Kategoria BISAC: History >> Ancient - Rome

Looting, despoiling temples, attempted rape and judicial murder: these are just some of the themes of this classic piece of writing by one of the world's greatest orators. This particular passage is from the second book of Cicero's Speeches against Verres, who was a former Roman magistrate on trial for serious misconduct. Cicero presents the lurid details of Verres' alleged crimes in exquisite and sophisticated prose. This volume provides a portion of the original text of Cicero's speech in Latin, a detailed commentary, study aids, and a translation. As a literary artefact, the speech gives...

In Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain, first published in 1991, Professor Dorothy Watts sets out to distinguish possible Pagan features in Romano-British Christianity in the period leading up to and immediately following the withdrawal of Roman forces in AD 410. Watts argues that British Christianity at the time contained many Pagan influences, suggesting that the former, although it had been present in the British Isles for some two centuries, was not nearly as firmly established as in other parts of the Empire. Building on recent developments in the archaeology of Roman Britain, and...

Rome and the Friendly King, first published in 1984, offers a functional definition of what is usually called client kingship - to show what a client king (or 'friendly king', to use the Roman term) was in practice. Each aspect of this complex role is examined over a period of six centuries: the making of a king; exposure to Roman institutions and individuals; formal recognition as a friendly ruler. Professor Braund shows how the king's power related to Roman authority, and to his subjects. The role of Romans in royal wills, principally as recipients of bequests, is also examined, and it is...

The ancient city of Rome can be understood as an ensemble of monuments, as a space of action for its inhabitants, as a literary construction. Communication took place in it, about it and through it; that is by means of furnishing it with a conscious programme of buildings and works of art. From the perspective of various classical disciplines, the papers in this volume analyse the relationships between these three forms of communication about the city of Rome from the beginning of the Principate to Late Antiquity.

An enormous turbot is presented to Emperor Domitian, who then calls upon his cabinet to determine the very best way to prepare the fish: This absurd situation provides occasion for Juvenal to undertake a broader critique of the decline of politics and morals during his time.

This work re-examines Juvenal's big fish satire through detailed scholarly commentary. It includes the original text along with a new Italian translation. Santorelli demonstrates that Juvenal's satire not only looks back at the earlier period of Domitian's rule but also is intended as an indirect critique of...

Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegrundet 1849, ist die weltweit alteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe griechischer und lateinischer Literatur von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit. Pro Jahr erscheinen 4-5 neue Editionen. Samtliche Ausgaben werden durch eine lateinische Praefatio erganzt.

Die wissenschaftliche Betreuung der Reihe obliegt einem Team anerkannter Philologen:

Gian Biagio Conte (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
James Diggle (University of Cambridge)
Donald J. Mastronarde (University of California, Berkeley)
Franco...

Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegrundet 1849, ist die weltweit alteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe griechischer und lateinischer Literatur von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit. Pro Jahr erscheinen 4-5 neue Editionen. Samtliche Ausgaben werden durch eine lateinische Praefatio erganzt.

Die wissenschaftliche Betreuung der Reihe obliegt einem Team anerkannter Philologen:

Gian Biagio Conte (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
James Diggle (University of Cambridge)
Donald J. Mastronarde (University of California, Berkeley)
Franco...

Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849, has evolved into the world's most venerable and extensive series of editions of Greek and Latin literature, ranging from classical to Neo-Latin texts. Some 4-5 new editions are published every year.

Durante un periodo buio della storia della chiesa nascente, sotto i colpi della terribile autorita di Roma, i cristiani resistono alla persecuzione di stato per amore di Gesu Cristo. Presentate in una cornice narrativa vivida e coinvolgente, queste testimonianze storiche del sacrificio dei figli di Dio e dell'impatto che esso ebbe sul mondo antico, sono fatte per arricchire e stimolare il lettore nel profondo dell'animo e della mente."

This is the first translation of the Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 into any modern language, and the first with a commentary. The synod was a major event in ecclesiastical history, representing the boldest challenge to imperial authority by churchmen that late antiquity had seen.

Thema von Lipsius' Saturnaliengesprache (1582) sind die Gladiatorenspiele. Alle Aspekte werden beleuchtet, zum Beispiel, welche Arten Gladiatoren es gab: da waren Kriminelle, aber auch hohe Beamte dabei, die - manchmal freiwillig - als Gladiatoren funktionierten. Die detaillierte Beschreibung schliet gut an bei seinen anderen historiographischen Werken, wie De Amphitheatro (1584). Am Ende der Saturnaliengesprache steht eine schwungvolle Rede uber die bewundernswerten Bestandigkeit der Gladiatoren. Lipsius spricht in verschiedenen Briefen uber sie als leuchtende Vorbilder....

The first full-scale translation and commentary on Eutropius, whose Breviarium (Abbreviated History of Rome) was a major vehicle for transmitting knowledge of Roman history to people of the Middle Ages and beyond.

The Mesolithic of this region of Northern Italy is known through faunal remains and lithic material found within rockshelters and at open-air hunting camps and processing sites. This report provides a synthesis of the material and uses risk-based models to assess long-term spatial and temporal changes from the Late Mesolithic to the Early Neolithic. These models assess the efficiency of tools for hunting and processing food, and the dietary and nutritional requirements implicit in subsistence changes.

Comparison of the Romanization of two areas of the Roman Empire by study of their inscriptions: funerary/votive; deities mentioned; native, Roman or foreign dedicator.

This volume includes a description, and the results, of a field survey in the Albegna Valley and Ager Cosanus area of southern Tuscany, focusing on evidence from the first millennium BC. Philip Perkins describes the methodology, aims and GIS approaches to the field study and then presents the evidence in terms of the Etruscan settlement patterns, burials, farming and subsistence, ceramic evidence, finally reconstructing a population and economic history for the study area. The survey project has revealed a highly organised and hierarchical settlement pattern in the Etruscan period, with an...

Karatsori's study provides an in-depth analysis of pollen remains recovered from the archaeological sites of Caverna delle Fate, Arma delle Manie (Finale Ligure) and San Francesco (San Remo) of the Italian Liguria. The aim is to identify changes in the vegetative landscape and climate during the occupation of these sites by Neanderthals and to assess the impact, if any, on the environment by early man. French text with abstracts in English, Italian and Greek.

This study is part of a long tradition of antiquarian interest in the Roman town of Spoleto. Alessia Morigi examines what remains of the Roman town, heavily built-up in the subsequent medieval and early modern period, with a large part of this study given over to Spoleto's Roman monuments and architecture, its urban layout, walls, sewers and public buildings. Other sections discuss the written and epigraphic evidence relating to the town, and Morigi reviews the history of investigations at Spoleto. A large colour plan locates the major sites and excavated areas within the town, colour coded...

The growth of the city of Rome was dependent on its ability to exploit successfully the human and natural resources of its hinterland. Although this eventually expanded to incorporate the entire Mediterranean seaboard, the resources of the Tiber Valley originally nourished the city and continued to do so despite the growth in imports from elswhere in the Roman world. This study examines the way the Tiber Valley functioned in terms of its economic and social geography, as evidenced by the organisation and dynamics of the brick industry.

Report on the work done by the Limes Arabicus project from 1980-1985, a surveying project, designed to collect and record information on the material remains of Roman Arabia. These two volumes contain the results of the survey of the Limes zone, a detailed examination of the legionary fortress of El-Lejju?n, descriptions of other fortifications, and reports on remains of material culture.