‎Rome‎

‎Taylor, Lily Ross‎

‎PARTY POLITICS IN THE AGE OF CAESAR‎

‎Some rubbing and creasing to wraps. Light pen marginalia to about 10 pages. General shelfwear. ; Later reprint of 1949 edition. ; Sather Classical Lectures 22; 255 pages; The advice given to Cicero by his astute, campaign-conscious brother to prepare him for the consular elections of 64 B. C. , has a curiously modern ring: "Avoid taking a definite stand on great public issues either in the Senate or before the people. Bend your energies towards making friends of key-men in all classes of voters. " Party Politics in the Age of Caesar is a shrewd commentary on this text, designed to clarify the true meaning in Roman political life of such terms as "party" and "faction. " Taylor brilliantly explains the mechanics of Roman politics as she discusses the relations of nobles and their clients, the manipulation of the state religion for political expedience, and the practical means of delivering the vote.‎

‎Kennedy, George A.‎

‎QUINTILIAN A Roman Educator and His Quest for the Perfect Orator‎

‎Gift inscription from author to R. E. Fantham. Minor shelfwear. ; 171 pages; Signed by Author‎

‎Crawford, Michael‎

‎THE ROMAN REPUBLIC‎

‎Pencil underlining and notes to some pages. Minor shelfwear. ; During the centuries of its history the republic burst its city-state shell... Wars, rural impoverishment, the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few families, civil discord, the increase in number of slaves and robbery of overseas provinces caused irreversible changes... This is the material of Crawford's study. He handles its complexities with acuteness and balance. He is sophisticated about political motives and economic causes... Crawford's readable book is a fine contribution to the understanding of this important period. (Times Higher Education Supplement ) ; 224 pages‎

‎Kaster, Robert A.‎

‎THE APPIAN WAY Ghost Road, Queen of Roads‎

‎The Roman poet Statius called the via Appia “the Queen of Roads, ” and for nearly a thousand years that description held true, as countless travelers trod its path from the center of Rome to the heel of Italy. Today, the road is all but gone, destroyed by time, neglect, and the incursions of modernity; to travel the Appian Way today is to be a seeker, and to walk in the footsteps of ghosts. Our guide to those ghosts—and the layers of history they represent—is Robert A. Kaster. In The Appian Way, he brings a lifetime of studying Roman literature and history to his adventures along the ancient highway. A footsore Roman soldier pushing the imperial power south; craftsmen and farmers bringing their goods to the towns that lined the road; pious pilgrims headed to Jerusalem, using stage-by-stage directions we can still follow—all come to life once more as Kaster walks (and drives—and suffers car trouble) on what’s left of the Appian Way. Other voices help him tell the story: Cicero, Goethe, Hawthorne, Dickens, James, and even Monty Python offer commentary, insight, and curmudgeonly grumbles, their voices blending like the ages of the road to create a telescopic, perhaps kaleidoscopic, view of present and past. To stand on the remnants of the Via Appia today is to stand in the pathway of history. With The Appian Way, Kaster invites us to close our eyes and walk with him back in time, to the campaigns of Garibaldi, the revolt of Spartacus, and the glory days of Imperial Rome. No traveler will want to miss this fascinating journey. ; Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel; 144 pages‎

‎Giovannini, Adalberto & Denis Van Berchem (Eds)‎

‎OPPOSITIONS ET RÉSISTANCES A L'EMPIRE D'AUGUSTE A TRAJAN Neuf Exposés Suivis De Discussions‎

‎Dustjacket has browning to spine. Light soiling to DJ spine. ; 4 English, 3 German & 2 French Essays by Kurt A. Raaflaub, Dieter Timpe, Arnaldo Momigliano, Z. Yavetz, Barbara Levick, Adalberto Giovannini, Werner Eck, G. W. Bowersock, Hubert Zehnacker. Entretiens prepares par Adalberto Giovannini et presides par Denis van Berchem. Preface de Olivier Reverdin. Vandoeuvres-Geneve, 25-30 aout 1986. ; Entretiens Sur L'Antiquité Classique Tome XXXIII; 401 pages‎

‎Stambaugh, John E.‎

‎THE ANCIENT ROMAN CITY‎

‎Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Light yellowing to DJ. ; Stambaugh aims at a comprehensive view of urban life in the ancient Roman world. Offering an overview of political history, liberally seasoned with a survey of the architectural development of Rome, he incorporates a catalog of the best known statesmen and authors; these figures are later invoked for the light they can shed on urban values and perspectives. The book's latter half provides a panorama of various aspects of Roman city living. ; Ancient Society and History; 416 pages‎

‎Browning, Robert‎

‎BYZANTIUM AND BULGARIA A Comparative Study Across the Early Medieval Frontier‎

‎Very light shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Studies the two states during the 9th & 10th centuries when the Bulgarian & East Slav societies in general were being formed. Starts from the collapse of Roman power and the establishment of the Bulgarian state. Surveys the political relations between Bulgaria and Byzantium during the crucial two centuries. ; 232 pages‎

‎Brüggemann, (Bruggemann) Lewis William Ludwig Wilhelm‎

‎A SUPPLEMENT TO THE VIEW OF THE ENGLISH EDITIONS, TRANSLATIONS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANCIENT GREEK AND LATIN AUTHORS, WITH REMARKS‎

‎Light foxing to textblock. ; Vol. 2; 150 pages‎

‎Mackinnon, Albert Glenthorn‎

‎THE ROME OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH Earlier Section‎

‎Top of spine and back corner are bumped. Small tears to bottom of spine and rubbing. ; 12 Illustrations ; 237 pages‎

‎Mommsen, Theodor‎

‎REDEN UND AUFSÄTZE Mit Zwei Bildnissen‎

‎Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and bookplate. First plate of Mommsen is loose else VG. Rubbing to boards and light shelfwear. ; 479 pages‎

‎Wagenvoort, H‎

‎STUDIES IN ROMAN LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND RELIGION‎

‎Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers. Adhesive remains on cover. Ugly adhesive stains on inner covers. Webbing is showing on inner covers. Binding is still tight. ; Contents include (list is not exhaustive) : Virgil's Fourth Eclogue and the Sidus Iulium; Ludus poeticus; Princeps; Horace and Virgil; "Rebirth" in profane antique Literature; Crime of Fratricide; Origin of the Ludi Saeculares; Virgil's eclogues I and IX; Isles of the Blessed and Insula Tiberina; Parentatio in honour of Romulus. ; 316 pages‎

‎Watson, George Ronald‎

‎THE ROMAN SOLDIER‎

‎Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. DJ has light yellowing to top. Soiling to top of textblock. ; This book is a study of the life and training of the Roman soldier from enlistment to discharge. Covers the period of the Empire to the accession of Diocletian, and pays especial regard to ranks below the centurionate. Takes account not only of the legions and the auxiliary forces, but also of the praetorian guard and the urban cohorts, the Vigiles, and the imperial fleets. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman life; 256 pages‎

‎Scullard, H. H & A. A. M. Van Der Heyden‎

‎SHORTER ATLAS OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD‎

‎Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears. DJ is price-clipped. ; 238 pages‎

‎Cameron, Alan‎

‎CLAUDIAN Poetry and Propaganda At the Court of Honorius‎

‎Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing else NF. ; Later reprint by Sandpiper Books. As a propagandist Claudian offers unique illumination of the intrigues inside and between the rival courts of Milan and Constantinople in the decisive years following the death of Theodosius the Great. Though a Greek by birth, Claudian revived Latin poetry with a flair not seen since the Silver Age- and not to be seen again. This book studies Claudian's political and propagandist techniques, his accounts of Stilico's campaigns and rivals, his debt to Greek rhetorical theory and contemporary poetry, his culture, attitudes to Rome and its problems and, not least, his position as a pagan at a Christian court. ; 508 pages‎

‎Rushforth, Gordon McNeil‎

‎LATIN HISTORICAL INSCRIPTIONS Illustrating the History of the Early Empire‎

‎Underlining in pen on a few pages, otherwise NF. Light foxing to textblock. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1930. Deciphers Latin inscriptions.‎

‎Kenyon, Frederic G.‎

‎BOOKS AND READERS IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME‎

‎Light soiling. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1932. Although the subject of the book is primarily bibliographical, namely, the methods of book making from the date of Homer until the supersession of papyrus by vellum in the fourth century CE, one of its main objects has been to show the bearings of the material and form of books on literary history and criticism, and to consider what new light has been thrown by recent research on the origin and growth of the habit of reading in ancient Greece and Rome. Contents: 1. The use of books in ancient Greece. 2.The papyrus roll. 3. Books and reading at home. 4. Vellum and the codex. ; 8.5 x 0.75 x 5.75 Inches; 136 pages‎

‎Browning, Robert‎

‎THE EMPEROR JULIAN‎

‎Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Light soiling to textblock. The first 20 pages are creased but with no loss to text else VG. Adhesives stain to front free-page. ; 256 pages; Julian is called by Christians "The Apostate" because they believe he converted from Christianity to Paganism. He himself, as attested to in private letters between him and the Rhetorician Libanius, had Christianity forced on him as a child by his cousin Constantius II, who was a zealot Christian and would have not tolerated a pagan relative, but Julian had never really accepted any religion until his reading of the Homeric poems, some of the most important texts for the Greek religion. After this conversion to Hellenism he devoted his life to protecting and restoring the fame and security of this more ancient tradition as well as other religious traditions such as Judaism from Christian persecution. After gaining the purple, Julian started a religious reformation of the state, which, in his intentions, was to give back its lost strength to the Roman State. He supported the restoration of the old Roman faith, based on polytheism. Julian reduced the influence of Christian bishops in public offices. The lands taken by the Church were to be returned to their original owners, and the bishops lost the privilege to travel for free, at expenses of the State.‎

‎Charles-Picard, Gilbert‎

‎AUGUSTUS AND NERO The Secret of Empire‎

‎Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. DJ has one small tear to front panel. Book has light shelfwear. ; 190 pages; The Romans invented the concepts and the terms 'Empire' and 'Emperor', and specifically it was Augustus who did so. Explores the labyrinths of the Imperial idea in the light of modern psychology, and demonstrates how near Nero came to wrecking the work of his predecessor, Augustus, only forty years after his death.‎

‎Grandazzi, Alexandre; Todd, Jane Marie‎

‎THE FOUNDATION OF ROME Myth and History‎

‎Top corners lightly bumped. Light general soiling. ; 9.5 x 0.75 x 6.5 Inches; 236 pages; "The Foundation of Rome is one of the few intelligent books on the subject, neither hypercritical nor visionary; its particular strength lies in the skillful interweaving of modern historiography and ideology with ancient history. "--Jerzy Linderski, University of North Carolina. At once a historical essay and a self-conscious meditation on the writing of history, The Foundation of Rome takes as its starting point a series of accounts of Rome's origins offered over the course of centuries. Alexandre Grandazzi places these accounts in their contemporary contexts and shows how the growing sophistication in methodology gradually changed the accepted views of the city's origins. He looks, for example, at the hypercritical philology of the nineteenth century which cast aside everything that could not be verified. He then explains how the increase in archaeological discoveries and changing archaeological techniques influenced the story of Rome's birth. Grandazzi produces a depiction of Rome's origins that is both up-to-date and provocative. His use of scientific parallels in describing changes in the ways texts were analyzed and his broad familiarity with comparative material make his synthesis particularly illuminating, and he writes with clarity, verve, and wit.‎

‎Sinclair, Patrick‎

‎TACITUS THE SENTENTIOUS HISTORIAN A Sociology of Rhetoric in Annales 1-6‎

‎One tear to middle of DJ at edge (1 cm). ; 1.11 x 9.29 x 6.3 Inches; 262 pages‎

‎Smith, R. E.‎

‎THE FAILURE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC‎

‎Looks at the failure of Roman society in the first century B.C., to show how this failure came about, and what were its effects upon the spirit of the society.‎

‎Stewart, Roberta L.‎

‎PUBLIC OFFICE IN EARLY ROME Ritual Procedure and Political Practice‎

‎Light bump to bottom of spine. ; 9.5 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 272 pages; <div>Studies of Roman politics have traditionally emphasized individual personalities or groups of personalities and have explained political behavior in terms of contests for individual power or group power. By contrast, Roberta Stewart focuses on being the religious institution of the "allotment" of duties among elected officials as a primary control on Roman politics. She examines in detail the procedure of allotment, the roles of popular election and allotment in defining public authority and duty, and the relationship between the Roman Senate and elected officials. Allotment is seen to reflect Republican ideology about the divine sanction of Roman leadership, military enterprise, and empire. <br></div><div>Allotment is examined in particular historical contexts, and the successive formations of public office in 444, 367, and 242 b. C. E. Are analyzed as a series of political solutions in an evolving cultural context. The discussion documents the ritual definition of allotments and the historical development of distinctive features of Republican political office: the equal authority of colleagues (collegiality) , the individual authority and accountability for an allotted function (provincia) , the procedural alternative to allotment (comparatio) , and the hierarchy of offices with imperium (the consuls and praetors). Public Office in Early Rome will be of great interest for scholars and students of Roman religion, government, and history. Roberta Stewart is Associate Professor of Classics, Dartmouth College.‎

‎Cumont, Franz Valery Marie‎

‎AFTER LIFE IN ROMAN PAGANISM Lectures Delivered At Yale University on the Silliman Foundation‎

‎This book has some age wear and browning but generally it is in pretty good condition. Foxing to prelims. Bumping to spine ends and corners. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Inside hinge is cracked exposing webbing underneath. Light pencil notes to inner covers-- Text unaffected. ; Examines one of the most colorful historical epochs- between the republican period and the fall of Roman paganism. This was an era when religions, mysteries, and superstition fought, one with the other, for the true answer to the questions of life and after life. ; Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Lectures‎

‎Mommsen, Theodor; Edited and with an Introduction By T. Robert S. Broughton‎

‎THE PROVINCES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE The European Provinces. SELECTIONS from the HISTORY of ROME, VOL. 5, BOOK 8‎

‎One corner lightly bumped. Former owner's stamp on front free-page. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing causing discoloration to top corner. ; 363 pages; A master of history, law, language, numismatics and epigraphy, Mommsen describes and illuminates the political, social and cultural institutions of the many people of a vast empire.‎

‎Evans, J. A. S. (Ed. )‎

‎POLIS AND IMPERIUM Studies in Honour of Edward Togo Salmon‎

‎Rubbing on back cover else Fine ; Big names contribute articles to this volume: A. G. McKay, T. Robert S. Broughton, Malcolm F. McGregor, C. D. Gordon, Frank W. Walbank, Mary E. White, Maurice Lebel, Emilio Gabba, M. James Moscovich, E. Badian, G. Hermansen, H. H. Scullard, K. H. Waters, c. M. Wells, E. A. Judge, J. A. S. Evans. ; 317 pages‎