Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
Trials from Classical Athens
2nd Edition
By Christopher Carey
December 07, 2011
The ancient Athenian legal system is both excitingly familiar and disturbingly alien to the modern reader. It functions within a democracy which shares many of our core values but operates in a disconcertingly different way. Trials from Classical Athens assembles a number of surviving speeches ...
Animals in Greek and Roman Thought: A Sourcebook
1st Edition
By Stephen T. Newmyer, Stephen T. Newmyer
December 21, 2010
Although reasoned discourse on human-animal relations is often considered a late twentieth-century phenomenon, ethical debate over animals and how humans should treat them can be traced back to the philosophers and literati of the classical world. From Stoic assertions that humans owe nothing to ...
Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander the Great
3rd Edition
By Matthew Dillon, Matthew Dillion, Lynda Garland, Lynda Garland
July 27, 2010
In this revised edition, Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland have expanded the chronological range of Ancient Greece to include the Greek world of the fourth century. The sourcebook now ranges from the first lines of Greek literature to the death of Alexander the Great, covering all of the main ...
Readings in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook
2nd Edition
Edited
By Michael Maas
January 28, 2010
Late Antiquity (ca. 250-650) witnessed the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Christianity displaced polytheism over a wide area, offering new definitions of identity and community. The Roman Empire collapsed in Western Europe to be ...
Roman Britain: A Sourcebook
3rd Edition
By Stanley Ireland
January 26, 2009
Roman Britain: A Sourcebook has established itself as the only comprehensive collection of source material on the subject. It incorporates literary, numismatic and epigraphic evidence for the history of Britain under Roman rule, as well as translations of major literary sources. This new edition ...
Greek and Roman Education: A Sourcebook
1st Edition
By Mark Joyal, J.C Yardley, Iain McDougall
October 16, 2008
Modern western education finds its origins in the practices, systems and schools of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It is in the field of education, in fact, that classical antiquity has exerted one of its clearest influences on the modern world. Yet the story of Greek and Roman education, extending...
The Republican Roman Army: A Sourcebook
1st Edition
By Michael M. Sage
July 07, 2008
The Republican Roman Army assembles a wide range of source material and introduces the latest scholarship on the evolution of the Roman Army and the Roman experience of war. The author has carefully selected and translated key texts, many of them not previously available in English, and provided ...
Death in Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook
1st Edition
By Valerie Hope
December 20, 2007
Presenting a wide range of relevant, translated texts on death, burial and commemoration in the Roman world, this book is organized thematically and supported by discussion of recent scholarship. The breadth of material included ensures that this sourcebook will shed light on the way...
The Story of Athens: The Fragments of the Local Chronicles of Attika
1st Edition
By Phillip Harding
December 20, 2007
A leading authority in the field, Phillip Harding presents the very first English translations of the six Athenian writers known as the Atthidographers. In his vivid and detailed history, Harding examines the remaining fragments of these historical writers' work – in chronological order – and how ...
Roman Social History: A Sourcebook
1st Edition
By Tim Parkin, Arthur Pomeroy
December 11, 2007
This Sourcebook contains a comprehensive collection of sources on the topic of the social history of the Roman world during the late Republic and the first two centuries AD. Designed to form the basis for courses in Roman social history, this excellent resource covers original translations ...
Athenian Political Oratory: Sixteen Key Speeches
1st Edition
By David Phillips
June 28, 2004
The celebrated orators and speeches of ancient Athens have been read and enjoyed for thousands of years. Focusing on the works of three of the greatest orators in history-Demosthenes, Lysias, and Hypereides-this collection of speeches is an indispensable source for anyone interested in classical ...
Women and the Law in the Roman Empire: A Sourcebook on Marriage, Divorce and Widowhood
1st Edition
By Judith Evans Grubbs
August 02, 2002
It is widely recognized that Roman law is an important source of information about women in the Roman world, and can present a more rounded and accurate picture than literary sources. This sourcebook fully exploits the rich legal material of the imperial period - from Augustus (31 BCE - 14 CE) to ...