Western civilization began with the Greeks. From the highpoint of the 5th century BC through the cultural triumphs of the Alexandrian era to ...

This volume provides essays that represent a range of perspectives on women, gender and sexuality in the ancient world, tracing the debates ...

"More than two thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the great figures of history. He shaped Rome for generations, an ...

Peter Green is the James R. Dougherty, Jr., Centennial Professor of Classics emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author ...

Ground-breaking edited collection charting the rise and fall of forms of unfree labour in the ancient Mediterranean and in the modern Atlant ...

This is an introductory text for students interested in identification and analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites. The emphasi ...

A comprehensive treatment of the significant symbols and institutions of Roman religion, this Companion places the various religious ...

Professor Lee provides a social and cultural history of the Cyreans, the mercenaries of Xenophon's Anabasis. While they have often been port ...

For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competit ...