Classical Studies

Utilising new archaeological research, the author questions the traditionally held view that the imperial government had a strong political interest in eastern trade. Instead, he argues that their primary motivation was the tax income...

Comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date, this volume offers a brand new analysis of the Vestal Virgins’ ritual function in Roman religion...

Examines the lifestyle and behaviour of the `holy-men' of the early Roman Empire, asking how and why they acquired the prestige they did, and how they turned into objects of successful religious cults...

This book brings together experts from around the world to explore how sanitation affected our ancestors. By its end, readers will realise that toilets were in use in ancient Mesopotamia even before the invention of writing, and that flushing toilets with anatomic seats were a technology of ancient ..

Saving the City examines ancient political and philosophical thought from Homer to Cicero. it explores the problem of exploiting the philosophical past without reading the present back into it...

Using literary, epigraphic, numismatic and iconographic sources this book investigates the safety devices that were in place for the protection of the emperor and the city of Rome in the imperial age. In the aftermath of the civil wars Augustus continued to provide for his physical safety in the sam..

Through a series of multisensory case studies centred on people, places, buildings and artefacts, and on specific aspects of human behaviour, this volume develops ground-breaking methods and approaches for sensory studies in Roman archaeology and ancient history. A multisensory approach is taken thr..

In this well-illustrated and stimulating biography, Anthony R. Birley looks at the multi-faceted and sometimes conflicting character of this strange and enigmatic emperor...

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

American adaptations of Aristophanes’ enduring comedy Lysistrata have used laughter to critique sex, war, and feminism for nearly a century. Unlike almost any other play circulating in contemporary theatres, Lysistrata has outlived its classical origins in 411 BCE and continues to shock and delight ..