Routledge Studies in Ancient History
Early Christian Dress: Gender, Virtue, and Authority
1st Edition
By Kristi Upson-Saia
May 30, 2014
Early Christian Dress is the first full-length monograph on the subject of dress in early Christianity. It pays attention to the ways in which dress expressed and shaped Christian identity, the role dress played in Christians’ rivalries with pagan neighbours, and especially to the ways in which ...
Roman Elections in the Age of Cicero: Society, Government, and Voting
1st Edition
By Rachel Feig Vishnia
May 30, 2014
Great debate exists amongst classical historians on the nature of Roman republican government. Some contend that the Roman Republic was governed by a small group of aristocratic families that entrenched their rule by means of long-standing alliances and an intricate network of loyal clients from ...
Time in Roman Religion: One Thousand Years of Religious History
1st Edition
By Gary Forsythe
May 30, 2014
Religion is a major subfield of ancient history and classical studies, and Roman religion in particular is usually studied today by experts in two rather distinct halves: the religion of the Roman Republic, covering the fifth through first centuries B.C.; and the religious diversity of the Roman ...
Ancient Graffiti in Context
1st Edition
Edited
By Jennifer Baird, Claire Taylor
July 27, 2012
Graffiti are ubiquitous within the ancient world, but remain underexploited as a form of archaeological or historical evidence. They include a great variety of texts and images written or drawn inside and outside buildings, in public and private places, on monuments in the city, on objects used in ...
Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy
1st Edition
By Charles Odahl
August 15, 2011
This story of Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy is set within and offers a case study of the political, military, economic and social crises besetting the late Roman Republic in the era of the "Roman Revolution." The book chronicles the efforts of the defeated radical politician Lucius Sergius...