Histories of the late Republic and biographies of Cicero havepreviously tended to treat political and cultural developments asessentially separate. In Cicero and the End of the Roman Republic,Thomas W
C. F. Konrad provides the first booklength commentary on Plutarch's Life of Sertorius, the work that has shaped most modern interpretations of the man and his career. Quintus Sertorius (126-73 B.C.) w
This is the first full-scale translation and commentary in English of Aurelius Victor�2s De Caesaribus, which provides a brief survey of the emperors of Rome from Octavian Augustus in 30 BC
The crisis of the third century saw Rome not only embroiled in contests of succeeding short-lived Emperors, but assailed by an increasing variety of hostile peoples from outside its frontiers. Owing
Sophism was the single most important movement in second century literature: prose of that period came to be written as entertainment rather than confined to historical subjects. Graham Anderson shows
Marked by the shift of power from Rome to Constantinople and the Christianization of the Empire, this pivotal era requires a narrative and interpretative history of its own. Averil Cameron, an author
In the third and final book which he wrote about his campaigns in the Civil War, Caesar tells the story of his fight with Pompey in 48 B.C. which ended in the rout of the latter at Pharsalus, perhaps
In this informal history of Roman civilization, Edith Hamilton vividlydepicts the Roman life and spirit as they are revealed in the greatestwriters of the time.
This edition of the Roman historian Suetonius' life of the notorious emperor Caligula includes an introduction giving historical background, the Latin text,and commentary/notes on the text.
In Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome, Sandra R. Joshel examines Roman commemorative inscriptions from the first and second centuries A.D. to determine ways in which slaves, freed slaves, and un
In this book, third in a series which includes Jacques Le Goff's Medieval Characters and Eugenio Garin's Renaissance Portraits, leading scholars search for the character of the ancient Romans through
AUFSTIEG UND NIEDERGANG DER ROMISCHEN WELT (ANRW) ist ein internationales Gemeinschaftswerk historischer Wissenschaften. Seine Aufgabe besteht darin, alle wichtigen Aspekte der antiken romischen Welt
The poems of Horace's second book of Satires, for the most part written in the newly-adopted dialogue form, display great literary and intellectual sophistication, artistic skill and charm. The intent
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was a close associate of Julius Caesar: he replaced Caesar as pontifex maximus and ruled as one of the supremely powerful Second Triumvirate. However, in most accounts the triu
