Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology Books

New and Published Books

1. Childhood in Ancient Athens

   Iconography and Social History

   By Lesley A. Beaumont

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Childhood in Ancient Athens offers an in-depth study of children during the heyday of the Athenian city state, thereby illuminating a significant social group largely ignored by most ancient and modern authors alike. It concentrates not only on the child's own experience, but also examines the...

   Published July 26th 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. Hadrian's Wall and the End of Empire

   The Roman Frontier in the 4th and 5th Centuries

   By Rob Collins

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   There is no synthetic or comprehensive treatment of any late Roman frontier in the English language to date, despite the political and economic significance of the frontiers in the late antique period. Examining Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman frontier of northern England from the fourth century into...

   Published June 17th 2012 by Routledge
4. Roman Archaeology for Historians

   By Ray Laurence

   Series: Approaching the Ancient World

   Roman Archaeology for Historians provides students of Roman history with a guide to the contribution of archaeology to the study of their subject. It discusses the issues with the use of material and textual evidence to explain the Roman past, and the importance of viewing this evidence in context....

   Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Roman City and its Periphery

   From Rome to Gaul

   By Penelope Goodman

   The first and only monograph available on the subject, The Roman City and its Periphery offers a full and detailed treatment of the little-investigated aspect of Roman urbanism – the phenomenon of suburban development. Presenting archaeological and literary evidence alongside sixty-three plans of...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
6. Archaic Eretria

   A Political and Social History from the Earliest Times to 490 BC

   By Keith G. Walker

   This book presents for the first time a history of Eretria during the Archaic Era, the city's most notable period of political importance and Keith Walker examines all the major elements of the city's success. One of the key factors explored is Eretria's role as a pioneer coloniser in both the...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
7. Scholars, Travellers and Trade

   The Pioneer Years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 1818-1840

   By R. B. Halbertsma

   Today, the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden is internationally known for its outstanding archaeological collections. Yet its origins lie in an insignificant assortment of artefacts used for study by Leiden University. How did this transformation come about?Ruurd Halbertsma has delved into...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
8. Ancient Cities

   The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome, 2nd Edition

   By Charles Gates

   Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from the perspectives of archaeology and architectural history, bringing to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers by concentrating on evidence recovered from archaeological excavations....

   Published March 16th 2011 by Routledge
9. Roman Urban Street Networks

   Streets and the Organization of Space in Four Cities

   By Alan Kaiser

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   The streets of Roman cities have received surprisingly little attention until recently. Traditionally the main interest archaeologists and classicists had in streets was in tracing the origins and development of the orthogonal layout used in Roman colonial cities. Roman Urban Street Networks is the...

   Published February 21st 2011 by Routledge
10. The World of the New Testament and the Journeys of Paul

    Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World

    Edited by Richard Talbert

    Series: Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World

    Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World provide both students and scholars with detailed and exacting geographic information of the ancient world. Using the world renowned geographic data from the Ancient World Mapping Centre, the sweeping views of the ancient world allow students to understand...

    Published January 17th 2011 by Routledge