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Rome 2

Greece 4

Translations from Antiquity 6

The Ancient World 7

  

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Killing for the RepublicCitizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War

Steele Brand

How Rome’s citizen-soldiers conquered the world—and why this militaristic ideal still has a place in America today.

2019 392 pp., 13 line drawings 978-1-4214-2986-1 $34.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

The Ruler’s HouseContesting Power and Privacy in Julio-Claudian Rome

Harriet Fertik

How Romans used the world of the house to interpret and interrogate the role of the emperor.

2019 256 pp., 9 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-3289-2 $54.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

ROME

Witness to Ancient History, Gregory S. Aldrete, Series Editor

The Great Fire of RomeLife and Death in the Ancient City

Joseph J. Walsh

A thrilling and momentous account of the Great Fire of Rome and how a modern city arose from its embers.

2019 192 pp. 4 b&w photos, 4 maps 978-1-4214-3371-4 $19.95 paperback Also available as an e-book

A Monument to Dynasty and DeathThe Story of Rome’s Colosseum and the Emperors Who Built It

Nathan T. Elkins

Go behind the scenes to discover why the Colosseum was the king of amphitheaters in the Roman world—a paragon of Roman engineering prowess.

2019 184 pp., 49 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-3255-7 $19.95 paperback Also available as an e-book

The Year of Julius and Caesar59 BC and the Transformation of the Roman Republic

Stefan G. Chrissanthos

How Caesar’s attack on Bibulus marked the beginning of the end of the Roman free state and the descent of the Republic into violence and civil war.

2019 200 pp., 7 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-2970-0 $24.95 paperback Also available as an e-book

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ROME

Brides, Mourners, BacchaeWomen’s Rituals in Roman Literature

Vassiliki Panoussi

How does the treatment of women’s rituals in Latin poetry and prose reveal Roman ideas of female agency?

2019 320 pp. 978-1-4214-2891-8 $54.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

Northern Italy in the Roman WorldFrom the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity

Carolynn E. Roncaglia

An in-depth study of how the Roman Empire influenced life, culture, and politics in northern Italy.

2018 256 pp., 10 halftones, 4 maps 978-1-4214-2519-1 $44.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

The Grand Strategy of the Roman EmpireFrom the First Century CE to the Third

revised and updated edition

Edward N. Luttwak

A newly updated edition of this classic, hugely influential account of how the Romans defended their vast empire.

2016 296 pp., 10 line drawings, 15 maps 978-1-4214-1945-9 $29.95 paperback 978-1-4214-1944-2 $69.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

Patients and Healers in the High Roman EmpireIdo Israelowich

“An original, innovative, and provocative history of ancient medicine in the High Roman Empire from the patient’s point of view.”

—Manfred Horstmanshoff, Leiden University

2015 208 pp., 3 halftones 978-1-4214-1628-1 $59.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

Rome’s Christian EmpressGalla Placidia Rules at the Twilight of the Empire

Joyce E. Salisbury

The page-turning account of Galla Placidia, a remarkable ruler at the twilight of the Roman Empire.

2015 248 pp., 11 halftones, 1 line drawing, 7 maps 978-1-4214-1700-4 $34.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

  

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GREECE

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Pindar, Song, and SpaceTowards a Lyric Archaeology

Richard Neer and Leslie Kurke

A groundbreaking study of the interaction of poetry, performance, and the built environment in ancient Greece.

Cultural Histories of the Ancient World James Ker and Emily Mackil

2019 480 pp., 74 color illus., 31 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-2978-6 $54.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

Persian InterventionsThe Achaemenid Empire, Athens, and Sparta, 450–386 BCE

John O. Hyland

Persia’s relations with Greek city-states provide a fascinating case study in ancient imperialism.

2017 272 pp., 4 maps 978-1-4214-2370-8 $54.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

The Birth of ComedyTexts, Documents, and Art from Athenian Comic Competitions, 486–280

edited by Jeffrey Rustentranslated by Jeffrey Henderson, David Konstan, Ralph Rosen, Jeffrey Rusten, and Niall W. Slater

A comprehensive look at all aspects of classical Greek comedy.

2016 816 pp., 42 halftones, 1 line drawing 978-1-4214-2118-6 $49.95 paperback Also available as an e-book

Children and Childhood in Classical Athenssecond edition

Mark Golden

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Mark Golden’s groundbreaking study of childhood in ancient Greece.

Ancient Society and History2015 272 pp., 17 halftones 978-1-4214-1686-1 $24.95 paperback 978-1-4214-1685-4 $50.00 hardcover Also available as an e-book

Approaches to Greek Mythsecond edition

edited by Lowell Edmunds

Now thoroughly revised and updated, this volume offers a variety of historical, comparative, and theoretical perspectives on Greek myth.

2014 480 pp. 2 line drawings, 3 maps, 10 plates 978-1-4214-1419-5 $29.95 paperback 978-1-4214-1418-8 $69.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

  

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Witness to Ancient History

Gregory S. Aldrete, Series Editor

Athens BurningThe Persian Invasion of Greece and the Evacuation of Attica

Robert Garland

The gripping story of how the Athenians survived the Persian invasion of their homeland—one of the central events in ancient Greek history.

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice

2016 184 pp., 8 halftones, 6 maps 978-1-4214-2196-4 $19.95 paperback 978-1-4214-2195-7 $50.00 hardcover Also available as an e-book

The Battle of ArginusaeVictory at Sea and Its Tragic Aftermath in the Final Years of the Peloponnesian War

Debra Hamel

A harrowing, immersive introduction to a violent turning point in the conflict between Sparta and Athens.

2015 152 pp., 4 halftones, 4 line drawings, 4 maps 978-1-4214-1681-6 $19.95 paperback 978-1-4214-1680-9 $45.00 hardcover Also available as an e-book

GREECE

Voices at WorkWomen, Performance, and Labor in Ancient Greece

Andromache Karanika

The songs of working women are reflected in Greek poetry and poetics.

2014 320 pp., 6 b&w photos 978-1-4214-1255-9 $59.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body ArmorUnraveling the Linothorax Mystery

Gregory S. Aldrete, Scott Bartell, and Alicia Aldrete

A thorough and original study of the linothorax, the linen armor worn by Alexander the Great.

2013 304 pp. 21 b&w illus., 16 line drawings, 8 color plates 978-1-4214-0819-4 $32.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

The Poetics of ConsentCollective Decision Making and the Iliad

David F. Elmer

The Iliad’s depiction of politics reveals that the poem is the product of a broad consensus of performers and audiences across generations.

2012 336 pp. 978-1-4214-0826-2 $58.00 hardcover Also available as an e-book

  

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TRANSLATIONS FROM ANTIQUITY

The Other Four Plays of SophoclesAjax, Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philoctetes

Sophoclestranslated by David R. Slavitt

Famed translator David Slavitt lends his distinctly contemporary voice to four lesser-known plays of Sophocles.

2013 272 pp. 978-1-4214-1137-8 $22.95 paperback 978-1-4214-1136-1 $52.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

The Orphic Hymnstranslation, introduction, and notes by Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow

The best-selling English translation of the mysterious and cosmic Greek poetry known as the Orphic Hymns.

2013 280 pp. 978-1-4214-0882-8 $25.95 paperback 978-1-4214-0881-1 $43.00 hardcover Also available as an e-book

Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity

The IliadHomertranslated by Edward McCrorie with an introduction and notes by Erwin F. Cook

Edward McCrorie offers a new verse translation of the Iliad, capturing the meaning and music of Homer’s original Greek.

2012 552 pp., 1 line drawing 978-1-4214-0642-8 $28.00 paperback 978-1-4214-0641-1 $59.00 hardcover Also available as an e-book

The OdysseyHomertranslated by Edward McCrorie with an introduction and notes by Richard P. Martin

A bold new translation that preserves the swiftness, austerity, and clarity of the original.

2004 472 pp. 978-0-8018-8267-8 $24.00 paperback Also available as an e-book

  

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THE ANCIENT WORLD

Essential Readings in Medicine and ReligionGary B. Ferngren and Ekaterina N. Lomperis

An indispensible collection of sources chronicling the relationship between medicine and religion from ancient to modern times.

2017 296 pp. 978-1-4214-2290-9 $32.95 paperback Also available as an e-book

Creatures Born of Mud and SlimeThe Wonder and Complexity of Spontaneous Generation

Daryn Lehoux

How did the concept of spontaneous generation survive for so long?

Singleton Center Books in Premodern Europe

2017 192 pp., 1 halftone 978-1-4214-2381-4 $44.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

Women’s Life in Greece and RomeA Source Book in Translation

fourth edition

Mary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant

The essential collection of source materials on the lives of women in the ancient world.

2016 496 pp., 40 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-2113-1 $32.00 paperback

The Mediterranean WorldFrom the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Napoleon

Monique O’Connell and Eric R Dursteler

An interdisciplinary approach to the Mediterranean’s rich, multicultural history.

2016 352 pp., 68 b&w photos, 4 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-1901-5 $34.95 paperback Also available as an e-book

Cults and ConspiraciesA Literary History

Theodore Ziolkowski

Explore 2,000 years of conspiracy in literature.

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice

2016 248 pp. 978-1-4214-2243-5 $24.95 paperback Also available as an e-book

Comic DemocraciesFrom Ancient Athens to the American Republic

Angus Fletcher

The forgotten history of comedy’s contribution to world democracy.

2016 224 pp. 978-1-4214-1934-3 $49.95 hardcover Also available as an e-book

  

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