For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ide ...more on ebook "A Brief History of the Olympic Game..."

This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective.

• The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world
  
• Takes a ...more on ebook "War and Peace in the Ancient World..."

exploiting the abundant primary sources available, this book examines the diverse ways in which war shaped the Hellenistic world.

• An overview of war and society in the Hellen ...more on ebook "War in the Hellenistic World: A Soc..."

In this rigorously researched biography Jürgen Malitz invites readers to reconsider the reputation of the Roman emperor Nero.

• Focuses on the growing tension between Nero ...more on ebook "Nero..."

Traces the central role played by aristocratic patronage in the transformation of the city of Rome at the end of antiquity. It moves away from privileging the administrative and institutiona ...more on ebook "Religion, Dynasty, and Patronage in..."

This major survey of the history and culture of Roman Britain spans the period from the first century BC to the fifth century AD.

• Major survey of the history and culture of Ro ...more on ebook "A Companion to Roman Britain..."

This major addition to Blackwell’s Companions to the Ancient World series covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical and i ...more on ebook "A Companion to Greek Religion..."

A Companion to Roman Rhetoric introduces the reader to the wide-ranging importance of rhetoric in Roman culture.

• A guide to Roman rhetoric from its origins to the Rena ...more on ebook "A Companion to Roman Rhetoric..."

Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this authoritative Companion explores the world that Alex ...more on ebook "A Companion to the Hellenistic Worl..."

de la necessite d'etudier les plus vieilles croyances des anciens pour connaître leurs institutions. on se propose de montrer ici d'après quels principes et par quelles règles la soci ...more on ebook "Cité antique : étude sur le culte..."