Warum zieht es den Menschen in die Stadt, weshalb sind Städte überhaupt entstanden und warum gehö...

Rom hat die Welt unterworfen und sie zivilisatorisch und politisch geeint. Souverän und stilistis...

The complete history of the Roman Empire - how it was created, how it was sustained in crisis, an...

This book tells the story of the rise and collapse of Europe's first great urban experiment. Draw...

The Roman Empire was home to a fascinating variety of different cults and religions. Its enormous...

The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expens...

Studies the 'Romanization' of Rome's Gallic provinces in the late Republic and early empire.

This collection attempts to set the study of literacy in the ancient world in the wider contexts ...

Studies the 'Romanization' of Rome's Gallic provinces in the late Republic and early empire.

The libraries of the ancient world were completely unlike those we know today. This book explores...

Sheds new light on the rich body of encyclopaedic writing surviving from the two millennia before...

A collection of essays exploring key aspects of the relationship between Rome and its empire.

How did ancient scientific writers make their work authoritative? This volume answers that questi...

There is a rich body of encyclopaedic writing which survives from the two millennia before the En...

The human race is on a 10,000 year urban adventure. Our ancestors wandered the planet or lived sc...

This multidisciplinary collection of studies offers a compelling new vision of the role of women ...

Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion wes...

From its mythical foundation in 753 BC to its sack in the fifth century AD, the city of Rome had ...

Dalla fine dell'Età del bronzo all'inizio del Medioevo, da Uruk ad Alessandria, da Persepoli ad A...

How did ancient scientific writers make their work authoritative? This volume answers that questi...

Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion wes...

Rome. A Empire's Story traces a millennium and a half of Roman history from the first Iron Age se...

This book tells the story of the rise and collapse of Europe's first great urban experiment. Draw...

The story of ancient cities from the end of the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Ages: a...