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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 hc Also available as an e-book

The Grand Strategy of the Roman EmpireFrom the First Century CE to the Thirdrevised 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 pb 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 hc 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 hc Also available as an e-book

The Day Commodus Killed a RhinoUnderstanding the Roman Games

Jerry Toner

In ancient times, the Roman games—that heady cocktail of mass slaughter, gladiatorial combat, and chariot racing—made strong political, social, and cultural statements.

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

2014 144 pp., 6 halftones, 2 line drawings 978-1-4214-1586-4 $19.95 pb Also available as an e-book

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Maternal MegalomaniaJulia Domna and the Imperial Politics of Motherhood

Julie Langford

How the maternal image of the empress Julia Domna helped the Roman empire rule.

2013 232 pp., 30 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-0847-7 $58.00 hc Also available as an e-book

The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Italic TraditionJay Fisher

A fresh look at the multicultural influences on Quintus Ennius and his epic poem, the Annals.

2014 224 pp. 978-1-4214-1129-3 $69.95 hc Also available as an e-book

Roman Literary CultureFrom Plautus to Macrobiussecond edition

Elaine Fantham

“An important work, full of learning, which serves simultaneously to deepen our appreciation of Latin literature in its social context, to provoke further exploration of the questions the author raises, and to continue debate concerning certain of the answers.”—New England Classical Journal

2013 368 pp., 1 b&w illus. 978-1-4214-0836-1 $33.00 pb Also available as an e-book

Chariot Racing in the Roman EmpireFik Meijer

translated by Liz Waters

“Readers will find an excellent overview of our knowledge of ancient Roman chariot racing in this fairly short and readable book.”

—Bryn Mawr Classical Review

2010 208 pp., 19 halftones, 3 line drawings, 2 maps 978-0-8018-9697-2 $32.00 hc

RomeA Living Portrait of an Ancient City

Stephen L. Dyson

“This exploration of Rome and what happened there seeks not only to examine the physical and structural evolution of the city from earliest times until the early Christian era, but also to explore its social and cultural history.”—Oxbow Book News

2010 488 pp., 28 halftones, 16 line drawings 978-0-8018-9254-7 $38.00 pb Also available as an e-book

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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 hc Also available as an e-book

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.

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

2016 184 pp., 8 halftones, 6 maps 978-1-4214-2196-4 $19.95 pb Also available as an e-book

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

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

A comprehensive look at all aspects of classical Greek comedy.

2011 816 pp., 42 halftones, 1 line drawing 978-1-4214-2118-6 $49.95 pb 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.

2015 272 pp., 17 halftones 978-1-4214-1686-1 $24.95 pb 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 captivating account of the battle of Arginusae and its fateful consequences for the Athenians in their great struggle with Sparta. A gripping read.”—Lawrence A. Tritle, author of A New History of the Peloponnesian War

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

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

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GreeceApproaches to Greek Mythsecond edition

edited by Lowell Edmunds

“Well organized, edited, and arranged, this text is of unquestioned value to all teachers of mythology, to the advanced student of the classics, and to the research scholar, a welcome resource volume.”—Classical World

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

Voices at WorkWomen, Performance, and Labor in Ancient Greece

Andromache Karanika

“Drawing from a wealth of ancient and comparative sources, and harnessing a range of theoretical approaches, Karanika offers a landmark study of female labour and Greek poetics.”—Times Higher Education

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

Reading HerodotusA Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History

Debra Hamel

Hamel takes us on a delightful, audacious romp through The History of the Persian Wars.

2012 360 pp., 5 halftones, 9 line drawings 978-1-4214-0656-5 $32.95 pb 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

Sophocles translated 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 pb Also available as an e-book

Cut These Words into My StoneAncient Greek Epitaphstranslated by Michael Wolfe foreword by Richard P. Martin

The lively ancient epitaphs in this bilingual collection fit together like small mosaic tiles, forming a vivid portrait of Greek society.

2012 208 pp. 978-1-4214-0804-0 $27.95 pb Also available as an e-book

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

The only English translation of the mysterious and cosmic Greek poetry known as the Orphic Hymns.

2013 280 pp. 978-1-4214-0882-8 $25.95 pb Also available as an e-book

The IliadHomer translated 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.

Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity

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

The OdysseyHomer

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

“[As] close to the original as is possible without reading the original Greek. It is refreshing, accurate, and direct.”—Bloomsbury Review

Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity

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

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

An indispensable 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 pb 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 hc Also available as an e-book

Women’s Life in Greece and RomeA Source Book in Translationfourth 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 pb

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., 25 color illus., 68 halftones, 8 maps 978-1-4214-1901-5 $34.95 pb Also available as an e-book

The Ancient WorldCults and ConspiraciesA Literary History

Theodore Ziolkowski

“Ziolkowski has read everything, taking even a 3,000-page German novel in his stride, and summarizes and analyses his material fascinatingly for lesser mortals.”—Times Literary Supplement

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

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SOCIAL STRUCTURES OF THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD: James Ker and Emily Mackil, Series Editors

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Andrew Riggsby

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Judicial Review and Athenian DemocracyEdwin Carawan

Empire of EloquenceRoman Rhetoric from the Death of Cicero to Late Antiquity

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