Roman History & Culture Books

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41. The History of Zonaras

    From Alexander Severus to the Death of Theodosius the Great

    By Thomas Banchich, Eugene Lane

    Series: Routledge Classical Translations

    While an exile from Constantinople, the twelfth-century Byzantine functionary and canonist John Zonaras culled earlier chronicles and histories to compose an account of events from creation to the reign of Alexius Comnenus. For topics where his sources are lost or appear elsewhere in more...

    Published September 6th 2011 by Routledge
42. Julius Caesar

    The Colossus of Rome

    By Richard A. Billows

    Series: Roman Imperial Biographies

    Julius Caesar offers a lively, engaging, and thoroughly up-to-date account of Caesar’s life and times. Richard Billows’ dynamic and fast paced narrative offers an imaginative recounting of actions and events, providing the ideal introduction to Julius Caesar for general readers and students of...

    Published August 18th 2011 by Routledge
43. 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
44. Riding for Caesar

    The Roman Emperor's Horseguard

    By Micheal P. Speidel

    Professor Speidel's book represents the first history of the Roman horse guard ever written and provides a readable account of the intricate part these men played in the fate of the Roman empire and its emperors....

    Published April 14th 2011 by Routledge
45. Roman London

    By Dominic Perring

    This book draws extensively on the results of the latest work to present a challenging new account of the rise and fall of one of the principal towns of the Roman empire....

    Published April 14th 2011 by Routledge
46. 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
47. The Severans

    The Roman Empire Transformed

    By Michael Grant

    The Severans analyses the colourful decline of the Roman Empire during the reign of the Severans, the first non-Italian dynasty. In his learned and exciting style, Michael Grant describes the foreign wars waged against the Alemanni and the Persians, and the remarkable personalities of the imperial...

    Published February 13th 2011 by Routledge
48. Restless Youth in Ancient Rome

    By Emiel Eyben

    Restless Youth in Ancient Rome presents an inclusive portrayal of the perceptions the Romans had of youth and of the role of this age group in a wide variety of domains - philosphy, literature, education, the law, the army, politics, leisure, amorous pursuits and family life. Emiel Eyben considers...

    Published February 6th 2011 by Routledge
49. The Romanization of Central Spain

    Complexity, Diversity and Change in a Provincial Hinterland

    By Leonard A. Curchin

    Curchin explores how, why and to what extent the peoples of Central Spain were integrated into the Roman Empire during the period from the second century BC to the second century AD.He approaches the question from a variety of angles, including the social, economic, religious and material...

    Published February 6th 2011 by Routledge
50. Roman Villas

    A Study in Social Structure

    By J.T. Smith

    Roman Villas explores the social structures of the Roman world by analysing the plans of buildings of all sizes from slightly Romanized farms to palaces. The ways in which the rooms are grouped together; how they intercommunicate; and the ways in which individual rooms and the house are approached,...

    Published February 6th 2011 by Routledge