Top corners are bumped else book has Minor shelfwear. DJ spine slightly discolored. ; During the period 360-146 BC, the Greco-Roman world underwent the transition from independent city states and small regional powers to large and potent empires of the Hellenistic age. The essays in this volume consider various aspects of this central political transformation. Essays on Greco-Roman history of the period 360-146 BC are by students and colleagues of Ernst Badian. Nine chapters on the `Early Imperial History of Macedon, 360-300 BC' (Peter Green, Julia Heskel, Edward Harris, John Buckler, George C... View More...
A couple of corners and top of spine are lightly bumped else book has Minor shelfwear. Top of DJ spine slightly creased. DJ in mylar. ; During the period 360-146 BC, the Greco-Roman world underwent the transition from independent city states and small regional powers to large and potent empires of the Hellenistic age. The essays in this volume consider various aspects of this central political transformation. Essays on Greco-Roman history of the period 360-146 BC are by students and colleagues of Ernst Badian. Nine chapters on the `Early Imperial History of Macedon, 360-300 BC' (Peter Green, J... View More...
Book has been rebound in salmon coloured boards with red leather spine. Original front wrap tipped in. ; Studi Pubblicati Dal R. Istituto Italiano Per La Storia Antica; 241 pages View More...
Light bump to lower edge of front board, 1 corner and top of spine. Small dent to middle of spine. Very faint stain to textblock. DJ has 1 chip to upper edge, light soiling and a few small scratches. ; This book deals systematically with communication problems in the Roman world where numerous languages apart from Latin and Greek were spoken. How did the Romans communicate with their subjects in the remoter parts of the Empire? What linguistic policies did they pursue? Differing forms of bilingualism developed, which had a significant effect on the way the Romans and their subjects thought, sp... View More...
Inner hinges have some glue stains (as published). Scholar's name to ffep. DJ has very light shelfwear. ; This book deals systematically with communication problems in the Roman world where numerous languages apart from Latin and Greek were spoken. How did the Romans communicate with their subjects in the remoter parts of the Empire? What linguistic policies did they pursue? Differing forms of bilingualism developed, which had a significant effect on the way the Romans and their subjects thought, spoke and wrote. A wide range of cultural, historical and linguistic questions concerning the vary... View More...
Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown) , other name struck out. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Spine sunned. ; Sir Frank Adcock's aim is to emphasize the literary character of Caesar's writings. He is worth reading, and this small book will help understanding. The Introduction reminds the reader what Caesar was and what he had accomplished when he wrote. In a chapter on "The Military Man" Caesar's literary interpretation of war and generalship is described. This short study gives insight into Roman literature and history as well as into the life and character of one of the world's ... View More...
Wraps are a little browned. Spine lightly faded. ; Jerome Lectures; 120 pages; Adcock describes the growth and decline of political institutions from the early Roman kings, through the Republic, to the dictatorships when decay implicit in military absolutism became apparent. View More...
Rubbing to cover. Signed by author and by T. Robert S. Broughton -- author of Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Tear at top of spine causing small loss of wrap. Tape stains to wraps. A small fold to back cover. ; "With regards, W. H. A. "; University of California Publications in Classical Philology. ; 386 pages; Signed by Author View More...
Very minor shelfwear. Very Light bumping to base of spine. Former owner's name whited-out to ffep. ; Constantinus...proverbio vulgari Trachala...nominatus / Andreas Alföldi --Apicius, De re coquinaria and the Vita Heliogabali / Elisabeth Alföldi-Rosenbaum --Notes on some birds and fishes of luxury in the Historia Augusta / Elisabeth Alföldi-Rosenbaum --Sturz des Kaisers Geta und die antike Geschichtsschreibung / GéZa Alföldy --Ultimus Antoninorum / Timothy D. Barnes --Julien l'Apostat et l'hérédité Du pouvoir impérial / Jean Béranger --Supplice inventé Par Avidius Cassius: remarques sur l'Hist... View More...
Very minor shelfwear. Small scratch to cloth. Former owner's name whited-out to ffep. Small pen marks to bottom of textblock. ; Contents: Andreas Alföldi: Zwei Bemerkungen zur Historia Augusta; Horst Braunert: Das Athenaeum zu Rom bei den Scriptores Historiae Augustae; André Chastagnol: Le problème de l'histoire Auguste: Etat de la question; Herbert Nesselhauf: Patrimonium und res privata des römischen Kaisers; Hans-Georg Pflaum: Le règlement successoral d'Hadrien; Wolfgang Schmid: Eutropspuren in der Historia Augusta; Jacques Schwartz: Avidius Cassius et les sources de l'histoire Auguste; Joh... View More...
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Sound copy; 151 pages; The old world of pagan thought and custom, based on the city of Rome, tries to defend itself against the forces of innovation and disruption in the new age....On the one side, the emperor, representing the mass of the citizens...on the other, the senate and aristocracy of Rome, representing the ancient tradition and way of life. The conflict turns round the trials of leading Roman nobles for magical practices-- regarded by them as a permissible maintenance of traditional rites, but by the Emperor as symptoms of ... View More...
Sandpiper Reprint of 1948 edition. Contents: The Antecedents of the Conversion of Constantine; The Vision of Constantine; The Moving Forces in the Religious Policy of Constantine and its Initial Difficulties; The First Period of Constantine' s Independent Religious Policy from the Battle of the Mulvian Bridge to the Second Period of Tension with Licinius: The Attitude of Constantine to Christianity. The Attitude of Constantine to the Pagans; The Religious Policy of Constantine from the Beginning of the Period of Tension with Licinius to the Dedication of Constantinople; Constantine's Last Cont... View More...
Very light pencil markings to a few pages. Appears to have been rebound in grey boards. Yellowing to spine and parts of boards. 1 corner has edgewear. Light chipping to spine ends. Former owner's name to titlepage. ; Frankfurter Studien Zur Religion Und Kultur Der Antike, IX; Vol. 1; 248 pages View More...
Very light wear to book else fine. Dustjacket has minor edgewear and rubbing. DJ spine very lightly sunned. ; Study of the Greek biographer Philostratus, the prolific sophist best known as the author of the Lives of the Sophists and the Life of Apollonius of Tyana. ; 322 pages View More...
Light browning to spine and edges of wraps. Tiny stains to rear wrap. Faint scratch to titlepage. Light pencil marginalia to a couple of pages. Inscribed by author to front wrap: "A. E. G. With Thanks W. S. A." ; Looks at the factors affecting amicitia and Pompey's political fortunes as well as his influence on Roman culture. ; University of California Publications in Classical Philology Volume 19, No. 1, Pp. 1-88; Vol. 19; 88 pages; Signed by Author View More...
One small chip to DJ else Fine. ; Classics and Contemporary Thought; 1.57 x 9.37 x 6.31 Inches; 494 pages; The Roman empire remains unique. Although Rome claimed to rule the world, it did not. Rather, its uniqueness stems from the culture it created and the loyalty it inspired across an area that stretched from the Tyne to the Euphrates. Moreover, the empire created this culture with a bureaucracy smaller than that of a typical late-twentieth-century research university. In approaching this problem, Clifford Ando does not ask the ever-fashionable question, Why did the Roman empire fall? Rather... View More...
A few tiny chips to DJ else fine. ; xxi, 494pp.; Classics and Contemporary Thought; 494 pages; The Roman empire remains unique. Although Rome claimed to rule the world, it did not. Rather, its uniqueness stems from the culture it created and the loyalty it inspired across an area that stretched from the Tyne to the Euphrates. Moreover, the empire created this culture with a bureaucracy smaller than that of a typical late-twentieth-century research university. In approaching this problem, Clifford Ando does not ask the ever-fashionable question, Why did the Roman empire fall? Rather, he asks, W... View More...
Minor shelfwear. Light bump to base of spine. ; Verlorene Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte und die "Caesares" des Iulianus Apostata / Andreas Alföldi--Erklärung des Namens "Caesar" in den spätrömischen Kompendien (zu v. Ael. 2,3-5) / Andreas Alföldi; --Herkunft und Laufbahn des Clodius Albinus in der Historia Augusta / Géza Alföldy; --Some teachers of M. Aurelius / Anthony R. Birley --Some militaria in the Historia Augusta / Eric Birley --Utilisation des "Caesares" d'Aurelius Victor dans l'Histoire Auguste / André Chastagnol --A propos du "iudicium magnum" de l'empereur Probus / André Chastagnol -... View More...
Edgewear to wraps with some light chipping. Browning to spine. Inscription on ffep in ffep. (possibly from author? ). Tanning to pages. Browning to wraps. ; Pubblicazioni Dell'istituto Di Storia Antica E Scienze Ausiliarie Dell'università Di Genova VII; 165 pages View More...
Very minor shelfwear. ; Contents: I. Military History of Roman Dobrudja; II. Roman Army in the Principate; III. Roman Army during the Dominate: Fortifications and Roads; Aspects of Military Life; Role of the Army in the process of Romanisation in Dobrudja....List of Fortified sites on strategic roads. ; British Archaeological Reports BAR International Series 86; 225 pages View More...
A couple of stamps to titlepage. Softcover has been rebound in attractive green and grey boards preserving original wraps. ; Looks at the Second Punic War. Text is in Dutch. ; 82 pages View More...
Crease to front wrap. ; Roland Auguet examines the Roman taste for blood and considers what the games, that strange combination of Cruelty and Civilization, reveal about the Roman mentality. He shows how the great spectacles became a part of city life - they were awaited with impatience, everyone discussed them, some applauded the action in the arena, while others booed frantically. This book provides an exciting history of gladiators, chariot racing and other games as well as an investigation of their function and significance within society. It is essential reading for anyone who is interest... View More...
Pages unopened. Very light shelfwear. Else fine. ; Aims to establish Ammianus in the front rank of ancient military historians; attempts to do this by demonstrating that he possesses an extensive knowledge of the three principal phases of military activity: intelligence, planning and operations. ; Collection Latomus Volume 165; 171 pages View More...
Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and a couple of small tears. ; Minnesota Monographs in the Humanities; 1 x 1 x 1 Inches; 161 pages; The Alans, a nomadic people from the steppe lands of south Russia, were among the many invaders of the Roman empire who helped to bring about its fall. They were not Germans -- they were Indo-Iranians. Bachrach discusses the social and religious institutions of the Alans and especially their military customs. View More...
Minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Contents: Frank J. Frost: Tribal Politics and the Civic State; Susan Treggiari: Jobs for Women; E. Badian: Rome, Athens and Mithridates. ; 63 pages View More...
1.25 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 392 pages; This book brings together a vast amount of information pertaining to the society, economy, and culture of a province important to understanding the entire eastern part of the later Roman Empire. Focusing on Egypt from the accession of Diocletian in 284 to the middle of the fifth century, Roger Bagnall draws his evidence mainly from documentary and archaeological sources, including the papyri that have been published over the last thirty years. This book brings together a vast amount of information pertaining to the society, economy, and culture of a province... View More...
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Small tear to cloth at base of spine (3 cm). Corners and base of spine bumped. ; Philological Monographs; 770 pages View More...
British Archaeological Reports BAR International Series 1286; 204 pages; This detailed study of military medical practice on the western frontiers of the Roman army aims to discover whether legionary and auxilliary units were treated differently, whether local civilians were also treated by military doctors and if the soldier's location impacted on his medical treatment. At the heart of this wide-ranging study is an analysis of medical instruments discovered at frontier sites, such as Housesteads, Wallsend, Carnuntum, Caerleon, Xanten, Mainz and many others. Patricia Anne Baker examines the sc... View More...
Scholar's bookplate to ffep (Philippa Goold). DJ spine a bit sunned. ; This book brings together a wealth of out-of-the-way information both on the national peculiarities of the Romans and on their views of the peculiarities of others; the topics range from food and sex habits to astrology and the seven day week, from slavery, snobbery and the problems of exile to ritual murder, euthanasia and suicide. ; 10.25 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 310 pages View More...
Book has very light shelfwear. Dustjacket has light shelfwear. DJ spine a bit sunned. ; This book brings together a wealth of out-of-the-way information both on the national peculiarities of the Romans and on their views of the peculiarities of others; the topics range from food and sex habits to astrology and the seven day week, from slavery, snobbery and the problems of exile to ritual murder, euthanasia and suicide. ; 10.25 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 310 pages View More...
Book has very light shelfwear. ; This book brings together a wealth of out-of-the-way information both on the national peculiarities of the Romans and on their views of the peculiarities of others; the topics range from food and sex habits to astrology and the seven day week, from slavery, snobbery and the problems of exile to ritual murder, euthanasia and suicide. ; 10.25 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 310 pages View More...
Scholar's name to ffep (Katherine Dunbabin). Minor edgewear to boards. ; Reprint of the 1974 corrected reprint. 463pp, illustrated. How did average Romans live out each year, conduct their family life, rear and educate their children? What about slaves in the household? How did people enjoy themselves--did they travel or go to the theater? And, how were those famed gladiators trained? From a wide variety of sources--writers, inscriptions, papyri, mosaics, stones, even graffiti--the answers to these question come into sharp relief. "By far the best single volume on the subject." --The Guardian... View More...
Former owner's name on ffep. Very light edgewear to DJ now protected in plastic sleeve. ; 1964 reprint of 1934 edition. Contents: Tiberius and his Successor; The first Three years at Rome; Gaius in Germany and Gaul; Conspiracies, Murder- -and the Succession; Gaius and the Jews; The Government of Gaius; The Character of Gaius. ; 184 pages View More...
Scholar's name on ffep (A. J. Marshall). Light shelfwear to book. Top edge of DJ has been crudely reinforced with cellotape with a few small tears. ; 1964 reprint of 1934 edition. Contents: Tiberius and his Successor; The first Three years at Rome; Gaius in Germany and Gaul; Conspiracies, Murder- -and the Succession; Gaius and the Jews; The Government of Gaius; The Character of Gaius. ; 184 pages View More...
Scholar's bookplate to ffep (Mary E. White). Light dust-soiling to top of textblock. Chipping and small tears to spine ends with one small piece missing to bottom edge. Light chipping to DJ corners. ; 1964 reprint of 1934 edition. Contents: Tiberius and his Successor; The first Three years at Rome; Gaius in Germany and Gaul; Conspiracies, Murder- -and the Succession; Gaius and the Jews; The Government of Gaius; The Character of Gaius. ; 184 pages View More...
Former owner's blindstamp on ffep. Else book is fine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear. ; Joan Palevsky Classical Literature Book; 1.01 x 9.29 x 6.26 Inches; 285 pages; In this fresh assessment of Ovid's fascinating poem Fasti, Alessandro Barchiesi provides a new vision of the interaction between Ovid and the renowned ruler Augustus. Fasti, a poem about the holidays and feast days of the Roman calendar, was written while Ovid was in Rome and revised while he was in exile on the barbarian frontier, banished by Augustus from the cultured society of Rome. Ovid's work in exile evinces complicated mo... View More...
Minor shelfwear to book with bump to 1 corner. Dustjacket spine is lightly sunned and discolored. DJ has large tear to upper corner (1cm by 4 cm). ; This study of the Roman Empire in the age of Constantine offers a thoroughly new assessment of the part Christianity played in the Roman world of the third and fourth centuries. Mr. Barnes gives the fullest available narrative history of the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine. He analyzes Constantine's rise to power and his government, demonstrating how Constantine's sincere adherence to Christianity advanced his political aims. He explores the ... View More...
Small tear to cloth at base of spine (1"). Else Minor shelfwear. ; Sets out the factual framework for this obscure period of Roman/Byzantine History. ; 305 pages View More...
