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Millar, Fergus
THE ROMAN NEAR EAST 31 BC - AD 337
Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear ; Carl Newell Jackson Lectures; 9.5 x 1.5 x 6.75 Inches; 624 pages; From Augustus to Constantine, the Roman Empire in the Near East expanded step by step, southward to the Red Sea and eastward across the Euphrates to the Tigris. In a remarkable work of interpretive history, Fergus Millar shows us this world as it was forged into the Roman provinces of Syria, Judaea, Arabia, and Mesopotamia. His book conveys the magnificent sweep of history as well as the rich diversity of peoples, religions, and languages that intermingle in the Roman Near East. Against this complex backdrop, Millar explores questions of cultural and religious identity and ethnicity--as aspects of daily life in the classical world and as part of the larger issues they raise. As Millar traces the advance of Roman control, he gives a lucid picture of Rome's policies and governance over its far-flung empire. He introduces us to major regions of the area and their contrasting communities, bringing out the different strands of culture, communal identity, language, and religious belief in each. The Roman Near East makes it possible to see rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and eventually the origins of Islam against the matrix of societies in which they were formed. Millar's evidence permits us to assess whether the Near East is best seen as a regional variant of Graeco-Roman culture or as in some true sense oriental. A masterful treatment of a complex period and world, distilling a vast amount of literary, documentary, artistic, and archaeological evidence--always reflecting new findings--this book is sure to become the standard source for anyone interested in the Roman Empire or the history of the Near East.
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Alföldi, Andrew (Trans. Harold Mattingly)
A CONFLICT OF IDEAS IN THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE The Clash between the Senate and Valentinian I
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Sound copy; 151 pages; The old world of pagan thought and custom, based on the city of Rome, tries to defend itself against the forces of innovation and disruption in the new age....On the one side, the emperor, representing the mass of the citizens...on the other, the senate and aristocracy of Rome, representing the ancient tradition and way of life. The conflict turns round the trials of leading Roman nobles for magical practices-- regarded by them as a permissible maintenance of traditional rites, but by the Emperor as symptoms of disloyalty and dangerous to his person and the state.
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Johnson, W. R.
DARKNESS VISIBLE A Study of Vergil's Aeneid
Inscribed by author: "For Patricia & Gordon-- with more thanks for everything. --Ralph 14 July 1976." ; 179 pages; In examining the nature and the significance of Vergil's multiple allegories in the Aeneid, the author contrasts the poem's deliberately lyrical and enigmatic style and narrative technique with the clarity and realism of Homeric poetic, and he investigates the intellectual milieu in which Vergil shaped his poem, focusing on the great disintegration of classical humanism that Vergil's age portends. ; Signed by Author
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Corcoran, Simon
THE EMPIRE OF THE TETRARCHS Imperial Pronouncements and Government AD 284-324
1 small chip to DJ at head of spine. Small red dot taped to DJ spine. Else Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Inner cover has two institution plates from School of History and Archaeology--Ancient History Library-- No other markings. Minor shelfwear to book. ; Oxford Classical Monographs; 1.11 x 8.74 x 5.7 Inches; 424 pages; The era of Diocletan and Constantine is a significant period for the Roman empire, with far-reaching administrative changes that established the structure of government for three hundred years - a time when the Christian church passed from persecution to imperial favour. It is also a complex period of co-operation and rivalry between a number of co-emperors, the result of Diocletian's experiment of government by four rulers (the tetrarchs). This book examines imperial government at this crucial but often neglected period of transition, through a study of the the pronouncement that the emperors and their officials produced, drawing together material from a wide variety of sources: the law codes, Christian authors, inscritpions, and papyri. The study covers the format, composition, and promulgation of documents, and includes chronological catalogues of imperial letters and edicts, as well as extended discussions of the Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes, and the ambitious Prices Edict. Much of this has had little detailed coverage in English before. There is also a chapter that elucidates the relative powers of the members of the imperial college. Finally, Dr Corcoran assesses how effectively the machinery of government really matched the ambitions of the emperors.
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Frederiksen, Martin (Nicholas Purcell Ed. )
CAMPANIA
Dustjacket has a couple of small chips. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and discoloration. Minor Shelfwear to book. ; Campania is the most fertile part of peninsular Italy. It possesses good harbours and excellent land communications. Its archaeology is rich even by Italian standards, and it is prominent in ancient texts even to the point of notoriety. It is therefore possible to study the complex and important ancient history of the region in considerable depth. ; 368 pages
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Campbell, J. B.
THE EMPEROR AND THE ROMAN ARMY, 31 BC-AD 235
Former owner's bookplate on ffep. ; The Roman world in the Imperial period was ruled by a succession of autocrats for whom the army remained the single most important source of political power. But how could one man win the loyalty and affection of an army which numbered up to to half a million? Although financial benefits and legal privileges had the most direct impact on the soldiers, every emperor sought some kind of additional bond through a personal association and identification with them. ; 468 pages; Special edition for Sandpiper Books. Reprint of 1984 Edition.
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Jones, A. H. M.
THE CRIMINAL COURTS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC AND PRINCIPATE With a Preface by John Crook
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear. Former owner's bookplate to front inner cover. ; 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.
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Leinieks, Valdis
THE PLAYS OF SOPHOKLES
Very light rubbing to wraps else Fine. ; 215 pages
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Hartley, Brian & John Wacher (Eds. )
ROME AND HER NORTHERN PROVINCES Papers Presented to Sheppard Frere in Honour of His Retirement from the Chair of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, University of Oxford, 1983
Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket has edgewear with light chipping. Former bookshop label on back inner cover else book is fine. ; Papers cover a wide range of subjects taken from the northern provinces of the Roman Empire. ; 313 pages
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Lloyd-Jones, Hugh
GREEK COMEDY, HELLENISTIC LITERATURE, GREEK RELIGION, AND MISCELLANEA The Academic Papers of Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones
Minor rubbing to DJ. ; A collection of 38 papers by Lloyd-Jones covering his interest in fields of Greek Comedy, Hellenistic literature, Greek religion, and Greek culture. ; 424 pages
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Parkin, Tim G.
DEMOGRAPHY AND ROMAN SOCIETY
Former classics scholar's name on ffep. DJ has minor shelfwear. ; Shows how modern demographic tools and techniques can be used to shed new light on the study of Roman society. ; Ancient Society and History; 248 pages
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Whitman, Cedric H.
EURIPIDES AND THE FULL CIRCLE OF MYTH
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, and call numbers. Dustjacket has edgewear with light chipping and a couple of tears. Adhesive stains to endpapers. Back endpaper has been excised. 10 or so pages have underlining in pen. ; Analyzes three "romances", Iphigeneia in Tauris, Helen and Ion. ; Loeb Classical Monographs; 176 pages
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Willetts, R. F.
THE CIVILIZATION OF ANCIENT CRETE
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Gift plate from E. Robbins, classicist to library. Minor edgewear to extremities. ; 279 pages
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Cameron, Averil
PROCOPIUS AND THE SIXTH CENTURY
Bumping to head of spine has caused slight warping to cloth covering spine. Former owner's name on ffep. ; A magisterial assessment of the major historian of early Byzantium, by one of today's leading historians of late antiquity. Most of our understanding of the age of Justinian is based on the works of Procopius of Caesarea, the most important Greek historian of late antiquity. Many modern histories of the period virtually paraphrase his major work, the Wars. Today, questions of how we are to reconcile the Wars with Procopius' two minor works-the panegyrical Building and the sensational Secret History, still dominates current scholarship. ; The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, Vol X; 310 pages
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Bagnall, Roger S. & Alan E. Samuel
OSTRAKA IN THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM II
Book has minor shelfwear and scuffing. ; Systematic publication of ostraka. ; American Studies in Papyrology Volume Fifteen
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Grimes, W. F.
THE EXCAVATION OF ROMAN AND MEDIAEVAL LONDON
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and removed pocket. Call numbers have been covered with black tape on boards. ; Accounts of several major Roman & Mediaeval archaological digs carried out in the post war period. These include the Roman Fort at Cripplegate, London Wall, the Temple of Mithras, several Churches. ; 261 pages; Oversized book -- extra shipping charges outside USA
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Roisman, Joseph
THE GENERAL DEMOSTHENES AND HIS USE OF MILITARY SURPRISE
Minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Historia. Einzelschriften 78; 84 pages; Focuses on Demosthenes' campaigns, the factors that led to their different results, and the general's use of military surprise toward a reevaluation of this important commander who is executed after the Athenian disaster in Sicily in 413 BC.
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Citti V. , E. Degani, G. Giangrande & G. Scarpa
AN INDEX TO THE ANTHOLOGIA GRAECA Anthologia Palatina and Planudea Fasc. I: A- Gamma Rho
Pages 69 and 76 are blank but publisher has tipped in replacements. Minor shelfwear and rubbing to wraps. Else VG; Fasc I only; 172 pages
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Rufinus; Denys Page
THE EPIGRAMS OF RUFINUS Edited with an Introduction and Commentary
Very light shelfwear else Fine. ; Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries; 124 pages; Nothing is known of the Greek poet Rufinus other than that he was the author of a collection of thirty-nine epigrams. In fact he is such an insubstantial figure that his date has been placed at various points within nearly half a millennium. Professor Page here presents a text of Rufinus' poems and a concise commentary on them. In his introduction he considers the criteria by which a date may be established and finds evidence in favour of the fourth century AD.
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Burton, Reginald William Boteler
THE CHORUS IN SOPHOCLES' TRAGEDIES
Gift inscription on ffep to W. S. Barrett from author: "W. S. B. From R. W. B. B. With best wishes-- Feb. 28th, 1980"; 312 pages; Examines Sophocles' handling of the chorus in his seven extant tragedies. ; Signed by Author
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Morrison, J. S. & R. T. Williams
GREEK OARED SHIPS 900-322 B.C.
Former owner's embossed seal on ffep and titlepage. Light foxing to textblock. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and small tears now protected in mylar. Light browning to DJ. DJ is price-clipped. ; This book is written in the belief that a proper understanding of Greek civilization in antiquity requires some knowledge of its background of seafaring. A knowledge of nautical practice is required for an understanding of some passages of Greek poetry and prose writing, and for a correct interpretation of numerous historical events. This is an attempt at a thorough study of the evidence, both literary and archaeological. Modern reference books tend to repeat the misconceptions of nineteenth-century scholars. In contrast, Mr Morrison and Mr Williams have written a scholarly and scientific study of the subject. They collect in this volume evidence for Greek oared ships between 900 and 322 BC. The book is primarily a catalogue of decorated pottery and quotations from literature and from naval inventories. The pottery is illustrated by diagrams and plates; and the quotations are given in full. ; 356 pages
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Geanakoplos, Deno John
GREEK SCHOLARS IN VENICE Studies in the Dissemination of Greek Learning from Byzantium to Western Europe
Minor shelfwear. Small tear (1/2 cm) at base of spine. Former owner's name on ffep. Small affixed sticker to ffep. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and a few small tears. Browning to DJ spine. DJ rubbed in places. ; Contents: Byzantium and Venice; Crete and Venice; Greek Colony in Venice; part II. The Disseminators: Michael Apostolis; Marcus Musurus; Arsenios Apostolis; Zacharias Calliergis; Demetrius Ducas; Desiderius Erasmus; ; 348 pages
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Campbell, David A.
THE GOLDEN LYRE The Themes of the Greek Lyric Poets
DJ has mild creasing and shelfwear. Back upper corner is rubbed with colour loss. Former owner's name stamped on inner cover. Minor shelfwear. ; Examines the most important of the poets' themes-- love, wine, athletics, politics, friends and enemies, gods and heroes, life and death, poetry and music--. The texts are all printed in the original with accompanying translations. ; 320 pages
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Proctor, Sir Dennis
HANNIBAL'S MARCH IN HISTORY
Very light foxing to textblock. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and a few tears. DJ spine is faded. ; A scholarly chronology and routing of the march. ; 242 pages
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Hirschfeld, Otto
DIE KAISERLICHEN VERWALTUNGSBEAMTEM BIS AUF DIOCLETIAN
Minor shelfwear. ; 514 pages
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Valgiglio, Ernesto
SILLA E LA CRISI REPUBBLICANA
Minor browning to wraps. Former owner's name on front wrap. Pages uncut. Embossed seal to titlepage. Minor shelfwear. Small tear to base of spine. ; 250 pages
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Guillermou, Jean
L'IRONIE DANS LE THEATRE D'EURIPIDE These Presentee Devant L'Universite De Paris IV - Le 27 Octobre 1973
Minor creasing to wraps. Presentation copy from author to W. S. Barrett with gift inscription from author on ffep. ; 321 pages; Signed by Author
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Sauzeau, Pierre & Thierry Van Compernolle (Eds. )
LES ARMES DANS L’ANTIQUITÉ. DE LA TECHNIQUE À L’IMAGINAIRE Actes Du Colloque De SEMA, Montpellier 20 Et 22 Mars 2003
Crease to back wrap else Fine. ; Outil de chasse ou de guerre, de violence et de mort, l’arme devient un objet de culture quand les peuples anciens créent des armes solides ou complexes, l’art de s’en servir et les règles de leur usage ; des armes de prestige ; des armes signes identitaires, qui structurent la société des guerriers, autour desquelles s’articule la citoyenneté, qui participent de la légitimation du pouvoir, de l’acte libérateur du tyrannicide. Des armes où se reflètent le cosmos et le monde des dieux — armes réelles ou armes d’images et de poésie. À défaut d’une exhaustivité encyclopédique, on pourra voir s’esquisser dans cet ouvrage, où se retrouvent linguistes, littéraires, historiens, historiens de l’art, tous spécialistes des civilisations antiques, quelques grandes lignes d’une histoire totale des armes anciennes, histoire fondamentale pour concevoir la guerre dans l’Antiquité, mais qui déborde de toutes parts l’histoire proprement militaire. ; 692 pages
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Forrest, William George Grieve
A HISTORY OF SPARTA 950-192 B.C
First 9 pages are loose but present. Former classics scholar's name on ffep (T. D. Barnes) ; Begins with the foundation of the city in the tenth century B. C and covers gradual expansion of Spartan authority in the Peloponnese until her collapse and eventual Roman Roman conquest of 195 BC. ; Classical History and Literature; 160 pages
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Lewis, Naphtali
THE FIFTH CENTURY B.C. Greek Historical Documents
Rubbing and shelfwear to wraps. ; Looks at extant fifth-century documents with particular focus on Athens. Omits major authors to concentrate on lesser lights like Diodorus of Sicily and Pseudo-Xenophon. ; 124 pages
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Starr, Chester G.
PAST AND FUTURE IN ANCIENT HISTORY
General survey of recent trends and possible future areas of investigation in all fields of ancient History. ; Publications of the Association of Ancient Historians I; 80 pages
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Brisson, Luc & Frederic Plin
PLATO BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1992-1994
Light browning to wraps. ; This bibliography, based on a Lustrum-type model, consists of two lists: a list of the editions and translations of Plato's works, and a list of titles of studies on Plato and his works, arranged according to the alphabetical order of their author's name. ; 80 pages
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Glotz, Gustave
THE GREEK CITY And its Institutions
Former classics scholar's name on ffep (Mary S. White). Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Spine has small tears along top and bottom corners. Discolored line on front board. Corners lightly bumped. Minor rubbing. ; The History of Civilization; 416 pages
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Fowler, W. Warde
THE CITY-STATE OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS A Survey. Introductory to the Study of Ancient History
One page of table of contents loose. Pencil underlining on a few pages. Spine cover is torn along one side (3") . General wear. ; Macmillan's manuals for students; 332 pages
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Laistner, M. L. W.
A HISTORY OF THE GREEK WORLD FROM 479 TO 323 B.C
Former classics scholar's name on ffep (Mary E. White). Spine cover is split along one side but still holding. Chipping to top of spine. Spine is faded. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; Survey of Greek history from the end of the Persian wars to the death of Alexander the Great. ; Methuen's History of the Greek and Roman World; 492 pages
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Waddy, Lawrence
PAX ROMANA AND WORLD PEACE
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; Looks at the Augustan era and its foundations and failures as well as the principles and practices of government which imposed a Roman peace on the ancient world. ; 240 pages
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Baikie, James
THE SEA-KINGS OF CRETE
Former owner's name on ffep. Pencil underlining and marginalia on a few pages. Chipping to head and heel of spine. Spine is faded. ; With 32 full page illustrations from photographs. Looks at the archaeology, culture and history of Minoan Crete. ; 315 pages
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Herington, C. J. (Ed. )
THE AUTHOR OF THE PROMETHEUS BOUND
Front inner hinge has cracked away from textblock. Boards still firmly attached. DJ has minor edgewear to extremities. ; Looks at the questions: Whether the play is by Aeschylus at all and when it was written. ; The New Delphin Series, Number One; 135 pages
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Petit, Paul & (James Willis, translator)
PAX ROMANA
Price on DJ has been deleted. Very light edgewear to DJ. Minor shelfwear to DJ. Light bumping to bottom corners of book. ; Period covered by this book, 31 BC to AD 193, is often referred to as the Golden Age. The author discusses some of the contemporary social and economic problems of the Roman Empire, and shows how the period was in many respects as fraught with tension and difficulties as the later Empire. ; 368 pages
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Quinn, Kenneth
LATIN EXPLORATIONS: CRITICAL STUDIES IN ROMAN LITERATURE
Underlining in pencil and pen on a few pages. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Front Inner hinge is cracked. Back inner hinge has been reinforced with tape. DJ is price-clipped. ; Fresh approach to Roman poetry from Catullus to Ovid. ; 282 pages
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Hill, G. F. ; R. Meiggs & A. Andrewes
SOURCES FOR GREEK HISTORY Between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. a New Edition
Starting to crack along inner hinge. Light foxing to textblock. ; Original Greek references for the study of the time between the Persian & Peloponnesian Wars includes names and places with English references at end. ; 426 pages
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Collins, John Churton & Michael MacMillan (Ed. )
GREEK INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH POETRY
Spine is faded. Minor edgewear to top of spine. Rubbing to extremities. Prelims are browned. Former owner's name on ffep. Light foxing. ; A series of lectures: Greek as a factor in modern education; introduction of greek into England; Influence of Greek poetry; Influence of Greek Criticism; Influence of Greek philosophy. ; 127 pages
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Fitts, Dudley
MORE POEMS FROM THE PALATINE ANTHOLOGY In English Paraphrase
Former classics scholar's name on ffep (Wallace). Minor edgewear to extremities. Slight browning to spine and portion of boards. ; Selection of English translations of poems from the Greek anthology. ; The Poet of the Month
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Shewan, Alexander
HOMERIC ESSAYS
Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Former classics scholar's name on ffep (Wallace). ; Shewan has collected his most important papers on Homeric literature. ; 456 pages
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Fowler, W. Warde
JULIUS CAESAR And the Foundation of the Roman Imperial System
Pencil lines in margin on a few pages. Rubbing to extremities. Former classics scholar's name on ffep (W. P. Wallace). ; Heroes of the Nations; 389 pages
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Allen, Thomas W.
THEOGNIS
Wraps are worn, torn and chipped. Browning to wraps. Interior is still very good. Light pencil underlining and marginalia on a few pages. ; A reevaluation of Theognis; From the Proceedings of the British Academy; 21 pages
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Lloyd-Jones, Hugh
GREEK COMEDY, HELLENISTIC LITERATURE, GREEK RELIGION, AND MISCELLANEA The Academic Papers of Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones
Minor rubbing to DJ. Top corners lightly bumped else Book is Fine. ; A collection of 38 papers by Lloyd-Jones covering his interest in fields of Greek Comedy, Hellenistic literature, Greek religion, and Greek culture. ; 424 pages
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Wilson, N. G.
SCHOLARS OF BYZANTIUM
DJ Spine and top portion of front panel are discolored. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. DJ is taped down to boards. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers. ; "Scholars of Byzantium" provides a summary of the Byzantine scholars who preserved, commented on, and disseminated, the corpus of the Greek scientific and literary achievement of antiquity to the Latin west, and to the Arabs. ; 283 pages
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Vishnia, Rachel
STATE, SOCIETY AND POPULAR LEADERS IN MID-REPUBLICAN ROME 241-167 BC
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; State, Society and Popular Leaders deals with the incorporation of the lower classes into the governing system of ancient Rome. In 287, the Hortensian law made the decisions of the plebs binding on the whole people. This event is often referred to as the great plebeian victory, a landmark in Roman history. In this original study, Rachel Feig Vishnia maintains that the real turning point in the relations between the plebs and the patricians can be found eighty years earlier. Based on the works of Livy and the most recent scholarship, this book provides a new and controversial view of one of the most exciting periods in Roman history. ; 264 pages
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Brand, C.E.
ROMAN MILITARY LAW
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers. Traces of removed pocket on back board. Book has been rebound in dark red library buckram. Light pencil marginalia on a few pages. ; In view of the importance of both the legal and military aspects of the Roman Empire, an account for the Roman armies is of considerable significance to historians in both fields. Colonel C. E. Brand describes this system of control. ; 209 pages
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