Greek Tragic Theatre

By Rush Rehm

Emphasizing the political nature of Greek tragedy, as theatre of, by and for the polis, Rush Rehm characterizes Athens as a performance culture; one in...

Published September 29th 1994 by Routledge.

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Ancient Rome

City Planning and Administration

By O. F. Robinson

Rome was a huge city. Running it required not only public works and services but also specialised law. This innovative work traces the development of...

Published September 1st 1994 by Routledge.

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Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness

The Birth of a Genre from Archaic Greece to Augustan Rome

By Paul Allen Miller

Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness presents a model for studying the history of lyric as a genre. Prof Miller draws a distinction between the work...

Published May 5th 1994 by Routledge.

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LYRIC TEXTS & CONSCIOUSNESS

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Published April 25th 1994 by Routledge.

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The Roman Army, 31 BC - AD 337

A Sourcebook

By Brian Campbell

The Roman army is remarkable for its detailed organisation and professional structure. It not only extended and protected Rome's territorial empire which was the basis...

Published April 21st 1994 by Routledge.

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The Economy of Roman Palestine

By Ze'Ev Safrai Nfa, Ze'ev Safrai

The Economy of Roman Palestine presents a description of the economy of the province of Judea-Palestina in the Roman era (AD70 to AD400) on the...

Published March 17th 1994 by Routledge.

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Cruelty and Civilization

The Roman Games

By Roland Auguet

Roland Auguet examines the Roman taste for blood and considers what the games, that strange combination of Cruelty and Civilization, reveal about the Roman mentality....

Published March 10th 1994 by Routledge.

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Riding for Caesar

The Roman Emperor's Horseguard

By Micheal P. Speidel

During the Republic, Rome had no permanent guard as she had no ruler and no standing army. But as soon as emperors came to power,...

Published March 5th 1994 by Routledge.

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The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 226-363

A Documentary History

Edited by Michael H. Dodgeon, Samuel N. C. Lieu

The crisis of the third century saw Rome not only embroiled in contests of succeeding short-lived Emperors, but assailed by an increasing variety of hostile...

Published December 9th 1993 by Routledge.

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The Emperor Domitian

By Brian Jones

Domitian, Emperor of Rome AD 81-96, has traditionally been portrayed as a tyrant, and his later years on the throne as a `reign of terror'....

Published September 2nd 1993 by Routledge.

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