Classical Studies

Have you seen the companion website for the 2nd edition of Ancient Cities?  Check it out here, or find out more about the site.

Explore life in the ancient world with the second edition of Charles Gates' Ancient Cities.  Including maps and historical summaries, and accompanied by a new companion website, this book brings to life the physical world of ancient city dwellers.  View inside the book.

Can you hear the drum roll? The 2012 Reference Catalog has arrived and can be downloaded today. Simple. You can learn about all our 2011 and 2012 Library Reference titles, both in print and eBooks, across the humanities and social sciences. And we have packed the Catalog full of new interactive features. Read on for the full low down.

New in the Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies series, Virgil’s Homeric Lens reevaluates the traditional view of the Aeneid’s relationship to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.

Our new series of Wall Maps for the Ancient World includes seven maps, from Ancient Egypt to the world of the New Testament, available individually or as a complete set. With rich geographic detail and visual clarity, these maps offer invaluable aid to students of the ancient Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern worlds and their teachers. Click here for more information!

Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy has been reviewed by Lydia Haile Fassett, one of our followers on twitter.

Ancient Graffiti in Context is featured on the Boston Globe website. Co-editor of the volume Dr. Jennifer Baird helps explain why context is so important when viewing ancient graffiti. Read the full article here.