Including an account of political and military developments, and including sections on social, economic an cultural life, this book presents a survey of the Roman ...

Barrett argues that Agrippina - mother of Nero, wife of Claudius and brother to Caligula - has been misunderstood and had much influence and power ...

As in his bestselling biography of Caligula, Professor Barrett combines immaculate scholarship with a gripping style. ...

Christopher Howgego's excellent book demystifies numismatics, introducing students to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of using coins to do ancient history, and provides - ...

The discoveries and insights of ancient mathematics continue to amaze and fascinate the modern reader. This volume offers the first accessible survey of the discipline ...

The discoveries and insights of ancient mathematics continue to amaze and fascinate the modern reader. This volume offers the first accessible survey of the discipline ...

Available for the first time in paperback, the first substantial, sole-authored history of ancient medicine for almost 100 years uses both archaeological and written evidence ...

An innovative work that traces the development of the public works, services and specialised law that was needed to maintain and run Ancient Rome. The ...

An innovative work that traces the development of the public works, services and specialised law that was needed to maintain and run Ancient Rome. The ...

Using diverse archaeological source materials to provide new perspectives, Kokkinos presents a portrait of Antonia Augusta, daughter of Mark Antony, mother of Claudius, great-grandmother of ...

Challenging both traditional and fashionable theories, this collection of pieces from an international range of contributors explores the separation of the human past into history, ...

An introduction to the ways scholars date the archaeological remains of classical antiquity. Specific examples from architecture, sculpture and painting are presented and the different ...

Was the heir of Julius Caesar the saviour of the Roman state or a cold and calculating autocrat? Pat Southern presents a rounded picture of ...

This interdisciplinary collection of studies is the first ever to shed light on a fascinating & much neglected aspect of women's history: widows. The contributors ...

Queen Boudica, leader of the Iceni, revolted against the Romans in AD60 only to have her efforts avenged by a humiliated Roman army. This lively ...

Byzantine Empresses provides a series of biographical portraits of the most significant Byzantine women who ruled or shared the throne between 527 and 1204. ...

This beautifully illustrated book is the first to place at its centre the emotional and experiential aspect of the body in antiquity. ...

Traces the turbulent lives of the famous Cleopatra's historically important namesakes, and considers the growing political significance of royal women in the last three centuries ...

Drawing on over a quarter of a century of the author's research and experience, this book, illustrated with ninety-two photographs and eight maps, is the ...

Examines the cosmological theories of the `natural philosophers' from Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes to Plato, the Stoics and the NeoPlatonists. Also discusses and emphasizes the ...

An exciting history of gladiators, chariot racing and other Roman games, investigating their function and significance within society, and what they reveal about the Roman ...

An exciting history of gladiators, chariot racing and other Roman games, investigating their function and significance within society, and what they reveal about the Roman ...

Discusses how the abundant Mesopotamian cuneiform text sources can be used for the study of various aspects of history: political, social, economic and gender. ...

Clear and direct in style, and with more than eighty photographs, maps and plans, this is a widely relevant study of Greek history, archaeology ...