted traditional values to accommodate the advent of monarchy. Freed Slaves and Roman Imperial Culture examines the ways in which members of the elite appropriated strategies ... .... Learn More -
The Roman Retail Revolution: The Socio-Economic World of the Taberna [Hardback]
Steven J. R. Ellis (Author)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £46.00
ISBN: 9780198769934
Published by : Oxford University Press
Tabernae were ubiquitous in all Roman cities, lining the busiest streets and dominating their most crowded intersections in numbers far exceeding those of any other form of building. That they played a vital role in the operation of the city, and ... .... Learn More -
Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World: A Social and Cultural History [Hardback]
Christian Laes (Author)
Regular Price: £75.00
Special Price: £50.00
ISBN: 9781107162907
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Almost fifteen per cent of the world's population today experiences some form of mental or physical disability and society tries to accommodate their needs. But what was the situation in the Roman world? Was there a concept of disability? How were... .... Learn More -
Strategies of Remembering in Greece Under Rome (100 BC - 100 AD) [Paperback]
Tamara M. Dijkstra (Editor); Inger N.I. Kuin (Editor); Muriel Moser (Editor); David Weidgenannt (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9789088904806
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Publications of the Netherlands Institute at Athens
Volume: VI
At the beginning of the first century BC Athens was an independent city bound to Rome through a friendship alliance. By the end of the first century AD the city had been incorporated into the Roman province of Achaea. Along with Athenian independe... .... Learn More
