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Dictionary of Classical Mythology ....................................................... p. 3

Classical Language & Literature ........................................................ p. 4

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Classical Archaeology ........................................................................ p. 10

Classical History & Society ............................................................... p. 20

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[Praise for the first edition]

“The Dictionary of Classical Mythology is exemplary, indeed the best I have consulted … clearly and engagingly written … it not only gives reliable answers but also encourages reading on.”

Simon Goldhill, Times Literary Supplement

“a prodigious, authoritative gazetteer, each entry both typographically and stylistically readable.”

Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Book of the Week

“Greek myths pervade our own art and literature almost as much as they influenced that of classical times, and

this will be an invaluable guide.”

The Good Book Guide

• Comprehensive coverage of Greek and Roman mythology encompassing all major myths and characters, and minor figures• Concise and readable text, engagingly written• Extensive translations from ancient authors that give life to the narratives• 172 beautiful line-drawings, new to this edition• Index of recurring mythical motifs, new to this edition, plus the more important genealogies

Jenny March’s acclaimed Dictionary of Classical Mythology, first published in 1998 but long out of print, has been extensively revised and expanded including a completely new set of beautiful line-drawing illustrations for this Oxbow edition. It is a comprehensive A – Z guide to Greek and Roman mythology. All major myths, legends and fables are here, including gods and goddesses, heroes and villains, dangerous women, legendary creatures and monsters. Characters such as Achilles and Odysseus have extensive entries, as do epic journeys and heroic quests, like that of Jason and the Argonauts to win the Golden Fleece, all alongside a plethora of information on the creation of the cosmos, the many metamorphoses of gods and humans, and the Trojan War, plus more minor figures – nymphs, seers, kings, rivers, to name but a few.

In this superbly authoritative work the myths are brilliantly retold, along with any major variants, and with extensive translations from ancient authors that give life to the narratives and a sense of the vibrant cultures that shaped the development of classical myth. The 172 illustrations give visual immediacy to the words, by showing how ancient artists perceived their gods and heroes. The impact of myths on ancient art is also explored, as is their influence in the post-classical arts, emphasising the ongoing inspiration afforded by the ancient myths.

Also included are two maps of the ancient world, a list of the ancient sources and their chronology, the more important genealogies, and an index of recurrent mythical motifs.

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DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGYBy Jenny March

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Sophocles wrote a Triptolemus (c. 468 BC, and perhaps one of the plays with which he won his first victory). This is now lost, but we know that it mentioned the dragon-chariot, and that Demeter described the many places to which Triptolemus would travel in his agricultural mission. He is often depicted in ancient art, from the sixth century BC onwards, seated in his chariot and holding the ears of corn that Demeter has given him (Fig. 165). Plato names Triptolemus as one of the judges of the dead, along with Minos, Rhadamanthys and Aeacus.[Plato, Apology 41a; Apollodorus 1.5.2; Pausanias 1.14.1–3, 1.38.6–7, 7.18.2–3, 8.4.1; Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.642–61; Hyginus, Fabula 147, Poetic Astronomy 2.14. For Sophocles’ lost Triptolemus, see A. H. Sommerstein and T. H. Talboy, Sophocles: Selected Fragmentary Plays Vol. II (Aris & Phillips, 2012), pp. 216–60.]

TritonA minor sea-god, the son of POSEIDON and the Nereid AMPHITRITE. As we see from his many depictions in ancient art, Triton was a merman, with a human head and torso and a coiling, fishy tail (Fig. 166). He is shown wrestling with HERACLES, though no trace of this episode survives in literature. He is also often

shown blowing on his conch-shell horn. With this horn he had once, on his father’s instructions, calmed the stormy seas and ordered the waters to retreat at the end of the Great Flood. So proud was he of his musical skill on this instrument, that when he heard the Trojan MISENUS boasting that he himself could play as well as any of the gods, the jealous Triton drowned his presumptuous rival.

Triton played a part in the legend of the ARGONAUTS, appearing to them at Lake Tritonis in Libya, after they had been carried far inland by a tidal wave and were desperately seeking an outlet to the sea. At first he disguised himself as Eurypylus, a local king, and presented to one of their company, EUPHEMUS, a clod of earth as a gift of friendship. He himself received from the Greeks a golden tripod, brought from Delphi. Reverting to his true form, he swam beside the Argo and led the ship safely back to the Mediterranean. Euphemus dropped the clod of earth into the sea north of Crete, where it became the island of Thera (Santorini).

In early literature there seems to be only one Triton, but later he becomes pluralised into a whole range of fishy beings who make up Poseidon’s retinue. Pausanias, for instance, refers to several Tritons, one of whom attacked the women of Tanagra while they were bathing

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Fig. 165. Triptolemus, holding stalks of grain, sits on a wheeled, winged throne. Demeter (left) and Persephone, holding torches, attend his departure to spread knowledge of agriculture among mortals.

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in the sea before sacrificing to Dionysus. They called on their god, who fought the Triton and defeated him. Another Triton was in the habit of plundering Tanagran cattle, and even attacking boats, until one day the townspeople left out a bowl of wine for him. Drawn by the smell, he drank the wine and fell asleep on the shore, at which a man of Tanagra approached and chopped off the Triton’s head with an axe.

Pausanias saw this headless Triton, and also a smaller one in Rome which, he reports, had hair on its head like that of marsh frogs, while the rest of its body was finely scaled like a shark. It had a man’s nose, a wide mouth with animal teeth, hands with fingers and fingernails, but also gills and a dolphin’s tail. Its eyes, adds Pausanias, seemed to be blue. He accurately describes several other unusual beasts, including rhinoceroses (“Ethiopian bulls”), and concludes (9.21.6): “So no one should be over-hasty in their judgements, or incredulous when considering rare creatures.”

In postclassical art, Tritons are often depicted sporting in the waves with NEREIDS, or in Poseidon’s train, or in the sea-triumphs of Amphitrite, Galatea or Aphrodite. A Triton blowing his horn, raising the great shell to his bearded lips, has been a popular choice for fountain-figures, as on Bernini’s Triton Fountain in the Piazza Barberini in Rome, and on Rome’s famous Trevi Fountain (Fig. 167). In Wordsworth’s passionate sonnet The World is Too Much with Us, Triton becomes a symbol of a lost and less materialistic world:

Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea,Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

[Hesiod, Theogony 930–3; Pindar, Pythian 4.19–56; Herodotus 4.179, 188; Apollonius, Argonautica 4.1550–1622, 1731–64;

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Fig. 166. The young Theseus in the palace of his father, Poseidon (holding a trident), at the bottom of the sea. The merman Triton prepares to carry him back to the surface, while Nereids bid him farewell.

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This book contains a selection of the papers delivered at a conference held at Gdansk University: the place where the first monograph on Xenophon in Polish was written by Professor Krzysztof Glombiowski. The topics chosen for discussion included military history, the literary aspects of Xenophon’s production, and Xenophon’s popularity in Gdansk school curricula in the 18th century. 9788375311037, £15.00, Jun 2011, PB, 191P, MonograPh SerieS akanthina 5, akanthina

XenophonGreece, Persia, and BeyondEdited by Bogdan Burliga

This editio princeps contains a substantial introduction (codicological reconstruction, paleography, orthography, contents, metrics, authorship and date, and historical notes), diplomatic transcription and edited Greek text on facing pages, commentary, indexes, and photographic plates.9780979975851, £40.00, Jan 13, hB, 236P, aMerican Society of PaPyrologiStS

New Epigrams of PalladasA Fragmentary Papyrus CodexBy Kevin Wilkinson

Since 1966, when James Diggle was elected to his Fellowship at Queen’s College, Cambridge, his teaching has inspired many of his pupils to embark on their own academic careers. In this volume, 14 former pupils have contributed essays to mark his retirement. The contributions cover many of the disciplines of Classics. 9780956838117, £45.00, Jul 2011, hB, 296P, caMBridge claSSical Journal SuPPleMent 36, caMBridge Philological Society

Ratio et res ipsaClassical essays presented by former pupils to James Diggle on his retirement By S. P. Oakley, R. J. E. Thompson & Paul Millett

Colin Austin was one of the world’s foremost experts in the reconstruction and interpretation of Greek comedy. The present volume contains the papyri and book fragments of eleven of Menander’s plays, edited by Colin Austin. It has been prepared for publication by Richard Hunter and Peter Parsons. 9780956838124, £35.00, feB 2013, PB, 84P, caMBridge claSSical Journal SuPPleMent 37, caMBridge Philological Society

Menander: Eleven PlaysEdited by Colin Austin

Sir Richard Jebb was the most celebrated classical scholar in late Victorian Britain: his edition of Sophocles, which remains a classic, brought him a knighthood. Professor at Cambridge from 1889, Jebb became a spokesman for the humanities. Sophocles’ Jebb charts his career through 275 newly discovered letters. 9780956838131, £45.00, aug 2013, hB, 304P, 5 B/w illuS., caMBridge claSSical Journal SuPPleMent 38, caMBridge Philological Society

Sophocles’ JebbA Life in Letters Edited by Christopher Stray

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Arrian’s AnabasisAn Intellectual and Cultural StoryBy Bogdan Burliga

Bogdan Burliga has written a very interesting study on one of the most important historical sources that has come down to us from Antiquity. The book displays the author’s masterly command of the secondary literature and sheds new light on a topic which might have seemed to be already fully exploited. 9788375312317, £35.00, Jun 2014, 174P akanthina

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It is often assumed that there was in Antiquity a homogeneous group of works of narrative prose fiction that displayed a series of recurrent, thematic, and formal characteristics, which allows us to label them novels. These essays explore a wide variety of texts, crossed genres, and hybrid forms, which transgress the boundaries of the so-called ancient novel.9789491431661, £64.00, SeP 2014, hB, 245P, ancient narrative SuPPleMentuM 18, BarkhuiS

The Ancient Novel and the Frontiers of GenreEdited by Marília F. Futre Pinheiro, Gareth Schmeling & Edmund P. Cueva

Inter textual i ty has been recognized as an important feature of ancient prose fiction and yet it has only received sporadic attention in modern scholarship, despite the recent explosion of interest in the ancient novels. This volume draws attention to the presence in ancient Greek and Roman narratives of earlier literary echoes.9789077922859, £37.50, Jan 2011, hB, 210P, ancient narrative SuPPleMentuM 13, BarkhuiS

Echoing NarrativesStudies of Intertextuality in Greek and Roman Prose FictionEdited by Konstantin Doulamis

This collection explores the vital role played by fictional narratives in Christian and Jewish self-fashioning in the early Roman imperial period. Employing a diversity of approaches, including cultural studies, philological, and narratological, expert scholars from six countries offer twelve essays on Christian fictions or fictionalized texts and one essay on Aseneth. 9789491431210, £60.00 , au g 2013, hB, 230P, ancient narrative SuPPleMentuM 16, BarkhuiS

The Ancient Novel and Early Christian and Jewish Narrative: Fictional Intersections Edited by Marília P. Futre Pinheiro, Judith Perkins & Richard Pervo

This volume comprises thirteen of the papers delivered at RICAN 5, which was held in Rethymnon, Crete, on May 25-26, 2009. The theme of the volume allows the contributors the freedom to use their skills to examine the real and the ideal either individually or in conjunction or in interaction.9789491431258, £70.00, aug 2013, hB, 312P, full colour illuS. , ancient narrative SuPPleMentuM 17, BarkhuiS

The Construction of the Real and the Ideal in the Ancient NovelEdited by Michael Paschalis & Stelios Panayotakis

The conflicting views of Alexander the Great o f Macedon in the Middle East in his own time and the centuries that followed are still reflected in the tensions between east and west today – this volume aims to deepen our understanding.9789491431043, £77.00,Jul 2012, hB, 416P,BarkhuiS

The Alexander Romance in Persia and the EastEdited by Richard Stoneman, Kyle Erickson and Ian Richard Netton

This is one of the oldest preserved sagas in Icelandic and is compiled from Latin sources, mainly Bellum lugurthinum and Coniutario Catilinae by Sallustius and Pharsalia by Lucanus. The first section is on the Jugurthine wars and then Catilina and his gathering of men. In the later section, the conflict between Pompey and Julius Caesar is depicted. Text in Icelandic. 9789979654117, £29.99, dec 2010, PB, 630P, iceland univerSity PreSS

RómverjasagaEdited by Svanhildur Oskarsdottir & Thorbjorg Helgadottir

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The Four Books of Pseudo-Democritus, written in the first century AD, rank among the very earliest known alchemical writings. Matteo Martelli presents not only a fresh edition and translation of the surviving Greek fragments, but also, for the first time, additional materials preserved in Syriac. 9781909662285, £30.00, Jan 2014, PB, SourceS of alcheMy and cheMiStry: Sir roBert Mond StudieS in early cheMiStry, Maney PuBliShing

The Four Books of Pseudo-Democritus Sources of Alchemy and Chemistry: Sir Robert Mond Studies in the History of Early Chemistry By Matteo Martelli, and edited by Lawrence M. Principe &

Jennifer M. RamplingIn this pioneering study, first published in German, Eveline Krummen examines the related problems of the unity (or intelligibility and cohesion) and the ‘occasionality’ (the heuristic importance of the original performance situation) of Pindaric epinicia.9780905205564, £75.00May 2014, hB, 356P

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Cult, Myth and Occasion in Pindar’s Victory OdesA Study of Isthmian 4, Pythian 5, Olympian 1, and Olympian 3By Eveline Krummen and translated by J. G. Howie

The volume opens with Professor Borthwick’s inaugural lecture on Homer, ‘Odyssean El ement s in the I l i ad ’ (Edinburgh, 1983). Maciver has then arranged Borthwick’s 63 scholarly articles, published th ema t i c a l l y unde r s i x headings: Ancient Music, The Pyrrhic Dance, Drama, Zoologica, Ancient Sport, Miscellanea. 9780905205571, £70.00, Jan 2015, hB, 447P, collected claSSical PaPerS 4, franciS cairnS (PuBlicationS) ltd

Greek Music, Drama, Sport, and FaunaThe Collected Classical Papers of E. K. BorthwickEdited by Calum Maciver

Among the works of the lyric poet Bacchylides are epinician odes celebrating victors in the Greek Games, which were occasions of major political, cultural and religious significance. The five included in this volume are those that have come down to us in fullest form. 9780905205526, £80.00, May 2010, hB, 380P, arca, claSSical and Medieval textS, PaPerS and MonograPhS 49

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BacchylidesFive Epinician Odes (3, 5, 9, 11, 13)By D. L. Cairns & J. G. Howie

Howie’s papers on Homer, Hesiod, Sappho, Pindar, Euripides, Thucydides, and Xenophon document the vitality and influence of cultural and intellectual patterns in early Greek epic and lyric, and reveal the impact of those patterns on Attic drama and on the Greek historians. 9780905205540, £80.00, May 2012, hB, 443P, collected claSSical PaPerS 3, franciS cairnS (PuBlicationS) ltd

Exemplum and Myth, Criticism and CreationPapers on Early Greek LiteratureBy J. G. Howie

The fifteenth volume of PLLS (and the fifth in the Langford series) contains major papers on early Greek epic and tragedy, aspects of ekphrasis, Roman republican culture and politics, and astrology in the imperial period.9780905205557, £55.00, Jun 2012, hB, 350P, arca, claSSical and Medieval textS, PaPerS and MonograPhS 51franciS cairnS (PuBlicationS) ltd

Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar, Fifteenth Volume, 2012Edited by Francis Cairns

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Aeschylus: Suppliant WomenEdited by A. J. Bowen

Euripides: Cyclops and Major Fragments of Greek Satyric Drama

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Satyric is the most thinly attested genre of Greek drama, but it appears to have been the oldest and formative for tragedy. By the 5th century BC at the Athenian great dramatic festivals it was performed after the three tragedies which each poet was required to present in competition. It was in contrast with them, aesthetically and emotionally, its plays being considerably shorter and simpler. Coarse and half-way to comedy, it burlesqued heroic and tragic myth.

Euripides Cyclops is the only satyr-play which survives complete. It is generally held to be the poet’s late work, but its companion tragedies are not identifiable. Its title alone signals its content, Odysseus’ escape from the one-eyed, man-eating monster. Because of its uniqueness, Cyclops could only afford a limited idea of satyric drama’s range, but our knowledge and appreciation of the genre have been greatly enlarged by recovery since the early 20th Century of considerable fragments of Aeschylus, Euripides’ predecessor, and of Sophocles, his contemporary.

This volume provides English readers for the first time with all the most important texts of satyric drama, with facing-page translation, substantial introduction and detailed commentary. It includes not only the major papyri, but very many shorter fragments of importance, both on papyrus and in quotation, from the 5th to the 3rd Centuries.

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Aeschylus starts his tetralogy boldly, making the Danaids themselves prologue, chorus and protagonist. Guided by their father Danaus, these girls have fled from Egypt, where their cousins want to marry them, to seek asylum in Argos: they claim descent from Io, who was driven to Egypt five generations earlier when Zeus’ love for her was detected by jealous Hera. In the long first movement of the play the Danaids argue their claim, pressing it with song and dance of pathos and power, upon the reluctant Argive king. He, forced eventually by their threat of suicide, puts the case to his people, who vote to accept the girls, but while they sing blessings on Argos, Danaus spies their cousins’ ships arriving. Left on their own when he goes for help, they sing more seriously of suicide, and seek sanctuary upstage when the Egyptians enter. A remarkable tussle of two choruses ensues; in the nick of time the king arrives, sees off the Egyptians (but they promise a return) and offers his hospitality. The girls want their father, however, and go when guided by him and his escort of Argive soldiers. Their final song has elements of wedding song in it; they share it, provocatively, with the Argives. The rest of the tetralogy is lost, but enough is known to indicate that marriage is the theme. Aeschylus probably surprised his first audience in his use of the myth; his command of theatre and poetry is fully mature.

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Aeschylus: Agamemnon (Hall, in preparation); Eumenides (Podlecki); Persians (Hall);Prometheus Bound (Podlecki)Euripides: Electra (Cropp); Helen (Burian); Medea (Mossman); Suppliant Women (Morwood)Euripides: Cyclops and Major Fragments of Greek Satyric Drama (Collard & O’Sullivan)For a full list of Euripides plays available in the series see www.oxbowbooks.comSophocles: Ajax (Garvie); Antigone (Brown); Electra (March); Philoctetes (Ussher)Sophocles Fragmentary Plays Volume 1 (Sommerstein, Fitzpatrick, Talboy)Sophocles Fragmentary Plays Volume 2 (Sommerstein, Talboy)

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This was the first English edition published in thirty-five years, in parallel translation with introduction and commentary.9780856685972, £18.00Jan 1996, PB, 280P

This volume encompasses the edition of all the surviving poetry of Catullus, aiming to bring the literary history of this poet to readers who may

not have read his work before. 9780856687150, £18.00

SeP 1999, PB, 240P

The commentary in this edition aims to elucidate not only matters directly referred to in the text, but the whole

context of their presentation. 9780856684623, £18.00

dec 2003, PB, 256P

Aeschylus: The PersiansEdited by Edith Hall

Julius Caesar: Civil War I and IIEdited by J. M. Carter

Catullus: The Shorter PoemsEdited by J. Godwin

This volume provides English readers with all the most important texts of satyric drama, with facing-

page translation and detailed commentary. 9781908343352, hB, £50.00

9781908343772, PB, £24.99528P, SeP 2013

This vibrant and lyrical new translation of one of the lesser known of Aeschylus’ plays is accompanied by a full commentary on

the text and substantial introduction.9781908343345, £19.99

SeP 2013, PB, 374P

This edition is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity. 9780856688492, hB, £50.00

9780856688485, PB, £24.99145P, SeP 2014

Cicero: Phillipics IIEdited by W. K. Lacey

Lucan: Civil War VIIIEdited by R. Mayer

Seneca: 17 LettersEdited by C. D. N. Costa

Apuleius: MetamorphosesBook 1 Edited by Regine May

Euripides: ElectraEdited by M. J. Cropp

Thucydides HistoryBook 1 Edited by P. J. Rhodes

Plutarch: Life of CiceroEdited by J. L. Moles

Aristophanes: BirdsEdited by Alan H. Sommerstein

Euripides: MedeaEdited by Judith Mossman

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9780856682551, £18.00aPr 2004, PB, 254P

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9781908343697, £19.99 Mar 2013, PB, 256P

9780856687884, £24.99Jan 2011, PB, 392P

9780856682889, £18.00nov 2003, PB, 376P

9780856683619, £18.00Jan 1989, PB, 216P

9780856681769, £18.00, Jan 1981, PB, 208P

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Sophocles: AjaxEdited by A. F. Garvie

This edition attempts to show that Sophocles offers no easy answer to the question of why Ajax falls, and no simple solution to the problem of how we ought to avoid tragedy in our own lives.

9780856686603, £18.00, feB 1998PB, 266P

Aristophanes: CloudsEdited by Alan H. Sommerstein

First published in 1982, this volume has been continuously up-dated, including the most recent printing in 1998.9780856682100, £18.00, Jan 1982PB, 240P

Greek Orators I: Antiphon, LysiasEdited by M. Edwards & S. Usher

The Commentary seeks to call attention to the orators’ rhetorical and stylistic skills to a degree not previously attempted in editions of the orators.9780856682476, £18.00, feB 2004PB, 284P

Aristophanes: LysistrataEdited by Alan H. Sommerstein

A detailed and fully annotated edition, the Greek text is based on a fuller body of evidence than any previous edition.9780856684586, £18.00, dec 1990PB, 240P

Cicero: Verrines II.1Edited by T. N. Mitchell

This edition communicates the literary flavour of the original and discusses the historical and political background to the trial. 9780856682537, £18.00, aug 2014PB, 240P

Sophocles: AntigoneEdited by A. L. Brown

In this edition the introduction includes an account of the myth, a brief survey of the main interpretative issues, and a bibliography. 9780856682674, £18.00, feB 1987PB, 240P

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Augustine: De Civitate Dei VI and VIIEdited by P. G. Walsh9780856688782, hB, £50.00

9780856688799, PB, £22.50240P, dec 2010

Augustine: De Civitate Dei VIII and IXEdited by P. G. Walsh9780856688546, hB, £50.00

9780856688539, PB, £24.99193P, Jan 2013

Music in the Odes of HoraceEdited by Stuart Lyons9780856688447, £40.00, feB 2010hB, 208P, B/w illuS, col PlateS

Menander: The Shield and The Arbitration Edited by Stanley Ireland9780856688973, hB, £50.00

9780856688331, PB, £19.99224P, SeP 2010

Euripides: Selected Fragmentary Plays IEdited by C. Collard, M.J. Cropp & K.H. Lee9780856686191, £18.00, May 2009, PB, 288P

Sophocles: Selected Fragmentary Plays, Volume 2 Edited by Alan H. Sommerstein & Thomas H. Talboy9780856688928, £24.99, oct 2011, PB, 320P

Terence: PhormioEdited by Robert Maltby160P, Jul 20129780856686061, hB, £50.00

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Caesar: Civil War IIIEdited by P. L. Carter9780856685835, £18.00, May 2010, PB254P

Greek Drama IV: Texts, Contexts, PerformanceEdited by David Rosenbloom & John Davidson9780856688706, £48.00, Mar 2012, hB 328P, 2 B/w illuS.

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The Roman Textile Industry and its Influence

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Penelope Walton Rogers,Lise Bender Jørgensen and Antoinette Rast-Eicher

The Roman Textile Industry and its Influence

Penelope Walton Rogers,Lise Bender Jørgensen

and Antoinette Rast-Eicher

The history of the Roman textile Industry is built up in large part by the detailed study of surviving fragments, as these essays show. This volume ranges across the Roman world, from the dry sands of Egypt and burial grounds of Iraq, to the Atlantic coast, the northern frontier and beyond. It considers everyday clothing of the Empire, more illustrious tapestry-woven and gold-brocaded fabrics, the contemporary clothing and textiles of the peoples beyond the frontiers, and the influence of Roman fashions in dress and of Roman textile technology in later times. Written by friends and colleagues, these essays are offerered as a tribute to John Peter Wild, whose own studies of Roman textiles have been the inspiration for so much recent work.

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A Corpus of Roman Potteryfrom Lincoln

LinCoLn ARChAeoLogiCAL StudieS no. 6

Margaret darling and Barbara Preciouswith Joanna Bird, Brenda dickinson

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Lincoln Archaeological StudiesSeries Editors: Michael J. Jones and Alan Vince

No. 1Pre-Viking Lindsey

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No. 4The Archaeology of The Lower City

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BROOCHES IN LATE IRON AGE AND ROMAN BRITAIN

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D. F. Mackreth

BROOCHES IN LATE IRON AGE AND ROMAN BRITAIN

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The result of forty years of study, this book offers an overview of the most common find, after coins, on sites in Roman Britain, the brooch. Essentially used to hold outer clothing together, it was always on view and was usually decorative. Based on the study of some 15,000 specimens, the second volume illustrates some 2,000, all drawn by the author. The first chapter is a discussion of manufacturing techniques, methods of study and the concept of dating. The bulk of the book then consists of nine chapters examining in detail the myriad style of brooches from the second century BC, when the habit of wearing brooches really took off, to the early fifth century AD when newcomers brought their own types of brooch and imposed them on the rest of what was to become England. The final chapter is a synthesis of various strands mentioned in the body of the book and the social implications of the great change in brooch wearing which occurred in the third century AD.

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Life in the LimesStudies of the people and objects of the Roman frontiersEdited by Rob Collins & Frances McIntosh

Rome’s rise to empire is often said to have owed much to the efficiency and military skill of her armies and their technological superiority over barbarian enemies. But just how ‘advanced’ was Roman military equipment? The authors of this book have gathered a wealth of evidence to present a picture of what equipment would have looked like and how it functioned.9781842171592, £19.95, aPr 2006, 224P oxBow BookS

Roman Military EquipmentFrom the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, Second EditionBy M. C. Bishop and J. C. Coulston

Text i l e s were a huge ly important Roman industry yet, because of their perishable nature, only fragments remain. These twenty-two essays provide a detailed study of surviving fragments from across the Roman world, from the dry sands of Egypt to the Atlantic coast and the northern frontiers and beyond. 9781782977407, £25.00, aug 2014, PB, 200P, 4 col PlateS, illuS oxBow BookS

The Roman Textile Industry and Its InfluenceEdited by Penelope Walton Rogers, Lise Bender Jørgensen & Antoinette Rast-Eicher

Illustrates the arrival of new cultural systems, mechanisms of trade and an expanded economic base in the early 1st millennium AD which allowed the further development of the existing glass industry. The 18 studies extend and consolidate aspects of our understanding of how glass was produced, traded and used.9781782977742, £40.00, nov 2014, hB, 272P, B/w and colour illuStrationS

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Glass of the Roman WorldEdited by Justine Bayley, Ian Freestone & Caroline Jackson

This is the first major analysis of the Roman pottery from excavat ions in Lincoln . The pottery is presented in seven major ware groups. The discussion explores the chronological range of the entire ceramic assemblage across the three discrete parts of the Roman fortress and later colonia. 9781842174876, £35.00, Jan 2014, hB, 544P, B/w illuS throughout, 16 PageS of colour illuS, lincoln archaeology StudieS 6

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A Corpus of Roman Pottery from LincolnBy Margaret Darling & Barbara Precious

After forty years of study this book is an overview of the most common find on sites in Roman Britain — the brooch. Used to hold outer clothing together, it was always on view and was usually decorative. This volume illustrates some 2,000 specimens drawn by the author.9781842174111, £75.00, aug 2011, hB, 448P

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Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman BritainBy D. F. Mackreth

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TRAC 2013Proceedings of the Twenty-ThirdTheoretical Roman Archaeology ConferenceKing’s College, London 2013

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The Romano-British Peasant: Towards a Study of People, Landscapes and Work during the Roman Occupation of Britain

by Mike McCarthy

Temples and Sanctuaries in the Roman East: Religious Architecture in Syria, Iudaea/Palaestina and Provincia Arabia

by Arthur Segal

A Corpus of Roman Pottery from Lincolnby Margaret Darling and Barbara Precious

Making Textiles in pre-Roman and Roman Times: People, Places, Identities edited by Margarita Gleba and Judit Pásztókai-Szeőke

Chariots and Other Wheeled Vehicles in Italybefore the Roman Empire

by J. H. Crouwel

Roman Imperial Armourby D. Sim and J. Kaminski

Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britainby D. F. Mackreth

Pompeii: Art, Industry and Infrastructureedited by Eric Poehler, Miko Flohr and Kevin Cole

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Wearing the Cloak: Dressing the Soldier in Roman Timesedited by Marie-Louise Nosch and Henriette Koefoed

Memory and Mourning: Studies on Roman Death by Valerie M. Hope and Janet Huskinson

Living through the Dead: Burial and Commemoration in the Roman Worldedited by Maureen Carroll and Jane Rempel

Dating and Interpreting the Past in the Western Roman Empire:Essays in honour of Brenda Dickinson

edited by David Bird

The twenty-third TRAC was held at King’s College, London in Spring 2013. During the three-day conference nearly 50 papers were delivered, discussing issues from a wide range of geographical regions of the Roman Empire, and applying various theoretical and methodological approaches. This volume contains a selection of papers from the conference sessions.9781782976905, £35.00, Mar 2014, PB, 160P, B/w illuS, trac, oxBow BookS

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Wearing the Cloak: Dressing the Soldier in Roman Timesedited by Marie-Louise Nosch and Henriette Koefoed

The Romano-British Peasant: Towards a Study of People, Landscapes and Work during the Roman Occupation of Britain

by Mike McCarthy

Temples and Sanctuaries in the Roman East: Religious Architecture in Syria, Iudaea/Palestine and Provincia Arabia

by Arthur Segal

Dating and Interpreting the Past in the Western Roman Empire:Essays in honour of Brenda Dickinson

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The region of Rough Cilicia (modern south-central coast of Turkey), known in antiquity as Cilicia Tracheia, constitutes the western part of the larger area of Cilicia. It is characterized by the ruggedness of its territory, and the protection afforded by the high mountains combined with the difficult seacoast fostered the prolific piracy that developed in the late Hellenistic period, bringing much notoriety to the area. It was also known as a source of timber, primarily for shipbuilding.

The twenty-two papers presented here give a useful overview on current research on Rough Cilicia, from the Bronze Age to the Byzantine period, with a variety of methods represented, from surveys to excavations to new theoretical approaches. The first two articles (Yağcı, Jasink and Bombardieri), deal with the Bronze and Iron Ages, and refer to the questions of colonization, influences, and relations. The following four articles (Tempesta, de Souza, Tomaschitz, Rauh et al.) concern the pirates of Cilicia and Isauria who were a big problem, not only for the region but throughout the Mediterranean and Aegean during the late Hellenistic and especially Roman periods. Approaching the subject of Roman Architecture, Borgia recalls Antiochus IV of Commagene, a king with good relations to Rome. Six papers (Spanu, Townsend, Giobbe, Hoff, Winterstein, and Wandsnider) publish work on Roman architecture: architectural decoration, council houses, Roman temples, bath architecture, cenotaph, and public buildings.

The paper by Lund provides a special emphasis on ceramics to demonstrate how pottery can be used as evidence for connections between Rough Cilicia and northwestern Cyprus. Six contributions (Varinlioğlu, Ferrazzoli, Jackson, Elton, Canevello and Özyıldırım, Honey) deal with the Early Christian and Byzantine periods and cover rural habitat, trade, the Kilise Tepe settlement, late Roman churches, Seleucia, and the miracles of Thekla. The final article (Huber) gives insight into methods applied to the study of architectural monuments.

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Michael C. Hoff and Rhys F. Townsend

TRAC 2013 Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, London 2013 Edited by Hannah Platts, Caroline Barron, Jason Lundock, John Pearce & Justin Yoo

The twenty-second Theoretical R o m a n A r c h a e o l o g y Conference (TRAC) was held at the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main in spring 2012. During the conference fifty papers were delivered, discussing issues from a range of geographical regions of the Roman Empire, and applying va r ious theore t i ca l and methodological approaches.9781782971979, £35.00, aPr 2013, PB, 220P, tracoxBow BookS

TRAC 2012 Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Frankfurt 2012 Edited by Annabel Bokern, Marion Bolder-Boos, Stefan Krmnicek, Dominik Maschek & Sven Page

This volume was derived from the twenty-first annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, which took place at the University of Newcastle (14-17 April 2011).9781842174999, £35.00, Mar 2012, PB, 134P, tracoxBow BookS

TRAC 2011 Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology ConferenceEdited by Maria Duggan, Frances McIntosh & Darrell J. Rohl

This volume contains papers ref lecting aspects of the debate in theoretical Roman archaeology. They include papers on what the pottery finds from the Nepi Survey Project can tell us about how the local landscape was used and inhabited, poliadic deities in Roman colonies in Italy, the practice of the recycling of architectural materials and personal adornment.9781842174524, £35.00, aPr 2011, PB, 160P, B/w illuS, trac, oxBow BookS

TRAC 2010 Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology ConferenceEdited by Dragana Mladenovic & Ben Russell

This volume presents an architectural study of 87 ind iv idua l t emple s and sanctuaries built in the Roman East between the 1st century BCE and the end of the 3rd century CE.9781842175262, £60.00, oct 2013, hB, 400P, c.350 B/w illuS

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Temples and Sanctuaries in the Roman EastReligious Architecture in Syria, Iudaea/Palaestina and Provincia Arabia By Arthur Segal

The region of Rough Cilicia, known in antiquity as Cilicia Tracheia, constitutes the western part of the larger area of Cilicia. The twenty-two papers presented here give a useful overview on current research on Rough Cilicia, from the Bronze Age to the Byzantine period with a variety of methods.9781842175187, £65.00, May 2013, hB, 320P, 260 col illuS.oxBow BookS

Rough CiliciaNew Historical and Archaeological ApproachesEdited by Michael C. Hoff & Rhys F. Townsend

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Roman Colonies in the First Century of their Foundation

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STRUCTURE, IMAGE, ORNAMENTArchitectural Sculpture in the Greek World

This volume presents sixteen papers on architectural sculpture in the Greek world, the majority of which formed the proceedings of a conference hosted by the American School of Classical Studies, Athens and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Athens in 2004. There are additional contributions from Patricia Butz, Robin Osborne, Katherine Schwab, Justin St. P. Walsh, Hilda Westervelt and Lorenz Winkler-Horacek. The contents are divided into four sections: I. Structure and Ornament; II. Technique and Agency; III. Myth and Narrative and IV. Diffusion and Influence. Highlights include Robin Osborne’s discussion of what you can do with a chariot but can’t do with a satyr on a Greek temple; Ralf von den Hoff’s consideration of the Athenian treasury at Delphi; Judith Barringer’s fresh approach to the Hephaisteion in the Athenian Agora, and Katherine Schwab’s presentation of new evidence for Parthenon east metope 14. The papers not only cover a great variety of issues in architectural sculpture but also present a range of case studies from all over the Greek world. The result is an important collection of current research.

This book presents new material on Greek vases, including finds from excavations at the Kerameikos in Athens and Despotiko in the Cyclades. Some contributions focus on painters or workshops – Paseas, the Robinson Group, and the structure of the figured pottery industry in Athens; others on vase forms – plates, cups, and the change in shapes at the end of the sixth century BC. 9781782976639, £75.00, aug 2014, hB, 272P, B/w iMageS and 2 colour Plate SectionS

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Living Through the Dead investigates the archaeology of death and commemoration through thematically linked case studies drawn from the Classical world. These investigations stress the processes of burial and commemoration as inherently social and designed for an audience, and they explore the meaning and importance attached to preserving memory. While previous investigations of Greek and Roman death and burial have tended to concentrate on period- or regionally-specific sets of data, this volume instead focuses on a series of topical connections that highlight important facets of death and commemoration significant to the larger Classical world. A diverse set of archaeologically informed approaches is used, including visual reception, detailed analysis of excavated remains, landscape, and post-classical reflections and artefactual, documentary and pictorial evidence is employed. The nine papers present recent research by some of the leading voices on the subject, as well as some fresh perspectives. Case studies come from Thermopylae, the Bosporan kingdom, Athens, Republican Rome, Pompeii and Egypt. As a collected volume, they provide thematically linked investigations of key issues in ritual, memory and (self)presentation. As such, this volume will be of particular interest to postgraduate students and academics with specialist interests in the archaeology of the Classical world and also more broadly, as a source of comparative material, to people working on issues related to the archaeology of death and commemoration

Living through the deadBurial and Commemoration in the Classical World

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STUDIES IN FUNERARY ARCHAEOLOGY:Vol. 1 Social Archaeology of Funerary Remains Edited by Rebecca Gowland and Christopher KnüselVol. 2 Deviant Burial in the Archaeological Record Edited by Eileen M. MurphyVol. 3 The Archaeology of the Dead Henry DudayVol. 4 Burial in Later Anglo-Saxon England c. 650–1100 AD Jo Buckberry and Annia CherrysonVol. 5 Living Through the Dead: Burial and Commemoration in the Classical World Edited by Maureen Carroll and Jane Rempel

AriconiumHerefordshire

An Iron Age Settlement and Romano-British ‘Small Town’

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Romano-British ‘Small Town’

The Roman ‘small town’ of Ariconium in southern Herefordshire has long been known as an important iron production centre but, despite over 200 years of antiquarian and archaeological interest, has remained very poorly understood until now. This report presents the results of a survey undertaken on behalf of English Heritage between 1998 and 2003 and draws on an extensive range of previously unpublished fieldwork data as well as published sources to provide a sound framework for future research at the site. The town is suggested to have developed from a late Iron Age Dobunnic tribal centre which owed its evident status and wide range of contacts to control of the production and distribution of iron from the Forest of Dean. Rapid expansion during the second half of the 1st century AD indicates that the local population were able to rapidly take advantage of the economic opportunities the Roman conquest brought. Although reaching its maximum extents in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, the town did not maintain its early wealth and importance, evolving into a typical, small roadside settlement of this period, albeit with an important industrial function. Ariconium remained a major iron production centre well into the 4th century, but a heavy reliance on ironworking appears to have made the town especially vulnerable to the economic decline of later part of the 4th century. Some role as an administrative and political centre can be suggested during the late 4th century and may be implicated by the survival of the name Ariconium in the early medieval kingdom of Erynyg or Archenfield; however, firm archaeological evidence for any continuing occupation remains elusive.

Athenian Potters and Painters IIIEdited by John Oakley

This volume investigates the archaeology of death and commemoration through thematically linked case studies drawn from the Classical world. These investigations stress the processes of burial and commemora t ion a s inherently social and designed for an audience.9781842173763, £35.00, Mar 2011, PB, 208P, 79 B/w illuStrationS and MaPS, StudieS in funerary archaeology 5oxBow BookS

Living Through the DeadBurial and Commemoration in the Classical WorldEdited by Maureen Carroll & Jane Rempel

Research on the nature of cultural change in the Roman Empire has traditionally been divided between the Western and Eastern provinces. Papers in this volume aim to reunite the provinces by approaching the question of cultural change across the Empire through a range of material culture and historical sources focusing on the first 100 years of the foundation of a colony.9781842179741, £38.00, feB 2011, PB, 128P

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Roman Colonies in the First Century of Their FoundationEdited by Rebecca J. Sweetman

The Roman ‘small town’ of Ariconium in southern Herefordshire has long been known as an important iron production centre but has remained poorly understood. The town is suggested to have developed from a late Iron Age Dobunnic tribal centre, which owed its evident status and range of contacts to control of the production and distribution of iron.9781842174494, £25.00, Jul 2012, hB, 304P, B/w illuS

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Ariconium, HerefordshireAn Iron Age Settlement and Romano-British ‘Small Town’By Robin Jackson

The papers here not only cover a great variety of issues in architectural sculpture but also present a range of case studies from all over the Greek world. 9781782977391, £30.00, SeP 2014, PB, 248P, B/w illuS

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Structure, Image, OrnamentArchitectural Sculpture in the Greek WorldEdited by Peter Schultz & Ralf Von den Hoff

This i l lus t ra ted vo lume discusses the histories of the port city of Butrint, and its intimate connection to the wider condit ions of the Adriatic. In so doing it is a reading of the site that adds significantly to the study of Mediterranean urban history over the longue durée.9781842174623, £48.00, Jan 2013, hB, 250P, c.50 col & c.325 B/w illuS, Butrint archaeological MonograPhS 4 oxBow BookS

Butrint 4The Archaeology and Histories of an Ionian TownEdited by Inge Lyse Hansen, Richard Hodges & Sarah Leppard

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This is the second volume in this series, which examines Cyrenaica and the civilisation that left it’s mark on the land. The book provides an historical background, from prehistory until the Italian invasion in 1911 and includes regional maps, site plans, drawings and reconstructions of individual buildings.9781900971140, £19.99, May 2013, PB, 368P, Society for liByan StudieS


COLCHESTERFORTRESS OF THE WAR GOD

An Archaeological Assessment

COLCHESTERFortress of the War God

Adrian Gascoyne and David Radfordedited by

Philip J. Wise

The archaeology of Colchester is of international importance. Under its Celtic name of Camulodunon, it is the oldest recorded town in the British Isles. It was a capital for British tribal kings before the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43. The victorious Emperor Claudius accepted the surrender of eleven British tribes here, and a legionary fortress was established. Camulodunum (its Latin name) then became a Roman colonia (a settlement for retired legionary soldiers) and was one of the most important cities in the Roman province of Britannia. In Saxon and medieval times, Colchester became a significant regional centre, a role that it retains to this day.

Colchester therefore has an exceptionally rich archaeological and historical heritage, including such major monuments as the Roman Temple of Claudius, the recently discovered Roman circus (or chariot-racing track, the only one known in Britain) and the great Norman castle. The town has a long and illustrious history of archaeological research, reaching back to the 16th century. Many important discoveries have been made, often in advance of new developments. This volume is the result of a major English Heritage-funded project to draw together the results of many hundreds of individual archaeological excavations, observations and discoveries in Colchester. The result is an accessible synthesis, fully illustrated with photographs, drawings and newly-produced maps, and supported by a detailed bibliography and a gazetteer of sites and finds.

This publication is a major milestone in the archaeological and historical study of Colchester. It synthesises and makes accessible what has already been found, and provides a strong context for assessing future discoveries. To anyone who is interested in Colchester’s past, or in the archaeology of Roman cities and later towns in England and more widely, this volume will be of great and lasting value.

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This volume is a critical assessment of the current state of archaeological knowledge of the settlement originally called Camulodunon and now known as Colchester. The town has been the subject of antiquarian interest since the late 16th century and the first modern archaeological excavations occurred in 1845.9781842175088, £45.00, Jul 2013, hB, 352P, 100 B/w illuS.oxBow BookS

Colchester, Fortress of the War GodAn Archaeological AssessmentBy David Radford, Adrian Gascoyne & edited by Philip Wise

In the past 30 years field survey has become central to Classical Archaeology. Approaches have developed from the systematic collection of artefacts to include the deployment of various geophysical and remote sensing techniques. This book discusses the ways in which the subject might develop in the future. 9781842175095, £36.00, dec 2012, PB, 288P, 275 illuS., univerSity of caMBridge MuSeuM of claSSical archaeology MonograPhS 2, oxBow BookS

Archaeological Survey and the CityEdited by Paul Johnson & Martin Millett

Brading Roman Villa is a fine example of a maritime courtyard villa with in situ mosaics of the third and fourth centuries which rank amongst the best of their kind in northern Europe. This highly illustrated book presents the results of excavations between 2008-2010.9781905905263, £39.00, feB 2013, oxford univerSity School of archaeology

Roman Villa at Brading, Isle of WightThe Excavations of 2008-10By Barry Cunliffe

This dissertation presents four case studies that elaborate on the results of two field survey projects that were carried out by the Groningen Institute of Archaeology. The case studies aim at investigating biasing factors that limit the analytical and comparative value of data from archaeological survey in general using these projects as a suitable testing ground. 9789491431036, £52.00, Jul 2012, PB, 405P, groningen archaeological StudieS 18BarkhuiS

A Fragmented History A Methodological and Artefactual Approach to the Study of Ancient Settlement in the Territories of Satricum and Antium By G. W. Tol

This volume is the first of the series Corollaria Crustumina aimed at the publication of confe rence proceed ings , doctoral theses and specialist s t u d i e s o n t h e L a t i n settlement of Crustumerium (Rome). It contains papers of an international group of archaeologists discussing new f i e ldwork da ta on Crustumerium’s settlement.9789491431203, £23.00, Jan 2014, PB, 155P, illuStrated, corollaria cruStuMina 1,BarkhuiS

Crustumerium Ricerche internazionali in un centro latino. Archaeology and Identity of a Latin Settlement Near RomeEdited by P.A.J. Attema, F. di Gennaro & E. Jarva

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Written for the general visitor, the Athenian Agora Museum Guide is a companion to the 2010 edition of the Athenian Agora Site Guide and leads the reader through all of the display spaces within the Stoa of Attalos in the Athenian Agora — the terrace, the ground-floor colonnade, and the newly opened upper story. 9780876616581, £15.00, Jul 2014, PB, 200P, 116 illuStrationS

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The Athenian AgoraMuseum GuideBy Laura Gawlinski

The Temple of Athena at Sounion is one of the more unusual examples of Greek architecture. When the temple was excavated at the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries, little was found on site. Instead, subsequent excavations in the Athenian Agora recovered many of the missing building members. 9780876619674, £47.00, Mar 2014, hB, 300P, 283 illuStrationS, ancient art and architecture in context 4 aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

The Sanctuary of Athena at SounionBy Barbara A. Barletta

T h i s w o r k p r e s e n t s a classification system and absolute chronology for black-gloss wares from Crete, establishing the first local and regional ceramic sequences during the period from 600 to 400 B.C. 9780876615454, £45.00, dec 2010, PB, 380P, 7 col and 115 B/w figS, 18 taBleS, heSPeria SuPPleMentS 45aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

Crete in TransitionPottery Styles and Island History in the Archaic and Classical Periods By Brice L. Erickson

This volume includes a re-examination of the coins by Orestes Zervos. Some of the cooking ware has been subjected to neutron activation analysis, and a statistical analysis of all pottery has been completed. 9780876610763, £100.00, oct 2012, hB, 318P, 1 col. frontiSPiece, 74 B/w figS., 4 B/w illS., 52 B/w PlS., 18 chartS, 4 taBleS, corinth vii.6


Late Classical Pottery from Ancient CorinthDrain 1971-1 in the Forum SouthwestBy Ian McPhee & Elizabeth G. Pemberton

This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in the era surrounding the reign of Alexander the Great. 9780876619667, £45.00, Jan 2013, hB, 158P, 70 col. & B/w figS., 1 col. fold-out, ancient art and architecture in context 3, aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

Hunters, Heroes, KingsThe Frieze of Tomb II at VerginaBy Hallie M. Franks

The Peirene Fountain is described as “the most famous fountain of Greece.” These histories of Peirene as a spring and as a fountain form a rich cultural narrative whose interrelations and meanings are best appreciated when studied together. 9780876619650, £56.00, May 2011, hB, 418P, 218 col and B/w PhotoS and illS, 18 col PlateS, 4 PlanS, 1 foldout, ancient art and architecture in context 2, aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

Histories of PeireneA Corinthian Fountain in Three MillenniaBy Betsey A. Robinson

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Funerary Sculpture is the first volume on sculpture from the Agora in over 50 years, bringing together all the sculpted funerary monuments of the Athenian Agora, Classical through Roman periods, which were discovered during excavation from 1931 through 2009. 9780876612354, £95.00 Jan 2014, hB, 248P, 130 illuStrationS, the athenian agora xxxv


Funerary SculptureBy Janet Grossman

In 1995 Jeremy B. Rutter presented the pottery of the Fourth Settlement at Lerna in Lerna III: The Pottery of Lerna IV. The present volume is the companion to that volume, outlining the architectural sequence of the EH III period at the site with descriptions of the major building types and other features. 9780876613061, £95.00, May 2013, hB, 484P, 117 figS, 47 PlanS, 6 SectionS, 19 taBleS, lerna vi, aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

The Settlement and Architecture of Lerna IVBy Elizabeth C. Banks

Excavations conducted by the ASCSA in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth produced more than 170 inscribed objects. All of the inscriptions in this volume are transcribed, and the author relates them to an overall interpretation of the activities attested in this shrine during its use. 9780876611869, £95.00, SeP 2013, hB, 208P, 99 figS, 4 PlanS, corinth xviii.6, aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

The Sanctuary of Demeter and KoreThe InscriptionsBy Ronald Stroud

Rescue excavations were carried out along the terrace north of Ancient Corinth by Henry Robinson, director of the Corinth Excavations, and the ASCSA, in 1961 and 1962. This volume publishes the results of these excavations and examines the evidence for changing burial practices in the Greek city, the Roman colony, and a Christian town. 9780876610220, £95.00, dec 2014, hB, 500P, 97, corinth xxi aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

Tombs, Burials, and Commemoration in Corinth’s Northern CemeteryBy Kathleen Slane

Ancient Sikyon was a major player on the Mediterranean stage, especially in the Archaic and Hellenistic periods. This study combines a discussion of the geological and historical background with the results of original research based on years of archaeological fieldwork. 9780876615393, £45.00, dec 2011, hB, 664P, 427 col and B/w figS, 6 col MaPS in Back Pocket, heSPeria SuPPleMentS 39, aMeric an School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

Land of SikyonArchaeology and History of a Greek City-StateBy Yannis A. Lolos

This study describes the graves and human remains recovered by excavation between 1954 and 1976 in locales around the Isthmian Sanctuary and the succeeding fortifications. This material provides important evidence for both death and life in the Greek countryside during the Late Roman to Early Byzantine periods. 9780876619391, £95.00, dec 2011, hB, 512P, 267 figS, 61 taBleS, iSthMia, aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

Isthmia IXThe Roman and Byzantine Graves and Human RemainsBy Joseph L. Rife

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Pindar’s metaphor of the Isthmus as a bridge spanning two seas encapsulates the essence of the place and gives a fitting title for this volume on the history and archaeology of the area. Only at the end of the 19th century were the ruins investigated and, after another 50 years, finally systematically excavated. 9780876615485, £45.00, dec 2014, PB, 400P, 180, heSPeria SuPPleMentS 48 aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

The Bridge of the Untiring SeaThe Corinthian Isthmus from Prehistory to Late AntiquityEdited by Elizabeth Gebhard & Timothy. E. Gregory

This is the first official guidebook to the site of Ancient Corinth published by the ASCSA at Athens in 50 years. Fully updated with the most current information, colour photos, maps, and plans, the Corinth Site Guide is an indispensable resource for the casual tourist or professional archaeologist new to the site.9780876616611, £10.00, dec 2014, PB, 200P


Ancient CorinthA Guide to the Site and Museum By Guy Sanders, Jennifer Palinkas, Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst & James Herbst

This study focuses on the “saucer pyres,” a series of 70 deposits excavated in the residential and industrial areas bordering the Athenian Agora. Each consisted of a shallow pit, its floor sometimes marked by heavy burning, with a votive deposit of pottery and fragments of burnt bone, ash, and charcoal. 9780876615478, £45.00, Jan 2014, PB, 200P, 126 illuStrationS, heSPeria SuPPleMentS 47


Industrial ReligionThe Saucer Pyres of the Athenian AgoraBy Susan Rotroff

This definitive guide to the archaeological remains in the civic and commercial centre of ancient Athens is an essential companion to the interested visitor, as well as to students of the classical city. The 5th edition retains many of the elements that made the earlier editions so popular, but it also takes full account of new discoveries and recent scholar sh ip. 9780876616574, £14.95, Jan 2010, PB, 192P, 147 col and B/w figS aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

The Athenian AgoraSite Guide (Fifth Edition)By John McK. Camp II

Published here are inscriptions on monuments commemorating events or victories, on statues or other representations erected to honour individuals and deities. Most are dated to between the 4th century B.C. and the 2nd century A.D. 9780876612187, £95.00, SeP 2011, hB, 456P, 80 B/w PlateS, athenian agora xviiiaMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

InscriptionsThe Dedicatory MonumentsBy Daniel J. Geagan

The ana l y s i s o f s t ab l e isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in bone collagen provides a powerful tool for reconstructing past diets. The articles that comprise this volume describe the application of the methodology to the archaeology of Greece.9780876615492, £38.00, nov 2014, PB, 200P, 41 illuStrationS, heSPeria SuPPleMentS 49aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

Greek Archaeodiet and Stable Isotope AnalysisEdited by Anastasia Papathanasiou & Michael Richards

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The Hoxne treasure, a col-lection of gold and silver coins, gold jewellery and silver artefacts, was buried early in the 5th century AD, and was rediscovered in 1992. Although the major objects have been exhibited in museums and examined in both popular and scholarly publications, the results of detailed research on the entire find are published here for the first time. 9780714118178, £60.00, Mar 2010, hB, 288P, 450 illuS,BritiSh MuSeuM PreSS

The Hoxne Late Roman TreasureGold Jewellery and Silver PlateBy Catherine Johns

The British Museum’s holding of Greek Geometric pottery comprises 200 items, covering the period from the 10th to the 7th century BC. Most of these pieces have never been published before. The bulk of the collection - 123 pieces - is Attic, but eleven other regional styles are also represented. 9780714122632, £75.00, nov 2010, hB, 168P, 336 B/w illuS, corPuS vaSoruM antiquoruM 25BritiSh MuSeuM PreSS

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Great Britain Fascicule 25, The British Museum Fascicule 11Greek Geometric Pottery By J. N. Coldstream

Cosmetic sets are small two-piece bronze toilet implements for the preparation of mineral powders. Ralph Jackson’s re s ea rch l ed to p roper recognition of the type, and subsequently the Brit ish Museum has built up the largest single collection of 160 examples. 9780861591817, £30.00, aug 2010, PB, 208P, 630 line drawingS including 18 MaPS, PluS tBlS and graPhS, BritiSh MuSeuM reSearch PuBlication 181

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Cosmetic Sets of Late Iron Age and Roman BritainBy Ralph Jackson

This volume tell the story of the efforts to understand the work of previous generations on the Acropolis and then to restore the buildings as nearly as possible to their original state. The result is a story of engagement with the extraordinary problems associated with these world heritage monuments and the challenges to preserve them.9780861591879, £25.00, dec 2011, PB, 96P, 160 colour illuStrationS, BritiSh MuSeuM reSearch PuBlication 187BritiSh MuSeuM PreSS

Acropolis RestoredEdited by Charalampos Bouras, Maria Ioannidou & Ian Jenkins

The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a project run by the British Museum which encourages the voluntary reporting of archaeological artefacts discovered by the public in England and Wales. The aim of this book is to assess the contribution this resource can make to our understanding of Roman Britain.9780861591961, £40.00, Mar 2014, PB, 206P, 70 MaPS, BritiSh MuSeuM reSearch PuBlication 196, BritiSh MuSeuM PreSS

The Portable Antiquities Scheme and Roman BritainBy Tom Brindle

Located on the south side of the River Tees, in north-east England, the Roman villa at Ingleby Barwick is one of the most northerly in the Roman Empire. Discovered originally through aerial photography and an extensive program of evaluation, the site was excavated in 2003-04 in advance of housing development. 9781902771908, £25.00, aug 2013, PB, 244P, 93 figS incl colour, cBa reSearch rePort 170 council for BritiSh archaeology

A Roman Villa at the Edge of Empire Excavations at Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, 2003–04. Archaeological Services Durham University Edited by Steven Willis & Peter Carne

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The settlement at Scole was located at the point where the road from Camulodunum to Venta Icenorum crossed the River Waveney. As well as descr ibing sett lement morphology and development, this report includes a number o f spec ia l i s t s tud ie s o f exceptional importance.9780905594538, £25.00, nov 2014, PB, 270P, 204 illuStrationS, eaSt anglian archaeology MonograPh

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A Romano-British Settlement in the Waveney ValleyExcavations at Scole, 1993-4Edited by Trevor Ashwin & Andrew Tester

One of the most important m o n u m e n t s o f h u m a n civil ization and the new architectural jewel of Athens are both presented through informative, easy to read texts in a fully illustrated edition with colour representations and detailed site plans. This brand new book begins with a look at the history of Athens and the Acropolis. 9789602134528, £18.00, aPr 2011, PB, 168P, 320 illuS,ekdotike athenon

The AcropolisThe New Acropolis MuseumBy Katerina Servi

This book contains the publication of the Greek and Coptic inscriptions that were brought to light during archaeological work on the site of Qasr Ibrim (Egyptian Nubia) carried out by the Egypt Exploration Society from 1963 onwards.9788392591924, £75.00, May 2010, hB, 330P, c.90 figS, JJP SuPPleMentS 13,Journal of JuriStic PaPyrology

Qasr Ibrim The Greek and Coptic Inscriptions Published on Behalf of the Egypt Exploration Society By Adam Lajtar, Jacques van der Vliet

This title is a corpus of 387 Greek and Latin inscriptions and o the r anc i en t and medieval monuments from inner Anatolia. Most of these monuments were recorded by William Calder and Michael Ballance in annual expeditions to Asia Minor between 1954 and 1957.9780907764380, £30.00, oct 2013, hB, 399P, 9 MaPS and nuMerouS B/w illuStrationS, JrS MonograPh 12roMan Society PuBlicationS

Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua Vol. XI Monuments from Phrygia and Lykaonia recorded by M.H. Ballance, W.M. Calder, A.S. Hall and R.D. Barnett Edited by Peter Thonemann

The frontiers of the Roman Empire form the largest sur v iv ing monument o f one of the world’s greatest states, and stretch for around 7500km through 20 countries. In s c r ip t i on s , s cu lp tu re , weapons, pottery and artefacts created and used by the soldiers and civilians who lived on the frontier form the basis for the history and are outlined in this book. 9781900971164, £10.00, SeP 2013, PB, 96P,

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Frontiers of the Roman EmpireThe African Frontiers By David J. Mattingly, Alan Rushworth, Martin Sterry & Victoria Leitch

This s igni f icant volume examines, for the first time, the ordinary people of Roman Britain. The book aims to rebalance our view of Roman Britain from its current preoccupation with elite social classes and the institutions of power, towards a recognition that the ordinary person mattered.9781905119479, £29.95, aPr 2013, PB, 160P, illuS.,windgather PreSS

The Romano-British Peasant Towards a Study of People, Landscapes and Work during the Roman Occupation of Britain By Mike McCarthy

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Romans in ResidenceExcavations at 20 Fenchurch Street, City of London, 2008–9By Robin Wroe-BrownThe finds recovered have a heavily domestic bias, with household and personal items, including a large group of dress accessories. A comprehensive collection of pottery, with a wealth of early Roman material, includes mid 1st-century AD wares. 9781907586248, £15.00, aug 2014, Mola

Sanctuary of Demeter and KoreThe Terracotta SculptureBy Nancy BookidisThe fifth part of the Corinth volume dedicated to the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore publishes the large-scale terracotta sculpture found in the sanctuary. 9780876611852, £95.00, oct 2010, hB, 315P, 19 figS, 8 col and 126 B/w PlateS, corinth 18.5aMerican School of claSSical StudieS at athenS

Domus AugustanaInvestigating the‚ Sunken Peristyle’ on the Palatine HillBy Natascha SojcFrom 2005 to 2010, an international research team examined a central area of the Roman Imperial palaces on the Palatine hill. The findings are presented here providing a better understanding of the Imperial palaces overall.9789088900402, £75.00, aPr 2012, PB, 250P, SideStone

Roman Cameo Glass in the British MuseumBy Paul Roberts, William Gudenrath, Veronica Tatton-Brown & David WhitehouseCameo glass represents the ultimate achievement in Roman luxury glass, and the British Museum has the largest collection of over 70 pieces, including two of only a dozen surviving complete cameo glass vessels. 9780714122670, £30.00, Jun 2010, PB, 112P, c.150 colour, 16 PageS of line drawingS

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OcriculumAn Archaeological Survey of the Roman TownBy Sophie Hay, Simon Keay, and Martin MillettLocated close to the river Tiber, north of Rome on the Via Flaminia, many travellers were drawn to Otricoli and its landscape, lured by its beauty. This work adds greatly to our understanding of the ancient town. 9780904152678, £39.95, SeP 2013, BritiSh School at roMe

Rome, Portus and the MediterraneanEdited by Simon KeayThis volume brings together various contributions, to assess how far Portus, as the maritime port of Imperial Rome from the mid-first century ad, was the principal conduit for supplying Rome.9780904152654, £90.00, feB 2013, BritiSh School at roMe

Vesuvian Sigillata from PompeiiBy Jaye McKenzie-ClarkThe destruction of Pompeii in ad 79 provides a unique opportunity to explore the use of everyday items. In this volume, Jaye McKenzie-Clark presents her results of her examination of the red slip tableware within three regions of the city.9780904152623, £19.95, feB 2013BritiSh School at roMe

Veii The Historical Topography of the Ancient City: A Restudy of John Ward-Perkins’s SurveyEdited by Roberta Cascino, Helga Di Giuseppe, and Helen PattersonDuring the 19th century, antiquarians such as William Gell visited the ancient city of Veii. This publication reaffirms many of Ward-Perkins’s original insights, and contextualizes his research within the new discoveries of the past fifty years.9780904152630, £85.00, feB 2013 BritiSh School at roMe

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Documentary Sources in Ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman Economic HistoryMethodology and Practice Edited by Heather D. Baker & Michael JursaThis volume breaks new ground in approaching the Ancient Economy by bringing together documentary sources from Mesopotamia and the Greco-Roman world. Addressing textual corpora that have traditionally been studied separately, the collected papers overturn the conventional view of a fundamental divide between the economic institutions of these two regions. The volume covers the following topics: Babylonian house size data as an index of urban living standards; the Old Babylonian archives as a source for economic history; Middle Bronze Age long distance trade in Anatolia; long-term economic development in Babylonia from the 7th to the 4th century BC; legal institutions and agrarian change in the Roman Empire; papyrological evidence for water-lifting technology; money circulation and monetization in Late Antique Egypt; the application of Social Network Analysis to Babylonian cuneiform archives; price trends in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, as well as the effects of locust plagues on prices.9781782977582, £38.00, oct 2014, hB, 336P, B/w illuStrationS, oxBow BookS

Making Textiles in pre-Roman and Roman TimesPeople, Places, IdentitiesEdited by Margarita Gleba & Judit Pásztókai-SzeőkeThis book explores the abundant ev idence to unders tand the typological and geographical diversity of textile commodities in the Mediterranean regions.9781842177679, £30.00, oct 2013, hB, 240P, B/w & col. illuS, ancient textileS SerieS 13oxBow BookS

OnomatologosStudies in Greek Personal Names presented to Elaine Matthews Edited by R. W. V. Catling, F. Marchand & M. SasanowThe paper s p re s en ted he re amply demonstrate the value of raw material for linguists and philologists, students of Greek and Latin literature, epigraphists, papyrologists, numismatists and prosopographers. 9781842179826, £90.00, Jun 2010, hB, 680P

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Tying the Threads of EurasiaTrans-regional Routes and Material Flows in Transcaucasia, Eastern Anatolia and Western Central Asia, c.3000-1500BCToby C. Wilkinson The famous ‘Silk Roads’ have long evoked a romantic picture of travel through colourful civilizations that connected the western and eastern poles of Eurasia, facilitating the exchange of exotic luxury goods, peoples, pathogens and ideas. But how far back can we trace such interaction? 9789088902444, £70.00, Jun 2014, PB, 410P, SideStone

After AlexanderThe Time of the Diadochi (323-281 BC)Edited by Victor Alonso Troncoso & Edward M. AnsonWhen Alexander the Great died without a chosen successor he left behind an empire and ushered in a turbulent period. This publication is devoted to his Successors, with 18 papers reflecting current research.9781842175125, £36.00, Mar 2013, hB, 240P, illuS

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Memory and MourningStudies on Roman DeathEdited by Valerie Hope & Janet HuskinsonThis book explores the themes of memory and mourning from the Roman deathbed to the Roman cemetery, drawing subject matter from the literature, art, and archaeology of ancient Rome. 9781842179901, £28.00, feB 2011, PB, 144P, 13 B/w figS

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An Atlas of Roman BritainBy Barri Jones and David J. MattinglyThis is a comprehensive atlas containing over 270 detailed and wide-ranging maps, figures, plans and site photographs on all aspects of Roman Britain.9781842170670, £45.00, aPr 2007oxBow BookS

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Greek and Roman Textiles and DressAn Interdisciplinary Anthology Edited by Mary Harlow & Marie-Louise NoschTwenty chapters present the range of current research into the study of textiles and dress in classical antiquity, stressing the need for cross and inter-disciplinarily study in order to gain the fullest picture of surviving material. Issues addressed include: the importance of studying textiles to understand economy and landscape in the past; different types of embellishments of dress from weaving techniques to embroidery; the close links between the language of ancient mathematics and weaving; the relationships of iconography to the realities of clothed bodies including a paper on the ground breaking research on the polychromy of ancient statuary; dye recipes and methods of analysis; case studies of garments in Spanish, Viennese and Greek collections which discuss methods of analysis and conservation; analyses of textile tools from across the Mediterranean; discussions of trade and ethnicity to the workshop relations in Roman fulleries. Multiple aspects of the production of textiles and the social meaning of dress are included here. 9781782977155, £48.00, nov 2014 hB, 320P, fully colour illuStrated, ancient textileS SerieS 19 oxBow BookS

Chariots and Other Wheeled Vehicles in Italy Before the Roman EmpireBy J. H. CrouwelLavishly illustrated with over 170 plates and figures, this book is important for the history of transport, technology and draught.9781842174678, £48.00, Jun 2012hB, 248P, over 170 B/w figS and PlateS oxBow BookS

Hadrian Arts, Politics and EconomyEdited by Thorsten OpperThis book presents the proceedings of the 2009 conference relating to the 2008 exhibition at the British Museum entitled “Hadrian: Empire and Conflict” and complements and expands upon the exhibition catalogue. 9780861591756, £40.00, dec 2013, PB, 260P, 200 illuS, 100 col PlateS, MaPS and taBleS, BritiSh MuSeuM reSearch PuBlication 175BritiSh MuSeuM PreSS

The Antigonid ArmyBy Nicholas SekundaThis book deals with the Macedonian army under the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled Macedon from 294 BC until 168 BC.9788375312669, £35.00, dec 2013, hB, 131P, 55 figureS, 2 taBleS, MonograPh SerieS akanthina 8akanthina

Building for EternityThe History and Technology of Roman Concrete Engineering in the Sea By C.J. Brandon, R.L. Hohlfelder, M.D. Jackson& J.P. OlesonThis book explains how the Romans built so successfully with maritime concrete.9781782974208, £55.00, aug 2014, hB, 368P, fully colour illuStrated oxBow BookS

Armées grecques et romaines dans le nord des Balkans Conflits et Integration des Communautes Guerrieres Edited by Aliénor Rufin Solas, Marie-Gabrielle Parisaki & Elpida KosmidouContains papers delivered at two conferences, entitled La Roumanie, Le livre, l’Europe, held in Romania in 2010 and 2011. Text in French.9788393655809, £45.00, dec 2013, hB, 229P, illuStrated throughout akanthina

Iphicrates, Peltasts and LechaeumEdited by Nicholas Sekunda & Bogdan BurligaThe works assembled in this volume complement the article written on the battle of Lechaeum by Andreas Konecy in Chrion 31 (2001), which is here translated into English. 9788375311679, £35.00, May 2014, hB, 144P, B/w illuStrationS, MonograPh SerieS 9akanthina

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AD 410The History and Archaeology of Late and Post-Roman BritainEdited by Fiona K. Haarer, Rob Collins, Keith J. Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Sam Moorhead, David Petts & Philippa Jane WaltonAs part of its centenary celebrations in 2010, the Roman Society organised a number of conferences across the UK exploring the theme of AD 410 and the “End of Roman Britain”. This volume contains a selection of 16 papers delivered at these conferences, tackling the debate from different angles (historical, archaeological, literary) and setting out the current state of research. An introduction by Simon Esmonde Cleary serves to set the volume in the context of the study of Roman Britain over the last forty years, since the inception of the Society’s journal, Britannia, and a conclusion by Martin Millett highlights some of the key issues raised in the volume, and points to possible ways forward for future studies.9780907764403, £36.00, SeP 2014, hB, 240P, roMan Society PuBlicationS

A Transportation Archive from Fourth-Century Oxyrhynchus (P. Mich. XX)By K. A. Worp, P. J. Sijpesteijn, T. Gagos & Arthur VerhoogtPublishes Greek papyri concerned with the transport of grain from Oxyrhynchus to Alexandria and Pelusium. Each text is presented with introduction, Greek text, English translation & notes. 9780979975837, £30.00, oct 2011, hB, 240P, aMerican StudieS in PaPyrology 49, aMerican Society of PaPyrologiStS

The Homeric GodsThe Spiritual Significance of Greek ReligionBy Walter Friedrich OttoThis analysis denotes an open consonance of the author with the spirit — sometimes brutal and, for our mentality, immoral — of Greek polytheism. New edition of the Pantheon Books (New York) 1952 publication.9788857523996, £14.50, SeP 2014PB, 310P, anthroPology

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The Economics of Ancient GreeceBy Harvey MitchellDrawing directly from classical sources, including the writings of the founders of philosophy, Plato and Aristotle, the author reveals the sophisticated mechanisms of the complex economy of ancient Greece. 9788857524016, £10.00, SeP 2014PB, 150P

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Papyrological Texts in Honour of R. S. BagnallBy Rodney Ast, Hélène Cuvigny, Todd Hickey and Julia Lougovaya The volume contains 70 new or substantially revised editions of documentary and non-documentary papyri and ostraca from Egypt edited by an international team of specialists.9780979975868, £40.00, feB 2013aMerican Society of PaPyrologiStS

The Oriental Cults in Roman Britain By Eve Harris & John Richard HarrisWhat was behind the contamination of oriental cults in Roman Britain? What circumstances led to this spiritual upheaval, contributing to the triumph of Christianity? New edition of the Leiden Brill 1965 publication.9788857524009, £8.00, SeP 2014PB, 120P, figureS,MiMeSiS international

Snakes, Sands and SilphiumTravels in Classical LibyaBy Paul WrightThis collection of extracts on subjects relating to ancient Libya presents more than fifty writers from Homer to the end of the Roman Empire.9781900971126, £15.00, dec 2011, PB, 272P, 29 figS, 9 MaPS

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