Author: Paul ErdkampPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521896290
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 647
Book Description
A highly accessible survey of life in the capital of the Roman Empire, the largest metropolis of its day.
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome
Author: Paul ErdkampPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521896290
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 647
Book Description
A highly accessible survey of life in the capital of the Roman Empire, the largest metropolis of its day.
The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Economy
Author: Walter ScheidelPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521898226
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
Thanks to its exceptional size and duration, the Roman Empire offers one of the best opportunities to study economic development in the context of an agrarian world empire. This volume, which is organised thematically, provides a sophisticated introduction to and assessment of all aspects of its economic life.
The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic
Author: Harriet I. FlowerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107032245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.
The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law
Author: David JohnstonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521895642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 555
Book Description
This book reflects the wide range of current scholarship on Roman law, covering private, criminal and public law.
The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy
Author: David SedleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521775038
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Table of contents
The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Historians
Author: Andrew FeldherrPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521854539
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
An introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods. It presents essays by an international team of scholars that aim both to orient non-specialist readers to the important concerns of the Roman historians and also to stimulate new research.
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus
Author: Karl GalinskyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494567
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The age of Augustus, commonly dated to 30 BC – AD 14, was a pivotal period in world history. A time of tremendous change in Rome, Italy, and throughout the Mediterranean world, many developments were underway when Augustus took charge and a recurring theme is the role that he played in shaping their direction. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus captures the dynamics and richness of this era by examining important aspects of political and social history, religion, literature, and art and architecture. The sixteen essays, written by distinguished specialists from the United States and Europe, explore the multi-faceted character of the period and the interconnections between social, religious, political, literary, and artistic developments. Introducing the reader to many of the central issues of the Age of Augustus, the essays also break new ground and will stimulate further research and discussion.
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Author: Barbette Stanley SpaethPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521113962
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Provides an introduction to the major religions of the ancient Mediterranean and explores current research regarding the similarities and differences among them.
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome
Author: Paul ErdkampPublisher:
ISBN: 9781107423817
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Rome was the largest city in the ancient world. As the capital of the Roman Empire, it was clearly an exceptional city in terms of size, diversity and complexity. While the Colosseum, imperial palaces and Pantheon are among its most famous features, this volume explores Rome primarily as a city in which many thousands of men and women were born, lived and died. The thirty-one chapters by leading historians, classicists and archaeologists discuss issues ranging from the monuments and the games to the food and water supply, from policing and riots to domestic housing, from death and disease to pagan cults and the impact of Christianity. Richly illustrated, the volume introduces groundbreaking new research against the background of current debates and is designed as a readable survey accessible in particular to undergraduates and non-specialists.
The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire
Author: Kirk FreudenburgPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521803595
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Satire as a distinct genre of writing was first developed by the Romans in the second century BCE. Regarded by them as uniquely 'their own', satire held a special place in the Roman imagination as the one genre that could address the problems of city life from the perspective of a 'real Roman'. In this Cambridge Companion an international team of scholars provides a stimulating introduction to Roman satire's core practitioners and practices, placing them within the contexts of Greco-Roman literary and political history. Besides addressing basic questions of authors, content, and form, the volume looks to the question of what satire 'does' within the world of Greco-Roman social exchanges, and goes on to treat the genre's further development, reception, and translation in Elizabethan England and beyond. Included are studies of the prosimetric, 'Menippean' satires that would become the models of Rabelais, Erasmus, More, and (narrative satire's crowning jewel) Swift.