Aspects of Classical Civilisation

This well established series explores the culture and achievement of the civilisations of Greece and Rome. Designed specifically for students and teachers of Classical Civilisation at late school and

Aspects of Roman History 82BC–AD14 examines the political and military history of Rome and its empire in the Ciceronian and Augustan ages. It is an indispensable introduction to this central per

A series of texts in Classical Civilisation, encompassing literary, historical and philosophical subjects.

This well established series explores the culture and achievement of the civilisations of Greece and Rome. Designed specifically for students and teachers of Classical Civilisation at late school and

Designed for students and teachers of Ancient History or Classical Civilisation at school and in early university years, this series provides a valuable collection of guides to the history, art, liter

A series of texts in Classical Civilisation, encompassing literary, historical and philosophical subjects.

A series of texts in Classical Civilisation, encompassing literary, historical and philosophical subjects.

~Cicero's great polemic against Antony, a literary masterpiece, is here made available to Latin students early in their reading programme and to students of classical civilisation. The introduction to

For the Romans, Britannia lay beyond the comfortable confines of the Mediterranean world around which classical civilisation had flourished. Britannia was felt to be at the outermost edge of the world

A series of texts in Classical Civilisation, encompassing literary, historical and philosophical subjects. Cicero was one of the greatest and most human men of antiquity. He was on the closest terms

The importance of Isocrates for the study of Greek civilisation of the fourth century BCE is indisputable. From 403 to 393 he wrote speeches for Athenian law courts, and then became a teacher of comp

The importance of Isocrates for the study of Greek civilisation of the fourth century BCE is indisputable. From 403 to 393 he wrote speeches for Athenian law courts, and then became a teacher of comp

The importance of Isocrates for the study of Greek civilisation of the fourth century BCE is indisputable. From 403 to 393 he wrote speeches for Athenian law courts, and then became a teacher of comp

This volume consists of original papers first read at Kings College, Cambridge, in 1969 at the International Conference on Classical Influences. The contributors are distinguished in a wide range of academic disciplines but all are concerned in one way or another with the spread and influence of classical, particularly Roman, civilisation through a number of European cultures from AD 500 to 1500. The book begins with the manuscript tradition - the contents, location and history of the literary remains that provide the basic evidence on which all research in this subject must to some extent rely. This leads naturally to a discussion of what classical texts were actually read and studied, when, where and by whom. The majority of contributors go on to examine the Roman tradition as a positive cultural on language, literature, philosophy and art. Classical civilisation is shown to be a live historical force whose survival consists rather in the creative responses and developments it has in

A series of texts in Classical Civilisation, encompassing literary, historical and philosophical subjects. Alexander the Great famously brought the mighty Persian Empire's two-hundred year rule to an

This book presents in a systematic and almost self-contained way the striking analogy between classical function theory, in particular the value distribution theory of holomorphic curves in projective

Demonstrates the multifaceted nature of classical civilisation and enables readers to gain guidance in drawing together the perspectives and methods of different disciplines, from philosophy to histor

James Cross is a Tutor in Classical Civilisation at University College London. He completed his PhD in Classics at King’s College London. His research focuses on connections between ancient medicine a

This volume examines changing perceptions and ideals of town life, from the classical civitas/polis (the lynch-pin of ancient civilisation) to the medieval city (still playing many central roles, but

"Naissance d'une civilisation" decrit l'emergence philosophique, politique et economique du nouvel age.Qu'est le nouvel age ? Un processus tres classique : celui par lequel la societe s'approprie l'es

Durant la derniaere phase de l'aAge du Bronze (XVIe-XIe s. av. J.-C.), la civilisation mycaenienne voit le jour et s'aepanouit en Graece continentale. Alors que la daecouverte des tombes aa fosse de M

Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 7 Part 1 is the first book in the final volume of this unique resource. The Chinese culture is the only culture in the world that has developed systematic log

Recognized as one of the most important works of sociology in the last century, On the Process of Civilisation has been influential and widely discussed across the whole range of the humanities and so