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Temporini, Hildegard & Wolfgang Haase
AUFSTIEG UND NIEDERGANG DER RÖMISCHEN (ROEMISCHEN) WELT II.32.1 Geschichte Und Kultur Roms in Spiegel Der Neueren Forschung. PRINCIPAT. Sprache Und Literatur (Literatur Der Julisch-Claudischen Und Der Flavischen Zeit)
Light bumping to top of front cover. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Contents include but are not exhaustive: Caratteristiche della letteratura giulio-claudia; Politics and Power in Roman Poetry from Horace to Statius; Manilius als Astrologie und Dichter; Germanico e il suo poema astronomico; The 'Aetna': Thought, Antecedents, and Style; Il 'Saggio sul Sublime'; Etat présent des travaux sur l'Histoire Romaine de Velléius paterculus; Valerius Maximus and Roman Historiography; Phaedrus the Fabulist; The Elder Seneca and Declamation; Elder Seneca and Declamation since 1900: A Bibliography; Der Traum des Historikers: Zu den 'Bella Germaniae' des Plinius und zur julisch-claudischen Geschichtsschreibung; Tiberius and Gaius: influence and views on Literature; Claudius-- the Erudite Emperor. ; 650 pages
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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
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White, K. D.
GREEK AND ROMAN TECHNOLOGY
Very light shelfwear. Small tear to head of DJ spine (1cm). ; Aspects of Greek and Roman Life; 10.5 x 0.75 x 7.25 Inches; 272 pages
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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
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Smith, John Holland
THE DEATH OF CLASSICAL PAGANISM
Shelfwear book and dustjacket. Rounding to top of spine. Light pencil underlining on a few pages. ; It is a study of the Roman world in the first five centuries after Christ, and it tells the story of the historically improbable oddity of how a religious cult centered on an obscure construction worker living in the backwaters of a great Empire supplants the sophisticated Classical European religious worldview that had been embraced for thousands of years. Of particular interest to me was the story of Julian the Apostate, the last Roman emperor to openly embrace paganism. The author generously devotes an entire chapter to this remarkable personage. Although Julian was a nephew of Emperor Constantine and was raised as a Christian, he renounced the "new" religion when he became an adult and embraced the gods of his fathers. Because Julian ruled the Empire for a scant three years, he had insufficient time to turn back the tide of religious history, and we are left to wonder how things might have been different if he had ruled for 30 years instead. The author's sympathetic portrayal of this little-known Emperor lent a touching air of wistfulness to the sad story of the clash of Christianity with Paganism. ; 280 pages
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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
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Fenik, Bernard
HOMER AND THE NIBELUNGENLIED Comparative Studies in Epic Style
Bumping to corners. Light soiling to boards. ; A sturyd of certain kinds of artistic design shared by the ancient Greek and medieval European epic. Also looks at Chanson de Roland and Rolandslied. ; Martin Classical Lectures; 0.87 x 9.64 x 6.45 Inches; 230 pages
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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
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Fenik, Bernard
HOMER AND THE NIBELUNGENLIED Comparative Studies in Epic Style
A sturyd of certain kinds of artistic design shared by the ancient Greek and medieval European epic. Also looks at Chanson de Roland and Rolandslied. ; Martin Classical Lectures; 0.87 x 9.64 x 6.45 Inches; 230 pages
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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.
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Hall, Wade H. (Bullock)
THE ROMANS ON THE RIVIERA AND THE RHONE A Sketch of the Conquest of Liguria and the Roman Province
Light foxing to textblock. Minor shelfwear. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1898. Looks at the history of the Romans on the Italian and Roman Rivieras. ; 9.5 x 0.75 x 0.65 Inches
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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
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Sullivan, John Patrick
CRITICAL ESSAYS ON ROMAN LITERATURE Elegy and Lyric
Former owner's stamp on fly-page. Bottom corner is bumped. DJ has chipping along top and bottom edges. A couple of small pieces are missing from DJ. ; A collection of chapters on the major lyric and elegiac poets of Rome-- Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid and Horace. Translations are provided of all the Latin passages quoted. ; 225 pages
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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.
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Rounds, Dorothy
ARTICLES ON ANTIQUITY IN FESTSCHRIFTEN: AN INDEX The Ancient Near East, the Old Testament, Greece, Rome, Roman Law, Byzantium
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Minor shelfwear and one bumped corner. Former owner's signature (classics professor Mary White on fly page). ; An index of names and subjects found in festschriften. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 560 pages
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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.
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Wiedemann, Thomas
THE JULIO-CLAUDIAN EMPERORS, AD 14-70
Former owner's signature on first end-page. Shelfwear. ; Summarises political events during the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero and the civil wars of the 'year of four emperors'. It considers too the extent to which social factors influenced the imperial household. ; Classical World; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 94 pages
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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.
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Gold, Barbara K.
LITERARY PATRONAGE IN GREECE AND ROME
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. One crease to back panel of DJ. Light soiling. ; Describes the forms of patronage from Homer's time to the Hellenistic period, focusing on Homeric bards, the lyric poets, Pindar, Theocritus, and the Alexandrian poets and scholars. Gold then discusses patronage in Rome from the dramatists in the third century B. C. To the later republican poets such as Catullus, Lucretius, and the elegists. ; 267 pages
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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
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Williams, R. Deryck
AENEAS AND THE ROMAN HERO
Creasing along spine. Red ink stain along textblock. Stamp along inner cover. Wear to corners. ; Inside the Ancient World; 72 pages
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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.
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Greenhalgh, P. A. L.
POMPEY The Republican Prince
Red pen line along bottom of textblock. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Authoritative account of Pompey the Great from 58 B. C. Down to his murder in Egypt ten years later. Illustrated with photographs of coins and sculptures. ; 320 pages
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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.
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Toynbee, J. M. C.
DEATH AND BURIAL IN THE ROMAN WORLD
DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has wear to corners. Front inner hinge is cracked exposing webbing. Book is still solid. ; Describes burial customs and attitudes toward death in the ancient Roman world-- pagan, Jewish and Christian. First deals with burial rites and tombs among the Etruscan antecedents of the Romans, then gives an account of beliefs in the Roman era of life beyond the grave and the problems of the widespread change from cremation to inhumation. Chapters on practices, cemeteries, tombs, funerary gardens, gravestones, and tomb furniture. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman life; 336 pages
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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
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Grimal, Pierre
HELLENISM AND THE RISE OF ROME
Former owner's signature on front free-page. Very light soiling. ; A study of the Hellenistic world from the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of his successors to the defeat of Hannibal in the Second Punic War. ; Delacorte World History VI; 418 pages
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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.
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Feenstra, R.
COLLATIO IURIS (IVRIS) ROMANI Études Dédiées à Hans Ankum à L’occasion De Son 65e Anniversaire
Unwrapped in Plastic. 2 volume set. ; 2 Volume Set. Studia Amstelodamensia Ad Epigraphicam, Ius Antiquum Et Papyrologicam Pertinentia, 35; 746 pages; Contributors : M. Amelotti, G. G. Archi, P. Birks, Y. Bongert, C. A. Cannata, J. De Churucca, A. Corbino, R. Feenstra, J. Gaudemet, Th. Giménez Candela, W. M. Gordon, A. S. Hartkamp, A. M. Honoré, M. Humbert, G. Klingenberg, R. Knütel, Chr. Krampe, L. Labruna, J. -Ph. Lévy, D. Liebs, J. H. A. Lokin, G. MacCormack, A. D. Manfredini, J. MélÈze Modrzejewski, Th. Mayer-Maly, J. Menner, R. Mentxaka, A. Metro, J. -H. Michel, J. Miquel, P. L. NÈve, D. Nörr, A. D’Ors, ÝG. Pugliese, J. M. Rainer, H. -A. Rupprecht, B. Santalucia, H. C. F. Schoordijk, E. J. H. Schrage, P. J. Sijpesteijn, J. E. Spruit, P. G. Stein, F. Sturm, M. Talamanca, L. Vacca, R. Verstegen, R. Vigneron, A. Wacke, L. Waelkens, W. Waldstein, H. J. Wieling, L. C. Winkel, W. Wolodkiewicz, K. A. Worp, F. B. J. Wubbe, R. Yaron, K. -H. Ziegler, J. Zlinszky.
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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
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McKay, Alexander Gordon
VITRUVIUS, ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER Buildings and Building Techniques in Augustan Rome
Rubbing to wraps else NF. ; Inside the Ancient World; 88 pages
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Bailey, S. K.
ROMAN LIFE AND LETTERS A Reader for the Sixth Form
Spine is sunned. Light foxing. ; 195 pages; Latin passages are introduced with a commentary in English. Glossary and notes are in English.
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Downey, Glanville
THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE
Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Discusses the 3rd Century Crisis to the Fifth Century (including the foundation of the Byzantine Empire). ; Berkshire studies in history; 148 pages
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Brown, Peter
AUTHORITY AND THE SACRED Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World
Gift inscription on title page else Fine. ; Canto original series; 0.27 x 5.72 x 8.52 Inches; 107 pages; The Christianization of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe. Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors that proved decisive and the compromises that made the emergence of the Christian conception of existence possible: how the old gods of the Roman Empire could be reinterpreted as symbols to further the message of the Church. Peter Brown also shows how Christian holy men were less representative of a triumphant faith than negotiators of a working compromise between the new faith and traditional ways of dealing with the supernatural worlds.
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Coster, Charles Henry
LATE ROMAN STUDIES
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Light discoloration to spine; Contents include: The Iudicium Quinquevirale in Constantinople; Iudicium Quinquevirale Reconsidered; Procopius and Boethius; Fall of Boethius: his Character; Economic Position of Cyrenaica in Classical Times; Synesius, a Curialis of the Time of the Emperor Arcadius; Christianity and the Invasions: Paulinus of Nola, Rutilius Namatianus, Synesius of Cyrene. ; 308 pages
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Clausing, Roth
THE ROMAN COLONATE The Theories of its Origin
With an introduction by Vladimir G. Simkhovitch. Looks at the development of the institution of the Roman colonate and its intimate connection with the decline of ancient civilization and persistance through most of the Middle Ages. ; Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law, V. 117, No. 1, Whole No. 260; 333 pages
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Hadas-Lebel, Mireille; Miller, Richard (trans.)
FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS Eyewitness to Rome's First-Century Conquest of Judea
Spine slightly cocked. ; Looks at Josephus' account of the destruction of Jerusalem and the second Temple in the year 70 as well as Masada. ; 9.5 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 269 pages
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Carter, Jesse Benedict
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF ANCIENT ROME A Study in the Development of Religious Consciousness, from the Foundation of the City Until the Death of Gregory the Great
Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Reprint of 1911. Chapters Include: Rome and the Etruscans; Rome and Greece: The Religion Of Superstition And The Decline Of Faith; Religion Of The Early Empire; Constantine And Christianity; Julian called the Apostate: Twilight of the Gods; Augustine And The City Of God; Benedict And The Ostrogoths; Gregory And The Lombards: The Preparation For The Holy Roman Empire. ; 270 pages
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Brown, Frank E. & Emeline Richardson & L. Richardson
COSA III: THE BUILDINGS OF THE FORUM Colony, Municipium, and Village
Corners are bumped else NF. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket has edgewear with light chipping and a couple of small closed tears along bottom edge. ; The Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome Volume XXXVII; 431 pages; Cosa was a Latin colonia founded under Roman influence in southwestern Tuscany in 273 BC, perhaps on land confiscated from the Etruscans. One of the last textual references to Cosa comes from the work of Rutilius Claudius Namatianus in his De reditu suo. In the passage 1.285-90, Rutilius remarks that by 416 the site of Cosa was deserted and could be seen to be in ruins. In the 20th century, Cosa was the site of excavations carried out under the auspices of the American Academy in Rome, initially under the direction of the archaeologist Frank Edward Brown. Excavations (1948-54, 1965-72) have traced the city plan, the principal buildings, the port, and have uncovered the Arx, the forum, and a number of houses. Unexcavated buildings include a bathing establishment, but no trace of a theater or an amphitheater has been found. In the 1990s a limited series of excavations were carried out under the direction of Elizabeth Fentress, then associated with the American Academy in Rome. This latter campaign aimed at understanding the history of the site between the imperial period and the middle agest. Sample excavations took place over the whole site, with larger excavations on the Arx, the Eastern Height and around the Forum.
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Gilliam, J. F
ROMAN ARMY PAPERS
Corners bumped. ; Mavors Roman Army Researches, 2; 471 pages; A collection of 45 previously published articles, reviews and translations by J F Gilliam, all of which retain their original appearance. Over the last sixty year Gilliam has aimed to publish and interpret an important assemblage of documents and papyri from Egypt and the Near East which throw significant light on the structure, working, religion and recruitment of the Roman army.
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Timpe, Dieter
UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUR KONTINUITÄT DES FRÜHEN PRINZIPATS
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. It appears that this Softcover book has been rebound into hardcover preserving the original wraps. ; In german. Discusses the continuation of the Principate from the death of Augustus until 68/9 under Vespasian. ; Historia-- Zeitschrift Für Alte Geschichte. Einzelschriften Heft 5; 133 pages
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Lieu, Samuel N. C. & Dominic Montserrat
CONSTANTINE History, Historiography and Legend
Former owner's name on ffep has been blacked out else NF. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 0.97 x 8.74 x 5.82 Inches; 260 pages; examines the reign of Constantine, the first Christian emperor and the founder of Constantinople. From a variety of angles: historical, historiographical and mythical. The volume examines the circumstances of Constantine's reign and the historical problems surrounding them, the varied accounts of Constantine's life and the plethora of popular medieval legends surrounding the reign, to reveal the different visions and representations of the emperor from saint and patron of the Western church to imperial prototype. Constantine: History, Historiography and Legend presents a comprehensive and arresting study of this important and controversial emperor.
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Ruebel, James S.
CAESAR AND THE CRISIS OF THE ROMAN ARISTOCRACY A Civil War Reader
Highlighting on about 6 pages. Pencil notes to latin texts-- student's former copy. Bottom corner of book is worn exposing small part of underlying board-- does not affect the text. ; Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture; 0.89 x 9.33 x 6.29 Inches; 189 pages; Latin selections with extensive English notes and detailed introduction.
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Millar, Fergus
THE CROWD IN ROME IN THE LATE REPUBLIC
Light shelfwear to book. Former owner's name on ffep. Dustjacket has edgewear to front bottom corner that has been repaired with scotch tape by former owner. ; The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic explores the consequences of a democracy in which public office could only be gained by direct election by the people. And while the Senate could indeed debate public matters, advise other officeholders, and make some administrative decisions, it could not legislate. An officeholder who wanted to pass a law had to step out of the Senate-house and propose it to the people in the Forum. In an expansion and revision of his Thomas Spencer Jerome lectures, Fergus Millar explores the development of the Roman Republic, which by its final years had come to cover most of Italy. To exercise their rights, voters had to come to Rome (or to live in or near the city as about one third of them did) and to meet in the Forum. Millar takes the period from 80 to 50 B. C. , the dictatorship of Sulla to Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon, and shows how crowd politics was central to the great changes that took place year after year. The volume will interest general readers, as well as students of politics and Roman history. Technical terms are explained, and foreign words are kept to a minimum. ; Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures; 1.06 x 9.32 x 6.34 Inches; 256 pages
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Porter, Roy
GIBBON Making History
Top corners are bumped. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Light discoloration to DJ spine. ; Historians on Historians; 187 pages; A study of Gibbon as historian: a product of his own time, and an enduring voice in our own.
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Leunissen, Paul M. M.
KONSULN UND KONSULARE IN DER ZEIT VON COMMODUS BIS SEVERUS ALEXANDER (180-235 N. CHR.) Prosopographische Untersuchungen Zur Senatorischen Elite Im Römischen Kaiserreich
Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology; 505 pages; In dieser Arbeit werden die zukünftigen und gewesen Konsuln in der Zeit von Commodus bis zum Tode des Severus Alexander (180-235) untersucht. Wegen des unvermindert hohen Prestiges des Konsulates können die mit diesem Amt ausgezeichneten Senatoren der Elite des Senatorenstandes zugerechnet werden, während wiederum ein Teil von ihnen, wegen der Bekleidung der höchsten Aufgaben in der Zivil- und Militärverwaltung des römischen Kaiserreiches, als die tatsächliche senato-rische Führungsschicht angesehen werden kann. Die Grundlage dieser Studie bildet eine Prosopographie, in der die in der Reichsverwaltung dieses Zeitraums tätigen Senatoren erfaßt sind.
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Boatwright, Mary T.
HADRIAN AND THE CITIES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Remainder mark to bottom of textblock else Fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages; Cities throughout the Roman Empire flourished during the reign of Hadrian (A. D. 117-138) , a phenomenon that not only strengthened and legitimized Roman dominion over its possessions but also revealed Hadrian as a masterful negotiator of power relationships. In this comprehensive investigation into the vibrant urban life that existed under Hadrian's rule, Mary T. Boatwright focuses on the emperor's direct interactions with Rome's cities, exploring the many benefactions for which he was celebrated on coins and in literary works and inscriptions. Although such evidence is often as imprecise as it is laudatory, its collective analysis, undertaken for the first time together with all other related material, reveals that over 130 cities received at least one benefaction directly from Hadrian. The benefactions, mediated by members of the empire's municipal elite, touched all aspects of urban life they included imperial patronage of temples and hero tombs, engineering projects, promotion of athletic and cultural competitions, settlement of boundary disputes, and remission of taxes.
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Ferrero, Guglielmo & (Alfred E. Zimmern, trans.)
THE GREATNESS AND DECLINE OF ROME Volume I: the Empire-Builders.
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Chipping to backstrip along head and back hinge. Former copy of W. McLeod (classics professor). Back board has discoloration. Darkening to spine. Bottom corners bumped. ; Volume I only.
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Bagnall, Roger S.
EGYPT IN LATE ANTIQUITY
1.25 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 392 pages; This book brings together a vast amount of information pertaining to the society, economy, and culture of a province important to understanding the entire eastern part of the later Roman Empire. Focusing on Egypt from the accession of Diocletian in 284 to the middle of the fifth century, Roger Bagnall draws his evidence mainly from documentary and archaeological sources, including the papyri that have been published over the last thirty years. This book brings together a vast amount of information pertaining to the society, economy, and culture of a province important to understanding the entire eastern part of the later Roman Empire. Focusing on Egypt from the accession of Diocletian in 284 to the middle of the fifth century, Roger Bagnall draws his evidence mainly from documentary and archaeological sources, including the papyri that have been published over the last thirty years.
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Fuhrmann, Manfred; Yuill, William E. (Tr. )
CICERO AND THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Light soiling to top of textblock else fine. ; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.25 Inches; 256 pages; In this life of Cicero, statesman, philosopher and the greatest Roman orator, Professor Fuhrmann has skilfully presented a coherent and graphic biography from the abundant but notoriously difficult source material. His account Brings to life not only the man but the political and cultural background of his age.
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