Classical Studies

Alexandria, Real and Imagined offers a complex portrait of an extraordinary city, from its foundation in the fourth century BC up to the present day: a city notable for its history of ethnic diversity, for the legacies of its past imperial grandeur - Ottoman and Arab, Byzantine, Roman and Greek - an..

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

In this book, T.D. Hill traces the cultural logic which animated the suicides of Roman aristocrats, describing the meaning and significance of such deaths in their original cultural context. Covering the writing of most major Latin authors between Lucretius and Lucan, this book argues that the signi..

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

This introductory textbook is unique in covering the history of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome within the framework of a short narrative history of events...

This introductory textbook is unique in covering the history of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome within the framework of a short narrative history of events...

Ancient thought, particularly that of Plato and Aristotle, has played an important role in the development of the field of aesthetics, and the ideas of ancient thinkers are still influential and controversial today. Ancient Aesthetics introduces and discusses the central contributions of key ancient..

An account of astrology from its beginnings in Mesopotamia, focusing on the Greco-Roman world, Ancient Astrology examines the theoretical development and changing social and political role of astrology...

An account of astrology from its beginnings in Mesopotamia, focusing on the Greco-Roman world, Ancient Astrology examines the theoretical development and changing social and political role of astrology...

Examining writers and collating information from contemporary sources, this is the first book to ever be published on this subject. This study of botany in the ancient world is a tremendous contribution to the field, and one to which generations of classicists will turn for help...

Examining writers and collating information from contemporary sources, this is the first book to ever be published on this subject. This study of botany in the ancient world is a tremendous contribution to the field, and one to which generations of classicists will turn for help...

Ancient Britain..