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1. Banishment in the Later Roman Empire, 284-476 CE

   By Daniel Washburn

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ancient History

   This book offers a reconstruction and interpretation of banishment in the final era of a unified Roman Empire, 284-476 CE. Author Daniel Washburn argues that exile was both a penalty and a symbol. It applied to those who committed a misstep or crossed the wrong person; it also stood as a marker of...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
2. Ancient Graffiti in Context

   Edited by Jennifer Baird, Claire Taylor

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ancient History

   Graffiti are ubiquitous within the ancient world, but remain underexploited as a form of archaeological or historical evidence. They include a great variety of texts and images written or drawn inside and outside buildings, in public and private places, on monuments in the city, on objects used in...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
3. Time in Roman Religion

   One Thousand Years of Religious History

   By Gary Forsythe

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ancient History

   Religion is a major subfield of ancient history and classical studies, and Roman religion in particular is usually studied today by experts in two rather distinct halves: the religion of the Roman Republic, covering the fifth through first centuries B.C.; and the religious diversity of the Roman...

   Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
4. Roman Elections in the Age of Cicero

   Society, Government, and Voting

   By Rachel Feig Vishnia

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ancient History

   Great debate exists amongst classical historians on the nature of Roman republican government. Some contend that the Roman Republic was governed by a small group of aristocratic families that entrenched their rule by means of long-standing alliances and an intricate network of loyal clients from...

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
5. Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy

   By Charles Odahl

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ancient History

   This story of Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy is set within and offers a case study of the political, military, economic and social crises besetting the late Roman Republic in the era of the "Roman Revolution." The book chronicles the efforts of the defeated radical politician Lucius Sergius...

   Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge
6. Early Christian Dress

   Gender, Virtue, and Authority

   By Kristi Upson-Saia

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ancient History

   Early Christian Dress is the first full-length monograph on the subject of dress in early Christianity. It pays attention to the ways in which dress expressed and shaped Christian identity, the role dress played in Christians’ rivalries with pagan neighbours, and especially to the ways in which...

   Published June 13th 2011 by Routledge