Archiv für August 2012

Zenobia (R.) Winsbury Zenobia of Palmyra. History, Myth and the Neo-Classical Imagination . Pp. 198, ills, map. London: Duckworth, 2010. Paper, £16.99. ISBN: 978-0-7156-3853-8.

Book Reviews Wim Lindeboom, The Classical Review, Volume 62 Issue 01, pp 280-282Abstract

Disease and its Treatment (D.) Langslow, (B.) Maire (edd.) Body, Disease and Treatment in a Changing World. Latin Texts and Contexts in Ancient and Medieval Medicine. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference ‘Ancient Latin Medical Texts’, Hulme Hall, University of Manchester, 5th–8th September 2007 . Pp. xviii + 399, b/w & colour ills. Lausanne: Éditions BHMS, 2010. Paper, €55. ISBN: 978-2-9700640-0-8.

Book Reviews David Leith, The Classical Review, Volume 62 Issue 01, pp 277-280Abstract

Elagabalus (L.) De Arrizabalaga y Prado The Emperor Elagabalus. Fact or Fiction? Pp. xxxviii + 381, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Cased, £60, US$99. ISBN: 978-0-521-89555-2.

Book Reviews Carlos F. Noreña, The Classical Review, Volume 62 Issue 01, pp 275-277Abstract

Chariot Racing (F.) Meijer Chariot Racing in the Roman Empire . Translated by Liz Waters. Pp. xxii + 185, ills. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. Cased, £15.50, US$29.95. ISBN: 978-0-8018-9697-2.

Book Reviews Garrett G. Fagan, The Classical Review, Volume 62 Issue 01, pp 274-275Abstract

Monotheism (S.) Mitchell, (P.) Van Nuffelen (edd.) One God. Pagan Monotheism in the Roman Empire . Pp. x + 239, ill. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Cased, £55, US$95. ISBN: 978-0-521-19416-7.

Book Reviews Runar M. Thorsteinsson, The Classical Review, Volume 62 Issue 01, pp 271-274Abstract

Jewish Daily Life (C.) Hezser (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine . Pp. xviii + 687, ills, map. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Cased, £85, US$150. ISBN: 978-0-19-921643-7.

Book Reviews Kevin L. Osterloh, The Classical Review, Volume 62 Issue 01, pp 268-271Abstract

Ciip (H.M.) Cotton, (L.) Di Segni, (W.) Eck, (B.) Isaac, (A.) Kushnir-Stein, (H.) Misgav, (J.) Price, (I.) Roll, (A.) Yardeni (edd.) Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. Volume I: Jerusalem. Part 1: 1–704 . With Contributions by Eran Lupu. With the Assistance of Marfa Heimbach and Naomi Schneider. Pp. xxvi + 694, ills. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2010. Cased, €129.95, US$182. ISBN: 978-3-11-022219-7.

Book Reviews Seth Schwartz, The Classical Review, Volume 62 Issue 01, pp 266-268Abstract

Roman Religion (O.) Hekster, (S.) Schmidt-Hofner, (C.) Witschel (edd.) Ritual Dynamics and Religious Change in the Roman Empire. Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Heidelberg, July 5–7, 2007) . (Impact of Empire 9.) Pp. xii + 376, figs. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2009. Cased, €121, US$179. ISBN: 978-90-04-17181-8.

Book Reviews Jesper Majbom Madsen, The Classical Review, Volume 62 Issue 01, pp 264-265Abstract

Perchance to Dream (E.) Scioli, (C.) Walde (edd.) Sub imagine somni: Nighttime Phenomena in Greco-Roman Culture . (Testi e Studi di Cultura Classica 46.) Pp. xviii + 313, ills. Pisa: Edizioni ETS, 2010. Paper, €14. ISBN: 978-88-467-2637-7.

Book Reviews W.V. Harris, The Classical Review, Volume 62 Issue 01, pp 262-264Abstract

Childhood (K.) Mustakallio, (J.) Hanska, (H.-L.) Sainio, (V.) Vuolanto (edd.) Hoping for Continuity: Childhood, Education and Death in Antiquity and the Middle Ages . (Acta Instituti Romani Finlandiae 33.) Pp. xii + 253, ills. Rome: Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, 2005. Paper, €35. ISBN: 952-5323-09-9. (V.) Dasen, (T.) Späth (edd.) Children, Memory, and Family Identity in Roman Culture . Pp. xvi + 373, ills. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Cased, £70, US$125. ISBN: 978-0-19-955679-3.

Book Reviews Emma-Jayne Graham, The Classical Review, Volume 62 Issue 01, pp 257-262Abstract