Archiv für März 2015

JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN LATE ANTIQUITY. N.B. Dohrmann, A.Y. Reed (edd.) Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire. The Poetics of Power in Late Antiquity . Pp. x + 389, ills. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. Cased, £45.50, US$69.95. ISBN: 978-0-8122-4533-2.

Book Reviews Daniel Nodes, The Classical Review, Volume 65 Issue 01, pp 233-236Abstract

LATE ROMAN PAGANS. Alan Cameron The Last Pagans of Rome . Pp. xii + 878, ills. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Cased, £55, US$90 (Paper, £29.99, US$45). ISBN: 978-0-19-974727-6 (978-0-19-995970-9 pbk).

Book Reviews Gavin Kelly, The Classical Review, Volume 65 Issue 01, pp 230-233Abstract

ROMAN SLAVERY. U. Roth (ed.) By the Sweat of your Brow. Roman Slavery in its Socio-Economic Setting . (Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement 109.) Pp. x + 121, figs, ills. London: Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2010. Paper, £21. ISBN: 978-1-905670-29-1.

Book Reviews Kathryn J. McDonnell, The Classical Review, Volume 65 Issue 01, pp 228-230Abstract

‘OTHERING’. M. Kahlos (ed.) The Faces of the Other. Religious Rivalry and Ethnic Encounters in the Later Roman World . (Cursor Mundi 10.) Pp. viii + 324. Turnhout: Brepols, 2011. Cased, €80. ISBN: 978-2-503-53999-7.

Book Reviews Greg Fisher, The Classical Review, Volume 65 Issue 01, pp 226-228Abstract

RELIGIOUS NETWORKS. A. Collar Religious Networks in the Roman Empire. The Spread of New Ideas . Pp. xii + 322, figs, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Cased, £60, US$99. ISBN: 978-1-107-04344-2.

Book Reviews Peter Van Nuffelen, The Classical Review, Volume 65 Issue 01, pp 224-226Abstract

JOSEPHUS. W. Den Hollander Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome. From Hostage to Historian . (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity 86.) Pp. xii + 410, colour ill. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2014. Cased, €115, US$149. ISBN: 978-90-04-26433-5.

Book Reviews T.P. Wiseman, The Classical Review, Volume 65 Issue 01, pp 222-224Abstract

VIOLENCE IN EGYPT. A.Z. Bryen Violence in Roman Egypt. A Study in Legal Interpretation . Pp. x + 363, ills. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. Cased, £49, US$75. ISBN: 978-0-8122-4508-0.

Book Reviews Kevin Funderburk, The Classical Review, Volume 65 Issue 01, pp 220-222Abstract

ROMAN THEBES. D. Klotz Caesar in the City of Amun. Egyptian Temple Construction and Theology in Roman Thebes . (Monographies Reine Élisabeth 15.) Pp. xviii + 476, ill., map. Turnhout: Brepols, 2012. Paper, €95. ISBN: 978-2-503-54515-8.

Book Reviews Erin A. Peters, The Classical Review, Volume 65 Issue 01, pp 218-220Abstract

IN CELEBRATION OF AUGUSTUS. R. VON DEN HOFF, W. STROH, M. ZIMMERMANN Divus Augustus. Der erste römische Kaiser und seine Welt . Pp. 341, b/w & colour ills, colour maps. Munich: C.H. Beck, 2014. Cased, €26.95. ISBN: 978-3-406-66052-8.

Book Reviews C.H. Lange, The Classical Review, Volume 65 Issue 01, pp 216-218Abstract

ROMAN LAW OF LETTING AND HIRING. P.J. Du Plessis Letting and Hiring in Roman Legal Thought: 27 bce –284 ce . (Mnemosyne Supplements 340.) Pp. xvi + 213. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2012. Cased, €101, US$140. ISBN: 978-90-04-21959-5.

Book Reviews Andrew Lewis, The Classical Review, Volume 65 Issue 01, pp 214-216Abstract