Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This book provides an introduction to the religion and religious practices of ancient Rome. Examining sites that are familiar to many modern tourists, Valerie Warrior avoids imposing a modern perspective on the topic by using the testimony of the ancient Romans to describe traditional Roman religion. The ancient testimony re-creates the social […]
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Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Presents a collection of primary source material from the Roman world, which provide unique evidence of the details of Roman daily life, including beliefs, occupations, families, and attitudes toward death. This book is useful for students of the ancient world, including historians, archaeologists, and philologists.
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Roman History
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Publisher: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Marcel Simon's classic study examines Jewish-Christian relations in the Roman empire from the second Jewish War (AD 132-5) to the end of the Jewish Patriarchate in AD 425.First published in 1948, the book overturns the then commonly held view that the Jewish and Christian communities gradually ceased to interact […]
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
The Annals (Bk. 13-16, v. 5)
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
An examination of the way the Roman army operated during a war and how it fought a battle. The book explores the influence of the Roman army's campaign tactics on its organization, its flexibility, weaponry and leadership, concluding that it was able to adapt to any type of warfare.
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Publisher: Faber and Faber
The History of Rome
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Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Pri
Public spectacle formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. This text presents a description of Rome's early history, by the historian Livy (16 BCE-17 CE). He presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as a visual monument and public […]
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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
They were as good as dead. When nine hundred battle-hardened veterans of Pompey the Great's Sixth Legion were surrounded by thousands of Caesar's troops at the culmination of the Battle of Pharsalus, each was prepared to fight on until the last of them perished. Shrewdly, Caesar promised to spare their […]
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