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  • Souvenirs of Cicero

    Shaping Memory in the Epistulae ad Familiares

    by Francesca K. A. Martelli ...
    Cicero's letters have figured prominently in some of western modernity's most cherished illusions about the immediacy of its encounter with Classical antiquity. Celebrated since their discovery in the Renaissance for their intimate mode of self-expression, they have been prized ever since for the unparalleled proximity they appear to give us to the events and leading figures of the late Republic. ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Models of Scenario Building and Planning

    Facing Uncertainty and Complexity

    by A. Martelli ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Models of Scenario Building and Planning offers a unique and innovative exploration of the scenario approach. The book focuses on the analysis of the competitors' behavior; the analysis of risk and uncertainty; and the link between scenarios and strategies. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Ovid's Revisions

    The Editor as Author

    by Francesca K. A. Martelli ...
    A striking feature of Ovid's literary career derives from the processes of revision to which he subjects the works and collections that make up his oeuvre. From the epigram prefacing the Amores, to the editorial notices built into the book-frames of the Epistulae Ex Ponto, Ovid repeatedly invites us to consider the transformative horizons that these editorial interventions open up for his ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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  • Slaves to Rome

    Paradigms of Empire in Roman Culture

    by Myles Lavan ...
    Series series Cambridge Classical Studies
    This study in the language of Roman imperialism provides a provocative new perspective on the Roman imperial project. It highlights the prominence of the language of mastery and slavery in Roman descriptions of the conquest and subjection of the provinces. More broadly, it explores how Roman writers turn to paradigmatic modes of dependency familiar from everyday life - not just slavery but also ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Cicero

    Edited by Catherine Steel ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Cicero was one of classical antiquity's most prolific, varied and self-revealing authors. His letters, speeches, treatises and poetry chart a political career marked by personal struggle and failure and the collapse of the republican system of government to which he was intellectually and emotionally committed. They were read, studied and imitated throughout antiquity and subsequently became ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Tacitus: Annals Book XV

    by Tacitus ...
    Series Book 15 - Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
    Tacitus' account of Nero's principate is an extraordinary piece of historical writing. His graphic narrative (including Annals XV) is one of the highlights of the greatest surviving historian of the Roman Empire. It describes how the imperial system survived Nero's flamboyant and hedonistic tenure as emperor, and includes many famous passages, from the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 to the city-wide ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Matrona Docta

    Educated Women in the Roman Elite from Cornelia to Julia Domna

    by Emily A. Hemelrijk ...
    Matrona Docta presents a unique study of the education of upper-class women in Roman society in the central period of Roman history, from the second century BC to AD 235.Emily A. Hemelrijk reconstructs women's opportunities to acquire an education, the impediments they faced, the level of education they could reach and the judgement on educated women in Roman society. She examines also the role of ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Roman Republic of Letters

    Scholarship, Philosophy, and Politics in the Age of Cicero and Caesar

    by Katharina Volk ...
    An intellectual history of the late Roman Republic—and the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil warIn The Roman Republic of Letters, Katharina Volk explores a fascinating chapter of intellectual history, focusing on the literary senators of the mid-first century BCE who came to blows over the future of Rome even as they debated philosophy, history, political theory, linguistics, ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History

    by Victoria Emma Pagán ...
    Conspiracy is a thread that runs throughout the tapestry of Roman history. From the earliest days of the Republic to the waning of the Empire, conspiracies and intrigues created shadow worlds that undermined the openness of Rome's representational government. To expose these dark corners and restore a sense of order and safety, Roman historians frequently wrote about famous conspiracies and about ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Pliny's Praise

    The Panegyricus in the Roman World

    Edited by Paul Roche ...
    Pliny's Panegyricus (AD 100) survives as a unique example of senatorial rhetoric from the early Roman Empire. It offers an eyewitness account of the last years of Domitian's principate, the reign of Nerva and Trajan's early years, and it communicates a detailed senatorial view on the behaviour expected of an emperor. It is an important document in the development of the ideals of imperial ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire

    A Study of Elite Communities

    by William A. Johnson ...
    Series series Classical Culture and Society
    In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading among the elite in second-century Rome. The investigation proceeds in case-study fashion using the principal surviving witnesses, beginning with the communities of Pliny and Tacitus (with a look at Pliny's teacher, Quintilian) from the time of the emperor Trajan. Johnson then moves ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • Rhetoric in Classical Historiography

    Four Studies

    by A.J. Woodman ...
    This radical study argues against the view that the historian's craft has remained largely unchanged since classical times. Includes detailed discussion of the work of Thucydides, Cicero, Sallust, Livy and Tacitus. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD