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| Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
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Words And Swords |
| n A.D. 395, Roman Emperor Theodosius I split his realm between his two sons, giving the Western empire—with Rome at its heart—to Honorius, and the eastern half—Byzantium—to his brother, Arkadios. More. Labels: book, byzantine, roman empire |
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| Friday, November 20, 2009 |
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The potentate of potions |
| "The Poison King" is, as its subtitle makes clear, the story of the life of Mithradates, leader of the ancient Black Sea kingdom of Pontus, who, in the 1st century B.C., did everything he could to overthrow the Roman Empire. More. Labels: book, mithradates, roman empire |
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Becoming Roman, Being Gallic, Staying British |
| The overall intention of this book is to outline the nature of the site at the Ditches 'hill-fort' and to publish a comprehensive account of the finds that have been uncovered between 1984-2006. More. Labels: book, roman empire, united kingdom |
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| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
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Roman Conquests: Italy by Ross Cowan |
| “Roman Conquests: Italy” is the first book in a new series by history publisher Pen & Sword Books. Ancient Roman military historian Ross Cowan provides a detailed accounting of pre-Republican Roman expansion across the Italian peninsula. More. Labels: book, roman empire, war |
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| Friday, October 30, 2009 |
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Roman Military Equipment: From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome |
| This free book brings together evidence from all over the Roman Empire to examine the development of Roman military equipment. Rome's rise to Empire is often stated to have owed much to the efficiency and military skill of her armies and their technological superiority over barbarian enemies. However, just how "advanced" was Roman military equipment that would have been available, what would it have looked like and how would it have functioned? - these are a few of the questions discussed in this book. More. Labels: book, military, roman empire |
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| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 |
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.10.51 |
| Since the discoveries of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the mid-18th century, Roman wall paintings have been the source of fascination among scholars and the general public alike. Ancient Roman frescoes are found in a tremendous variety of settings in nearly every ancient province. More. Labels: book, pompeii, roman empire |
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.10.52 |
| A growing trend in Classical scholarship has been to investigate art and architecture as active participants in the "lived space" of antiquity. In her new book, Ellen Swift applies this view of material culture to non-figurative mosaics, dining and toilet vessels, and dress accessories, building in the last two cases on her previous studies in those areas. More. Labels: art, book, entertainement, roman empire |
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| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 |
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Mysteries of Mithra |
| I just finished reading a book by Franz Cumont called The Mysteries of Mithra. Mithras was a popular mystery religion god that was contemporary with the beginning of Christianity. Because of this, people often look to Mithras as an influence on the story of Jesus. More. Labels: book, mithras, roman empire |
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The Inheritance of Rome |
| The western Roman government had collapsed. Local elites had to make new arrangements. If the emperor in Rome could no longer offer protection, then perhaps a bargain could be struck with the king of the Franks – or the Ostrogoths – or the Vandals. More. Labels: book, decline, roman empire, scholar |
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| Friday, October 23, 2009 |
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Should Asterix hang up his sword? NO |
| A little-reported ceremony took place a few days ago outside a nondescript apartment block in the Paris suburb of Bobigny. An old man unveiled a plaque to mark the birthplace of one of France's greatest cultural heroes: Asterix. More. Labels: book, entertainement, france, roman empire |
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| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
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Age of the Gladiators by Rupert Matthews |
| You’re at a dinner party, and you overhear your neighbor discussing gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. You sidle over and slip into the conversation, “Did you know that an ape was once trained to drive a chariot pulled by camels?” More. Labels: book, gladiator, roman empire |
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| Monday, October 19, 2009 |
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Could not miss that one: Hit & Run: It’s the ‘big L’ for Asterix |
| A map of France is cracked by a Roman standard driven into the ground. To one side a magnifying glass focuses on a “Gaulish village” surrounded by four Roman outposts: Aquarium, Totorum, Laudanum and Compendium. More. Labels: book, entertainement, roman empire |
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.10.37 |
| A classicist visiting the German Rhineland has ample opportunity to inspect Roman remains, from the limes Germanicus (now a UNESCO World Heritage Site) to popular sites such as Xanten or Trier. More. Labels: book, roman empire |
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.10.40 |
| In spite of the increased quantity and quality of scholarship in recent decades on Philostratus and his eight-book work on Apollonius of Tyana, scholars are still mostly aware of the Vita Apollonii as a more or less typical example of some larger phenomenon, be it pagan hagiography, neo-Pythagoreanism, or second-sophistic literary and religious culture. More. Labels: book, roman empire |
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CFP: Integration and identity in the Roman Republic |
| Call for papers: Integration and identity in the Roman Republic Manchester, 1-3 July 2010. The project ‘Integration and identity in the Roman Republic’ is currently carried out by Saskia Roselaar at the University of Manchester. More. Labels: book, roman empire |
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| Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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Pliny the younger on jstor |
| I mentioned earlier that I would pursue Pliny the Younger on JSTOR. There are hundreds of articles of course, ranging from analyzing Pliny the man to interpreting his letters, to discussion of individual letters, and so on: You name it, they have it. More. Labels: book, pliny, roman empire, scholar |
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.10.31 |
| The fifth century is one of the more important centuries for the history of Western Europe and the Middle East, as well as the transformation of the Roman world, and the evidence for it is notoriously varied and complex. More. Labels: book, roman empire, scholar |
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| Monday, October 12, 2009 |
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.10.17 |
| Perkins's book considers the construction of common identities by two groups in the Roman Empire, Christians and pagan elites, who were otherwise divided by such variables as geographic location, ethnicity and gender, among others. More. Labels: book, roman empire |
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.10.18 |
| Peter Howell brings a lifetime of expertise to bear on this new addition to the Ancients in Action series, whose target audience mentioned on back cover of this and all the other volumes I have seen1 is 'the modern general reader.' The book includes a preface, seven chapters, a section entitled 'Further Reading,' and an index. In Chapter One, 'The Life of Martial,' Howell introduces us to the poet, his city of origin, and other famous literary men from Spain. More. Labels: book, roman empire |
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