The Roman Empire and world history

• Bang, Peter Fibiger
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge , 2025

How do we fit the Roman Empire into world history? Too often the empire has simply been conceived of in terms of the West. But Rome was too big to be squeezed into a purely European model; her empire bestrode three continents. Peter Fibiger Bang ...

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The Roman Empire and world history

• Bang, Peter Fibiger
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge , 2025

How do we fit the Roman Empire into world history? Too often the empire has simply been conceived of in terms of the West. But Rome was too big to be squeezed into a purely European model; her empire bestrode three continents. Peter Fibiger Bang ...

Risk in the Roman world

• Toner, Jerry
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2023

Modern risk studies have viewed the inhabitants of the ancient world as being both dominated by fate and exposed to fewer risks, but this very readable and groundbreaking new book challenges these views. It shows that the Romans inhabited a world full of danger and ...

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Risk in the Roman world

• Toner, Jerry
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2023

Modern risk studies have viewed the inhabitants of the ancient world as being both dominated by fate and exposed to fewer risks, but this very readable and groundbreaking new book challenges these views. It shows that the Romans inhabited a world full of danger and ...

The Ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad

• Schwartz, Seth
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2014

This is an accessible and up-to-date account of the Jews during the millennium following Alexander the Great's conquest of the East. Unusually, it acknowledges the problems involved in constructing a narrative from fragmentary yet complex evidence and is, implicitly, an exploration of how this ...

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The Ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad

• Schwartz, Seth
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2014

This is an accessible and up-to-date account of the Jews during the millennium following Alexander the Great's conquest of the East. Unusually, it acknowledges the problems involved in constructing a narrative from fragmentary yet complex evidence and is, implicitly, an exploration of how this ...

Studying gender in Classical Antiquity

• Foxhall, Lin
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2013

This book investigates how varying practices of gender shaped people's lives and experiences across the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. Exploring how gender was linked with other socio-political characteristics such as wealth, status, age and life-stage, as well as with individual choices, in ...

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Studying gender in Classical Antiquity

• Foxhall, Lin
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2013

This book investigates how varying practices of gender shaped people's lives and experiences across the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. Exploring how gender was linked with other socio-political characteristics such as wealth, status, age and life-stage, as well as with individual choices, in ...

Ancient philosophical poetics

• Heath, Malcolm
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2013

What is poetry? Why do human beings produce and consume it? What effects does it have on them? Can it give them insight into truth, or is it dangerously misleading? This book is a wide-ranging study of the very varied answers which ancient philosophers gave ...

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Ancient philosophical poetics

• Heath, Malcolm
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2013

What is poetry? Why do human beings produce and consume it? What effects does it have on them? Can it give them insight into truth, or is it dangerously misleading? This book is a wide-ranging study of the very varied answers which ancient philosophers gave ...

Geography in Classical Antiquity

• Dueck, Daniela
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2012

What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and ...

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Geography in Classical Antiquity

• Dueck, Daniela
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2012

What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and ...

Money in classical antiquity

• Reden, Sitta Von
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge (Mss), 2010

This is the first book to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the impact of money on the economy, society and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds. It uses new approaches in economic history to explore how money affected the economy in antiquity and demonstrates ...

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Money in classical antiquity

• Reden, Sitta Von
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge (Mss), 2010

This is the first book to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the impact of money on the economy, society and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds. It uses new approaches in economic history to explore how money affected the economy in antiquity and demonstrates ...

Ancient greek political thought in practice

• Cartledge, Paul
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2009

Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too that the first serious political thinkers emerged. Using carefully selected case-studies, Professor Cartledge investigates the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political thought and practice from early historic times to ...

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Ancient greek political thought in practice

• Cartledge, Paul
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2009

Ancient Greece was a place of tremendous political experiment and innovation, and it was here too that the first serious political thinkers emerged. Using carefully selected case-studies, Professor Cartledge investigates the dynamic interaction between ancient Greek political thought and practice from early historic times to ...

Trade in Classical Antiquity

• Morley, Neville
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2007

Historians have long argued about the place of trade in classical antiquity: was it the life-blood of a complex, Mediterranean-wide economic system, or a thin veneer on the surface of an underdeveloped agrarian society? Trade underpinned the growth of Athenian and Roman power, helping to ...

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Trade in Classical Antiquity

• Morley, Neville
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2007

Historians have long argued about the place of trade in classical antiquity: was it the life-blood of a complex, Mediterranean-wide economic system, or a thin veneer on the surface of an underdeveloped agrarian society? Trade underpinned the growth of Athenian and Roman power, helping to ...

Technology and culture in greek and roman antiquity

• Cuomo ,S.
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2007

The technological achievements of the Greeks and Romans continue to fascinate and excite admiration. But what was the place of technology in their cultures? Through five case-studies, this book sets ancient technical knowledge in its political, social and intellectual context. It explores the definition of ...

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Technology and culture in greek and roman antiquity

• Cuomo ,S.
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2007

The technological achievements of the Greeks and Romans continue to fascinate and excite admiration. But what was the place of technology in their cultures? Through five case-studies, this book sets ancient technical knowledge in its political, social and intellectual context. It explores the definition of ...

Law and crime in the roman world

• Harries, Jill
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2007

What was crime in ancient Rome? Was it defined by law or social attitudes? How did damage to the individual differ from offences against the community as a whole? This book explores competing legal and extra- legal discourses in a number of areas, including theft ...

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Law and crime in the roman world

• Harries, Jill
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 2007

What was crime in ancient Rome? Was it defined by law or social attitudes? How did damage to the individual differ from offences against the community as a whole? This book explores competing legal and extra- legal discourses in a number of areas, including theft ...

Banking and business in the Roman world

• Andreau, Jean
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 1999

In the first century BC lending and borrowing by the senators was the talk of Rome and even provoked political crises. During this same period, the state tax-farmers were handling enormous sums and exploiting the provinces of the Empire. Until now no book has presented ...

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Banking and business in the Roman world

• Andreau, Jean
• Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 1999

In the first century BC lending and borrowing by the senators was the talk of Rome and even provoked political crises. During this same period, the state tax-farmers were handling enormous sums and exploiting the provinces of the Empire. Until now no book has presented ...