Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
Virgil's Homeric Lens
1st Edition
By Edan Dekel
May 30, 2014
Virgil’s Homeric Lens reevaluates the traditional view of the Aeneid’s relationship to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Almost since the death of Virgil, there has been an assumption that the Aeneid breaks into two discrete halves: Virgil’s Odyssey, and Virgil’s Iliad. Although modified in various ways ...
Greek Magic: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
1st Edition
Edited
By John Petropoulos
January 16, 2014
Magic has always been a widespread phenomenon in Greek Society, starting from Homer’s Circe (the first ‘evil witch’ in western history) and extending to the pervasive belief in the ‘evil eye’ in the twenty-first century Greece. Indeed, magic is probably the most ancient and durable among social and...
Utopia Antiqua: Readings of the Golden Age and Decline at Rome
1st Edition
By Rhiannon Evans
December 14, 2012
Utopia Antiqua is a fresh look at narratives of the Golden Age and decline in ancient Roman literature of the late Republic and imperial period. Through the lens of utopian theory, Rhiannon Evans looks at the ways that Roman authors, such as Virgil, Ovid and Tacitus, use and reinvent Greek myths ...
Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World
1st Edition
By John Muir
May 08, 2012
From the first ‘deadly signs’ scratched on a wooden tablet instructing the recipient to kill the one who delivered it, to the letters of St Paul to the early Church, this book examines the range of letter writing in the Ancient Greek world. Containing extensive translated examples from both life ...
Rome in the Pyrenees: Lugdunum and the Convenae from the first century B.C. to the seventh century A.D.
1st Edition
By Simon Esmonde Cleary
February 10, 2012
Rome in the Pyrenees is a unique treatment in English of the archaeological and historical evidence for an important Roman town in Gaul, Lugdunum in the French Pyrenees, and for its surrounding people the Convenae. The book opens with the creation of the Convenae by Pompey the Great in the first ...
Between Rome and Persia: The Middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra Under Roman Control
1st Edition
By Peter Edwell
December 09, 2010
The conflict between the powerful Roman and Iranian empires arising from the extension of Roman power into today’s Middle East is coming into increasingly sharp focus, thanks to the amount of evidence now available. This richly illustrated book examines this evidence to reveal how Rome established ...
Dacia: Landscape, Colonization and Romanization
1st Edition
By Ioana A. Oltean
November 10, 2010
Providing a detailed consideration of previous theories of native settlement patterns and the impact of Roman colonization, Dacia offers fresh insight into the province Dacia and the nature of Romanization. It analyzes Roman-native interaction from a landscape perspective focusing on the core ...
Actors and Audience in the Roman Courtroom
1st Edition
By Leanne Bablitz
August 18, 2010
What would you see if you attended a trial in a courtroom in the early Roman empire? What was the behaviour of litigants, advocates, judges and audience? It was customary for Roman individuals out of general interest to attend the various courts held in public places in the city centre and as such...
Passions and Moral Progress in Greco-Roman Thought
1st Edition
Edited
By John T. Fitzgerald
August 18, 2010
This book contains a collection of 13 essays from leading scholars on the relationship between passionate emotions and moral advancement in Greek and Roman thought. Recognising that emotions played a key role in whether individuals lived happily, ancient philosophers...
Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era
1st Edition
By Judith Perkins
August 18, 2010
Through the close study of texts, Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era examines the overlapping emphases and themes of two cosmopolitan and multiethnic cultural identities emerging in the early centuries CE – a trans-empire alliance of the Elite and the "Christians." Exploring the ...
The Eunuch in Byzantine History and Society
1st Edition
By Shaun Tougher
August 18, 2010
The existence of eunuchs was one of the defining features of the Byzantine Empire. Covering the whole span of the history of the empire, from the fourth to the fifteenth centuries AD, Shaun Tougher presents a comprehensive survey of the history and roles of eunuchs, making use of ...