Classical Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Money, Labour and Land

   Approaches to the economics of ancient Greece

   Edited by Paul Cartledge, Edward E. Cohen, Lin Foxhall

   The cultural wealth of the classical Greek world was matched by its material wealth, and there is abundant textual and archaeological evidence for both. However, radically different theoretical and methodological approaches have been used to interpret this evidence, and conflicts continue to rage...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
2. Rome in the Pyrenees

   Lugdunum and the Convenae from the first century B.C. to the seventh century A.D.

   By Simon Esmonde-Cleary

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Rome in the Pyrenees is a unique treatment in English of the archaeological and historical evidence for an important Roman town in Gaul, Lugdunum in the French Pyrenees, and for its surrounding people the Convenae. The book opens with the creation of the Convenae by Pompey the Great in the first...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture

   By Gwendolyn Leick

   This Dictionary gives a comprehensive survey of the whole range of ancient Near Eastern architecture from the Neolithic round huts in Palestine to the giant temples of Ptolemaic Egypt. Gwendolyn Leick examines the development of the principal styles of ancient architecture within their geographical...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
4. Time, Tradition and Society in Greek Archaeology

   Bridging the 'Great Divide'

   Edited by Nigel Spencer

   Time, Tradition and Society in Greek Archaeology is an innovative volume which examines the relevance of archaeological theory to classical archaeology. It offers a wideranging overview of classical archaeology, from the Bronze Age to the Classical period and from mainland Greece to Cyprus. Within...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
5. Augustan Egypt

   The Creation of a Roman Province

   By Livia Capponi

   Series: Studies in Classics

   With updated documents including papyri, inscriptions and ostraka, this book casts fresh and original light on the administration and economy issues faced with the transition of Egypt from an allied kingdom of Rome to a province of the Roman Empire...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
6. Traffic and Congestion in the Roman Empire

   By Cornelis van Tilburg

   The first book to ever examine ancient Roman traffic, this well-illustrated volume looks in detail at the construction of Roman road, and studies the myriad of road users of the Roman Empire: civilians, wagons and animals, the cursus publicus, commercial use and the army. Through this examination,...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
7. Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives

   New Critical Perspectives

   Edited by David Dodd, Christopher A. Faraone

   Scholars of classical history and literature have for more than a century accepted `initiation' as a tool for understanding a variety of obscure rituals and myths, ranging from the ancient Greek wedding and adolescent haircutting rituals to initiatory motifs or structures in Greek myth, comedy and...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
8. Utopia Antiqua

   Readings of the Golden Age and Decline at Rome

   By Rhiannon Evans

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Utopia Antiqua is a fresh look at narratives of the Golden Age and decline in ancient Roman literature of the late Republic and imperial period. Through the lens of utopian theory, Rhiannon Evans looks at the ways that Roman authors, such as Virgil, Ovid and Tacitus, use and reinvent Greek myths...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
9. Athens: Its Rise and Fall

   With Views of the Literature, Philosophy, and Social Life of the Athenian People

   By Edward Bulwer Lytton

   Edited by Oswyn Murray

   Athens: Its Rise and Fall, originally published in 1837, is the most important and readable of the Victorian histories of ancient Greece. It stands alongside Macauley and Carlyle as a great historical work of British Romanticism, and anticipates the thinking of George Grote and John Stuart Mill on...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
10. Archaic Eretria

    A Political and Social History from the Earliest Times to 490 BC

    By Keith G. Walker

    This book presents for the first time a history of Eretria during the Archaic Era, the city's most notable period of political importance and Keith Walker examines all the major elements of the city's success. One of the key factors explored is Eretria's role as a pioneer coloniser in both the...

    Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge