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Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xix, 858 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Spanning almost one thousand years, from the first Olympic Games in 776 BC to the death of Marcus Aurelius in AD 180, this accessible and wide-ranging reference work draws on the groundbreaking Oxford Classical Dictionary to present more than 2,500 entries on the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. The dictionary covers key aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life and literature, such as science, social structure, philosophy, and religion, and...
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
x, 265 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history, gathers prominent thinkers to explore key facets of warfare, strategy, and foreign policy in the Greco-Roman world. From the Persian Wars to the final defense of the Roman Empire, Makers of Ancient Strategy demonstrates that the military thinking and policies of the ancient Greeks and Romans remain surprisingly relevant for understanding conflict in the modern world."--BOOK JACKET....
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xii, 380 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
This work offers a survey of the main periods, schools and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. It examines major developments from the early antecedents of scepticism to the Pyrrhonist tradition and addresses the central philosophical and interpretive problems surrounding the sceptics' ideas.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xviii, 865 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The subject matter of the book is the technological framework of the Greek and Roman cultures from ca. 800 B.C. through ca. A.D. 500 in the circum-Mediterranean world and Northern Europe. Each chapter discusses a technology or family of technologies from an analytical rather than descriptive point of view, providing a critical summation of our present knowledge of the Greek and Roman accomplishments in the technology concerned and the evolution of...
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Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xiv, 193 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beginning with the premise that we must cease to view the classical Greek house through the lens of contemporary Western notions, Janett Morgan provides a fresh evaluation of what home meant to different communities in the ancient Greek world. By employing textual analysis alongside archaeological scholarship, The Classical Greek House seeks to explain some of the contradictions that previous approaches have left unresolved. --from publisher description....
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Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xviii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The seer (mantis), an expert in the art of divination, operated in ancient Greek society through a combination of charismatic inspiration and diverse skills ranging from examining the livers of sacrificed animals to spirit possession. Unlike the palm readers and mediums who exist on the fringe of modern society, many seers were highly paid, well respected, educated members of the elite who played an essential role in the conduct of daily life, political...