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Few personalities from classical antiquity are more famous--yet more poorly understood--than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In this major biography, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a learned and visionary leader whose overarching goal was always the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-04-01
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The control over marble and metal resources was of major importance to the Roman Empire.The emperor's freedmen and slaves, officers and soldiers of the Roman army, equestrian officials, as well as convicts and free labour were seconded to mines and quarries throughout...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-03-25
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The control over marble and metal resources was of major importance to the Roman Empire.The emperor's freedmen and slaves, officers and soldiers of the Roman army, equestrian officials, as well as convicts and free labour were seconded to mines and quarries throughout...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-03-25
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What did women do in ancient Greece and Rome? Did Socrates' wife Xanthippe ever hear his dialogues on beauty and truth? How many many women actually read the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides? When pagan goddesses were as powerful as gods, why was the status of...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2010-03-11
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Ten years after its original publication, Roman Homosexuality remains the definitive statement of this interesting but often misunderstood aspect of Roman culture. Learned yet accessible, the book has reached both students and general readers with an interest in ancient...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-02-01
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'Perpetua shouted out with joy as the sword pierced her, for she wanted to taste some of the pain and she even guided the hesitant hand of the trainee gladiator towards her own throat'Lives of Roman Christian Women is a unique collection of letters and documents from...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2010-01-28
ePub
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Phaedra * Oedipus * Medea * Trojan Women * Hercules Furens * Thyestes
Seneca's plays are the product of a sensational, frightening, and oppressive period of history. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca lived through uncertain and violent times, and his dramas depict...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-01-14
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Phaedra * Oedipus * Medea * Trojan Women * Hercules Furens * Thyestes
Seneca's plays are the product of a sensational, frightening, and oppressive period of history. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca lived through uncertain and violent times, and his dramas depict...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-01-14
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In The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World Yun Lee Too argues that the ancient library was much more than its incarnation at Alexandria, which has been the focus for students of the subject up till now.In fact, the library is a complex institution with many...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-01-07
ePub
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In The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World Yun Lee Too argues that the ancient library was much more than its incarnation at Alexandria, which has been the focus for students of the subject up till now.In fact, the library is a complex institution with many...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-01-07
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The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-12-23
Collection :
The Peoples of Europe
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Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this book offers a fascinating history of Rome and the Roman peoples during the rule of the first Roman emperor, Augustus. Written in an easily accessible style, making it the ideal introduction to Augustan Rome for those with...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-12-23
Collection :
The Peoples of Europe
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The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-12-23
Collection :
The Peoples of Europe
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This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists, who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. Presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery Provides...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-12-17
Collection :
Ancient World: Comparative Histories
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In the first centuries AD, although much of the Near East was ruled by Rome, the main local language was Aramaic, and the people who lived inside or on the fringes of the area controlled by the Romans frequently wrote their inscriptions and legal documents in their own...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-10-29
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This stimulating new study provides a narrative of the monumental conflict of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and examines the realities of the war and its effects on the average Athenian. A penetrating new study of the Peloponnesian War between...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-10-27
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This stimulating new study provides a narrative of the monumental conflict of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and examines the realities of the war and its effects on the average Athenian. A penetrating new study of the Peloponnesian War between Athens...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-10-27
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The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philosophy, the world we live in would be unrecognizably different without the formative influence of Ancient Greek models....
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-10-22
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The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philosophy, the world we live in would be unrecognizably different without the formative influence of Ancient Greek models....
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-10-22
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In Writing, Performance, and Authority in Augustan Rome Michele Lowrie examines how the Romans conceived of their poetic media. Song has links to the divine through prophecy, while writing offers a more quotidian, but also more realistic way of presenting what a poet...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-10-15
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