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1. Plato's Dialectic on Woman

   Equal, Therefore Inferior

   By Elena Blair

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   With the birth of the feminist movement classicists, philosophers, educational experts, and psychologists, all challenged by the question of whether or not Plato was a feminist, began to examine Plato’s dialogues in search of his conception of woman. The possibility arose of a new focus affecting...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World

   By John Muir

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   From the first ‘deadly signs’ scratched on a wooden tablet instructing the recipient to kill the one who delivered it, to the letters of St Paul to the early Church, this book examines the range of letter writing in the Ancient Greek world. Containing extensive translated examples from both life...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
3. Rome in the Pyrenees

   Lugdunum and the Convenae from the first century B.C. to the seventh century A.D.

   By Simon Esmonde-Cleary

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Rome in the Pyrenees is a unique treatment in English of the archaeological and historical evidence for an important Roman town in Gaul, Lugdunum in the French Pyrenees, and for its surrounding people the Convenae. The book opens with the creation of the Convenae by Pompey the Great in the first...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
4. Virgil's Homeric Lens

   By Edan Dekel

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Virgil’s Homeric Lens reevaluates the traditional view of the Aeneid’s relationship to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Almost since the death of Virgil, there has been an assumption that the Aeneid breaks into two discrete halves: Virgil’s Odyssey, and Virgil’s Iliad. Although modified in various ways...

   Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
5. Between Rome and Persia

   The Middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra Under Roman Control

   By Peter Edwell

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   The conflict between the powerful Roman and Iranian empires arising from the extension of Roman power into today’s Middle East is coming into increasingly sharp focus, thanks to the amount of evidence now available. This richly illustrated book examines this evidence to reveal how Rome established...

   Published November 29th 2010 by Routledge
6. The Eunuch in Byzantine History and Society

   By Shaun Tougher

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   The existence of eunuchs was one of the defining features of the Byzantine Empire. Covering the whole span of the history of the empire, from the fourth to the fifteenth centuries AD, Shaun Tougher presents a comprehensive survey of the history and roles of eunuchs, making use of...

   Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge
7. Actors and Audience in the Roman Courtroom

   By Leanne Bablitz

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   What would you see if you attended a trial in a courtroom in the early Roman empire? What was the behaviour of litigants, advocates, judges and audience? It was customary for Roman individuals out of general interest to attend the various courts held in public places in the city centre and as such...

   Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge
8. Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era

   By Judith Perkins

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Through the close study of texts, Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era examines the overlapping emphases and themes of two cosmopolitan and multiethnic cultural identities emerging in the early centuries CE – a trans-empire alliance of the Elite and the "Christians." Exploring the...

   Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge
9. Passions and Moral Progress in Greco-Roman Thought

   Edited by John T. Fitzgerald

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   This book contains a collection of 13 essays from leading scholars on the relationship between passionate emotions and moral advancement in Greek and Roman thought. Recognising that emotions played a key role in whether individuals lived happily, ancient philosophers...

   Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge
10. Dacia

    Landscape, Colonization and Romanization

    By Ioana A. Oltean

    Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

    Providing a detailed consideration of previous theories of native settlement patterns and the impact of Roman colonization, Dacia offers fresh insight into the province Dacia and the nature of Romanization. It analyzes Roman-native interaction from a landscape perspective focusing on the core...

    Published May 31st 2010 by Routledge