Archiv für Mai 2014

THE PRAETORIAN GUARD. . (S.) Bingham The Praetorian Guard. A History of Rome’s Elite Special Forces . Pp. xii + 240, b/w & colour pls. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2013. Cased, £25. ISBN: 978-1-84511-884-6.

Book Reviews Jonathan Eaton, The Classical Review, Volume 64 Issue 01, pp 234-236Abstract

THE LANGUAGE OF SLAVERY. . (M.) Lavan Slaves to Rome. Paradigms of Empire in Roman Culture . Pp. xiv + 288. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Cased, £60, US$99. ISBN: 978-1-107-02601-8.

Book Reviews Richard Alston, The Classical Review, Volume 64 Issue 01, pp 232-234Abstract

ROMAN DEATH. . (V.M.) Hope, (J.) Huskinson (edd.) Memory and Mourning. Studies on Roman Death . Pp. xxiv + 200, ills. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2011. Paper, £25. ISBN: 978-1-84217-990-1.

Book Reviews Myles Lavan, The Classical Review, Volume 64 Issue 01, pp 231-232Abstract

FESTSCHRIFT FOR FERGUS MILLAR. . (S.) Benoist (ed.) Rome, a City and its Empire in Perspective. The Impact of the Roman World through Fergus Millar’s Research . (Impact of Empire 16.) Pp. viii + 211. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2012. Cased, €94, US$129. ISBN: 978-90-04-23092-7.

Book Reviews Christopher Chaffin, The Classical Review, Volume 64 Issue 01, pp 229-231Abstract

A NEW INTRODUCTION TO AUGUSTUS. . (K.) Galinsky Augustus. Introduction to the Life of an Emperor . Pp. xxiv + 200, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Paper, £17.99, US$27.99 (Cased, £55, US$90). ISBN: 978-0-521-74442-3 (978-0-521-76797-2 hbk).

Book Reviews C.H. Lange, The Classical Review, Volume 64 Issue 01, pp 227-229Abstract

LIBERTAS. . (V.) Arena Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic . Pp. x + 324, ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Cased, £60, US$99. ISBN: 978-1-107-02817-3.

Book Reviews Richard Evans, The Classical Review, Volume 64 Issue 01, pp 225-227Abstract

THE ‘JUST WAR’. . (N.) Rampazzo Iustitia e bellum. Prospettive storiografiche sulla guerra nella Repubblica romana . (Storia Politica Costituzionale e Militare del Mondo Antico 5.) Pp. xiv + 133. Naples: Jovene, 2012. Paper, €14. ISBN: 978-88-243-2150-1.

Book Reviews Craige B. Champion, The Classical Review, Volume 64 Issue 01, pp 223-225Abstract

ISIS. . (L.) Bricault, (M.J.) Versluys (edd.) Isis on the Nile. Egyptian Gods in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. Proceedings of the IVth International Conference of Isis Studies, Liège, November 27–29 2008 . (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 171.) Pp. xxviii + 296, ills, b/w & colour pls. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010. Cased, €119, US$168. ISBN: 978-90-04-1882-2.

Book Reviews Livia Capponi, The Classical Review, Volume 64 Issue 01, pp 221-223Abstract

THE FIRST PUNIC WAR. . (C.) Vacanti Guerra per la Sicilia e guerra della Sicilia. Il ruolo delle città siciliane nel primo conflitto romano-punico . (Storia Politica Costituzionale e Militare del Mondo Antico 6.) Pp. xvi + 251, maps. Naples: Jovene, 2012. Paper, €25. ISBN: 978-88-243-2165-5.

Book Reviews Dexter Hoyos, The Classical Review, Volume 64 Issue 01, pp 218-220Abstract

THE ROMAN CALENDAR. . (G.) Forsythe Time in Roman Religion. One Thousand Years of Religious History . Pp. xiv + 207, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2012. Cased, £80, US$125. ISBN: 978-0-415-52217-5.

Book Reviews Nicolas Laubry, The Classical Review, Volume 64 Issue 01, pp 216-218Abstract