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Dunston A. J.
ESSAYS ON ROMAN CULTURE The Todd Memorial Lectures
A. M. Hakkert. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0888665601 . Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Very minor edgewear to extremities. ; Contents: Augustus the Patrician--E. T. Salmon; Lucius Sulla: the Deadly Reformer--E. Badian; On Reading a Horatian Satire: An Interpretation of Sermones 2.6--C. O. Brink; The Character of the Romans in their History and their Literature--F. Adcock; The Initiation of Aeneas--J. Sheppard; A Roman Post Mortem: An Inquest on the Fall of the Roman Republic--R. Syme; The Emperor and his Clients--Harold Mattingly; The Aristocratic Epoch in Latin Literature--R. E. Smith. ; 223 pages . A. M. Hakkert hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2726 ISBN : 0888665601 9780888665607
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Rawlings III Hunter R.
THE STRUCTURE OF THUCYDIDES' HISTORY
Princeton University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0691035555 . Dustjacket is protected in plastic. Minor adhesive stains to ffep else Fine. ; Contends that Thucydides consciously divided the war into two parallel ten-year conflicts with a period of nominal peace in the middle. ; 278 pages . Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2734 ISBN : 0691035555 9780691035550
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Honore Tony
EMPERORS AND LAWYERS
Duckworth & Company. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0715614495 . Shelfwear to DJ--minor creasing along top edge. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 190 pages; This book analyses about 2000 legal rulings rescripts given by Roman Emperors and argues that though issued in the name of emperors they were really both in style and substance the work of at least 20 professional lawyers who headed the imperial office a libellis half-a-dozen of them men like Papinian. From their style we can detect when one lawyer-draftsman gave way to another we can identify some of the lawyers and we can allot most of the rescripts to their real author. On this basis the author argues that in the third century there was a convention that the rights of citizens would be governed by objective legal standards. The study adduces evidence for the authenticity of the texts of rescripts in Justinian's Codex and indirectly of the Digest also. . Duckworth & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2719 ISBN : 0715614495 9780715614495
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Rushforth Gordon McNeil
LATIN HISTORICAL INSCRIPTIONS Illustrating the History of the Early Empire
Oxford Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Some pages are uncut. Spine is discolored. Rubbing and minor soiling to boards. Edgewear to spine ends. Small tear to cloth along spine 1cm. Overall a solid copy. ; Looks at latin historical inscriptions and deciphers them along with the lessons they teach for modern readers. ; 144 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2722
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Wiedemann Thomas
ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Yale University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0300043805 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Reconstructs adults' opinions of what a child was and ought to be trained to become and arrives at a convincing portrayal of the classical concept of childhood and its transformation in the early Christian period. ; 0.75 x 9 x 6 Inches; 256 pages . Yale University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2637 ISBN : 0300043805 9780300043808
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Spyridakis Stylianos V.
CRETICA Studies on Ancient Crete
Aristide D. Caratzas. Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0892415053 . Collection of articles and notes on ancient Crete in the post-Minoan period and have been selected on the basis of their cohesiveness and relevance to the religion military foreign affairs and social structure of Crete. ; 0.8 x 9.1 x 5.9 Inches; 203 pages . Aristide D. Caratzas hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2649 ISBN : 0892415053 9780892415052
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Cleomedes; Todd Robert B. & Alan C. Bowen
CLEOMEDES' LECTURES ON ASTRONOMY A Translation of the Heavens
University of California Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0520233255 . Hellenistic Culture and Society; 0.88 x 9.26 x 6.44 Inches; 254 pages; At some time around 200 A. D. the Stoic philosopher and teacher Cleomedes delivered a set of lectures on elementary astronomy as part of a complete introduction to Stoicism for his students. The result was The Heavens Caelestia the only work by a professional Stoic teacher to survive intact from the first two centuries A. D. and a rare example of the interaction between science and philosophy in late antiquity. This volume contains a clear and idiomatic English translation--the first ever--of The Heavens along with an informative introduction detailed notes and technical diagrams. This important work will now be accessible to specialists in both ancient philosophy and science and to readers interested in the history of astronomy and cosmology but with no knowledge of ancient Greek. . University of California Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2737 ISBN : 0520233255 9780520233256
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Hammond NGL. N. G.
STUDIES IN GREEK HISTORY A Companion Volume to a History of Greece to 322 B. C.
Oxford University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0198148011 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Tape residue on the front and back covers. ; 590 pages; Contents: The Origins of some Mycenaean rulers; The Arrival of Greek Speech in the southern Balkans; The Impulses which Started the Dorian Invasion; The Creation of Classical Sparta; Land and Society in the Athens of Solon; The Chronological Basis of Solon's Reforms; The Campaign and the Battle of Marathon; The Battle of Salamis; The Organization of the Athenian alliance against Persia; Problems of Command in fifth-Century Athens; Personal Freedom and its Limitations in Aeschylus' Oresteia; The Main road from Beoetia to the Peloponnese; Naval Operations off Corcyra; Military Operations in Amphilochia; Diodorus' Narrative of the Third Sacred War; The Victory of Macedon at Chareronea; . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2742 ISBN : 0198148011 9780198148012
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Gardner Percy & Reginald Stuart Poole Preface
CATALOGUE OF GREEK COINS IN BRITISH MUSEUM Seleucid Kings of Syria
Sanford J. Durst. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 091526286X . Very minor shelfwear. ; Reprint of 1878 Edition. 165 pages with 28 pages of plates. ; 165 pages . Sanford J. Durst hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2650 ISBN : 091526286X 9780915262861
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Conway Robert Seymour
ITALIC DIALECTS Edited with a Grammar and Glossary
Cambridge University Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1897. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. Ex-library copy with some stamps. There are no call numbers on the spine. Bookplate of monastery on inner cover. Foxing to inner covers. Minor edgewear to extremities. Bumping to top corners. Quite solid condition. ; I: The records of Oscan Umbrian and the Minor Dialects including th Italic glosses in ancient Writers and the local and personal names of the dialectal areas. II: An Outline of the grammar of the Dialects Appendix Indices and Glossary. ; 2 Volume Set; 8vo . Cambridge University Press hardcover
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Tabeling Ernst
MATER LARUM Zum Wesen Der Larenreligion
Arno Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0405072651 . Minor shelfwear; Reprint of 1932 Edition in German: Inhalt: Das larenproblem in der modernen Forschung; Mater Larum im Ritual der fratres Arvales; Dea Mania Mater Larum; Acca Larentina; Dea Tacita; Mater Larum Mond und Geburt; Genita Mana; Register. ; Ancient Religion and Mythology; 0.5 x 8.7 x 5.5 Inches; 103 pages . Arno Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2745 ISBN : 0405072651 9780405072659
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Lewis Naphtali
ROMAN PRINCIPATE: 27 B.C. - 285 B.C.
A. M. Hakkert. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0888665474 . Dustjacket has shelfwear and moderate rubbing. Dustjacket has chipping and a few small tears. ; Greek Historical Documents; 149 pages; A collection of Greek public and private documents of the Roman Period either preserved on stone/bronze or on papyrus or on ostraca. Representative samples have been culled along with selections from lesser known authors of the period. Texts are in English. . A. M. Hakkert hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2645 ISBN : 0888665474 9780888665478
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Erasmus Desiderius
OPERA OMNIA DESIDERII ERASMI ROTERODAMI: VOLUME IX-4 Recognita Et Adnotatione Critica Instructa Notisque Illustrata. ORDINIS NONI TOMUS QUARTUS
Elsevier Science & North-Holland. Fine with no dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0444510559 . Contents: Apologia Qua Respondet Duabus Invectivis Edvardi Lei ed. Erika Rummel ; Responsio ad Annotationes Edvardi Lei ed. Erika Rummel ; Manifesta mendacia Rummel ; Responsio ad disputationem cuiusdam phimostomi de divortio ed. Edwin Rabbie. ; Erasmi Opera Omnia; 1.34 x 10.16 x 6.61 Inche; 424 pages; Hardbound. . Elsevier Science & North-Holland hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2678 ISBN : 0444510559 9780444510556
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Benecke E. F. M
ANTIMACHUS OF COLOPHON AND THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN GREEK POETRY A Fragment Printed for the Use of Scholars
Bouma's Boekhuis. Good with no dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 9060880285 . Spine cover is split on one side and half of the other but still attached. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Rubbing to boards. Edgewear to corners. ; 256 pages; Antimachus of Colophon Greek poet and grammarian flourished about 400 BC. Scarcely anything is known of his life. His poetical efforts were not generally appreciated although he received encouragement from his younger contemporary Plato Plutarch Lysander 18. His chief works were: an epic Thebais an account of the expedition of the Seven against Thebes and the war of the Epigoni; and an elegiac poem Lyde so called from the poet's mistress for whose death he endeavoured to find consolation telling stories from mythology of heroic disasters Plutarch Consul ad Apoll. 9; Athenaeus xiii. 597. Antimachus was the founder of "learned" epic poetry and the forerunner of the Alexandrian school whose critics allotted him the next place to Homer. He also prepared a critical recension of the Homeric poems . Bouma's Boekhuis hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2653 ISBN : 9060880285 9789060880289
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Erasmus Desiderius; P. F. Hovingh Ed.
OPERA OMNIA DESIDERII ERASMI ROTERODAMI: VOLUME VI-6 Recognita Et Adnotatione Critica Instructa Notisque Illustrata. ORDINIS Sexti TOMUS Sextus
Elsevier Science Ltd & North-Holland. Fine with no dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0444514600 . Contents: In evangelivm ioannis annotationes. Annotationes in acta apostolorvm. ; Erasmi Opera Omnia; 1.4 x 9.8 x 6.8 Inches; 416 pages; Hardbound. . Elsevier Science Ltd & North-Holland hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2677 ISBN : 0444514600 9780444514608
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Calhoun George Miller
ATHENIAN CLUBS IN POLITICS AND LITIGATION
Burt Franklin. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0833704532 . Scratches to front board. ; Reprint of 1913 edition. Looks at the clubs and their influence in Athenian politics and law. ; Research and Source Works Series; 172 pages . Burt Franklin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2751 ISBN : 0833704532 9780833704535
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May James M.
TRIALS OF CHARACTER The Eloquence of Ciceronian Ethos
The University of North Carolina Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0807817597 . Scratch to front panel of DJ. Minor rubbing to DJ else NF. ; 0.88 x 9.48 x 6.38 Inches; 224 pages; By its very nature the art of oratory involves character. Verbal persuasion entails the presentation of a persona by the speaker that affects an audience for good or ill. In this book James May explores the role and extent of Cicero's use of ethos and demonstrates its persuasive effect. May discusses the importance of ethos not just in classical rhetorical theory but also in the social political and judicial milieu of ancient Rome and then applies his insights to the oratory of Cicero. Ciceronian ethos was a complex blend of Roman tradition Cicero's own personality and selected features of Greek and Roman oratory. More than any other ancient literary genre oratory dealt with constantly changing circumstances with a wide variety of rhetorical challenges. An orator's success or failure as well as the artistic quality of his orations was largely the direct result of his responses to these circumstances and challenges. Acutely aware of his audience and its cultural heritage and steeped in the rhetorical traditions of his predecessors Cicero employed rhetorical ethos with uncanny success. May analyzes individual speeches from four different periods of Cicero's career tracing changes in the way Cicero depicted character both his own and others' as a source of persuasion changes intimately connected with the vicissitudes of Cicero's career and personal life. He shows that ethos played a major role in almost every Ciceronian speech that Cicero's audiences were conditioned by common beliefs about character and finally that Cicero's rhetorical ethos became a major source for persuasion in his oratory. . The University of North Carolina Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2752 ISBN : 0807817597 9780807817599
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Fine John V. A.
THE ANCIENT GREEKS A Critical History
Belknap Press. Very Good. 2003. Softcover. 0674033140 . Minor shelfwear. Small chip along foreedge. Minor edgewear. ; 1.46 x 9.2 x 5.98 Inches; 736 pages; An esteemed teacher offers a major reassessment of the history of Greece from prehistoric times to the rise of Alexander. This is a work of prodigious scholarship written in grand style. John Fine surveys the archaeological work that has revealed so much about the civilization of Crete and Mycenaean Greece and discusses the age of colonization during which Greek colonies were established from the Crimea to the Nile from the Caucasus to Spain. Analyzing social and economic developments as well as foreign and inter-city affairs he assesses the history culture and democracy of Athens and Sparta's institutions and military exploits; recounts the Greeks' relations and then war with the Persian empire; details alliances struggles and the varying fortunes of the Greek city-states; and relates the rise of Macedon. Fine treats the Greeks' story in the context of events elsewhere in the eastern Mediterranean. Throughout he indicates the nature of the evidence on which our present knowledge is based masterfully explaining the problems and pit-falls in interpreting ancient accounts. The Ancient Greeks is a splendid narrative history and a refreshing reinterpretation that will please students of ancient history and everyone interested in early civilizations. . Belknap Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 2766 ISBN : 0674033140 9780674033146
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Seber Wolfgang M. Wolfgangi Seberi Sulani
INDEX HOMERICUS: INDEX VOCABULORUM IN HOMERI ILIADE ATQUE ODYSSEA Caeterisque Quotquot Extant Poematis. Editio Nova Auctior Et Emendatior
Oxford Clarendon Press. Good. 1780. Hardcover. Book has been repaired in its lifetime-- spine has been reinforced and the original spine cover is overlain. Edgewear to corners. Ffep is corner-clipped. Titlepage has small strip removed 1cm along bottom edge. ; Index of homeric vocabulary in the Iliad and Odyssey. Includes a Latin-English glossary. ; 612 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
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Coleridge Edward P.
RES GRAECAE Being Brief Aids to the History Geography Literature and Antiquities of Ancient Greece with Maps and Plans;
G. Bell & Sons. Good. 1898. Hardcover. Spine is faded. Chipping to cloth at head and heel of spine. Edgewear to corners. Spine slightly cocked. Inner hinge is slightly cracked. Wear to boards. Still a solid copy. ; 236 pages . G. Bell & Sons hardcover
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Richardson Ernest Cushing
BIBLICAL LIBRARIES A Sketch of Library History from 3400 B. C. to A. D. 150
Princeton University Press & Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Inner hinges are cracked exposing webbing. Chipping and small tears to spine ends and corners. Plates have been embossed with library name. ; 0.72 x 8.5 x 5.5 Inches; 252 pages . Princeton University Press & Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press hardcover
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Moore J. A.
SELECTIONS FROM THE GREEK ELEGIAC IAMBIC AND LYRIC POETS
Harvard University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Notes in text in pen about 10 pages. Additional notes in pencil in text. Former owner's name on ffep. Fading to letters on spine. Book itself is VG. ; Greek texts from Greek poets with english notes. ; 112 pages . Harvard University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5115
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Vogel Lise
THE COLUMN OF ANTONINUS PIUS
Harvard University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0674143256 . Minor rubbing to extremities. ; Contents: Modern History of the Column of Antoninus Pius; Free-Standing Column Monument; Apotheosis Relief; Decursio Reliefs; Conclusion: Program style and Meaning. ; Loeb Classical Monographs; 0.71 x 10.63 x 7.56 Inches; 220 pages . Harvard University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5116 ISBN : 0674143256 9780674143258
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Park M. E. & M. Maxey
TWO STUDIES ON THE ROMAN LOWER CLASSES
Arno Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0405070691 . Minor soiling to textblock. Light shelfwear. ; Two articles from 1918 and 1938 are republished together in this one volume. Contents: The Plebs in Cicero's Day: a Study of their Provenance and of their Employment by Park Marion Edwards & Occupations of the Lower Classes in Roman Society by Maxey Mima. ; Roman history; 98 pages . Arno Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2790 ISBN : 0405070691 9780405070693
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Coldstream J N
LIGHT FROM CYPRUS ON THE GREEK 'DARK AGE'
Leopard's Head Press. Fine. 1998. Softcover. 0904920372 . Bottom corner of book is bumped. ; Coldstream expertly seeks evidence from the history and archeology of Cyprus that might help illuminate the lesser known epochs of the ancient Greek world. Card Covers. ; The Nineteenth J. L. Myres Memorial Lecture.; 0.16 x 9.37 x 6.93 Inches; 19 pages . Leopard's Head Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 5121 ISBN : 0904920372 9780904920376
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Hunter Richard
THEOCRITUS AND THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF GREEK POETRY
Cambridge University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0521560403 . Very minor rubbing and a couple of scratches to DJ. ; 0.87 x 8.98 x 6.22 Inches; 220 pages; This book focuses on the hymns mimes and erotic poems of the Greek poet Theocritus and examines how Theocritus uses the traditions of earlier Greek poetry to recreate past forms in a way that exploits the new conditions under which poetry was written in the third century BC. Recent papyri have greatly increased our understanding of how Theocritus read archaic poetry and these new discoveries are fully drawn on in a set of readings that will change the way we look at Hellenistic poetry. . Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2805 ISBN : 0521560403 9780521560405
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Bloomer W. Martin
VALERIUS MAXIMUS AND THE RHETORIC OF THE NEW NOBILITY
University of North Carolina Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0807820474 . Very minor shelfwear to DJ and book else Fine/Fine. ; Throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Valerius Maximus' Memorable Deeds and Sayings was the most widely read prose after the Bible but the work's vision of ancient history and its author's literary style have since fallen into disrepute. Bloomer classics Stanford U. revives the classic to examine how why and for whom Maximus composed this collection of rhetorical examples. ; 1.25 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 296 pages . University of North Carolina Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2803 ISBN : 0807820474 9780807820476
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Phillimore Johannes Swinnerton
INDEX VERBORUM PROPERTIANUS INDEX VERBORVM PROPERTIANVS
Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Former owner's name on inner cover. Browning to ffeps. Minor edgewear to extremities. Minor bump to bottom corner of boards. ; 8vo; 111 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
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Rubinstein Lene
ADOPTION IN IV. CENTURY ATHENS
Museum Tusculanum Press. Very Good. 1993. Softcover. 8772892048 . Former owner's name on inner cover. Minor edgewear and a few minor scratches. ; Contents: Who adopted and who were adopted Procedures of adoption; Why did the Athenians adopt ; adoption and epikleroi; Posthumous adoption & intestate heirs; Catalogue of attested adoptions. ; Opuscula Graecolatina; 0.47 x 8.9 x 6.22 Inches; 148 pages . Museum Tusculanum Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 2837 ISBN : 8772892048 9788772892047
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Skydsgaard Jens Erik
VARRO THE SCHOLAR Studies in the First Book of Varro's De Re Rustica
Einar Munksgaard. Very Good. 1968. Softcover. Discoloration to wraps. Bumping to heel and head of spine. Former owner's name on inner cover. ; A study on the only extant work by the learned polyhistor: Rerum Rusticarum Libri Tres. Contents: Structure; Analytic Method; Exemplification; The Agricultural Calendar with Comments Philological Method ; Varro & the Technical Literature; Varro as a Writer; The Roman Scholar; Varro as a Source; Varro and Caesar's Library. ; Analecta Romana Instituti Danici - Supplementum IV; 133 pages . Einar Munksgaard paperback
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Meiggs Russell
ROMAN OSTIA
Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0198148100 . Light discoloration to DJ spine. Edgewear to DJ top edge with chipping and a few small tears to extremities. One small closed tear to DJ along bottom edge. Minor bumping to head of spine and one top corner. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Ostia an ancient town on the coast facing the Tyrrhenian Sea in Latium Italy was the harbour of ancient Rome and perhaps its first colonia. Located at the mouth of the River Tiber Ostia was said to have been founded by Ancus Marcius one of the kings of Rome in the 7th century BC. However the most ancient archaeological remains so far discovered are no earlier than the 4th century BC and the most ancient buildings currently visible are from the 3rd century BC notably the Castrum military camp and of a slightly later date the Capitolium temple of Jupiter Juno and Minerva. The opus quadratum walls of the original castrum at Ostia provide important evidence for the building techniques that were employed in Roman urbanism during the period of the Middle Republic. Although Ostia was probably founded for the sole purpose of military defence � since through the Tiber's mouths armies could eventually reach Rome by water � in time the port became a commercial harbour and a very important one too. Many of the goods that Rome received from its colonies and provinces passed through Ostia. In this role Ostia soon replaced Pozzuoli. ; 1.54 x 9.51 x 6.45 Inches; 722 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2847 ISBN : 0198148100 9780198148104
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Grenade Pierre
ESSAI SUR LES ORIGINES DU PRINCIPAT Investiture Et Renouvellement Des Pouvoirs Imp�riaux
E. De Boccard. Very Good-. 1961. Hardcover. Former owner's name on ffep. Small piece of spine missing from heel of spine. Light edgewear and browning. Two tears along top edge of spine at hinge 1" each. Wraps firmly attached. ; Biblioth�que Des �coles Fran�aises D'Ath�nes Et De Rome; 495 pages . E. De Boccard hardcover
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Kennedy David L. & P. Foss J. H. Humphrey Eds.
THE ROMAN ARMY IN THE EAST With Contributions by D. Braund E. Dabrowa J. Eadie P. Freeman S. Gregory B. Isaac D. Kennedy N. Pollard D. Potter A. Rushworth E. Wheeler C. Whittaker & R. Ziegler
Journal of Roman Archaeology. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 1887829180 . Light soiling to boards. One single institution stamp "Library US Naval Academy" stamped to top of textblock-- no other ex-library markings. Minor shelfwear. ; Articles: Roman army in the East; Where are the frontiers now ; River Frontiers in the environmental psychology of the Roman World; Emperors their borders and their neighbours: the scope of imperial mandata; Parthia and Rome: Eastern perspectives; Annexation of Arabia and imperial Grand Strategy; Civic coins and imperial campaigns; one hundred years of rebellion: the eastern army in politics AD 175-272; Eusebius and the geography of Roman provinces; Was there an eastern origin for the design of late Roman fortifications Some problems for research on forts of Rome's eastern frontier; roman army as "total Institution" in the Near East Dura-Europos as a case study; Laxity of Syrian legions; commanders of Syrian Legions 1st to 3rd c. AD ; North african deserts and mountains: comparisons and insights. ; Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series; Vol. 18; 1 x 11.5 x 9 Inches; 320 pages . Journal of Roman Archaeology hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2457 ISBN : 1887829180 9781887829182
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Matthews John
THE ROMAN EMPIRE OF AMMIANUS
Duckworth Publishing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0715622463 . Very minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 624 pages; The surviving books of Ammianus Marcellinus covering in detail twenty-five years of the author�s adult lifetime 353-378 place him in the first rank of Classical historians. With their intense style and lively visual sense their power and marvellous ability to portray character in action as well as their occasional idiosyncrasy the Res Gestae are essential reading for anyone concerned with the history of the later Roman Empire and with the survival of the Classical literary tradition in an age of cultural and religious innovation . Duckworth Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2459 ISBN : 0715622463 9780715622469
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Blegen Carl W. ; Marion Rawson; Mabel L. Lang; Lord William Taylour William P. Donovan
THE PALACE OF NESTOR AT PYLOS IN WESTERN MESSENIA Volume I: the Buildings and Contents. Part 1 Text & Part 2 Plates; Volume II: the Frescoes. Volume III: Acropolis and Lower Town Tholoi and Grave Circle Chamber Towbs Discoveries Outside the Citadel.
Princeton University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966-73. Hardcover. All volumes have dust jackets except Vol II The Frescoes by Mabel L Lang There is some very light foxing throughout each of the volumes and there is some light chipping and minor tears and wear to the jackets but this is a nicely preserved set otherwise of this scarce and important work. ; 3 volumes in 4 parts as issued: Volumes I-III complete. ; 3 Volumes in 4 Parts; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Textually complete with all plates and illustrations called for. This massive work on Nestor's Palace was compiled following its excavation by the University of Cincinnati in the 1950s. Nestor was a figure immortalized by Homer and his palace is believed to date back to 13000 B. C. It remained covered by an olive grove until the excavation and this work details all of the finds including tablets seals and frescoes etc. . Princeton University Press hardcover
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Horace; Augustus S. Wilkins
THE ARS POETICA OF HORACE
Macmillan & Company Ltd. Very Good. 1960. Hardcover. Former owner's name on ffep. Light soiling to boards. . Macmillan & Company , Ltd. hardcover
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Manville Philip Brook
THE ORIGINS OF CITIZENSHIP IN ANCIENT ATHENS
Princeton University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 069109442X . Very minor shelfwear. ; 0.75 x 8.75 x 5.75 Inches; 288 pages; In this unusual synthesis of political and socio- economic history Philip Manville demonstrates that citizenship for the Athenians was not merely a legal construct but rather a complex concept that was both an institution and a mode of social behavior. He further shows that it was not static as most scholarship has assumed but rather has slowly evolved over time. The work is also an explanation of the origins and development of the polis. . Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2470 ISBN : 069109442X 9780691094427
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Guerber H. A.
THE MYTHS & LEGENDS OF GREECE & ROME Their Stories Signification and Origin
George G. Harrap & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Mild Foxing to a few pages and textblock. ; 58 illustrations. Standard work on mythology. ; 395 pages . George G. Harrap & Company hardcover
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Arrowsmith William & D. S. Carne Ross J. P. Sullivan & Frederic Will Eds.
ARION: A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF CLASSICAL CULTURE Volume II: Number 3. Autumn 1963
University of Texas Press. Very Good. 1963. Softcover. Rubbing to wraps. Institution stamp on front cover however no other ex-library markings. ; Contents: Matthew Arnold on Classics and Classicists; Dryden's Aeneid; Greek Theater of Ideas; Ad Pyrrham; Horace as a Love Poet; Aristophanes Thesmophoriazusae; Achilles and Heroic Values; Dream and Vision in Aeschylus' Oresteia. ; Arion: a Quarterly Journal of Classical Culture . University of Texas Press paperback
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Jones A. H. M.
THE CRIMINAL COURTS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC AND PRINCIPATE With a Preface by John Crook
Basil Blackwell. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0631139001 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear. Former owner's name on ffep. ; 143 pages; Provides a massive reinforcement for Livy's Cicero's and Mommsen's view of the early Roman criminal courts-- namely that they were indeed the assembly of the people acting as a court of appeal against a magisterial sentence. Also describes minutely the working of the quaestiones the standing jury courts of the age of Cicero and considers how satisfactory was the justice they provided. Lastly he describes the developments in criminal justice under the emperors of the Principate. . Basil Blackwell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2506 ISBN : 0631139001 9780631139003
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Lomas Kathryn & Tim Cornell
'BREAD AND CIRCUSES' Euergetism and Municipal Patronage in Roman Italy
Routledge. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0415146895 . Minor bump to head of spine and along back edge else Fine. DJ has minor rubbing. ; 0.65 x 9.76 x 6.28 Inches; 192 pages; Cities in the ancient world relied on private generosity to provide many basic amenities as well as expecting leading citizens to pay for 'bread and circuses' - free food and public entertainment. This collection of essays by leading scholars from the UK and USA explores the important phenomenon of benefaction and public patronage in Roman Italy. Ranging from the late republican period to the later Roman Empire the contributions cover a wide range of topics including the impact of benefactions and benefactors on the urban development of Roman Italy on cultural and economic activity and on the changing role of games and festivals in Roman society. They also explore the relationship between communities and their benefactors whether these were local notables senators or the emperor himself and examine how the nature of benefaction changed under the Empire. . Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2509 ISBN : 0415146895 9780415146890
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Leishman J. B.
TRANSLATING HORACE Thirty Odes translated into the original metres with the Latin text and an Introductory and Critical Essay
Bruno Cassirer. Good. 1956. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Discoloration to boards. Edgewear to boards. Top of backstrip has some fraying along edges. Extensive introduction to Poetry of Horace with Latin Text and English Translation. ; 185 pages . Bruno Cassirer hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2495
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Palmer Robert E. A.
THE ARCHAIC COMMUNITY OF THE ROMANS
Cambridge University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0521077028 . DJ is price-clipped. Very minor rubbing to DJ at heel of spine. ; Argues that the curiae once represented the distinct ethnic groups incorporated into Rome through conqeust treaty or migration. Political equality among curiae was the rule and each maintained its own religious traditions and looked after its internal affairs while sharing in the governing of the united state. ; 340 pages . Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2517 ISBN : 0521077028 9780521077026
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Bremer F. P. Ed.
IURISPRUDENTIA ANTEHADRIANAE QUAE SUPERSUNT 3 VOLS Pars Prior: Liberae Rei Publicae. Iuris Consulti. Pars Altera: Primi Post Principatum Constituum Saeculi. Iuris Consulti: Sectio Prior Et Sectio Altera
L'Erma Di Bretschneider. Near Fine. 1964. Hardcover. Minor rubbing to extremities else Fine. ; 2 part set in three volumes-- complete. Reprint of the Teubner volumes of 1896-1901. In Latin. Printed from 1964-1967; 3 Volume Set; Vol. 1-2.2 . L'Erma Di Bretschneider hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2489
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Connor W. Robert
THUCYDIDES
Princeton University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0691035695 . Dustjacket has minor edgewear with one closed tear 1" to top of front panel and one small closed tear to bottom of back panel. DJ has rubbing. ; 266 pages; This full-scale sequential reading of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War will be invaluable to the specialist and also to those in search of an introduction and companion to the "Histories. " Moving beyond other studies by its focus on the reader's role in giving meaning to the text it reveals Thucydides' use of objectivity not so much as standard for the proper presentation of his subject matter as a method for communicating with his readers and involving them in the complexity and suffering of the Peloponnesian War. W. Robert Connor shows that as Thucydides' themes and ideas are reintroduced and developed the initial reactions of the reader are challenged subverted and eventually made to contribute to a deeper understanding of the war. This book described earlier approaches to the "Histories " including attempts to account for the paradox of the intense emotional power of a work ostensibly so cool and detached. It demonstrates that many features previously thought to be signs of inconsistencies in Thucydides' thought or of different stages of composition are instead parts of the development of the reader's reaction to the war. . Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2525 ISBN : 0691035695 9780691035697
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Parry Hugh
THE LYRIC POEMS OF GREEK TRAGEDY
Samuel Stevens & Co. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0895220148 . Former owner's name on inner cover. Former owner has written the year of birth of the author on title page else Fine. ; This book is an attempt to understand in what senses the tragic odes are lyrical and in what ways their lyricism contributes to tragic drama as a whole. ; 241 pages . Samuel Stevens & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2543 ISBN : 0895220148 9780895220141
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Brooks Otis & E. Christian Kopff ed.
COSMOS & TRAGEDY An Essay on the Meaning of Aeschylus
University of North Carolina Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0807814652 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Former owner's book stamp on inner cover. ; 119 pages; Study of Aechylus that is concerned chiefly with the Oresteia. Otis clarifies the moral and theological issues raised by the oresteia and relates them to certain stylistic and structural qualities of the three plays. He then evaluates them in relationship to some of the features of Aeschylus's extant work. . University of North Carolina Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2530 ISBN : 0807814652 9780807814659
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Paul George MacKay & Michael Ierardi eds.
ROMAN COINS AND PUBLIC LIFE UNDER THE EMPIRE E. Togo Salmon Papers II
University of Michigan Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0472108751 . Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 0.72 x 9.48 x 6.2 Inches; 216 pages; Roman coins often shed light on Roman public life and society through the legends portraits and images they bear. The papers collected in this volume were originally presented at the Second E. Togo Salmon Conference on Roman Studies. The eight contributors are specialists in Roman coins or Roman history and in the relations between them. Coins are a unique source of information about the Roman world. In the case of the Roman Empire they were issued by or with the approval of the ruling power. The representations and legends they show therefore present an official view of contemporary affairs. The coins themselves minted for official purposes such as paying the army when studied carefully can help reconstruct official policies. They can also occasionally reveal what monuments now lost may have looked like. It is not infrequent to come across pleas that the ancient historian should make more frequent use of numismatic evidence. These essays make clear that efforts are being made both by numismatists and by historians to bring the two disciplines together. At the same time the papers reveal that the task is by no means a straightforward one. The survival of Roman coins is variable and so attempts to reconstruct the size and distribution of issues calls for skilled and experienced analysis. This collection of papers provides evidence for the kind of deductions that the historian may make from Roman coins as well as the illustrations of the pitfalls that await the unwary. Those interested in Roman history amateur coin collectors and professional numismatists will all find much here to widen their knowledge of the public context of Roman coins. Contributors: William E. Metcalf P. Bruun Barbara Levick R. P. Duncan-Jones Anthony Barrett Duncan Fishwick C. E. King Andrew Burnett. . University of Michigan Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2537 ISBN : 0472108751 9780472108756
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Honore Tony
EMPERORS AND LAWYERS With a Palingenesia of Third-Century Imperial Rescripts 193-305 AD
Oxford University Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0198257694 . Minor shelfwear to DJ. Former owner's signature "J. F. Drinkwater" classics professor on ffep. ; Includes a 3.5" floppy. ; 0.9 x 9.4 x 6.3 Inches; 272 pages; This is the second edition of an original and controversial book. It analyses some 2609 legal rulings rescripts given by Roman Emperors between 193 and 305 AD and argues that though issued in the name of emperors they were really both in style and substance the work of professional lawyers. From their style we can detect when one lawyer-draftsman gave way to another we can identify some of the lawyers and we can allot most of the rescripts to their real author. On this basis the author argues that in the third century there was a convention that the rights of citizens would be governed by objective legal standards. The Roman Empire was not a pure autocracy. Updated and in large part rewritten this edition includes on a high-density diskette a reconstruction Palingenesia of the 2609 rescripts. This new and original work of reference will enable scholars to read the texts chronologically and to judge the soundness of the arguments advanced. . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2533 ISBN : 0198257694 9780198257691
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Syme Ronald Ed. E. Badian
RONALD SYME: ROMAN PAPERS Volume II Only
Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0198143672 . DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Vol. 2 . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2548 ISBN : 0198143672 9780198143673
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