This text examines the theme of identity, whether it be geographic, ethnic, religious, status or sex-based. Through discussions of particular Roman texts and images, the contributors show not only how these texts were used to create and organise particular visions of late antique society and culture, but also how constructions of identity and culture contributed to the fashioning of late antiquity into a discrete historical period.

Important neurological techniques for the physiological reconstruction of a large biological neural network are presented.

The questions of how a large population of neurons in the brain functions, how synchronized firing of neurons is achieved, and what factors regulate how many and which neurons fire under different conditions form the central theme of this book. Using a combined experimental-theoretical approach unique in neuroscience, the authors present important new techniques for the physiological reconstruction of a large biological neuronal network. They begin by discussing experimental studies of the CA3 hippocampal region in vitro, focusing on single-cell and synaptic electrophysiology, particularly...

The first full-scale history of Hannibal's Carthage in decades and -a convincing and enthralling narrative.- (The Economist )
Drawing on a wealth of new research, archaeologist, historian, and master storyteller Richard Miles resurrects the civilization that ancient Rome struggled so mightily to expunge. This monumental work charts the entirety of Carthage's history, from its origins among the Phoenician settlements of Lebanon to its apotheosis as a Mediterranean empire whose epic land-and-sea clash with Rome made a legend of Hannibal and shaped the course of Western...

The essays in Constructing Identities in Late Antiquity concern themselves with the theme of identity, an increasingly popular topic in Classical studies. Through detailed discussions of particular Roman texts and images, the contributors show not only how these texts were used to create and organise particular visions of late antique society and culture, but also how constructions of identity and culture contributed to the fashioning of 'late antiquity' into a distinct historical period.

The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society including:

• Political and economic structures such as the complex foreign policy which combined diplomatic alliances and marriages with brutal raiding
• The extraordinary cultural development of secular learning, and the religious struggles that threatened to tear the state apart
• The nature of...

Bracha Stone's remarkable versions of thirty-six biblical psalms are innovative in their contemporary freshness, and yet deeply conservative. Using eloquent contemporary language, these translations reveal the spiritual experiences of these ancient worshipful writers and give voice to some of the deepest sentiments in our own hearts. These new translations are to be savored by those new to the treasure of the Psalms and those who know them in the Hebrew. Based on careful study of the Hebrew originals and personal engagement with them through prayer and meditation, these re-voicings bring...

This is the first book for over twenty years to undertake a holistic examination of the Donatist Controversy, a bilious and sometimes violent schism that broke out in the North African Christian Church in the early years of the century AD and which continued up until the sixth century AD. What made this religious dispute so important was that its protagonists brought to the fore a number of issues and practices that had empire-wide ramifications for how the Christian church and the Roman imperial government dealt with the growing number of dissidents in their ranks. Very significantly it was...