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Classical WorldAncient Disasters and Crisis Management in Classical AntiquityEdited by Roger Riera, Daniel Gómez-Castro & Toni Naco del HoyoTwo theoretical chapters deal with the actual meaning of catastrophes for the ancients, as well as how distorted our view of the remote past may be when applying modern terminology such as ‘humanitarian crises’ to events in the ancient world. The following chapters seek to explore such topics as collateral damage in war, earthquake recovery, breakdown of interstate relations, deportation, and postwar policies implemented on defeated societies. 164p (Akanthina 2016) 9788375312171 Hb £35.00

Across the Corrupting SeaPost-Braudelian Approaches to the Ancient Eastern MediterraneanEdited by Lindsey A. Mazurek & Cavan ConcannonSpanning from the Archaic period to the early Middle Ages, contributors engage the pioneering studies of the Mediterranean by Fernand Braudel. The volume thus interrogates key concepts like cabotage, seascapes, deep time, social networks, and connectivity in the light of contemporary archaeological and theoretical advances in order to create new ways of writing more diverse histories of the ancient world that bring together local contexts, literary materials, and archaeological analysis. 240p (Routledge 2016) 9781472458261 Hb £95.00

The Fall of Cities in the MediterraneanCommemoration in Literature Folk-Song and LiturgyEdited by Ann Suter, Dorota M. Dutsch & Mary R. BachvarovaThis volume offers new insights into the trope of the fallen city in folk-song and a variety of literary genres. These commemorations reveal memories modified by diverse agendas, and contain narrative structures and motifs that show the meaning of memory-making about fallen cities. 308p (Cambridge University Press 2016) 9781107031968 Hb £64.99

Brills Companion to Ancient GeographyThe Inhabited World in Greek and Roman TraditionEdited by Hans J. Gehrke, Michele Cataudella & Serena BianchettiThe essays which make up this companion examine the interaction of humans with their environment and try to reconstruct the representations of the inhabited world in the works of ancient historians, scientists, and cartographers. Topics include onomastics, the boundaries of states, Pythagorism, sacred itineraries, measurement systems, and the Holy Land. 490p (Brill 2015) 9789004285118 Hb £130.00

Ancient Historiography on War and EmpireEdited by Timothy Howe, Sabine Müller & Richard StonemanAncient Historiography on War and Empire shows the ways in which the literary genre of writing history developed to guide empires through their wars. Taking key events from the Achaemenid Persian, Athenian, Macedonian and Roman ‘empires’, the 17 essays collected here analyse the way events and the accounts of those events interact. Subjects include: the role of the tomb cult of Cyrus the Founder in historical narratives of conquest and empire from Herodotus to the Alexander historians; Alexander the Great’s combat use of eagle symbolism and divination; and Roman Imperial historians using historical examples of good and bad rule to make meaningful challenges to current Roman authority. 304p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2016) 9781785702990 Hb £48.00

Spinning Fates and the Song of the LoomThe Use of Textiles, Clothing and Cloth Production as Metaphor, Symbol and Narrative Device in Greek and Latin LiteratureEdited by Marie Louise Nosch, Mary Harlow & Giovanni FanfaniSpanning mainly Greek and Latin poetic genres, these 18 chapters draw a various yet consistent picture of the literary exploitation of the imagery, concepts and symbolism of ancient textiles and clothing. Contributions reassess tragic instances of deadly peploi and fatal fabrics; situate them within a Near Eastern tradition of curse as garment; expore female agency in the narrative of their production, and argue for broader symbolic implications of textile-making within the sphere of natural wealth. 300p (Oxbow Books 2016) 9781785701603 Hb £38.00

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Materiality and Social Practice investigates the transformative potential arising from the inter-play between material forms, social practices and intercultural relations. Such a focus necessi-tates an approach that takes a transcultural perspective as a fundamental methodology as well as a broader understanding of the inter-relationship between humans and objects. Adopting a transcultural approach forces us to change archaeology’s approach towards items coming from the outside. By using them mostly for reconstructing systems of exchange or for chronology, archaeology has for a long time reduced them to their properties as objects and as being foreign. This volume explores the notion that the signifi cance of such items does not derive from the transfer from one place to another as such but, rather, from the ways in which they were used and contextualised. The main question is how, through their integration into discourses and practic-es, new frameworks of meaning were created conforming neither with what had existed in the receiving society nor in the area of origin of the objects.

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Technical Ekphrasis in Greek and Roman Science and LiteratureThe Written Machine between Alexandria and RomeBy Courtney RobyThis book focuses on the ekphrastic techniques used in ancient Greek and Roman literature to describe technological artefacts. The treatment of ‘technical ekphrasis’ here covers the techniques of description, the interaction of verbal and visual elements, the role of instructions, and the balance between describing the artifact’s material qualities and the other bodies of knowledge it evokes. 354p (Cambridge University Press 2016) 9781107077300 Hb £74.99

Sight and the Ancient SensesBy Michael SquireA thorough introduction to the conceptualization of sight in the history, visual culture, l i terature and philosophy of classical antiquity. Examining how the Greeks and Romans interpreted what they saw, the collection also considers sight in relation to the other senses. Contributors explore the cultural, social and intellectual backdrops that gave rise to ancient theories of seeing, from Archaic Greece through to the advent of Christianity. 312p (Routledge 2016) 9781844658664 Pb £29.99

Law and Transaction Costs in the Ancient EconomyEdited by Uri Yiftach, David M. Ratzan & Dennis P. KehoeTransaction costs are the “friction” in an economic system, and their analysis is vital to understanding institutional design and economic performance. After the editors’ methodological introduction, the contributors investigate the roles and effects of transaction costs in fourth-century Athens, Ptolemaic Egypt, the Roman Empire, and late antiquity, on the basis of legal texts, papyri, and inscriptions. 320p (University of Michigan Press 2015) 9780472119608 Hb £87.50

A Companion to Ancient EducationEdited by W. Martin BloomerA thorough overview of the rise and spread of educational practices and theories in the Greek and Roman world from the seventh century BCE to the fifth century CE. Topics include the development of educational institutions, citizen and non–citizen training, women’s education, materials and methods for instruction, apprentice and craft learning, and more. 520p (Wiley-Blackwell 2015) 9781444337532 Hb £120.00

Off the Beaten Track. Epigraphy at the BordersProceedings of 6th Eagle International Event (24–25 September 2015 Bari Italy)Edited by Anita Rocco & Antonio E. FelleThese papers address the issues which arise in digitizing inscriptions characterised by ‘unusual’ features in comparison with the epigraphic norm. Here are collected contributions from several ongoing digital projects raising questions and proposing solutions regarding encoding inscriptions – from the Archaic period to the Middle Ages and beyond – which do not fall within those labelled as standard. 160p b/w and col illus (Archaeopress Archaeology 2016) 9781784913229 Pb £30.00

Routledge Handbook of Identity and the Environment in the Classical and Medieval WorldsEdited by Rebecca Futo Kennedy & Molly Jones-LewisDefining ‘environment’ broadly to include not only physical but also cultural environments, natural and constructed, this volume considers the multifarious ways in which environment was understood to shape the culture and physical characteristics of peoples, as well as how the ancients manipulated their environments to achieve a desired identity. 444p (Routledge 2016) 9780415738057 Hb £130.00

The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman CoinageEdited by William E. MetcalfThis handbook aims to make the findings of numismatists available to the academic community at large, providing a systematic overview of the major coinages of the Classical world. In addition to providing the essential background and current research questions of each of the major coinages, the handbook also includes articles on the application of numismatic evidence to the disciplines of archaeology, economic history, art history, and ancient history. 720p b/w illus (Oxford University Press 2012, Pb 2016) 9780195305746 Hb £122.50, 9780199372188 Pb £32.99

Brill’s Companion to Insurgency and Terrorism in the Ancient MediterraneanEdited by Lee L. Brice & Timothy HoweAssembling original research on insurgency and terrorism in various regions including, the Ancient Near East, Greece, Central Asia, Persia, Egypt, Judea, and the Roman Empire, the contributors to this volume provide a deep historical context for understanding these terms, demonstrating the usefulness of insurgency and terrorism as concepts for analysing ancient Mediterranean behaviour, and pointing the way toward future research. 370p (Brill 2015) 9789004222359 Hb £110.00

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The Grand Strategy of Classical SpartaBy Paul A. RaheIn this analysis Paul Rahe departs from the traditional Atheno-centric view of the Greco-Persian Wars to examine from a Spartan perspective the grand strategy that halted the Persian juggernaut. Rahe provides a fascinating, detailed picture of life in Sparta circa 480 B.C., revealing how the Spartans’ form of government and the regimen to which they subjected themselves instilled within them the pride, confidence, discipline, and discernment necessary to forge an alliance that would stand firm against a great empire. 408p b/w illus (Yale University Press 2015) 9780300116427 Hb £25.00

Ancient SyracuseFrom Foundation to Fourth Century CollapseBy Richard J. EvansCombining literary and material evidence this monograph traces the history of Syracuse, offering new arguments about the date of the city’s foundation, and continues through the fifth century when, as a democracy, Syracuse’s military strength grew to equal that of Athens or Sparta, surpassing them in the early fourth century under the tyrant Dionysius I. From ca. 350 BC, however, the city’s fortunes declined as the state was wracked with civil strife as the tyranny lost control. 248p b/w illus (Routledge 2016) 9781472419378 Hb £95.00

Proxeny and PolisBy William MackK n o w n f ro m a n c i e n t authors such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato, and more than 2,500 inscriptions, proxeny (a form of public guest-friendship) is the best attested interstate institution of the ancient world. Proxeny and Polis offers a comprehensive re-examination of our evidence for this important Greek institution and uses it to examine the structure and dynamics of the interstate system of the Greek world, and the way in which they were transformed as a result of the establishment of the Roman Empire. 464p (Oxford University Press 2015) 9780198713869 Hb £90.00

The Making of the Ancient Greek EconomyBy Alain BressonAlain Bresson combines a thorough knowledge of ancient sources with innovative new approaches grounded in recent economic historiography to provide a detailed picture of the Greek economy between the last century of the Archaic Age and the closing of the Hellenistic period. Among the many topics covered are climate, demography, transportation, agricultural production, market institutions, money and credit, taxes, exchange, long-distance trade, and economic growth. 544p, (Princeton University Press 2016) 9780691144702 Hb £30.95

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EDITOR’S CHOICEArchaic and Classical Greek SicilyA Social and Economic HistoryBy Franco De AngelisThis important study adopts a broadly based interdisciplinary approach that combines classical and prehistoric studies, texts, and material culture, and a variety of methods and theories to put the history of Greek Sicily on a completely new footing. While Sicily and Greece had conjoined histories right from the start, their relationship was not one of centre and periphery or “colonial” in any sense, but of an interdependent and mutually enriching diaspora. At the same time,

local conditions and peoples, including Phoenician migrants, also shaped the evolution of Sicilian Greek societies and economies.

This book reveals and explains the similarities and differences with developments in Greece and brings greater clarity to the parts played by locals and immigrants in ancient Sicily’s impressive achievements.

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The Sea in the Greek ImaginationBy Marie-Claire BeaulieuIn The Sea in the Greek Imagination, Marie-Claire Beaulieu unifies the multifarious representations of the sea and sea crossings in Greek myth and imagery by positing the sea as a cosmological boundary between the mortal world, the underworld, and the realms of the immortal. Through six in-depth case studies, she shows how, more than a simple physical boundary, the sea represented the buffer zone between the imaginary and the real, the transitional space between the worlds of the living, the dead, and the gods. 312p, (University of Pennsylvania Press 2016) 9780812247657 Hb £52.00

Athenian ProstitutionThe Business of SexBy Edward E. CohenThis is a pioneering study that examines the sale of sex in classical Athens from a commercial (rather than from a cultural or moral) perspective. Pursued under conditions appropriate to non-servile endeavour, prostitution-like all forms of free labour-was not violative of Athenian work ethics. As a mercantile activity, however, prostitution was not untouched by Athenian antagonism toward commercial and manual pursuits; prostitution further evoked negativity from segments of Greek opinion uncomfortable with any form of carnality. Yet ancient sources also adumbrate another view, in which the sale of sex, lawful and indeed pervasive at Athens, is presented alluringly. 264p (Oxford University Press 2015) 9780190275921 Hb £47.99

Envy Poison and DeathWomen on Trial in Classical AthensBy Esther EidinowAt the heart of this volume are three trials held in Athens in the fourth century BCE. The defendants were all women and in each case the charges involved a combination of ritual activities. The book takes the complexity and confusion of the evidence not as a riddle to be solved, but as revealing multiple social dynamics. It focuses in particular on the dual role of envy and gossip as processes by which communities identified people and activities that were dangerous, and examines how and why those local, even individual, dynamics may have come to shape official civic decisions during a time of perceived hardship. 422p (Oxford University Press 2016) 9780199562602 Hb £70.00

Pericles and the Conquest of HistoryA Political BiographyBy Loren J. SamonsAlthough contemporary historians have tended to treat him as representative of values like liberty and equality, Loren J. Samons, II demonstrates that the quest to make Athens the preeminent power in Greece served as the central theme of Pericles’ career. More nationalist than humanist and less rationalist than populist, Pericles’ vision for Athens rested on the establishment of an Athenian reputation for military success and the citizens’ willingness to sacrifice in the service of this goal. 346p (Cambridge University Press 2016) 9781107526020 Pb £19.99

Creating a Common PolityReligion, Economy and Politics in the Making of the Greek KoinonBy Emily MackilIn the first book in fifty years to tackle the rise of these so-called Greek federal states, Emily Mackil charts a complex, fascinating map of how shared religious practices and long-standing economic interactions facil itated political cooperation and the emergence of a new kind of state. Mackil provides a detailed historical narrative spanning five centuries to contextualize her analyses, which focus on the three best-attested areas of mainland Greece — Boiotia, Achaia, and Aitolia. 624p, (University of California Press 2013, Pb 2016) 9780520272507 Hb £70.95, 9780520290839 Pb £24.95

The Laws of Ancient Crete, c.650–400 BCEBy Michael Gagarin & Paula PerlmanThis volume presents the Greek text of approximately 200 stone inscriptions, which detail the laws of ancient Crete in the archaic and classical periods, c.650-400 BCE. The texts of the inscriptions, many of which are fragmentary and relatively unknown, are accompanied by an English translation and also two commentaries; one focused on epigraphical and linguistic issues, and the other, requiring no knowledge of Greek, focused on legal and historical issues. 566p, (Oxford University Press 2016) 9780199204823 Hb £120.00

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Understanding Greek ReligionBy Jennifer LarsonIn this book, Jennifer Larson shows that many of the fundamentals of Greek religion, such as anthropomorphic gods, divinatory procedures, purity beliefs, reciprocity, and sympathetic magic arise naturally as by-products of normal human cognition. Drawing on evidence from across the ancient Greek world, Larson provides detailed coverage of Greek theology and local pantheons, rituals including processions, animal sacrifice and choral dance, and afterlife beliefs as they were expressed through hero worship and mystery cults. Eighteen in-depth essays illustrate the theoretical discussion with primary sources and include case studies of key cult inscriptions from Kyrene, Kos, and Miletos. 480p b/w illus (Routledge 2016) 9780415688451 Hb £85.00, 9780415688468 Pb £24.99

Enmity and Feuding in Classical AthensBy Andrew AlwineThe citizens of Athens believed that harming one’s enemy was an acceptable practice and even the duty of every honourable citizen. They sought public wins over their rivals, making enmity a critical element in struggles for honour and standing, while simultaneously recognizing the threat that personal enmity posed to the community. Andrew Alwine works to understand how Athenians addressed this threat by looking at the extant work of Attic orators, addressing issues such as the relationship between private and public realms, the development of equality and the rule of law, and the establishment of individual political rights. 264p (University of Texas Press 2015) 9781477302484 Hb £38.00

Greek MythologyA Travellers Guide from Mount Olympus to TroyBy David StuttardHere, the reader is taken on a tour of 22 destinations in Greece and Turkey, from Mount Olympus to Homer’s Hades, recounting the tales from Greek mythology and the history associated with each, evoking their atmosphere and highlighting features that visitors can still see today. 272p col illus (Thames and Hudson 2016) 9780500518328 Hb £14.95

Greek Art & ArchaeologyArtists and Signatures in Ancient GreeceBy Jeffrey M. HurwitIn this book, Jeffrey M. Hurwit surveys the phenomenon of artists’ signatures across the many genres of Greek art from the eighth to the first century BCE. Although the great majority of extant works lack signatures, the Greek artist nonetheless signed his products far more than any other artist of antiquity. Examining signatures on gems, coins, mosaics, wall-paintings, metalwork, vases, and sculptures, Hurwit argues that signatures help us assess the position of the Greek artist within his society as well as his conception of his own skill and originality. 240p b/w and col illus (Cambridge University Press 2015) 9781107105713 Hb £64.99

Myth, Drama and Style in South Italian Vase-PaintingBy A. D. Trendall, edited by Ian McPheeA.D. Trendall’s work on vase-painting in South Italy defined the discipline. In this collection Ian McPhee has selected twenty-one of Trendall’s most important and entertaining articles. They explore the representation of myths and dramatic scenes and offer detailed analyses of regional styles and individual painters. 298p b/w illus (Paul Astroms Forlag 2016) 9789170812057 Hb £55.00

SicilyCulture and ConquestBy Peter Higgs & Dirk BoomsPublished to accompany a major exhibition at the British Museum, this volume focuses on two of Sicily’s most significant and vibrant periods: the sweeping expansion of the Greeks, who founded settlements on Sicily from the eighth century BC onwards, and the period of Norman rule in the twelfth century AD. Over 200 remarkable objects are presented here, drawing on museums across Sicily as well as international collections. They include sculptural decorations from temples, churches and palaces, stunning gold jewellery, and spectacular mosaics and textiles. 288p col illus (British Museum Press 2016) 9780714122892 Pb £30.00

The Hellenistic WorldUsing Coins as SourcesBy Peter ThonemannThis book provides students of the Hellenistic world with an up-to-date introduction to gold, silver and bronze coins in their cultural and economic contexts. It also offers new perspectives on four major themes: globalisation, identity, political economy and ideology. 230p b/w illus (Cambridge University Press 2015) 9781107451759 Pb £20.99

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Architectural Terracottas at the Sanctuary of Punta Stilo at KauloniaGenesis Problems DevelopmentsBy Nicola GiacconeThis monograph focuses on Greek architectural terracottas coming from recent excavations at the urban sanctuary of Kaulonia, a polis on the eastern coast of Calabria. The work outlines the phenomenon of architectural terracottas in their diachronic development, clarifying the manner in which their production first arose, reconstructing the range of distribution of the products of Kaulonia, and highlighting their links with other materials of the same class in Greece and Southern Italy. 144p b/w pls (BAR 2777, 2015) 9781407314563 Pb £28.00

Figured Tombstones from Macedonia Fifth–First Century BCBy Myrina KalaitziFigured Tombstones from Macedonia, Fifth-First Century BC brings together for the first time a substantial body of material from ancient Macedonia, comprising stone funerary monuments, or stelai, which feature figured representations of the deceased and their relatives, either in relief or in paint. Paying close attention to the wealth of information that can be gained through morphological, typological, iconographical, and epigraphic analysis, the volume goes beyond artistic evaluation to consider the social history of the monuments. 416p b/w pls (Oxford University Press 2016) 9780198746454 Hb £120.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEThe Architecture of the Ancient Greek TheatreEdited by Alexander Sokolicek, Elizabeth R. Gebhard & Rune FrederiksenIn this volume the leading experts on ancient Greek theatre architecture present new excavation results and new analyses of individual monuments. Many well-known theatres such as the one of Dionysos in Athens and others at for instance Messene, Sikyon, Chaironeia in Greece and Aphrodisias in Turkey have been

re-examined since their original publication with stunning results. New research also includes less well-known or newly discovered

ancient Greek theatres in Albania, Turkey, Cyprus and Sicily. Further studies focus on the history of research, regional theatrical developments, terminology and function, as well as a perspective on Roman theatres built in Greek traditions.

468p col illus (Aarhus University Press 2015) 9788771243802 Hb £50.00

Athenian Lettering of the Fifth Century B.C.The Rise of the Professional Letter CutterBy Stephen V. TracyThis study brings order to the study of hands of the fifth century by setting out a methodology and by discussing the attempts of others to identify hands. It shows that from the beginning the writing on Athenian inscriptions on stone was very idiosyncratic, for all intents and purposes i n d iv i d u a l w r i t i n g . I t identifies the inscribing of the sacred inventories of Athena beginning about 450 BC as the genesis of the professional letter cutter in Athens and traces the trajectory of the profession. 208p b/w illus (Walter de Gruyter 2016) 9783110401424 Hb £110.00

The Image of the Artist in Archaic and Classical GreeceArt Poetry and SubjectivityBy Guy HedreenGuy Hedreen argues that artistic subjectivity, first expressed in Athenian vase-painting of the sixth century BCE and intensively explored by Euphronios, developed alongside a self-consciously constructed persona of the poet. In lyric poetry and pictorial art, Hedreen traces a widespread conception of the artist or poet as socially marginal, sometimes physically imperfect, but rhetorically clever, technically peerless, and a master of fiction. 408p b/w and col illus (Cambridge University Press 2016) 9781107118256 Hb £74.99

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Greek SculptureBy Mark FullertonA chronological overview of the myriad plastic and glyptic art forms in the ancient Greek world, ranging from the emergence of monumental marble statuary at the end of the seventh century BC to the appropriation of Greek sculptural traditions by Roman conquerors. With a primary focus on large-scale marble and bronze sculptural works that figured prominently in votive and funerary Greek religious practices, chapters explore the evolution of Greek sculpture over several centuries--which constituted a remarkable pattern of stylistic changes that markedly distinguished it from the works of contemporaneous Mediterranean civilizations. 351p b/w illus col pls (Wiley-Blackwell 2016) 9780876612378 Pb £34.99

The Athenian Agora – Volume 37Amphora Stamps from ThasosBy Chavdar TzochevThe excavations of the American School of Classical Studies at the Athenian Agora, on the Pnyx hill, and on the north slope of the Acropolis, have yielded 721 stamped amphora fragments from the island of Thasos. The present study represents a detailed publication of this collection, accumulated from 1930 to 2012. 256p b/w illus (American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2016) 9780876612378 Hb £104.00, NYP

The Athenian Agora – Volume 38Votive ReliefsBy Carol L. LawtonThis volume includes all of the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman votive reliefs found to date in the excavations of the Athenian Agora. In addition to providing a catalogue of the reliefs arranged according to their subjects, the author treats the history of their discovery, their production and workmanship, iconography, and function. 240p b/w and col illus (American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2016) 9780876612385 Hb £104.00, NYP

Hellenistic SanctuariesBetween Greece and RomeEdited by Olympia Bobou & Milena MelfiThis edited collection focuses on the archaeological material of the Hellenistic and Republican period and how it can elucidate the complex relationship between the various forces operating on, and changing the physical space of, Greek sanctuaries. Material such as archaeological remains, sculptures, and inscriptions provides us with concrete evidence of how sanctuaries functioned as locations of memory in a social environment dominated by the written word, and gives us insight into political choices and decisions. 348p b/w illus (Oxford University Press 2016) 9780199654130 Hb £80.00

Textile Production in Classical AthensBy Stella SpantidakiIn ancient Greece, textiles were considered among the principal and most f u n d a m e n t a l c u l t u ra l expressions. In Textile Production in Classical Athens Stella Spantidaki provides the first synthesis of the available evidence from textual, iconographic and archaeological sources on textile production in 5th and 4th century BC Athens, employing an interdisciplinary perspective that sets the frame for future research in the field. She presents a detailed consideration of the historical and social context of textile production in classical Athens, examines and discusses evidence for the equipment, materials, processes and techniques employed at each stage of the full production sequence, and discusses the organisation of production and trade. 256p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2016) 9781785702525 Pb £38.00

Gods and GarmentsTextiles in Greek Sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st Centuries BCBy Cecilie BrønsThe aim of this volume is to introduce textiles into the study of ancient Greek religion and thereby illuminate the roles textiles played in the performance of Greek ritual and their wider consequences. Chapters centre on three themes: first, the dedication of textiles and clothing accessories in Greek sanctuaries. Second, the use of textiles to dress ancient cult images. The examination of Hellenistic and Roman copies of ancient cult images from Asia Minor as well as depictions of cult images in vase-painting in collocation with written sources illustrates the existence of this particular ritual custom in ancient Greece. Third, the existence of dress codes in the Greek sanctuaries is addressed through an investigation of the existence of particular attire for ritual personnel as well as visitors to the sanctuaries with the help of iconography and written sources. 384p, b/w and colour (Oxbow Books 2016) 9781785703553 Hb £40.00

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Elis 1969The Peneios Valley Rescue Excavation ProjectBritish School at Athens Survey 1967 and Rescue Excavations at Kostoureika and Keramidia 1969By Ourania Kouka & John Ellis JonesExcavations from two sites identified in advance of construction of a dam in Elis. ‘Kostoureika’, identified as a likely Hellenistic ‘villa’ proved structurally disappointing (the 1967 test-trench had located the only surviving wall), but revealed a deposit of Early Helladic pottery, which supplements very usefully evidence for early occupation in the north-west Peloponnese. ‘Keramidia’ proved to be a site occupied, at least at times, from the Hellenistic to the late Roman imperial period. 190p b/w illus (Archaeopress Archaeology 2016) 9781784912307 Pb £33.00

Greek LiteratureArchaeology and the Homeric EpicEdited by Susan Sherratt & John BennetThe relationship between the Homeric epics and a rc h a e o l o gy h a s l o n g suffered mixed fortunes, s w i n g i n g b e t w e e n ‘fundamentalist’ attempts to use archaeology in order to demonstrate the essential historicity of the epics and their background, and outright rejection of the idea that archaeology is capable of contributing anything at all to our understanding and appreciation of the epics. Archaeology and the Homeric Epic concentrates less on historicity in favour of exploring a variety of other ways in which we can use a multi-disciplinary approach – archaeology, philology, anthropology and social history – to help offer insights into the epics, the contexts of their possibly prolonged creation, aspects of their ‘prehistory’, and what they may have stood for at various times in their long oral and written history. 176p, b/w (Oxbow Books 2016) 9781785702952 Pb £36.00

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Beneath the Bronze Age ‘Palace of Minos’, Neolithic Knossos is one of the earliest known and longest-lived farming settlements in Europe. Sixteen papers, from the tenth Sheffield Aegean Round Table, shed new light on the neglected Neolithic of Knossos and Crete. Following an autobiographical introduction by J. D. Evans, five papers use material from the latter’s excavations at Knossos to explore chronology, growth of the settlement, chipped stone technology, use of figurines and burial to construct identity, and social implications of animal traction. Beyond Knossos, the apparent absence of earlier Neolithic settlement is called into question and later phases are variously illuminated by papers on LN habitation at Katsambas, later Neolithic east Crete, FN ceremonial consumption at Phaistos, the FN–EBA transition at Kephala Petra, FN settlement patterns and an appraisal of ‘marginal colonisation’ in the Aegean. Two papers discuss the Cretan Neolithic from an Anatolian and Mediterranean perspective, while a third unpacks models of Neolithization.

From Hittite to HomerThe Anatolian Background of Ancient Greek EpicBy Mary R. BachvarovaT h i s b o o k p r o v i d e s a g r o u n d b r e a k i n g r e a s s e s s m e n t o f t h e prehistory of Homeric epic. It argues that in the Early Iron Age bilingual poets transmitted to the Greeks a set of narrative traditions closely related to the one found at Bronze-Age Hattusa, the Hittite capital. Key drivers for Near Eastern influence on the developing Homeric tradition were the shared practices of supralocal festivals and venerating divinized ancestors, and a shared interest in creating narratives about a legendary past using a few specific storylines: theogonies, genealogies connecting local polities, long-distance travel, destruction of a famous city because it refuses to release captives, and trying to overcome death when confronted with the loss of a dear companion. 648p, (Cambridge University Press 2016) 9780521509794 Hb £100.00

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The Danubian Lands Between the Black Aegean and Adriatic Seas (7th Century BC–10th Century AD)Edited by Alexandru Avram & Gocha R. TsetskhladzeThis volume includes archaeological, historical, linguistic, anthropological, geographical and other investigations. Sixty-four papers in English, French and German are divided under the following headings: The Black Sea Greek Colonies and their Relationship with the Hinterland; The Danube and the Black Sea Region; Roman and Byzantine Limes; Varia; and New Excavations and Projects. 584p b/w illus (Archaeopress Archaeology 2015) 9781784911928 Pb £75.00

Bridge of the Untiring SeaThe Corinthian Isthmus from Prehistory to Late AntiquityEdited by Elizabeth R. Gebhard & Timothy. E. GregoryPindar’s metaphor of the Isthmus as a bridge spanning two seas encapsulates the essence of the place and gives a fitting title for this volume of 17 essays on the history and archaeology of the area. 408p b/w illus (American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2016) 9780876615485 Pb £45.00

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Aristophanes and AlcibiadesEchoes of Contemporary History in Athenian ComedyBy Michael VickersMichael Vickers argues that important testimony for Alcibiades’ paramount role in comedy is consistently disregarded, and that there is a substantial overlap between the anecdotal t r a d i t i o n r e l a t i n g t o historical figures and the plotting of Aristophanes’ plays. This extends to speech patterns, where Alcibiades’ speech defect is lampooned. Aristophanes is consistently critical of Alcibiades’ mercurial politics, and his works can also be seen to have served as an aide-mémoire for Thucydides and Xenophon. 241p, (Walter de Gruyter 2015) 9783110437539 Hb £75.00

GalenOn the Structure of the Art of Medicine. The Art of Medicine. On the Practice of Medicine to GlauconEdited by Ian JohnstonIn the three classic works in this volume, Galen covers fundamental aspects of his practice in a lucid and engaging style designed to appeal to a broad audience. Greek text with facing English translation. 578p, (Harvard University Press 2016) 9780674997004 Hb £15.95

The Bloomsbury Companion to SocratesEdited by John BussanichWith 13 different sections, this Companion presents an overview of current research in the various features, themes and topics apparent in Socrates’ thought, including Socratic irony, metaphysics, epistemology, happiness, virtue, moral psychology, philosophy of love, political philosophy, and religious belief. Additional chapters focus on the historical Socrates and his prosecution by the democracy of Athens. 448p (Bloomsbury 2015) 9781474250894 Pb £24.99

The Bloomsbury Companion to AristotleEdited by Claudia BarrachiThis companion surveys recent research on Aristotle’s thought and its contributions to the full spectrum of philosophical enquiry, from logic to the natural sciences and psychology, from metaphysics to ethics, politics, and aesthetics. Further essays address aspects of the transmission, preservation, and elaboration of Aristotle’s thought in subsequent phases of the history of philosophy. 432p (Bloomsbury 2015) 9781474250900 Pb £24.99

Oscan in the Greek AlphabetBy Nicholas ZairOscan was spoken in Southern Italy in the second half of the first millennium BC. Here, for the first time, all the evidence for the spelling of Oscan in the Greek alphabet is collected and examined. A striking discovery is the lack of a standardised orthography for Oscan in the Greek alphabet, which seriously problematises attempts to date inscriptions by assuming the consistent chronological development of spelling features. 258p (Cambridge University Press 2016) 9781107068926 Hb £64.99

The Poetics of Victory in the Greek WestEpinician Oral Tradition and the Deinomenid EmpireBy Nigel NicholsonThe Poetics of Victory in the Greek West examines the relationship between epinician and the heroizing narratives about athletes, or “hero-athlete narratives” that circulated orally in Sicily and Italy in the late archaic and early classical period. It argues that epinician was formed in opposition to orally transmitted narratives and that these two forms – epinician and the “hero-athlete narrative” – promoted opposed political visions, with epinician promoting the Deinomenid empire and its structures and the hero-athlete narrative opposing Deinomenid rule. 376p (Oxford University Press 2016) 9780190209094 Hb £47.99

Euripides and the GodsBy Mary R. LefkowitzIn Euripides and the Gods, Mary K. Lefkowitz shows that the tragedian is not undermining ancient religion, but rather describing with a brutal realism what the gods are like, reminding his mortal audience of the limitations of human understanding. Euripides, like Homer, is making “a statement about the nature of the world and human life, terrible and dispassionate.” 296p (Oxford University Press 2016) 9780199752058 Hb £29.99

Hesiod’s TheogonyFrom Near Eastern Creation Myths to Paradise LostBy Stephen ScullyScully reads Hesiod’s poem as a hymn to Zeus and a city-state creation myth, arguing that Olympus is portrayed as an idealized polity and – with but one exception – a place of communal harmony. This reading informs his study of the Theogony’s reception in later writings about polity, discord, and justice. Scully also compares what he considers Hesiod’s artful interplay of narrative, genealogical lists, and keen use of personified abstractions in the Theogony to Homeric narrative techniques and treatment of epic verse. 288p (Oxford University Press 2015) 9780190253967 Hb £55.00

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MariusBy Federico SantangeloThis book provides an account of the life and career of Gaius Marius (157-86 BC), a figure who had a major transformational impact on the politics of the late Roman Republic. It sets his achievements and failures within the wider context of the decline of the Roman Republic and discusses his political legacy in the following decades. It also provides an assessment of the main modern interpretations of Marius and his policies. 136p (Bloomsbury 2015) 9781474214711 Pb £16.99

CatilineBy Barbara LevickFor the controversy that st i l l surrounds i t, the personalities involved, the distinction of the writers such as Cicero and Sallust who are our main sources of information for it, the Catiline conspiracy remains one of the most significant episodes of late Republican history. This volume gives an accessible overview of the events, their sources, and the arguments of modern historians looking back at this controversial period. 134p (Bloomsbury 2015) 9781472534897 Pb £14.99

A Companion to Julius CaesarEdited by Miriam GriffinAfter an initial narrative survey, contributors pick out key aspects of Caesar’s career, including as general, pontifex maximus, intellectual, friend, associate, husband and man, as well as each of his literary works. Over half of the book is dedicated to reception, in his own time, in the later ancient world, and beyond down to the twentieth century. 536p (Wiley-Blackwell 2009, Pb 2015) 9781119025573 Pb £34.99

A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial RomeEdited by Andrew ZissosDivided into six thematic sections and including contributions from over two dozen scholars, this companion offers a thorough examination of life during the nearly three decades of Flavian rule. In addition to addressing the social and historical significance of the period, it includes essays on its material culture, art and literature, as well as its economic and political structures. 624p (Wiley-Blackwell 2016) 9781444336009 Hb £120.00

SPQRA history of Ancient RomeBy Mary BeardSPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world’s foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria, but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements, and why they are still important to us. 606p col pls (Profile Books 2015, Pb 2016) 9781846683800 Hb £25.00, 9781846683817 Pb £9.99

The Romans and Their WorldA Short IntroductionBy Brian CampbellTaking in the whole of the traditional period of Roman history (753 BC – AD 476), Brian Campbell gives a predominantly narrative account which is impressive both through its concision, and because it feels like very little has been left out. The roll call of events is leavened with analysis of Roman social structure, religion and so on, and a pause is taken in the narrative to give a fuller survey of military and administrative institutions, as well as daily life as they stood during the reign of Augustus. 304p (Yale University Press 2011, Pb 2016) 9780300117950 Hb £20.00, 9780300220261 Pb £9.99

The World of Juba II and Kleopatra SeleneRoyal Scholarship on Romes African FrontierBy Duane W. RollerRaised and educated in Rome, Juba II (48BC – AD 23) was sent to uphold Roman interests in northwest Africa as ruler of the new client kingdom of Mauretania. Together with his wife Kleopatra Selene, daughter of Mark Anthony and Kleopatra VII, he established a rich, multi-cultural environment at their capital, renamed Caesarea, where Egyptian, Hellenistic Greek and indigenous elements came together. This volume explores the complex culture and legacy of the kingdom, with emphasis on Juba’s scholarship and the world created by these two remarkable monarchs. 352p (Routledge 2003, Pb 2015) 9780415305969 Hb £85.00, 9780415754064 Pb £34.99

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Provincial Soldiers and Imperial Instability in the Histories of TacitusBy Jonathan MasterThis study demonstrates that Tacitus set out to his contemporary audience in Trajanic Rome the dangerous consequences of the city’s failure to reward and incorporate its provincial subjects. Master argues that Tacitus’ presentation of the Vitellian and Flavian armies, and especially the Batavian auxiliary soldiers, reflects a central lesson of the Histories: the Empire’s exploitation of provincial manpower (increasingly the majority of all soldiers under Roman banners) while offering little in return, set the stage for civil wars and ultimately the separatist Batavian revolt. 248p, (University of Michigan Press 2016) 9780472119837 Hb £70.95

Republican Roman Warships 509–27 BCBy Raffaele D’AmatoThe birth of the mighty Roman Navy was anchored in the Romans’ extraordinary ability to absorb and perfect the technology of other states and empires. This is the story of the design, development and operation of the Republican Roman warship in the age of the conquest of the Mediterranean, from the first Roman naval adventure of 394 BC and the Punic Wars, to the battle of Actium in 31 BC. 48p col illus (Osprey 2015) 9781472808271 Pb £9.99

EDITOR’S CHOICEA Companion to Roman ItalyEdited by Alison CooleyA Companion to Roman Italy explores the diversity and regionality of the Italian peninsula, exploring at what point the forces of cohesion transformed Italy from a landmass jutting into the Mediterranean to a powerful political entity centred around Rome. It investigates the impact of Rome in all its forms political, cultural, social, and economic upon Italy’s various regions, as well as the extent to which unification occurred as Rome became the capital of Italy. Leading contributors not only make accessible the most recent work on Roman Italy, but also present new archaeological data on Roman Italy alongside new theories on understanding cultural change in the Italian peninsula. Contributions focus particularly on the themes of the changing relationship

between Rome and the rest of Italy, and the extent to which Rome acted as a model for other Italian towns; how Italy’s

privileged position within the Roman empire gradually evolved; the interconnectedness of different parts of the peninsula; the interaction between town and country; and the distinctiveness of the regions of Italy in terms of their cultures and societies.

576p (Wiley-Blackwell 2016) 9781444339260 Hb £120.00

The Roman ArmyBy David J. BreezeThis authoritative short volume introduces readers to the Roman army, its structure, tactics, duties and development. David Breeze first explores the development of the army from the Republican period to the Principate, then looks in turn at the army on campaign and as a fighting force, its peace time role, military equipment, military architecture and the army in Late Antiquity. 168p b/w illus (Bloomsbury 2016) 9781474227155 Pb £14.99

Roman Legionary, AD 284-337By Ross CowanDiocletian and Constantine were the greatest of the Late Roman emperors, and their era marks the climax of the legionary system. This title details the equipment, background, training and combat experience of the men from all parts of the empire who made up the backbone of Rome’s legions in this pivotal period. 64p, b/w and col illus (Osprey 2015) 9781472806666 Pb £11.99

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Moving RomansMigration to Rome in the PrincipateBy Laurens E. TacomaMoving Romans provides a coherent framework for the study of Roman migration on the basis of a detailed study of migration to the city of Rome in the first two centuries A.D. Tacoma argues that in the case of Rome, two different types of the so-called urban graveyard theory, which predicts that cities absorbed large streams of migrants, apply simultaneously. He shows that the labour market which migrants entered was relatively open to outsiders, yet also rather crowded, and that although ethnic community formation could occur, it was hardly the dominant mode by which migrants found their way into Rome because social and economic ties often overrode ethnic ones. 352p (Oxford University Press 2016) 9780198768050 Hb £70.00

Urban Craftsmen and Traders in the Roman WorldEdited by Miko Flohr & Andrew WilsonThis volume sheds new light on the economic history of urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world, with a particular emphasis on the imperial period. It first considers the scholarly history of Roman crafts and trade in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The second section highlights the economic strategies of craftsmen and traders, examining strategies of long-distance traders and the phenomenon of specialization. In the third section, the human factor in urban crafts and trade is analysed, and the volume ends by exploring the position of crafts in urban space. 416p, (Oxford University Press 2016) 9780198748489 Hb £80.00

The Economy of the Roman WorldBy Jean AndreauThe ancient economy has long been a hotly debated topic. Did citizens of the ancient world understand markets? Did they have economic policies? Did cities produce or consume? What effect did the ager publicus have on production and prices? Now available in English for the first time, Jean Andreau’s latest volume on economic behaviour in the Roman world investigates these questions and more. Each chapter is accompanied by translations of selected original documents from across the Roman Empire: ancient inscriptions, letters, passages from contemporary essayists. 170p, (Michigan Classical Press 2015) 9780979971358 Hb £35.00

Imperial Roman Warships 27 BC–193 ADBy Raffaele D’AmatoFeaturing archaeological photography and lavish artistic reconstructions, this book reveals the design and development history of Rome’s naval force at the height of its Imperial power. As well as examining its warships, it reveals the navy’s structure and the tactics that were developed to make the most of Rome’s naval design superiority. 48p col illus (Osprey 2016) 9781472810892 Pb £10.99

The Laws of the Roman PeoplePublic Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman RepublicBy Callie WilliamsonThis study finds that the key to Rome’s survival and growth during the most formative period of empire, roughly 350 to 44 B.C.E., lies in its hitherto enigmatic public lawmaking assemblies which helped extend Roman influence and control. Williamson bases her rigorous and innovative work on the entire body of surviving laws preserved in ancient reports of proposed and enacted legislation from these public assemblies. 534p (University of Michigan Press 2016) 9780472036615 Pb £43.95

The Gods, the State and the IndividualReflections on Civic Religion in RomeBy John ScheidIf Roman religious practice has long been dismissed as a cynical or naive system of borrowed structures unmarked by any true piety, Scheid contends that this is the result of a misplaced expectation that the basis of religion lies in an individual’s personal and revelatory relationship with his or her god. He argues that when viewed in the light of secular history as opposed to Christian theology, Roman religion emerges as a legitimate phenomenon in which rituals, both public and private, enforced a sense of communal, civic, and state identity. 200p (University of Pennsylvania Press 2016) 9780812247664 Hb £36.00

Migration and Mobility in the Early Roman EmpireEdited by Laurens E. Tacoma & L. De LigtThe papers assembled in this book tap into the remarkably large reservoir of archaeological and textual sources concerning various types of movement during the Roman Principate. The most important themes covered are rural-urban migration, labour mobility, relationships between forced and voluntary mobility, state-organised movements of military units, and familial and female mobility. 518p (Brill 2016) 9789004307360 Hb £142.00

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Rethinking Classical Indo-Roman TradePolitical Economy of Eastern Mediterranean Exchange RelationsBy Rajan GurukkalThe book is a critical rethinking of the nature of the classical eastern Mediterranean exchange relations with the coasts of the Indian sub-continent. Characterizing the nature of contemporary exchanges in detail, it maintains that the expression, ‘Indo-Roman trade’ is inappropriate. An important factor is that contemporary Mediterranean exchange of goods from the eastern world was a combination of multiple forms of exchange in which trade was just one and confined to Rome. 336p (Oxford University Press 2016) 9780199460854 Hb £31.99

SilkTrade & Exchange along the Silk Roads between Rome and China in AntiquityEdited by Berit HildebrandtThese collected papers connect research from different areas and disciplines dealing with exchange along the Silk Roads. Historical, philological and archaeological contributions highlight silk as a commodity, gift and tribute, and as a status symbol in varying cultural and chronological contexts between East and West, including technological aspects of silk production. The main period concerns Rome and China in antiquity, ending in the late fifth century CE, with the Roman Empire being transformed into the Byzantine Empire, while the Chinese chronology covers the Han dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, the Western and Eastern Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms, ending in 420 CE. In addition, both earlier and later epochs are also considered in order to gather an understanding of developments and changes in long-distance and longer-term relations that involved silk. 224p b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2016) 9781785702792 Hb £40.00

Roman Art & ArchaeologyThe Nile Mosaic of PalestrinaEarly Evidence of Egyptian Religion in ItalyBy P. G. P. MeyboomThis study demonstrates that the Nile Mosaic of Palestrina, ancient Praeneste in central Italy, depicts rituals connected with Isis and Osiris and the yearly Nile flood. The presence of these Egyptian religious scenes at Praeneste can be explained by the assimilation of Isis and Fortuna, the tutelary goddess of Praeneste, and by the interpretation of the mosaic as a symbol of divine providence. 502p b/w and col illus (Brill 1994, Pb 2016) 9789004283831 Hb £250.00, 9789004283848 Pb £42.00

Materia MagicaThe Archaeology of Magic in Roman Egypt Cyprus and SpainBy Andrew T. WilburnThrough three case studies, Materia Magica identifies specific forms of magic that may be otherwise unknown. It isolates the practitioners of magic and examines whether magic could be used as a form of countercultural resistance. Andrew T. Wilburn discovers magic in the objects of ancient daily life, suggesting that individuals frequently turned to magic, particularly in crises. 376p b/w illus (University of Michigan Press 2013, Pb 2016) 9780472117796 Hb £75.95, 9780472036608 Pb £38.95

In Pursuit of Ancient Cyrenaica…Two Hundred Years of Exploration Set Against the History of Archaeology in Europe (1706–1911)By Monika RekowskaThis work examines travellers’ accounts of their journeys to Cyrenaica, focusing in the main on an analysis of these accounts within the context of their significance to topographic surveys of the region. The main protagonists are of a variety of ages and sorts: physicians and an engineer, priests, soldiers and diplomats, artists and adventurers, scholars and archaeologists. 284p b/w and col illus (Archaeopress Archaeology 2016) 9781784913205 Pb £45.00

La Implantacion del Culto Imperial de la Provincia en HispaniaBy Marta Gonzalez HerreroThe aim of this study is to show the value of epigraphy as a historical source and to proclaim the considerable interest offered by that found in Lusitania for understanding the introduction and organisation of the Imperial Cult in ancient Hispania. Spanish text. 170p b/w illus (Archaeopress Archaeology 2015) 9781784911768 Pb £30.00

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NEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSTRAC 2015Proceedings of the 25th annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology ConferenceEdited by Matthew J. Mandich, Thomas J. Derrick, Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez, Giacomo Savani & Eleonora ZampieriT h e 2 0 1 5 T R A C proceedings feature a selection of 14 papers summing up some of the key sessions. The proceedings begin with Dr Andrew Gardner’s keynote paper on the topic of ‘Debating Roman Imperialism: Critique, Construct, Repeat?’. This is followed by an array of papers with topics ranging in geographic scope and period, from small finds in early Roman Britain to bathing practices in Late Antique North Africa, and from the investigation of deviant burials to the application of urban scaling theory in Roman contexts. 210p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2016) 9781785702877 Pb £35.00

Roman CreteNew PerspectivesEdited by Jane E. Francis & Anna KouremenosThe last several decades have seen a dramatic increase in interest in the Roman period on the island of Crete. Ongoing and some long-standing excavations and investigations of Roman si tes and buildings , intensive archaeological survey of Roman areas, and intensive research on artefacts, history, and inscriptions of the island now provide abundant data for assessing Crete alongside other Roman provinces. The breadth of topics addressed by the papers in this volume is an indication of Crete’s vast archaeological potential for contributing to current academic issues such as Romanisation/acculturation, climate and landscape studies, regional production and distribution, iconographic trends, domestic housing, economy and trade, and the transition to the late-Antique era. These papers confirm Crete’s place as a fully realised participant in the Roman world over the course of many centuries but also position it as a newly discovered source of academic inquiry. 288p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2015) 9781785700958 Hb £48.00

The Roman Sanctuary Site at PessinusBy A. VerlindeThis book presents an in-depth analysis of the sanctuary site at Pessinus. Dr Angelo Verlinde brings together and scrutinizes all the archaeological data that has been excavated and registered in the period 1967-2008. The emphasis lays on Roman imperial architecture in Asia Minor, and especially on the mathematical and stylistic design principles of temples and their Roman influences. 436p b/w and col illus (Peeters Publishers 2015) 9789042930568 Hb £110.00

The Politics of Public Space in Republican RomeBy Amy RussellNo space in Rome was solely or fully public. Some spaces were public but also political, sacred, or foreign; many apparently public spaces were saturated by the private, leaving grey areas and room for manipulation. Women, slaves, and non-c i t i ze n s we re b ro a d l y excluded from politics: how did they experience and help to shape its spaces? How did the building projects of Republican dynasts relate to the communal realm? From the Forum to the victory temples of the Campus Martius, culminating in Pompey’s great theatre-portico-temple-garden-house complex, this study explores how space was marked, experienced, and defined by multiple actors and audiences. 230p b/w illus (Cambridge University Press 2016) 9781107040496 Hb £64.99

Public and Private in the Roman House and SocietyEdited by Kaius Tuori and Laura NissinThe purpose of this volume is to explore the public and private realms of the Roman house through a reconsideration of the material remains and literary evidence. Chronologically, it focuses on the period from the 1st century BC to the 2nd century AD, but extends to later influences (especially in the provinces) and earlier precedents where necessary. It seeks to combine historical, archaeological, philological and architectural analysis to further our understanding of the function of the domus as a place for social, cultural, political and administrative actions.196p b/w illus (JRA Supplement 102, 2015) 9780991373062 Hb £90.00

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Contextos Ceramicos y Transformaciones Urbanas en Carthago Nova (S. II-III D.C.) (Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery)This volume presents a detailed study of Carthago Nova in the second and third centuries AD based on the archaeological record and taking into account the stratigraphic sequences and especially the pottery. The dataset is interrogated to serve as an instrument for dating; to provide quantified data about Carthago Nova’s patterns of consumption, way of life and trading links; and to understand the evolution of the city in a period from which the urban model of the later empire emerged. Spanish text. 4 0 8 p b / w a n d c o l i l l u s (Archaeopress Archaeology 2015) 9781784910549 Pb £72.00

Fish-Salting in the Northwest Maghreb in AntiquityA Gazetteer of Sites and ResourcesBy Athena TrakadasThis volume is a detailed gazetteer of fish-salting production in the northwest Maghreb in antiquity. It consists of a catalogue of fish-salting sites in addition to catalogues of other related resources that are necessary for the production and trans-shipment of the industry’s products: salt and amphorae kilns. 170p b/w illus (Archaeopress Archaeology 2015) 9781784912413 Pb £34.00

EDITOR’S CHOICEInnovative Vaulting in the Architecture of the Roman Empire1st to 4th Centuries CEBy Lynne LancasterThis book studies six vaulting techniques employed in architecture outside of Rome and asks why they were invented where they were and how they were disseminated. Most of the techniques involve terracotta elements in various forms, such as regular flat bricks, hollow voussoirs, vaulting tubes, and armchair voussoirs. Each one is traced geographically via GIS mapping, the results of which are analysed in relation to chronology, geography, and historical context. The most common building type in which the techniques

appear is the bath, demonstrating its importance as a catalyst for technological innovation. This book also explores trade

networks, the pottery industry, and military movements in relation to building construction, revealing how architectural innovation was influenced by wide ranging cultural factors, many of which stemmed from local influences rather than imperial intervention.

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Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies, Volume 14/15Edited by M.C. BishopTopics include a missile assemblage from the social war; Roman caltrops; lorica segmentata from Eining and Zugmantel; Gladii from the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb; lorica squamata from the Carlisle Hoard; the evolution of lorica segmentata and manica from Hispanic finds; torsion-powered ballistae; the Newstead lorica segmentata; and the signa militaria and the imperial imagines as symbols of power. 91p (ARMES 2015) Pb £15.00

Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies, Volume 16The Enemies of RomeEdited by Laszlo KocsisVolume 16 of JRMES is divided into four sections. The first explores the military equipment of the enemies of Rome, with papers on the weaponry of the forest and forest-steppe zone of Europe, South Scandinavia, the Cantabrians, the Sarmatians, the Przeworsk culture, the Goths and the Scythians. Part 2 focuses on the military equipment of the Romans themselves. Part 3 contains two papers on the historical context (on oath taking and plumbatae), whilst part 4 presents the results of experimental reconstruction and testing of ramshaw boots. 382p b/w and col illus (ARMES 2015) 9781910238059 Pb £50.00

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Small Finds and Ancient Social Practices in the Northwest Provinces of the Roman EmpireEdited by Stefanie Hoss & Alissa WhitmoreFo c u s i n g o n a mu l e t s , brooches, socks, hobnails, figurines, needles, and other “mundane” artefacts, these 12 papers use small finds to reconstruct social lives and practices in the Roman Northwest provinces. Taking social life broadly, the various contributions offer insights into the everyday use of objects to express social identities, Roman religious practices in the provinces, and life in military communities. By integrating small finds from the Northwest provinces with material, iconographic, and textual evidence from the whole Roman empire, contributors seek to demystify Roman magic and Mithraic religion, discover the latest trends in ancient fashion, explore Roman interactions with Neolithic monuments, and explain unusual finds in unexpected places. 200p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2016) 9781785702563 Pb £38.00

Death as a Processthe Archaeology of the Roman FuneralEdited by J. Pearce & J. WeekesThis volume draws on large-scale fieldwork from across Europe, methodological advances and conceptual innovations to explore new insights from analysis of the Roman dead, concerning both the rituals which saw them to their tombs and the communities who buried them. In particular the volume seeks to establish how the ritual sequence, from laying out the dead to the pyre and tomb, and from placing the dead in the earth to the return of the living to commemorate them, may be studied from archaeological evidence. Case studies span a cross-section of Roman society, from the cosmopolitan merchants of Corinth to salt pan workers at Rome and the rural poor of Britannia and Germania. 272p b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2016) 9781785703232 Pb £38.00

Roman BritainNEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSThe Archaeology of the Lower City and Adjacent SuburbsBy Kate Steane, Margaret Darling, Michael J. Jones, Jenny Mann, Alan Vince & Jane YoungThis volume contains reports on excavations undertaken in the lower walled city at Lincoln and its adjacent suburbs between 1972 and 1987. The earliest features encountered were remains of timber storage buildings, probably associated with the Roman legionary occupation in the later 1st century AD. The earliest occupation of the hillside consisted mainly of commercial premises, modest residences, and storage buildings; larger aristocratic residences later came to dominate this area. In the 4th century, the fortifications were enlarged and two new gates inserted. Occupation of an urban nature did not recommence until the late 9th century. Markets were established in the 11th century and stone began to replace timber for residential structures from the mid-12th century. 608p, b/w illus (Oxbow Books 2015) 9781782978527 Hb £55.00

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Roman Sculpture from London and the South-EastBy Penny Coombe, Martin Henig, Frances Grew & Kevin HaywardThis, the tenth fascicule in the British section of the international series Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, concerns Roman sculpture from south-east England. Over 200 individual items are catalogued, from the counties of Kent, Surrey and Hertfordshire, as well as from Greater London. For the first time in the British CSIR series, this fascicule contains a comprehensive study of the types and sources of the stone. Nearly every item was examined visually by an archaeological petrologist, Dr Kevin Haywood, and approaching half in thin-section. It emerges that in the early Roman period sculptors in Kent used stone quarried in northern France rather than Britain, so demonstrating the importance of cross-Channel connections in the formative years of the province of Britannia. 200p, 20 col pls, 64 b/w pls (Oxford University Press 2015) 9780197265710 Hb £120.00

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SegedunumExcavations By Charles Daniels In The Roman Fort At Wallsend (1975–1984)By Alexandra Croom & Alan RushworthBetween 1975 and 1984 almost the entire area of the Roman fort of Segedunum in Wallsend was excavated under the direction of Charles Daniels, senior lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Newcastle University. I t is these excavations which form the subject of this publication. This comprehensive report on the structural remains (Vol. 1) and finds (Vol. 2) show clearly that Daniels’ work represented one of the most ambitious and prolonged programmes of fieldwork attempted on the northern frontier up to that point and has made Wallsend one of the most fully investigated of Roman forts in Britain. Volume 1 describes first the stratigraphic sequences and excavation of the stone and timber buildings of the fort’s central range, while Volume 2, on the predominantly 2nd–3rd century material culture from the site, looks at the stonework, pottery, coins and small finds recovered. 816p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2016) 9781785700262 Hb £55.00

EDITOR’S CHOICELate Roman Handmade Grog-Tempered Ware Producing Industries in South East BritainBy Malcolm A. B. LyneThe appearance and revival of handmade grog-tempered ware producing pottery industries during the late 3rd and 4th centuries using technology more appropriate to the Late Iron Age in the south and south-east of Britain is something of an enigma. This revival in the popularity of such primitive pottery took place on the Isle of Wight and in the Hampshire Basin, East Sussex and Kent at a time when the production of Romanised wheel-turned grey and fine colour-coated wares was still on a large scale in the south of Britain and elsewhere in the British provinces. This publication is the result

of 25 years research into these grog-tempered wares: it presents corpora of forms associated with the various industries and

discusses the distributions of their products at different periods. It also discusses the possible reasons for the revival of such wares increasing popularity during the 4th century and disappearance during the 5th century AD.

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Temples and SuburbsExcavations at Tabard Square, SouthwarkBy John Shepherd, Kevin Rielly, Kevin Hayward, James Gerrard & Douglas KillockThis monograph details the results of major excavations in Southwark, London, detailing an archaeological sequence which spans the early prehistoric to very latest Roman periods. The site lay on the Southern outskirts of Roman London and was the location of a large Romano-Celtic temple complex. A very large finds assemblage includes a marble inscription, which is the earliest text found to mention ‘Londoners’. 368p (Pre-Construct Archaeology 2015) 9780992667252 Hb £27.00

An Archaeological Study of Human Decapitation BurialsBy Katie TuckerThis is an in depth yet accessible study of human decapitation burials in Roman Britain. Katie Tucker’s findings go against conventional views of human decapitation burials of this period, which traditionally favour the view of a post-mortem removal of the head. Instead most decapitations were likely to have been performed prior to death, potentially as a result of execution or human sacrifice. 264p b/w illus, col pls (Pen & Sword 2016) 9781473825512 Hb £25.00

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Excavations at the Minster Library York 1997By Justin Garner-LahireReports of the open area excavation at the York Minster Library conducted in 1997 and associated research are presented in this book. The periods of activity include evidence for Roman legionary barracks (which comprises over half of the book), an 11th-century boundary ditch, a 13th-century solar block of the archbishop’s palace, 17th-century pleasure gardens, and, finally, the conversion of the archbishop’s chapel into the Minster Library. 154p b/w illus (BAR BS 622, 2016) 9781407314570 Pb £31.00

A Roman Villa and Other Iron Age and Roman DiscoveriesAt Bredon’s Norton. Fiddington and Pamington along the Gloucester Security of Supply PipelineBy Tim Allen, Kate Brady & Stuart ForemanThe site at Pamington revealed oval enclosures of mid-late Iron Age date, that at Fiddington elements of a rural settlement spanning all of the Roman period. At Bredon’s Norton the pipeline cut through a series of Iron Age and Roman settlement enclosures and their internal features, and also included human burials of both periods. An unexpected discovery was the remains of a Roman bath-house with a plunge pool flagged with stones and decorated with painted wall-plaster. 198p b/w illus (Oxford Archaeology 2016) 9780904220766 Pb £15.00

Hadrian’s WallEveryday Life on a Roman FrontierBy Patricia SouthernHadrian’s Wall is a major World Heritage site, set in stunning unspoiled countryside in Cumbria and Northumberland, where the Wall and its forts are the most visited Roman remains in Britain. Hundreds of Roman legionaries from Chester, Caerleon and York marched north to quarry the stone and build the Wall, which took several years to complete. This book tells the story of how the Wall was built and manned by Roman soldiers, what life was like on the frontier, and what happened to it when the Romans left. 430p b/w illus, col pls (Amberley Publishing 2016) 9781445640259 Hb £25.00

Hadrian’s Wall Archaeology Issue 6 (2015)Edited by David MasonThis well illustrated magazine presents a round-up of archaeological work taking place on Hadrian’s Wall and the northern frontier zone in 2015. Reports come from Vindolanda, Maryport, Cataractonium, Binchester, Ravenglass and from the WallQuest project on Tyneside. 48p col illus (Durham County Council 2016) 9781907445859 Pb £6.00

Romano-British Settlement and Cemeteries at MuckingExcavations by Margaret and Tom Jones, 1965–1978By Sam Lucy & Christopher EvansExcavations at Mucking, Essex, between 1965 and 1978, revealed extensive evidence for a multi-phase rural Romano-British settlement, perhaps an estate centre, and five associated cemetery areas (170 burials) with different burial areas reserved for different groups within the settlement. The settlement d e m o n s t r a t e d c l e a r continuity from the preceding Iron Age occupation with unbroken sequences of artefacts and enclosures through the first century AD, followed by rapid and extensive remodelling, which included the laying out of a Central Enclosure, accompanied by the start of large-scale pottery production. After the mid-second century AD the Central Enclosure was largely abandoned and settlement shifted its focus more to the Southern Enclosure system with a gradual decline though the 3rd and 4th centuries. 456p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2016) 9781785702686 Hb £40.00

Agriculture and Industry in South-Eastern Roman BritainEdited by David BirdT h e S o u t h - E a s t i s comparatively neglected in discussion of Roman Britain, where it is often subsumed into a generalised treatment of the ‘civilian’ part of Britannia that is based largely on other parts of the country. This book aims to redress the balance. An overview of the environment and a consideration of themes relevant to the South-East as a whole accompany 14 papers covering the topics of rural settlement in Kent Surrey and Sussex, crops, querns and millstones, animal exploitation, salt production, leatherworking, the working of bone and similar materials, the production of iron and iron objects, non-ferrous metalworking, pottery production and the supply of tile to Roman London. 368p, b/w and col illus (Oxbow Books 2106) 9781785703195 Pb £40.00

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The Play of Allusion in the Historia AugustaBy David RohrbacherDavid Rohrbacher offers a literary analysis of the Historia Augusta, focusing on its many playful allusions. He contends that the work originated in a circle of scholarly readers with an interest in biography, and that its allusions and parodies were meant as puzzles and jokes for a knowing and appreciative audience. 248p (University of Wisconsin Press 2016) 9780299306007 Hb £60.50

Texts, Editors and ReadersMethods and Problems in Latin Textual CriticismBy Richard TarrantThis book re-examines the most traditional area of classical scholarship, offering critical assessments of the current state of the field, its methods and controversies, and its prospects for the future in a digital environment. Each stage of the editorial process is examined, from gathering and evaluating manuscript evidence to constructing the text and critical apparatus, with particular attention given to areas of dispute, such as the role of conjecture. 150p (Cambridge University Press 2016) 9780521158992 Pb £18.99

The Roman AudienceClassical Literature as Social HistoryBy T. P. WisemanIn an ambitious overview of a thousand years of history, from the formation of the city-state of Rome to the establishment of a fully Christian culture, T. P. Wiseman examines the evidence for the oral delivery of ‘literature’ to mass public audiences. Wiseman sees the history of Roman literature as an integral part of the social and political history of the Roman people, and draws some very unexpected inferences from the evidence that survives. 352p (Oxford University Press 2015) 9780198718352 Hb £65.00

Seneca: A LifeBy Emily WilsonPhilosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a stern ascetic morality while amassing a fortune under Nero and eventually committing suicide. This definitive biography reveals a life lived perilously in the gap between ideals and reality. 253p (Penguin 2015, Pb 2016) 9780718193508 Hb £9.99

Beyond GreekBy Denis FeeneyB e yo n d G re e k t r a c e s the emergence of Latin l i terature from 240 to 140 BCE, beginning with Roman stage productions of plays that represented the first translations of Greek literary texts into another language. From a modern perspective, translating foreign-language literature into the vernacular seems perfectly normal. But in an ancient Mediterranean world made up of many multilingual societies with no equivalent to the text-based literature of the Greeks, literary translation was unusual if not unprecedented. Feeney shows how it allowed Romans to systematically take over Greek forms of tragedy, comedy, and epic, making them their own and giving birth to what has become known as Latin literature.376p (Harvard University Press 2016) 9780674055230 Hb £25.00

Latin LiteratureNEW FROM OXBOW BOOKSJuvenal Satires IVBy John GodwinJuvenal’s fourth book of Satires consists of t h re e p o e m s w h i c h are all concerned with contentment in various forms. These poems use enormous humour and wit to puncture the pretensions of the foolish and the wicked, urging an acceptance of our lives and a more positive stance towards life and death by mockery of the pompous and comic description of the rich and famous. The Introduction places Juvenal in the history of Satire and also explores the style of the poems as well as the degree to which they can be read as in any sense documents of real life. The text is accompanied by a literal English translation and the commentary is keyed to important words in the translation and aims to be accessible to readers with little or no Latin. 200p, (Aris & Phillips 2016) 9781910572320 Hb £80.00, 9781910572337 Pb £19.99 NYP

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PlautusAululariaBy Walter Stockert & Keith MaclennanPlautus’ play, the Pot of Gold is here presented with a facing English translation, introduction and a detailed commentary, the first on the text for over a century. The introduction critically exa m i n e s t h e va r i o u s options that have been proposed for the end of the play, its construction and influence on subsequent classical drama, and provides a detailed and comprehensive background to the writing, performance and transmission of the play in its ancient Roman setting. 326p (Aris & Phillips 2016) 9781910572375 Hb £50.00, 9781910572382 Pb £19.99

Ovid on CosmeticsMedicamina Faciei Femineae and Related TextsBy Marguerite JohnsonThe Medicamina Faciei Femineae is a didactic elegy that showcases an early example of Ovid’s trademark combination of poetic instruction and trivial subject matter. Exploring female beauty and cosmeceuticals, with particular emphasis on the concept of cultus, the poem presents five practical recipes for treatments for Roman women. Covering both didactic parody and pharmacological reality, this deceptively complex poem possesses wit and vivacity and provides an important insight into Roman social mores and day-to-day activities. This new edition, commentary and analysis of the poem includes an introduction that situates it within its literary heritage of didactic and elegiac poetry, its place in Ovid’s oeuvre and its relevance to social values, personal aesthetics and attitudes to female beauty in Roman society. The Latin text is presented on parallel pages alongside a new translation. 164p, (Bloomsbury 2016) 9781472506573 Pb £17.99

Learning Latin the Ancient WayLatin Textbooks from the Ancient WorldBy Eleanor DickeyWhat did Greek speakers in the Roman empire do when they wanted to learn Latin? They used Latin-learning materials containing authentic, enjoyable vignettes about daily life in the ancient world – shopping, banking, going to the baths, having fights, being scolded, making excuses – very much like the dialogues in some of today’s foreign-language textbooks. Learners also used special beginners’ versions of great Latin authors including Virgil and Cicero, and dictionaries, grammars, texts in Greek transliteration, etc. These materials are gathered together here for the first time.112p (Cambridge University Press 2016) 9781107474574 Pb £15.99

Virgil’s Eclogues and the Art of FictionA Study of the Poetic ImaginationBy Raymond KaniaThis book reassesses Virgil’s Eclogues and their genre, arguing that they are better read as fiction – that is, as a work that refers not merely to itself or to other texts but to a world of its own making. This makes for a rich work of art and an object of legitimate aesthetic and imaginative engagement. 186p (Cambridge University Press 2016) 9781107080850 Hb £64.99

Poetry Underpinning PowerVergil’s Aeneid, the Epic for AugustusBy Hans-Peter StahlIn recent decades, research on Virgil has posited that the poet was engaged in an elaborate work of subtle subversion, directed against the new ruler of the Roman world, Octavian-Augustus. Stahl’s new monograph questions this thesis on philological grounds. He finds that Virgil has so presented the morality of his central figure, Augustus’ supposed ancestor Aeneas, and of those who clash with him, Turnus and Dido, as to make it certain that Roman readers and hearers of the poem were meant to conclude in Aeneas (and Augustus’) favour. 488p (Classical Press of Wales 2016) 9781910589045 £75.00

The Epic DistilledStudies in the Composition of the AeneidBy Nicholas HorsfallBuilding on and developing the research involved in the author’s monumental commentaries on the Aeneid, this volume investigates how the poem was written, what Virgil read, and why particular details are interwoven into the narrative. The volume looks beyond the Aeneid’s poetry and plot to focus on the ‘matter’ of the epic: details of colour, material, arms, clothing, landscape, and physiology. Details which might seem trivial are revealed as carefully deliberate and highly significant. 160p (Oxford University Press 2016) 9780198758877 Hb £45.00

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