Associations in the Greco-Roman World provides students and scholars with a clear and readable resource for greater understanding of the social, cultural, and religious life across the ancient Mediterranean. The authors provide new translations of inscriptions and papyri from hundreds of associations, alongside descriptions of more than two dozen ......
Imperial Rome and Christian Constantinople were both astonishingly large cities with over-sized appetites that served as potent symbols of the Roman Empire and its rulers. Esteemed historian Raymond Van Dam draws upon a wide array of evidence to reveal a deep interdependence on imperial ideology and economy as he elucidates the parallel workaday ......
Tertullian is a primary source for a modern understanding of the issues that once confronted - and still confront - Christians living in a non-Christian world. Unfortunately, his writings have often been cast aside as too difficult to read. In this volume, Robert D. Sider undertakes a judicious pruning of the original texts and brings an ......
Tertullian is a primary source for a modern understanding of the issues that once confronted - and still confront - Christians living in a non-Christian world. Unfortunately, his writings have often been cast aside as too difficult to read. In this volume, Robert D. Sider undertakes a judicious pruning of the original texts and brings an ......
A comprehensive guide to the gods and goddesses in Greek and Roman mythology. Great companion for any mythology related courses or the mythology buff. It contains 4-pages of laminated information on: the Greek/Roman connection, Aphrodite/Venus, Apollo/Phoebus and much more.
A comprehensive guide to the mortals in Greek and Roman mythology. Great companion for any mythology related courses or the mythology buff. It contains 4-pages of laminated information on: Achilles, Argus, Ariadne, Atlas, Bellerophon, Castor, Pollux and much more.
The chronological scope of this volume ranges from the heroic age of Homer''s Greek East to the time of the rise of Christianity, a period well over 1000 years.'
In the dialogue of 'On Divination', Roman statesman and philosopher Cicero and his brother, Quintus, examine various sorts of divination on Stoic principles, which Quintus upholds. Cicero counters that there is no such "science" of divination, and that the ambiguities and absurdities are the result of natural phenomena or coincidence.
A richly illustrated catalogue of 197 objects, all portraying or representing a wide range of animals, from the ancient Near East, Egypt and the Classical world. Each geographical section is supported by an introductory essay. More Animals in Ancient Art is also available.