Banking and Business in the Roman World- Series: Key Themes in Ancient History: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This is the first book to present a synthetic view of Roman banking and financial life from the fourth century BC to the end of the third century AD. It describes the business deals of the elite and the professional bankers and the interventions of the state. Details...

Banking and Business in the Roman World- Series: Key Themes in Ancient History: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This is the first book to present a synthetic view of Roman banking and financial life from the fourth century BC to the end of the third century AD. It describes the business deals of the elite and the professional bankers and the interventions of the state. Details...

Barbarians and Bishops: Army, Church, and State in the Age of Arcadius and Chrysostom: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: In this illuminating study Liebeschuetz examines two fundamental themes of Late Antiquity: the barbarization of the Roman army and the interrelation of Church and secular government. He discusses Alaric's Goths in the West, who were treated as a federate re... Details...

Beginning Greek: A Functional Approach: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Employing an inductive approach to learning Greek, this popular book emphasizes reading substantial passages from original literature rather than memorizing rules and forms. Grammar and syntax are introduced as the reading progresses. Details...

Being Greek under Rome: Cultural Identity, the Second Sophistic and the Development of Empire: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: These especially commissioned essays open up a fascinating and novel perspective on a crucial era of Western culture. In the second century CE the Roman empire dominated the Mediterranean, but Greek culture maintained its huge prestige. At the same time, Ch... Details...

Between Geography and History: Hellenistic Constructions of the Roman World: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The Roman empire radically affected geographical conceptions, evoking new ways of describing the earth and of constructing its history. This book explores the writings of three literary figures of the age—Polybius, Posidonius, and Strabo—and how they us... Details...

Between Geography and History: Hellenistic Constructions of the Roman World: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The Roman empire radically affected geographical conceptions, evoking new ways of describing the earth and of constructing its history. This book explores the writings of three literary figures of the age: Polybius, Posidonius, and Strabo. They use, but tra... Details...

Cause and Explanation in Ancient Greek Thought: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: R. J. Hankinson traces the history of ancient Greek thinking about causation and explanation, from its earliest beginnings through more than a thousand years to the middle of the first millennium of the Christian era. He examines ways in which the Ancient G... Details...

Characterization and Individuality in Greek Literature: (Oxford University Press) "Publisher's Comments: This collection of commentaries by contributors such as Pelling, C.J. Gill, P.E. Easterling, F.S. Halliwell, D.A.F.M. Russell, S. Godhill, L. Coventry, M.S. Silk, O.P. Taplin, and J. Griffin examines a range of topics including childhood and personality in... Details...

Children and Childhood in Roman Italy: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Images of children in Roman society abound: an infant's first bath, learning to walk, playing with pets and toys, going to school, and--all too often--dying prematurely. Children and Childhood in Roman Italy argues that in Roman society children were, in pr... Details...