Roman History & Culture

This volume examines the life and career of L. Munatius Plancus, and through him, explores the tumultuous final years of the Roman Republic...

In Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity Olson argues that clothing functioned as part of the process of communication by which elite male influence, masculinity, and sexuality were made known and acknowledged, and furthermore that these concepts interconnected in socially significant ways. This ..

Presents a unique study of the education of upper-class women in Roman society in the central period of Roman History, from the second century BC to AD 235. Also examines the role of women as patronesses of literature, learning and writing...

Presents a unique study of the education of upper-class women in Roman society in the central period of Roman History, from the second century BC to AD 235. Also examines the role of women as patronesses of literature, learning and writing...

 Propelled to power by the age of 17 by an ambitious mother, self-indulgent to the point of criminality, inadequate, paranoid and the perpetrator of heinous crimes including matricide and fratricide, and deposed and killed by 31, Nero is one of Rome's most infamous Emperors. But has history treated ..

The Roman province of Noricum occupied most of Austria as well as parts of Italy, Germany and the Balkans. Noricum, first published in 1974, presents a comprehensive history of Noricum, from 400 BC to the end of Roman rule in AD 600. It includes a review of much recent research on the province, deta..

This book presents a collection of 13 articles on the topic of  "the passions" and their connection with moral advancement in ancient Greece and Rome. Writers discussed include the Cynics, the Neopythagorians, Aristotle and Ovid...

This study, first published in 1987, explores how personal hatred – ‘inimicitia’ – could arise and how it was often central in the formation of political factions. In particular, groups opposing such powerful figures as Pompey and Caesar might be united by nothing more than common hatred of the indi..

Pliny sketches a theory of advancing moral decline and extravagance, in the course of which he gives a detailed account of six centuries of classical art and a fascinating sketch of the world of the rich Roman collector...

The original edition of Pompeii: A Sourcebook was a crucial resource for students of the site. Now updated to include material from Herculaneum, the neighbouring town also buried in the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook allows readers to form a richer and more diverse pictu..

The original edition of Pompeii: A Sourcebook was a crucial resource for students of the site. Now updated to include material from Herculaneum, the neighbouring town also buried in the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook allows readers to form a richer and more diverse pictu..

_x000D_ Pompey the Great, first published in 1978, traces the career of this enigmatic character from his first appearance in public life during the Social War, through his early military campaigns in the Civil War 83-82, as the Senate’s general  during the 70s, to his first consulship in 70. The im..