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The Year of Julius and Caesar59 BC and the Transformation of the Roman Republic
Stefan G. Chrissanthos
How Caesar’s attack on Bibulus marked the beginning of the end of the Roman free state and the descent of the Republic into violence and civil war.
2019 176 pp., 7 b&w illus.978-1-4214-2970-0 $19.95 pb/e-book
The Day Commodus Killed a RhinoUnderstanding the Roman Games
Jerry Toner
In ancient times, the Roman games—that heady cocktail of mass slaughter, gladiatorial combat, and chariot racing—made strong political, social, and cultural statements.
2014 144 pp. 6 halftones, 2 line drawings978-1-4214-1586-4 $19.95 pb/e-book
Brides, Mourners, BacchaeWomen’s Rituals in Roman Literature
Vassiliki Panoussi
How does the treatment of women’s rituals in Latin poetry and prose reveal Roman ideas of female agency?
2019 288 pp.978-1-4214-2891-8 $54.95 hc/e-book
Northern Italy in the Roman WorldFrom the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity
Carolynn E. Roncaglia
An in-depth study of how the Roman Empire influenced life, culture, and politics in northern Italy.
2018 256 pp., 10 halftones, 4 maps978-1-4214-2519-1 $44.95 hc/e-book
The Grand Strategy of the Roman EmpireFrom the First Century CE to the Third
revised and updated editionEdward N. Luttwak
A newly updated edition of this classic, hugely influential account of how the Romans defended their vast empire.
2016 296 pp., 10 line drawings, 15 maps978-1-4214-1945-9 $29.95 pb/e-book
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Rome’s Christian EmpressGalla Placidia Rules at the Twilight of the Empire
Joyce E. Salisbury
The page-turning account of Galla Placidia, a remarkable ruler at the twilight of the Roman Empire.
2015 248 pp. 11 halftones, 1 line drawing, 7 maps978-1-4214-1700-4 $34.95 hc/e-book
Maternal MegalomaniaJulia Domna and the Imperial Politics of Motherhood
Julie Langford
How the maternal image of the empress Julia Domna helped the Roman empire rule.
2013 232 pp., 30 b&w illus.978-1-4214-0847-7 $58.00 hc/e-book
Patients and Healers in the High Roman EmpireIdo Israelowich
“An original, innovative, and provocative history of ancient medicine in the High Roman Empire from the patient’s point of view.”—Manfred Horstmanshoff, Leiden University
2015 208 pp., 3 halftones978-1-4214-1628-1 $59.95 hc/e-book
The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Italic TraditionJay Fisher
A fresh look at the multicultural influences on Quintus Ennius and his epic poem, the Annals.
2014 224 pp.978-1-4214-1129-3 $69.95 hc/e-book
Roman Literary CultureFrom Plautus to Macrobius
second editionElaine Fantham
This new edition broadens the scope of Fantham’s study of literary production and its reception in Rome.
2013 368 pp., 1 b&w illus.978-1-4214-0836-1 $33.00/e-book
RomeA Living Portrait of an Ancient City
Stephen L. Dyson
“This book successfully manages to link the tangible remains to the wider themes of Roman history.”—Journal of Roman Studies
2010 488 pp., 28 halftones, 16 line drawings978-0-8018-9254-7 $38.00/e-book
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Persian InterventionsThe Achaemenid Empire, Athens, and Sparta, 450–386 BCE
John O. Hyland
Persia’s relations with Greek city-states provide a fascinating case study in ancient imperialism.
2017 272 pp., 4 maps978-1-4214-2370-8 $54.95 hc/e-book
The Birth of ComedyTexts, Documents, and Art from Athenian Comic Competitions, 486–280
edited by Jeffrey Rusten
translated by Jeffrey Henderson, David Konstan, Ralph Rosen, Jeffrey Rusten, and Niall W. Slater
A comprehensive look at all aspects of classical Greek comedy.
2011 816 pp. 42 halftones, 1 line drawing978-1-4214-2118-6 $49.95 pb/e-book
Children and Childhood in Classical Athenssecond editionMark Golden
A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Mark Golden’s groundbreaking study of childhood in ancient Greece.
Ancient Society and History
2015 272 pp., 17 halftones978-1-4214-1686-1 $24.95 pb/e-book
WITNESS TO ANCIENT HISTORYGregory S. Aldrete, Series Editor
Athens BurningThe Persian Invasion of Greece and the Evacuation of Attica
Robert Garland
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice
The gripping story of how the Athenians survived the Persian invasion of their homeland—one of the central events in ancient Greek history.
2016 184 pp., 8 halftones, 6 maps978-1-4214-2196-4 $19.95 pb/e-book
The Battle of ArginusaeVictory at Sea and Its Tragic Aftermath in the Final Years of the Peloponnesian War
Debra Hamel
A harrowing, immersive introduction to a violent turning point in the conflict between Sparta and Athens.
2015 152 pp., 4 halftones, 4 line drawings, 4 maps978-1-4214-1681-6 $19.95 pb/e-book
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Approaches to Greek Mythsecond editionedited by Lowell Edmunds
Now thoroughly revised and updated, this volume offers a variety of historical, comparative, and theoretical perspectives on Greek myth.
2014 480 pp., 2 line drawings, 3 maps, 10 plates978-1-4214-1419-5 $29.95 pb/e-book
Voices at WorkWomen, Performance, and Labor in Ancient Greece
Andromache Karanika
The songs of working women are reflected in Greek poetry and poetics.
2014 320 pp., 6 b&w photos978-1-4214-1255-9 $59.95 hc/e-book
Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body ArmorUnraveling the Linothorax Mystery
Gregory S. Aldrete, Scott Bartell, and Alicia Aldrete
A thorough and original study of the linothorax, the linen armor worn by Alexander the Great.
2013 304 pp., 21 b&w illus., 16 line drawings, 8 color plates978-1-4214-0819-4 $32.95 hc/e-book
The Poetics of ConsentCollective Decision Making and the Iliad
David F. Elmer
The Iliad’s depiction of politics reveals that the poem is the product of a broad consensus of performers and audiences across generations.
2012 336 pp.978-1-4214-0826-2 $58.00 hc/e-book
Reading HerodotusA Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History
Debra Hamel
Hamel takes us on a delightful, audacious romp through The History of the Persian Wars.
2012 360 pp., 5 halftones, 9 line drawings978-1-4214-0656-5 $32.95 pb/e-book
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TRANSLATIONS FROM ANTIQUITY
The Other Four Plays of SophoclesAjax, Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philoctetes
Sophocles
translated by David R. Slavitt
Famed translator David Slavitt lends his distinctly contemporary voice to four lesser-known plays of Sophocles.
2013 272 pp.978-1-4214-1137-8 $22.95 pb/e-book
The Orphic Hymnstranslation, introduction, and notes by Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow
The only English translation of the mysterious and cosmic Greek poetry known as the Orphic Hymns.
2013 280 pp.978-1-4214-0882-8 $25.95 pb/e-book
The IliadHomer
translated by Edward McCrorie with an introduction and notes by Erwin F. Cook
Edward McCrorie offers a new verse translation of the Iliad, capturing the meaning and music of Homer’s original Greek.
2012 552 pp., 1 line drawing978-1-4214-0642-8 $28.00 pb/e-book
The OdysseyHomer
translated by Edward McCrorie with an introduction and notes by Richard P. Martin
A bold new translation that preserves the swiftness, austerity, and clarity of the original.
2004 472 pp.978-0-8018-8267-8 $24.00 pb/e-book
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THE ANCIENT WORLDEssential Readings in Medicine and ReligionGary B. Ferngren and Ekaterina N. Lomperis
An indispensible collection of sources chronicling the relationship between medicine and religion from ancient to modern times.
2017 296 pp.978-1-4214-2290-9 $32.95 pb/e-book
Creatures Born of Mud and SlimeThe Wonder and Complexity of Spontaneous Generation
Daryn Lehoux
How did the concept of spontaneous generation survive for so long?
Singleton Center Books in Premodern Europe
2017 192 pp., 1 halftone978-1-4214-2381-4 $44.95 hc/e-book
Women’s Life in Greece and RomeA Source Book in Translation
fourth editionMary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant
The essential collection of source materials on the lives of women in the ancient world.
2016 496 pp., 40 b&w illus.978-1-4214-2113-1 $32.00 pb
The Mediterranean WorldFrom the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Napoleon
Monique O’Connell and Eric R Dursteler
An interdisciplinary approach to the Mediterranean’s rich, multicultural history.
2016 352 pp., 68 b&w photos, 4 b&w illus.978-1-4214-1901-5 $34.95 pb/e-book
Cults and ConspiraciesA Literary History
Theodore Ziolkowski
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice
Explore 2,000 years of conspiracy in literature.
2016 248 pp.978-1-4214-2243-5 $24.95 pb/e-book
Comic DemocraciesFrom Ancient Athens to the American Republic
Angus Fletcher
The forgotten history of comedy’s contribution to world democracy.
2016 224 pp.978-1-4214-1934-3 $49.95 hc/e-book
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Killing for the RepublicThe Roman Way of War
Steele Brand
How Rome conquered the world with citizen-soldiers—and why this militaristic ideal still has a place in America today.
2019 368 pp., 13 line drawings978-1-4214-2986-1 hc/e-book
Pindar, Song, and SpaceToward a Lyric Archaeology
Richard Neer and Leslie Kurke
A groundbreaking study of the phenomenology of space and time in classical Greece.
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