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ANCIENT STUDIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Rome 2
Greece 4
Translations from Antiquity 6
The Ancient World 7
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Killing for the RepublicCitizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War
Steele Brand
How Rome’s citizen-soldiers conquered the world—and why this militaristic ideal still has a place in America today.
2019 392 pp., 13 line drawings 978-1-4214-2986-1 $34.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book
The Ruler’s HouseContesting Power and Privacy in Julio-Claudian Rome
Harriet Fertik
How Romans used the world of the house to interpret and interrogate the role of the emperor.
2019 256 pp., 9 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-3289-2 $54.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book
ROME
Witness to Ancient History, Gregory S. Aldrete, Series Editor
The Great Fire of RomeLife and Death in the Ancient City
Joseph J. Walsh
A thrilling and momentous account of the Great Fire of Rome and how a modern city arose from its embers.
2019 192 pp. 4 b&w photos, 4 maps 978-1-4214-3371-4 $19.95 paperback Also available as an e-book
A Monument to Dynasty and DeathThe Story of Rome’s Colosseum and the Emperors Who Built It
Nathan T. Elkins
Go behind the scenes to discover why the Colosseum was the king of amphitheaters in the Roman world—a paragon of Roman engineering prowess.
2019 184 pp., 49 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-3255-7 $19.95 paperback Also available as an e-book
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 200 pp., 7 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-2970-0 $24.95 paperback Also available as an e-book
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ROME
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 320 pp. 978-1-4214-2891-8 $54.95 hardcover Also available as an 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 maps 978-1-4214-2519-1 $44.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book
The Grand Strategy of the Roman EmpireFrom the First Century CE to the Third
revised and updated edition
Edward 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 maps 978-1-4214-1945-9 $29.95 paperback 978-1-4214-1944-2 $69.95 hardcover Also available as an 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 halftones 978-1-4214-1628-1 $59.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book
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 maps 978-1-4214-1700-4 $34.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book
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GREECE
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Pindar, Song, and SpaceTowards a Lyric Archaeology
Richard Neer and Leslie Kurke
A groundbreaking study of the interaction of poetry, performance, and the built environment in ancient Greece.
Cultural Histories of the Ancient World James Ker and Emily Mackil
2019 480 pp., 74 color illus., 31 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-2978-6 $54.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book
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 maps 978-1-4214-2370-8 $54.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book
The Birth of ComedyTexts, Documents, and Art from Athenian Comic Competitions, 486–280
edited by Jeffrey Rustentranslated by Jeffrey Henderson, David Konstan, Ralph Rosen, Jeffrey Rusten, and Niall W. Slater
A comprehensive look at all aspects of classical Greek comedy.
2016 816 pp., 42 halftones, 1 line drawing 978-1-4214-2118-6 $49.95 paperback Also available as an e-book
Children and Childhood in Classical Athenssecond edition
Mark Golden
A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Mark Golden’s groundbreaking study of childhood in ancient Greece.
Ancient Society and History2015 272 pp., 17 halftones 978-1-4214-1686-1 $24.95 paperback 978-1-4214-1685-4 $50.00 hardcover Also available as an e-book
Approaches to Greek Mythsecond edition
edited 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 plates 978-1-4214-1419-5 $29.95 paperback 978-1-4214-1418-8 $69.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book
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Witness to Ancient History
Gregory S. Aldrete, Series Editor
Athens BurningThe Persian Invasion of Greece and the Evacuation of Attica
Robert Garland
The gripping story of how the Athenians survived the Persian invasion of their homeland—one of the central events in ancient Greek history.
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice
2016 184 pp., 8 halftones, 6 maps 978-1-4214-2196-4 $19.95 paperback 978-1-4214-2195-7 $50.00 hardcover Also available as an 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 maps 978-1-4214-1681-6 $19.95 paperback 978-1-4214-1680-9 $45.00 hardcover Also available as an e-book
GREECE
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 photos 978-1-4214-1255-9 $59.95 hardcover Also available as an 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 plates 978-1-4214-0819-4 $32.95 hardcover Also available as an 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 hardcover Also available as an e-book
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TRANSLATIONS FROM ANTIQUITY
The Other Four Plays of SophoclesAjax, Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philoctetes
Sophoclestranslated 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 paperback 978-1-4214-1136-1 $52.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book
The Orphic Hymnstranslation, introduction, and notes by Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow
The best-selling English translation of the mysterious and cosmic Greek poetry known as the Orphic Hymns.
2013 280 pp. 978-1-4214-0882-8 $25.95 paperback 978-1-4214-0881-1 $43.00 hardcover Also available as an e-book
Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity
The IliadHomertranslated 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 drawing 978-1-4214-0642-8 $28.00 paperback 978-1-4214-0641-1 $59.00 hardcover Also available as an e-book
The OdysseyHomertranslated 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 paperback Also available as an e-book
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THE ANCIENT WORLD
Essential 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 paperback Also available as an 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 halftone 978-1-4214-2381-4 $44.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book
Women’s Life in Greece and RomeA Source Book in Translation
fourth edition
Mary 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 paperback
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 paperback Also available as an e-book
Cults and ConspiraciesA Literary History
Theodore Ziolkowski
Explore 2,000 years of conspiracy in literature.
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice
2016 248 pp. 978-1-4214-2243-5 $24.95 paperback Also available as an 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 hardcover Also available as an e-book
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