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Julius Caesar: The Gallic War Books I-II
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CA$175.95
ISBN: 9781835537565
Pub Date: December 2024
Books I-II of Julius Caesar?s The Gallic War narrate the campaigns of Caesar?s first two years in Gaul (58-57 BCE). These first years saw great success for Caesar. He repelled the Helvetii, who were...
Soldiers and Silver
Mobilizing Resources in the Age of Roman Conquest
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CA$43.95
ISBN: 9781477330777
Pub Date: December 2024
Imprint: University of Texas Press
A detailed comparative study of resources and military mobilizations in the ancient Mediterranean, this book examines how Rome achieved hegemony over the region and offers a new understanding of the economy of that time.
Ancient Sea
The Utopian and Catastrophic in Classical Narratives and their Reception
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CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781835537954
Pub Date: November 2024
In the ancient Mediterranean world, the sea was an essential domain for trade, cultural exchange, communication, exploration, and colonisation. In tandem with the lived reality of this maritime space,...
Work and Labour in the Cities of Roman Italy
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CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781835538487
Pub Date: November 2024
Work and labour are fundamental to an understanding of Roman society. In a world where reliable information was scarce and economic insecurity loomed large, social structures and networks of trust were...
Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction
Amazing Antiquity
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CA$60.95
ISBN: 9781835537947
Pub Date: November 2024
Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction introduces and analyses the reception of classical antiquity in contemporary science fiction. By using up-to-date methods from classical reception theory,...
Cicero: De re publica
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CA$243.95
ISBN: 9781802074420
Pub Date: November 2024
This new edition of De re publica provides a revised Latin text and a new English translation of all the surviving text of Cicero?s famous work on Roman constitutional theory, as well as the testimonia...
Ovid Fasti: Books I-III
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CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781835538418
Pub Date: October 2024
Ovid?s Fasti is a journey through ancient Rome, using the calendar as a guide. The reader of this poem tours the monuments of the Augustan-era city, witnesses both urban and rustic seasonal festivals,...
Constantine and the Council of Nicaea, Second Edition
Defining Orthodoxy and Heresy in Christianity, 325 CE
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CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781469682310
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
Before Constantine rose to power as the Roman emperor, the empire followed polytheistic beliefs. Any deviation from this tradition, particularly embracing Christianity, was met with severe punishment...
Seeking the Mothers in Ovid's "Heroides"
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CA$79.95
ISBN: 9781501777066
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Seeking the Mothers in Ovid's "Heroides" explores Ovid's reconceptualization of the heroines' maternal experience. Rather than aligning them with the stereotypical roles of Roman women, motherhood enables...
Empires and Indigenous Peoples
Comparing Ancient Roman and North American Experiences
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CA$74.95
ISBN: 9780806194523
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Sweeping in its scope and rigorous in its scholarship, Empires and Indigenous Peoples expands our understanding of their historical interrelations and raises general questions about the nature of the various imperial encounters.
Female Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean World
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CA$202.95
ISBN: 9781802071856
Pub Date: July 2024
Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative.Female agency in the ancient world has long been implicitly, and on a few occasions explicitly, examined in classical...
Empresses-in-Waiting
Female Power and Performance at the Late Roman Court
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CA$202.95
ISBN: 9781802075939
Pub Date: July 2024
Empresses-in-Waiting comprises case studies of late antique empresses, female members of imperial dynasties, and female members of the highest nobility of the late Roman empire, ranging from the fourth...
The ‘Satyrica' of Petronius
Petronii Arbitri ‘Satyrica' Quae Supersunt
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CA$95.00
ISBN: 9781487550714
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
This book presents a formal critical edition and English translation of the Satyrica of Petronius.
Desire and Disunity
Christian Communities and Sexual Norms in the Late Antique West
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CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781835530023
Pub Date: June 2024
An Open Access edition will be available on publication thanks to the kind sponsorship of the libraries participating in the Jisc Open Access Community Framework OpenUP initiative.Desire and Disunity...
Gibbon's Christianity
Religion, Reason, and the Fall of Rome
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CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780271092362
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
The Shortest History of Italy
3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic—A Retelling for Our Times
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CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781891011450
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: The Experiment
Discover the prodigious global influence of il bel paese in this star-studded retelling of Italy’s past—from a foremost author of historic Italy. The Shortest History books deliver thousands...
Julius Caesar: The Gallic War Books I-II
CA$175.95
ISBN: 9781835537565
Pub Date: December 2024
Soldiers and Silver
Mobilizing Resources in the Age of Roman Conquest
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9781477330777
Pub Date: December 2024
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Ancient Sea
The Utopian and Catastrophic in Classical Narratives and their Reception
CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781835537954
Pub Date: November 2024
Work and Labour in the Cities of Roman Italy
CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781835538487
Pub Date: November 2024
Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction
Amazing Antiquity
CA$60.95
ISBN: 9781835537947
Pub Date: November 2024
Cicero: De re publica
CA$243.95
ISBN: 9781802074420
Pub Date: November 2024
Ovid Fasti: Books I-III
CA$67.95
ISBN: 9781835538418
Pub Date: October 2024
Constantine and the Council of Nicaea, Second Edition
Defining Orthodoxy and Heresy in Christianity, 325 CE
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781469682310
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
Seeking the Mothers in Ovid's "Heroides"
CA$79.95
ISBN: 9781501777066
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Empires and Indigenous Peoples
Comparing Ancient Roman and North American Experiences
CA$74.95
ISBN: 9780806194523
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Female Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean World
CA$202.95
ISBN: 9781802071856
Pub Date: July 2024
Empresses-in-Waiting
Female Power and Performance at the Late Roman Court
CA$202.95
ISBN: 9781802075939
Pub Date: July 2024
The ‘Satyrica' of Petronius
Petronii Arbitri ‘Satyrica' Quae Supersunt
CA$95.00
ISBN: 9781487550714
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
This book presents a formal critical edition and English translation of the Satyrica of Petronius.
Desire and Disunity
Christian Communities and Sexual Norms in the Late Antique West
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781835530023
Pub Date: June 2024
Gibbon's Christianity
Religion, Reason, and the Fall of Rome
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780271092362
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
The Shortest History of Italy
3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic—A Retelling for Our Times
CA$21.95
ISBN: 9781891011450
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: The Experiment