Society & Culture
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Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery [Hardback]
P. Hunt (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781405188050
Published by : Wiley-Blackwell
This book provides an introduction to pivotal issues in the study of classical (Greek and Roman) slavery. The span of topics is broad―ranging from everyday resistance to slavery to philosophical justifications of slavery, and from the process of e... .... Learn More -
Summoned to the Roman Courts: Famous Trials from Antiquity [Paperback]
Detlef Liebs (Author)
Regular Price: £27.00
Special Price: £20.00
ISBN: 9780520294851
Published by : University of California Press
Summoned to the Roman Courts is the first work by Detlef Liebs, an internationally recognized expert on ancient Roman law, to be made available in English. Originally presented as a series of popular lectures, this book brings to life a thousand y... .... Learn More -
Children and Everyday Life in the Roman and Late Antique World [Hardback]
Christian Laes (Editor); Ville Vuolanto (Editor)
Regular Price: £120.00
Special Price: £75.00
ISBN: 9781472464804
Published by : Routledge
Roman society was a community of young people, with a third of the population younger than fifteen years old. This volume explores what it meant to be a child in the Roman world - what were children’s concerns, interests and beliefs – and whether ... .... Learn More -
Popular Culture in the Ancient World [Hardback]
Lucy Grig (Editor)
Regular Price: £78.99
Special Price: £55.00
ISBN: 9781107074897
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Popular Culture in the Ancient World is the first book to provide an interdisciplinary study of the subject. Traditionally neglected by classical scholars, popular culture provides a new window through which we can view the ancient world. An inter... .... Learn More -
Silk: Trade and Exchange along the Silk Roads between Rome and China in Antiquity [Hardback]
Berit Hildebrandt (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9781785702792
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 29
Already in Greek and Roman antiquity a vibrant series of exchange relationships existed between the Mediterranean regions and China, including the Indian subcontinent, along well-defined routes we call the Silk Roads. Among the many goods that fou... .... Learn More -
Agriculture and Industry in South-Eastern Roman Britain [Paperback]
David Bird (Editor)
Regular Price: £40.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781785703195
Published by : Oxbow Books
The ancient counties surrounding the Weald in the SE corner of England have a strongly marked character of their own that has survived remarkably well in the face of ever-increasing population pressure. The area is, however, comparatively neglecte... .... Learn More -
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society [Hardback]
Kaius Tuori (Editor); Clifford Ando (Editor); Paul Du Plessis (Editor)
Regular Price: £110.00
Special Price: £80.00
ISBN: 9780198728689
Published by : Oxford University Press
The Handbook is intended to survey the landscape of contemporary research and chart principal directions of future inquiry. Its aim is to bring to bear upon Roman legal study the full range of intellectual resources of contemporary legal history, ... .... Learn More -
Trade and Taboo: Disreputable Professions in the Roman Mediterranean [Hardback]
Sarah E. Bond (Author)
Regular Price: £65.95
Special Price: £46.00
ISBN: 9780472130085
Published by : University of Michigan Press
Trade and Taboo addresses the legal, literary, social, and institutional creation of disrepute in ancient Roman society. Tracking the shifting application of stigmas of disrepute between the Republic and Late Antiquity, it follows particular group... .... Learn More -
Small Finds and Ancient Social Practices in the Northwest Provinces of the Roman Empire [Paperback]
Stefanie Hoss (Editor); Alissa Whitmore (Editor)
Regular Price: £38.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781785702563
Published by : Oxbow Books
Small finds – the stuff of everyday life – offer archaeologists a fascinating glimpse into the material lives of the ancient Romans. These objects hold great promise for unravelling the ins and outs of daily life, especially for the social groups,... .... Learn More -
The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World [Hardback]
Werner Riess (Editor); Garret G. Fagan (Editor)
Regular Price: £69.95
Special Price: £50.00
ISBN: 9780472119820
Published by : University of Michigan Press
What soldiers do on the battlefield or boxers do in the ring would be treated as criminal acts if carried out in an everyday setting. Perpetrators of violence in the classical world knew this and chose their venues and targets with care: killing J... .... Learn More
