Welcome to the 2013 Classical Studies Catalogue.
This year sees the publication of some great new textbooks, research, and reference works which we have grouped together for you to view here.
Elsewhere in the catalogue you will find our new and key titles are arranged by series and theme, and these can be accessed using the links on the left hand side.
From introductory guides to textbooks, and reference handbooks to monographs, we are confident you that you will find the right book to suit your needs.
Remember, many of our titles:
• Are available as complimentary exam copies for instructors
• Can be recommended to your university librarians
• Feature our view inside function, where you can view sample pages
• Are accompanied with companion websites that contain extra content and resources
We hope you enjoy using this catalogue and if you have any queries or comments please get in touch. Contact details can be found below the contents list on the left.
Best wishes,
Routledge Classical Studies
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The Etruscan World
Series: Routledge Worlds
The Etruscans can be shown to have made significant, in some cases perhaps the first, technical advances in the central and northern Mediterranean, with such developments as the tie-beam truss in large wooden structures, surveying and engineering drainage and water tunnels, the development of the...
To Be Published June 30th 2013 by Routledge
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The Roman Republic 264–44 BC
Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World
This is the gripping story of the rise and fall of the Roman Republic: meteoric imperial expansion enriched and corrupted the ruling aristocracy, which was then unable either to rule the vast empire effectively or to resist the challenge of popular power within Rome itself. Political tensions,...
To Be Published August 14th 2013 by Routledge
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The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180–395
2nd Edition
Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World
The Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centred on Rome, into a new polity with two capitals and a new religion—Christianity. The book integrates social and intellectual...
To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Pompeii and Herculaneum
A Sourcebook, 2nd Edition
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
The original edition of Pompeii: A Sourcebook was a crucial resource for students of the site. Now updated to include material from Herculaneum, the neighbouring town also buried in the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook allows readers to form a richer and more diverse...
To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
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The Historians of Ancient Rome
An Anthology of the Major Writings, 3rd Edition
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
The Historians of Ancient Rome is the most comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history available in a single English volume. After a general introduction on Roman historical writing, extensive passages from more than a dozen Greek and Roman historians and biographers trace...
Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
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The Ancient Near East
History, Society and Economy
The Ancient Near East reveals three millennia of history (3500-500 BC) in a single work. Using the latest research from the most recent archaeological finds, and thanks to his personal odyssey of over twenty-five years, Liverani has succeeded in retracing the history of the peoples of the...
To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
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The Sumerian World
Series: Routledge Worlds
The Sumerian World explores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3,000 - 2,000BC. Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organised thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts and...
Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
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Ancient Medicine
2nd Edition
Series: Sciences of Antiquity Series
The first edition of Ancient Medicine was the most complete examination of the medicine of the ancient world for a hundred years. The new edition includes the key discoveries made since the first edition, especially from important texts discovered in recent finds of papyri and manuscripts, making...
Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge
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Women in the Ancient Near East
A Sourcebook
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
Women in the Ancient Near East provides a collection of primary sources from a broad range of Near Eastern civilizations, from the earliest historical and literary texts (c. 2700 BC) to the latest Hellenistic historians who comment on Near Eastern history (e.g., Berossus, c.205 BC). The book is a...
To Be Published July 29th 2013 by Routledge
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Aspects of Roman History AD 14–117
2nd Edition
Series: Aspects of Classical Civilization
This new edition of Aspects of Roman History AD 14 -117 provides a guide to the history of the early Roman Empire. Taking us from its foundation under Augustus to the height of its power under Trajan, the book considers the key historical events that shaped Roman history. Blending social and...
To Be Published November 29th 2013 by Routledge
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Sex in Antiquity
Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World
Series: Rewriting Antiquity
Looking at sex and sexuality from a variety of historical, sociological and theoretical perspectives, as represented in a variety of media, Sex in Antiquity represents a vibrant picture of the discipline of ancient gender and sexuality studies, showcasing the work of leading international scholars...
To Be Published March 29th 2014 by Routledge
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Ancient Near East: The Basics
Series: The Basics
Ancient Near East: The Basics surveys the history of the ancient Middle East from the invention of writing to Alexander the Great’s conquest. The book introduces both the physical and intellectual environment of those times, the struggles of state-building and empire construction, and the dissent...
To Be Published August 15th 2013 by Routledge