Society & Culture
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Ethics, Identity and Community in Later Roman Declamation [Hardback]
Neil W. Bernstein (Author)
Regular Price: £62.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9780199964116
Published by : Oxford University Press
Rhetorical training was the central component of an elite Roman man's education. Controversiae (declamations), imaginary courtroom speeches in the character of a fictional or historical individual, were the most advanced exercises in the standard ... .... Learn More -
Women in Ancient Rome [Hardback]
Paul Chrystal (Author)
Regular Price: £20.00
Special Price: £5.95
ISBN: 9781445608709
Published by : Amberley Publishing
The history of women in ancient Rome is fascinating and exhilarating. It gives a unique insight into one of the world’s most dynamic, successful super-power civilizations and, at the same time, illuminates any number of admirable,... .... Learn More -
A Jew Among Romans: The Life and Legacy of Flavius Josephus [Hardback]
Frederic Raphael (Author)
Regular Price: £20.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9780307378163
Published by : Random House
An audacious history of Josephus, the Jewish general turned Roman historian whose emblematic betrayal is a touchstone for the Jew alone in the Gentile world. Raphael goes beyond the fascinating details of Josephus's life and his singular literary ... .... Learn More -
Settling in a Changing World [Hardback]
Diederick Habermehl (Author)
Regular Price: £89.00
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9789089645067
Published by : Amsterdam University Press
Offering a broad analysis of the complex developments in rural habitation of the northern provinces of the Roman Empire, "Settling in a Changing World" reconstructs the colonial villa from social and economic perspectives to create a broad geograp... .... Learn More -
The Empire of the Self [Hardback]
Christopher Star (Author)
Regular Price: £50.50
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ISBN: 9781421406749
Published by : Johns Hopkins University Press
In "The Empire of the Self", Christopher Star studies the question of how political reality affects the concepts of body, soul, and self. Star argues that during the early Roman Empire the establishment of autocracy and ... .... Learn More -
The Genuine Teachers of This Art: Rhetorical Education in Antiquity [Hardback]
Jeffrey Walker (Author)
Regular Price: £49.50
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9781611170160
Published by : University of South Carolina Press
Genuine Teachers of This Art examines the techne, or handbook, tradition which it controversially suggests began with Isocrates as the central tradition in ancient rhetoric and a potential model for contemporary rhetoric. From this innovative pers... .... Learn More -
Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History [Paperback]
Robert Hughes (Author)
Regular Price: £16.99
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ISBN: 9780375711688
Published by : Random House
For almost a thousand years, Rome held sway as the spiritual and artistic centre of the world. Hughes vividly recreates the ancient Rome of Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Nero, Caligula, Cicero, Martial and Virgil. With the artistic blossoming of... .... Learn More -
JJP Supplement 17 (2012) Journal of Juristic Papyrology: Tra logica e giurisprudenza [Hardback]
Agnieszka Kacprzak (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 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 -
Gladiator [Hardback]
Philip Matyszak (Author)
Regular Price: £12.95
Special Price: £4.95
ISBN: 9780500051672
Published by : Thames and Hudson
Have you seen Gladiator or Spartacus and felt that a gladiator's lifestyle might have something going for it? This entertaining book will certain give you all the information you need to make your decision. Drawing on ancient literary source... .... Learn More -
Living through the dead: Burial and commemoration in the Classical world [Paperback]
Maureen Carroll (Editor); Jane Rempel (Editor)
£36.00ISBN: 9781842173763
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Volume: 5
This volume investigates the archaeology of death and commemoration through thematically linked case studies drawn from the Classical world. These investigations stress the processes of burial and commemoration as inherently social and designed... .... Learn More
