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Human Rights in Ancient Rome

By Richard Bauman

The concept of human rights has a long history. Its practical origins, as distinct from its theoretical antecedents, are said to be comparatively recent, going...

Published October 21st 1999 by Routledge.

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The Late Roman World and Its Historian

Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus

By Jan Willem Drijvers, David Hunt

Ammianus Marcellinus, Greek by birth but writing in Latin c. AD 390, was the last great Roman historian. His writings are an indispensable basis for...

Published September 16th 1999 by Routledge.

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Tiberius the Politician

By Barbara Levick

Tiberius has always been one of the most enigmatic of the Roman emperors. At the same time, his career is uniquely important for the understanding...

Published August 26th 1999 by Routledge.

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Agrippina

Sex, Power and Politics in the Early Empire

By Anthony A. Barrett

Agrippina the Younger attained a level of power in first-century Rome unprecedented for a woman. In this first biography of Agrippina in English, Anthony A....

Published August 26th 1999 by Routledge.

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Vespasian

By Dr Barbara Levick

From a pre-eminent biographer in the field, this well-documented and illustrated biography examines the life and time of the emperor Vespasian and challenges the validity...

Published July 20th 1999 by Routledge.

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Virgil

Critical Assessments

Edited by Philip Hardie

Virgil:Critical Assessments collects eighty-four of the most important articles on Virgil published in the last hundred years, many of which remain the starting-points for modern...

Published May 13th 1999 by Routledge.

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A History of Rome Under the Emperors

By Theodor Mommsen

A History of Rome Under the Emperors provides an authoritative survey of four centuries of Roman history, and a unique window on German thought in...

Published April 22nd 1999 by Routledge.

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Roman Building

Materials and Techniques

By Jean-Pierre Adam

Now in paperback, Roman Buildings is a thorough and systematic examination of Roman architecture and building practice, with over 750 illustrations ....

Published April 22nd 1999 by Routledge.

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Septimius Severus

The African Emperor

By Anthony R. Birley, Anthony R. Birley

In this, the only biography of Septimius Severus in English, Anthony R. Birley explors how 'Roman' or otherwise this man was and examines his remarkable...

Published March 11th 1999 by Routledge.

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Collapse and Recovery of the Roman Empire

By Michael Grant

Collapse and Recovery of the Roman Empire presents a study of third century Rome, which is lavishly illustrated and a lucid read, typical of Michael...

Published February 18th 1999 by Routledge.

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