Classical Studies News & Updates
Articles, News, Promotions and Updates from Routledge and the Taylor & Francis Group.
Recent Articles
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Pompeii & Herculaneum - Are you going?
Are you planning on visiting the British Museum's latest exhibition 'Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum'?
For this article we've brought together a selection of our books about these Ancient sites, including Alison Cooley and M.G.L Cooley's upcoming title Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook (2nd Edtion)
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2013 Classical Studies Catalog - Now Available Online
Click here to browse our new Classical Studies Catalog, including new and key titles for 2013. Remember that many of our titles are available as complimentary exam copies for instructors, just look for the blue button to order.
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Routledge Revivals reissue the popular art book – ‘The Birth of Western Painting’
First published in 1930, this book deals with Byzantine art. The book considers not just the movement itself, but the significant impact it had on the subsequent history of European painting. Until now, this popular book has been out of reach and difficult to obtain.
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The Women of Pliny’s Letters
Pliny's letters offer a significant source of information about the lives of Roman women during the late first and early second centuries CE. Read more...
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Routledge Worlds Catalog
Click here to view the Routledge Worlds catalog, featuring The Sumerian World and The Etruscan World.
The Routledge Worlds are magisterial surveys of key historical epochs, edited and written by world-renowned experts. Giving unprecedented breadth and depth of coverage, they are the works against which all future books on their subjects will be judged and are essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in the subject.
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Constantine and the Christian Empire
Constantine and the Christian Empire 2nd Edition by Charles Odahl is a timely publication, as 2012 sees the 1700th hundred anniversary of Constantine’s conversion to Christianity and the Battle of Milvian Bridge Click here to read more.
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Ancient Medicine
This second edition of Ancient Medicines has been updated with key discoveries made since the publication of Nutton's first comprehensive survey of the medicine of the ancient world. Important texts discovered in recent finds of papyri and manuscripts alongside new research on Rufus and Galen, make this book required reading.
Praise for the 1st Edition (2004)
'This book is an essential tool for anyone interested in the history of Western medicine.' - Biblical Theology Bulletin
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The Ancient Greeks: History and Culture from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander
With over 150 maps, illustrations and photographs, and a chronological table and glossary of key terms, The Ancient Greeks offers students a comprehensive introduction to the history and culture of the ancient Greek world for the period c.800-323 BC.
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New Edition: The Historians of Ancient Rome
Now in it's 3rd edition, The Historians of Ancient Rome is the most comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history available in a single English volume. The ideal resource for students and lecturers of undergraduate courses, as well as the general reader with an interest in Roman history
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Childhood in Ancient Athens
Childhood in Ancient Athens is the latest book in the Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies series. Published July 27th 2012, the book offers an in-depth study of children during the heyday of the Athenian city state.
