1. THE ROMAN WORLD:
Exploring the Metropolitan State University Library Collection’s Holdings for
Information on the Rise of Rome, the Roman Republic, the Early Roman
Empire, the Roman Imperial State of Late Antiquity, the End of Roman Imperial
Rule in the West, and the Continuation of Roman Civilization throughout the
Mediterranean in the Early Medieval Period. Including Information about Roman
Society, Women and Gender in the Roman World, Lower and Middle Class
Existence in the Roman World, and more!
CONTENTS OF THIS GUIDE
Physical ‘Bound’ Book Holding
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Audio/Visual Holdings . . . . 17
E-Book Holdings . . . . . . . . 20
Holdings by Sub-Topic . . . . 32
This Collection Assembled by
Rebecca Ramsey
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Physical Book Holdings
Adkins, Lesley and Adkins, Roy A. Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. New
York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998; c1994. Call Number: DG75 .A35
1998.
“This handy reference provides full access to the 1,200 years of Roman rule
from the 8th century B.C. to the 5th century A.D., including information that is
hard to find and even harder to decipher. Clear, authoritative, and highly
organized, Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome provides a unique look at a
civilization whose art, literature, law, and engineering influenced the whole of
Western Europe throughout the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and beyond.
The myriad topics covered include rulers; the legal and governmental system;
architectural feats such as the famous Roman roads and aqueducts; the many
Roman religions and festivals; the Roman system of personal names;
contemporary poets and historians; even typical Roman leisure pursuits. Each
chapter includes an extensive bibliography, as well as more than 125 site-
specific photographs and line drawings. . . “ (Amazon.com)
Alston, Richard. The City in Roman and Byzantine Egypt. London: Routledge,
2002. Call Number: HT114 .A53 2002.
“For those wishing to study the Roman city in Egypt, the archaeological record
is poorer than that of many other provinces. Yet the large number of surviving
texts allows us to reconstruct the social lives of Egyptians to an extent
undreamt of elsewhere. We are not, therefore, limited to a history of the public
faces of cities, their inscriptions, and the writings of their elites, but can begin
to understand what the transformations of the city meant for ordinary people,
and to uncover the forces that shaped the everyday lives of city dwellers. After
Egypt became part of the Roman Empire in 30 BC, Classical and then Christian
influences both made their mark on the urban environment. This book
examines the impact of these new cultures at every level of Egyptian society.
The result is a new and fascinating insight into the creation of a specific urban
society in the Roman Empire, as well as a case study for the model of urban
development in antiquity.” (Amazon.com)
Ball, Warwick. Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire. London;
New York: Routledge. Call Number: DG77 .B317 2000.
“In this lavishly illustrated and arresting study, Warwick Ball presents the story
of Rome's overwhelming fascination with the East through a coverage of the
historical, architectural and archaeological evidence unparalleled in both
breadth and detail. This was a fascination of the new world for the old, and of
the mundane for the exotic - a love affair that took literal form in the story of
Antony and Cleopatra. From Rome's legendary foundation by Aeneas and the
Trojan heroes as the New Troy, through the installation of Arabs as Roman
emperors, to the eventual foundation of the new Rome by a latter-day Aeneas
at Constantinople, the East took over Rome, - and Rome eventually ditched
Europe to the barbarians. Rome in the East overturns the received wisdom
about Rome as the bastion of European culture. . .” (Amazon.com).

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Balme, Maurice and Morwood, James. On the Margin: Marginalized Groups in
Ancient Rome. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Call Number: DG78 .B25 2003.
“This reader features fifty extracts that shed light on minority and marginalized
groups in ancient Rome. It opens with a section on the family--a topic central to
Roman life but strangely marginalized in Roman literature--that covers family
love, married love, children, marital discord and divorce, and women. The book
then reaches out to those groups on the margin of Roman society: slaves,
freedmen, foreigners, convicts, gladiators, and Christians. Each of the readings
includes a brief introduction, followed by an extract selected from Cicero, Pliny,
Petronius, Seneca, and other authors and inscriptions, all of which are made
readily accessible by glosses. Each passage is followed by questions designed to
stimulate discussion and reflection on these largely under-examined aspects of
Roman life.” (Amazon.com)
Barchiesi, Alessandro and Scheidel, Walter, eds. The Oxford Handbook of
Roman Studies. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Call Number: DG209 .O94 2010.
“The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies is an indispensable guide to the
latest scholarship in this area. Over fifty distinguished scholars elucidate the
contribution of material as well as literary culture to our understanding of the
Roman world. The emphasis is particularly upon the new and exciting links
between the various sub-disciplines that make up Roman Studies - for example,
between literature and epigraphy, art and philosophy, papyrology and
economic history. The Handbook, in fact, aims to establish a field and scholarly
practice as much as to describe the current state of play. Connections with
disciplines outside classics are also explored, including anthropology,
psychoanalysis, gender and reception studies, and the use of new media.”
(Amazon.com)
Beard, Mary; North, John; and Price, Simon.
Religions of Rome: Volumes 1 & 2. Cambridge;
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Call Number: BL802 .B43 1998.
 Volume 1: “This book
offers a radical new survey of more than a
thousand years of religious life in Rome, from the
foundation of the city to its rise to world empire
and its conversion to Christianity. It sets religion
in its full cultural context . . .” (Amazon.com).
 Volume 2: “. . . presents a wide
range of documents illustrating religious life in
the Roman world from the early Republic to the late Empire (both
visual evidence and texts in translation).” (Amazon.com).

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Beard, Mary. The Roman Triumph. London: Routledge, 2002. Call Number:
HT114 .A53 2002.
“A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this
book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph--but also its darker side.
What did it mean when the axle broke under Julius Caesar's chariot? Or when
Pompey's elephants got stuck trying to squeeze through an arch? Or when
exotic or pathetic prisoners stole the general's show? And what are the
implications of the Roman triumph, as a celebration of imperialism and military
might, for questions about military power and "victory" in our own day? The
triumph, Mary Beard contends, prompted the Romans to question as well as
celebrate military glory. Her richly illustrated work is a testament to the
profound importance of the triumph in Roman culture--and for monarchs,
dynasts and generals ever since. But how can we re-create the ceremony as it
was celebrated in Rome? How can we piece together its elusive traces in art
and literature? Beard addresses these questions, opening a window on the
intriguing process of sifting through and making sense of what constitutes
‘history.’” (Amazon.com)
Boatwright, Mary Taliaferro; Gargola, Daniel J.; and Talbert, Richard J.A. The
Romans: From Village to Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Call Number: DG209 .B58 2004.
“Vividly written and accessible, The Romans traces Rome's remarkable
evolution from village, to monarchy, to republic, and eventually to one-man
rule by an emperor whose power at its peak stretched from Scotland to Iraq
and the Nile Valley. Firmly grounded in ancient literary and material sources,
the book describes and analyzes major political and military landmarks . . . The
authors cover issues that still confront modern states worldwide, including
warfare, empire building, consensus forging, and political fragmentation. They
also integrate glimpses of many aspects of everyday Roman life and
perspective--such as the role of women, literature, entertainment, town-
planning, portraiture, and religion.” (Amazon.com)
Burgess, R.W. Chronicles, Consuls, and Coins: Historiography and History in
the Later Roman Empire. Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate,
Variorum, c2011. Call Number: DG209 .B874 2011.
“The papers collected in this volume focus on the sources for reconstructing the
history of the third to fifth centuries AD. The first section, 'Historiography',
looks at a small group of chronicles and breviaria whose texts are fundamental
for our reconstruction of the history of the third and fourth centuries, some well
known, others much less so: Eusebius of Caesarea, Jerome, the lost
Kaisergeschichte, and Eutropius. In this section the goal in each case is a
specific attempt to come to a better understanding of the structure,
composition, date, or author of these historical texts. The second section,
'History', presents a group of historical studies, ranging in time from the death
of Constantine in 337 to the vicennalia of Anastasius in 511.” (Amazon.com)

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Cameron, Alan. The Last Pagans of Rome. Oxford, UK; New York, NY: Oxford
University Press, 2011. Call Number: BR170 .C36 2011.
“The main focus of much modern scholarship on the end of paganism in the
West has been on its supposed stubborn resistance to Christianity. The
dismantling of this romantic myth is one of the main goals of Alan Cameron's
book . . . The subject of this book is not the conversion of the last pagans but
rather the duration, nature, and consequences of their survival. By re-
examining the abundant textual evidence, both Christian (Ambrose, Augustine,
Jerome, Paulinus, Prudentius) and "pagan" (Claudian, Macrobius, and
Ammianus Marcellinus), as well as the visual evidence (ivory diptychs,
illuminated manuscripts, silverware), Cameron shows that most of the
activities and artifacts previously identified as hallmarks of a pagan revival
were in fact just as important to the life of cultivated Christians.”
(Amazon.com)
Casson, Lionel. Everyday Life in Ancient Rome. Baltimore, MD: The Johns
Hopkins University Press, c1998. Call Number: DG78 .C37 1998.
“In Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, Lionel Casson offers a lively introduction to
the society of the times. Instead of following the standard procedure of social
history, he presents a series of vignettes focusing on the "ways of life" of
various members of that society, from the slave to the emperor. The book
opens with a description of the historical context and includes examination of
topics such as the family, religion, urban and rural life, and leisure activities.
This revised edition of Casson's engaging work, originally published in 1975 as
Daily Life in Ancient Rome, includes two new chapters as well as full
documentation of the sources.” (Amazon.com)
Claridge, Amanda; Toms, Judith; and Cubberly, Tony. Rome (An Oxford
Archaeological Guide). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Call Number: DG62 .C53 1998.
“In the new Second Edition of her popular handbook, Amanda Claridge again
presents an indispensable guide to all significant monuments in Rome dating
from 800 BC to 600 AD, including such breathtaking structures as the
Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, the Mausoleums of Augustus
and Hadrian, the Circus Maximus, and the Catacombs. Featuring over 220 high-
quality maps, site plans, diagrams, and photographs, the edition is divided into
fourteen main areas, with star ratings to help you plan your visit in advance.
The book also features glossaries of architectural terms, information about
opening times, suggestions for further reading, and much more.”(Amazon.com)

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Clarke, John R. Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans. Berkeley, Calif.; London:
University of California Press, 2006. Call Number: N72.S6 C58 2006.
“This splendidly illustrated book brings to life the ancient Romans whom
modern scholarship has largely ignored: slaves, ex-slaves, foreigners, and the
freeborn working poor. Though they had no access to the upper echelons of
society, ordinary Romans enlivened their world with all manner of artworks.
Discussing a wide range of art in the late republic and early empire—from
familiar monuments to the obscure Caupona of Salvius and little-studied tomb
reliefs—John R. Clarke provides a tantalizing glimpse into the lives of ordinary
Roman people.. . . innovative readings demonstrate how the Ara Pacis, the
columns of Trajan and of Marcus Aurelius, and the Arch of Constantine
announced each dynasty's program for handling the lower classes. Clarke then
considers art commissioned by the non-elites themselves—the paintings,
mosaics, and reliefs that decorated their homes, shops, taverns, and
tombstones. In a series of paintings from taverns and houses, for instance, he
uncovers wickedly funny combinations of text and image used by ordinary
Romans to poke fun at elite pretensions in art, philosophy, and poetry. . . this
original and entertaining book demonstrates why historians must recognize,
rather than erase, complexity and contradiction and asks new questions about
class, culture, and social regulation that are highly relevant in today's global
culture.” (Amazon.com)
Courtney, Edward. A Companion to Petronius. Oxford; New York: Oxford
University Press, 2001. Call Number: PA6559 .C678 2001.
“This is the first modern commentary on Petronius' Satyrica. It begins with
basic background information, then surveys each episode in order that leading
themes emerge. Finally, it gives an overview of Petronius' use of literary
allusion and symbolism, and of his treatment of sex. All Latin and Greek
quotations have been translated so that this volume may benefit both students
of classical and comparative literature.” (Amazon.com).
Dixon, Suzanne. The Roman Family. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University
Press, c1992. Call Number: HQ511 .D59 1992.
“Suzanne Dixon sets the current debate about the family against a broader
context in The Roman Family, the first book to bring together what historians,
anthropologists, and philologists have learned about the family in ancient
Rome. Dixon begins by reviewing the controversies regarding the family in
general and the Roman family in particular. After considering the problems of
evidence, she explores what the Roman concept of "family" really meant and
how Roman families functioned. Turning to the legal status of the Roman
family, she shows how previous studies, which relied exclusively on legal
evidence, fell short of describing the reality of Roman life.“ (Amazon.com)

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Edmunds, Lowell. Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001. Call Number: PA6047 .E36
2001.
“How can we explain the process by which a literary text refers to another text?
For the past decade and a half, intertextuality has been a central concern of
scholars and readers of Roman poetry. In Intertextuality and the Reading of
Roman Poetry, Lowell Edmunds proceeds from such fundamental concepts as
"author," "text," and "reader," which he then applies to passages from Vergil,
Horace, Ovid, and Catullus. Edmunds combines close readings of poems with
analysis of recent theoretical models to argue that allusion has no linguistic or
semiotic basis: there is nothing in addition to the alluding words that causes
the allusion or the reference to be made. Intertextuality is a matter of reading.”
(Amazon.com)
Faas, Patrick. (Whiteside, Shaun. Trans.) Around the Roman Table: Food and
Feasting in Ancient Rome. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Call Number: TX725.R68 F3313 2005.
“A portrait of Roman society from the vantage point of the dining table,
kitchen, and market stalls, Around the Roman Table offers both an account of
Roman eating customs and 150 recipes reconstructed for the modern cook.
Faas guides readers through the culinary conquests of Roman invasions—as
conquerors pillaged foodstuffs from faraway lands—to the decadence of
Imperial Rome and its associated table manners, dining arrangements, spices,
seasonings, and cooking techniques. With recipes for such appetizing dishes as
chicken galantine with lambs' brains and fish relish, Around the Roman Table
is ideal for food aficionados who wish to understand how the desire for power
and conquest was manifested in Roman appetites.” (Amazon.com)
Fitzgerald, William. Slavery and the Roman Literary Imagination. Cambridge;
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Call Number: PA6030.S6 F58
2000.
“This book deals with the ways in which the ancient Roman literary
imagination explored the phenomenon of slavery. It asks what the free
imagination made of the experience of living with slaves, beings who both were
and were not fellow humans. The book covers the full range of Roman
literature, and is arranged thematically. It discusses the ideological relation of
Roman literature to the institution of slavery, and also the ways in which
slavery provided a metaphor for other relationships and experiences, and in
particular for literature itself.” (Amazon.com)

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Freudenburg, Kirk. The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire. Cambridge,
UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Call Number: PA6095 .C36
2005.
“Satire as a distinct genre was first developed by the Romans and regarded as
completely 'their own'. This Companion's international contributors provide a
stimulating introduction to the genre and its individual proponents aimed
particularly at non-specialists. Roman satires are explored both as generic,
literary phenomena and as highly symbolic and effective social activities.
Satire's transformation in late antiquity and reception in more recent centuries
is also covered.” (Amazon.com)
Hibbert, Christopher. Rome: The Biography of a City. London; New York:
Penguin, 2001. Call Number: DG808 .H52 1985.
“This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb
guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of
the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city's quasi-mythical
origins, through the Etruscan kings, the opulent glory of classical Rome, the
decadence and decay of the Middle Ages and the beauty and corruption of the
Renaissance, to its time at the heart of Mussolini's fascist Italy. Exploring the
city's streets and buildings, peopled with popes, gladiators, emperors,
noblemen and peasants, this volume details the turbulent and dramatic history
of Rome in all its depravity and grandeur.” (Amazon.com)
Knapp, Robert. Invisible Romans. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011.
Call Number: DG78 .K57 2011.
“What survives from the Roman Empire is largely the words and lives of the
rich and powerful: emperors, philosophers, senators. Yet the privilege and
decadence often associated with the Roman elite was underpinned by the toils
and tribulations of the common citizens. Here, the eminent historian Robert
Knapp brings those invisible inhabitants of Rome and its vast empire to light.
He seeks out the ordinary folk—laboring men, housewives, prostitutes,
freedmen, slaves, soldiers, and gladiators—who formed the backbone of the
ancient Roman world, and the outlaws and pirates who lay beyond it. He finds
their traces in the nooks and crannies of the histories, treatises, plays, and
poetry created by the elite. Everyday people come alive through original
sources as varied as graffiti, incantations, magical texts, proverbs, fables,
astrological writings, and even the New Testament.” (Amazon.com)

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Laurence, Ray. Roman Pompeii: Space and Society. London; New York:
Routledge, 1996. Call Number: DG70.P7 L38 1996.
“In this fully revised and updated edition of Roman Pompeii, Dr. Laurence looks
at the latest archaeological and literary evidence relating to the city of Pompeii
from the viewpoint of architect, geographer and social scientist. Enhancing our
general understanding of the Roman world, this new edition includes new
chapters that reveal how the young learnt the culture of the city and to
investigate the role of property development and real estate in Pompeii’s
growth. Showing how Pompeii has undergone considerable urban
development, Dr. Laurence emphasizes the relationship between the fabric of
the city and the society that produced it. Local activities are located in both
time and space and Pompeii’s cultural identity is defined.” (Amazon.com)
Martindale, Charles, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Virgil (Cambridge
Companions to Literature.) Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University
Press, 1997. Call Number: PA6825 .C35 1997.
“This ground-breaking and authoritative volume is an indispensable reference
book to accompany the study of Virgil. It is a multi-authored guide aimed at
students and anyone with an interest in great literature and the classical
heritage. The chapters contain essential information while also offering fresh
and original insights into the poems and their author. Emphasis is given to the
responses to Virgil over the centuries, particularly by other creative artists.”
(Amazon.com)
Matyszak, Phillip. Chronicle of the Roman Republic: The Rulers of Ancient
Rome from Romulus to Augustus. Oxford; New York: Thames & Hudson, 2003.
Call Number: DG231 .M39 2003.
“Philip Matyszak describes fifty-seven of the foremost Romans of the Republic,
spanning the centuries from its birth to its bloody death and including the best
and the worst of the Roman elite: Licinius Crassus, a kind father and loving
husband who crucified slaves by the thousands, or Cato the Censor, upright and
incorruptible, xenophobic and misogynistic. Supported by a wealth of pictorial
and archaeological detail, these personal histories provide an overview of the
development and expansion of Rome, encompassing foreign and civil wars as
well as social strife and key legislation. The biographies are supplemented by
time lines, data files, and special features that highlight different aspects of
Roman culture and society. 320 illustrations, 110 in color.” (Amazon.com)

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Mayer, Emanuel. The Ancient Middle Classes: Urban Life and Aesthetics in the
Roman Empire, 100 BCE-250 CE. Cambridge: Harvard University, 2012.
Call Number: DG78 .M42 2012.
“Roman culture as we have seen it with our own eyes, Emanuel Mayer boldly
argues, turns out to be distinctly middle class and requires a radically new
framework of analysis. Starting in the first century BCE, ancient communities,
largely shaped by farmers living within city walls, were transformed into
vibrant urban centers where wealth could be quickly acquired through
commercial success. From 100 BCE to 250 CE, the archaeological record details
the growth of a cosmopolitan empire and a prosperous new class rising along
with it. Not as keen as statesmen and intellectuals to show off their status and
refinement, members of this new middle class found novel ways to create
pleasure and meaning. In the décor of their houses and tombs, Mayer finds
evidence that middle-class Romans took pride in their work and
commemorated familial love and affection in ways that departed from the
tastes and practices of social elites.” (Amazon.com)
Mazzoleni, Donatella. Domus: Wall Painting in the Roman House. Los Angeles:
J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004. Call Number: ND2575 .M3913 2004.
“Essay and Texts on the Sites by Umberto Pappalardo. Photographs by Luciano
Romano.” (MnPALS Online Catalogue.)
“This is a major study of illusionistic wall painting in the Roman houses of
Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as those in Boscoreale, Oplontis, and Rome
itself. Two essays precede a magnificently illustrated guide to twenty-eight
important villas with 350 color illustrations.” (Amazon.com)
Mellor, Ronald. Tacitus’ Annals (Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature).
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Call Number: PA6705.A9
M45 2010.
“Tacitus' Annals is the central historical source for first-century C.E. Rome. It is
prized by historians since it provides the best narrative material for the reigns
of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero, as well as a probing analysis of the imperial
system of government . . . This volume attempts to enhance the reader's
understanding of how this book of history could have such a profound effect.
Chapters will address the purpose, form, and method of Roman historical
writing, the ethnic biases of Tacitus, and his use of sources. Since Tacitus has
been regarded as one of the first analysts of the psychopathology of political
life, the book will examine the emperors, the women of the court, and the
ambitious entourage of freedmen and intellectuals who surround every Roman
ruler. The final chapter will examine the impact of Tacitus' Annals since their
rediscovery by Boccaccio in the 14th century.” (Amazon.com)

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North, J.A. and Price, S.R.F. The Religious History of the Roman Empire. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Call Number: BL803 .R62 2011.
“This collection of papers, many of them either published here in English for the
first time or previously available only in specialist libraries, deals with the
religious history of the Roman Empire. Written by leading scholars, the essays
have contributed to a revolutionary change in our understanding of the
religious situation of the time, and illuminate both the world religions of
Christianity and Judaism and the religious life of the pagan Empire in which
these developed and which deeply influenced their characters. No knowledge
of ancient languages is presupposed, so the book is accessible to all who are
interested in the history of this crucial period.” (Amazon.com)
Ovid, Translated with Notes and Introduction by Betty Rose Nagle. Ovid’s
Fasti: Roman Holidays. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1995.
Call Number: PA6522.F2 N34 1995.
“This elegant translation brings Ovid’s poetic calendar of the Roman religious
year to a new generation of students and scholars. A valuable source of
information about the Roman calendar, it complements Ovid’s masterwork, the
Metamorphoses.” (Amazon.com)
Quennell, Peter and the Editors of the Newsweek Book Division. The
Colosseum (Wonders of Man). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2012.
Call Number: DG78 .M42 2012.
“100 illustrations, half in full color; modern photographs; paintings and
sketches; classical frescoes, coins and mosaics. A special section "The
Colosseum in Literature" includes excerpts from works such as Gibbon, Byron,
Goethe, Shaw, Dickens.” (Amazon.com)

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Raaflab, Kurt A. Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the
Conflict of the Orders. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Call Number: DG83.3 .S59 2005.
“The history of early republican Rome was marked by a long series of social and
political struggles between the patrician elite and the plebeians (often called
the 'Conflict of the Orders'). Its results helped Rome achieve the internal
integration needed to conquer and rule the Mediterranean world. Despite its
fundamental significance, this process is difficult to understand because
contemporaneous evidence is scarce and later literary sources present a
gravely deformed picture. In this new edition of Social Struggles in Archaic
Rome, experts from both sides of the Atlantic illuminate the history of these
social conflicts-examining their causes and nature; analyzing a wide range of
social, economic, legal, religious, military, and political aspects; and
considering the reliability of the historical sources.” (Amazon.com.)
Richardson, J.S. Hispaniae, Spain and the Development of Roman
Imperialism, 212-82 BC. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2004. Call Number: DP94 .R53 2004.
“This book traces the beginnings and the first 140 years of the Roman presence
in Spain, showing how what began as a purely military commitment developed
in addition into a range of civilian activities including taxation, jurisdiction and
the founding of both Roman and native settlements. The author uses literary
sources, the results of recent and earlier archaeology, numismatics, and
epigraphic material to reveal the way in which patterns of administration were
created, especially under the direction of the military commanders sent from
Rome to the two Spanish provinciae. This is of major importance for
understanding the way in which Roman power spread during this period, not
only in Spain, but throughout the Mediterranean world.” (Amazon.com)
Richardson, J.S. The Romans in Spain. Oxford, UK; Malden, Mass: Blackwell
Publishers, 1998. Call Number: DP94 .R54 1998.
“The Iberian Peninsula was amongst the earliest parts of the Mediterranean
world outside Italy to be occupied by Roman military forces, and the Spanish
provinces remained part of the western Roman Empire until its collapse in the
fifth century AD. This book traces the complex process by which an area, seen
initially as a war-zone, was gradually transformed by the actions of the
Romans and the reactions of the indigenous inhabitants into an integral part of
the Roman world. The roles of the army and its commanders; of those who
came to exploit the natural resources; of the towns and cities which developed
and flourished in the Spanish provinces; of the imperial cult and the Christian
Church are all examined for their contributions to this process.” (Amazon.com)

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Scarre, Christopher. Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign-by-Reign
Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome. London; New York: Thames and
Hudson, c1995. Call Number: DG274 .S28 1995.
“Using timelines and illustrations throughout, this volume follows the
succession of rulers of Imperial Rome. These portraits of the emperors form the
building blocks of an invaluable and highly readable popular history of Imperial
Rome, brought to life using the colorful testimony of contemporary authors.
328 illustrations, 111 in color.” (Amazon.com)
Scheid, John. An Introduction to Roman Religion. Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 2003. Call Number: BL803 .S3413 2003.
“Written by one of the world’s leading scholars of the Roman world, An
Introduction to Roman Religion offers students a complete portrait of religion
in Rome during the late republic and early empire. It draws on the latest
findings in archaeology and history to explain the meanings of rituals, rites,
auspices, and oracles, to describe the uses of temples and sacred ground, and
to evoke the daily patterns of religious life and observance within the city of
Rome and its environs. The text is usefully organized around major themes,
such as the origins of Roman religion, the importance of the religious calendar,
the structure of religious space, the forms of religious services and rituals, and
the gods, priests, and core theologies that shaped religious observance. In
addition to its clear and accessible presentation, Roman Religion includes
quotations from primary sources, a chronology of religious and historical
events from 750 B.C. to A.D. 494, a full glossary, and an annotated guide to
further reading.” (Amazon.com)
Shotter, David. Nero Caesar Augustus: Emperor of Rome. Harlow, England;
New York: Pearson Longman, 2008. Call Number: DG285 .S536 2008.
"David Shotter looks at the source material - literary, historical and material -
on which our judgements of Nero have been based and discusses the reliability
of the ancient accounts of his reign in the light of their authors' own priorities.
Rather than presenting Nero as a timeless monster he shows him in the context
of first-century Rome - as a player in the development of the Imperial system of
government and as a product of the often treacherous and bloody history of
the Julian and Claudian families. Nero, he argues was not the madman of
popular myth, nor is there any real evidence that he thought of himself as a
god."--BOOK JACKET.

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Sivan, Hagith. Galla Placidia: The Last Empress of Rome. Oxford; New York:
Oxford University Press, 2011. Call Number: DG338 .S58 2011.
“The astonishing career of Galla Placidia (c. 390-450) provides valuable
reflections on the state of the Roman empire in the fifth century CE. In an age
when emperors, like Galla's two brothers, Arcadius (395-408) and Honorius
(395-423), and nephew, Theodosius II (408-450), hardly ever ventured beyond
the fortified enclosure of their palaces, Galla spent years wandering across
Italy, Gaul and Spain first as hostage in the camp of Alaric the Goth, and then
as wife of Alaric's successor. In exile at the court of her nephew in
Constantinople Galla observed how princesses wield power while vaunting
piety. Restored to Italy on the swords of the eastern Roman army, Galla
watched the coronation of her son, age six, as the emperor of the western
Roman provinces. For a dozen years (425-437) she acted as regent, treading
uneasily between rival senatorial factions, ambitious church prelates, and
charismatic military leaders.” (Amazon.com)
Skinner, Marilyn B. Clodia Metelli: The Tribune’s Sister (Women in Antiquity).
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Call Number: DG260.C6 S56 2011.
“Clodia Metelli: The Tribune's Sister is the first full-length biography of a
Roman aristocrat whose colorful life, as described by her contemporaries, has
inspired numerous modern works of popular fiction, art, and poetry. Clodia,
widow of the consul Metellus Celer, was one of several prominent females who
made a mark on history during the last decades of the Roman Republic. As the
eldest sister of the populist demagogue P. Clodius Pulcher, she used her wealth
and position to advance her brother's political goals. For that she was brutally
reviled by Clodius' enemy, the orator M. Tullius Cicero, in a speech painting her
as a scheming, debauched whore. Clodia may also have been the alluring
mistress celebrated in the love poetry of Catullus, whom he calls "Lesbia" in
homage to Sappho and depicts as beautiful, witty, but also false and corrupt.
From Cicero's letters, finally, we receive glimpses of a very different woman, a
great lady at her leisure. This study examines Clodia in the contexts of her
family background, the societal expectations for a woman of her rank, and the
turbulent political climate in which she operated. . .” (Amazon.com)
Stewart, Peter. The Social History of Roman Art. Cambridge, UK; New York:
Cambridge University Press, 2008. Call Number: N5760 .S67 2008.
“The character of Roman art history has changed in recent years. More than
ever before, it is concerned with the role of art in ancient society, including the
functions that it served and the values and assumptions that it reflects. At the
same time, images have become centrally important to the study of ancient
history in general. This book offers a, critical introduction to Roman art against
the background of these developments. Focusing on selected examples and
themes, it sets the images in context, explains how they have been interpreted,
and explodes some of the modern myths that surround them. It also explores
some of the problems and contradictions that we face when we try to deal with
ancient art in this manner.” (Amazon.com)

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Talbert, Richard J.A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. Call Number: G1033 .B3 2000.
“In 102 full-color maps spread over 175 pages, the Barrington Atlas re-creates
the entire world of the Greeks and Romans from the British Isles to the Indian
subcontinent and deep into North Africa. It spans the territory of more than 75
modern countries. Its large format (13 1/4 x 18 in. or 33.7 x 46.4 cm) has been
custom-designed by the leading cartographic supplier, MapQuest.com, Inc.,
and is unrivaled for range, clarity, and detail. Over 70 experts, aided by an
equal number of consultants, have worked from satellite-generated
aeronautical charts to return the modern landscape to its ancient appearance,
and to mark ancient names and features in accordance with the most up-to-
date historical scholarship and archaeological discoveries. Chronologically, the
Barrington Atlas spans archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire, and no more
than two standard scales (1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000) are used to represent
most regions.” (Amazon.com)
Taplin, Oliver. Literature in the Roman World. Oxford; New York: Oxford
University Press, 2001. Call Number: PA6003 .L58 2001.
“Our present appreciation of Greek and Roman literature should be informed
and influenced by consideration of what it was originally appreciated for. The
past, for all its alienness, affects and changes the present.' The focus of this
book - its new perspective - is on the 'receivers' of literature: readers,
spectators, and audiences. Six contributors, drawn from both sides of the
Atlantic, explore the various and changing interactions between the makers of
literature and their audiences or readers from the beginning of the Roman
empire to the end of the classical era. The contributors deploy fresh insights to
map out lively and provocative, yet accessible, surveys. They cover the kinds of
literature which have shaped western culture - epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy,
history, philosophy, rhetoric, epigram, elegy, pastoral, satire, biography,
epistle, declamation, and panegyric. Who were the audiences, and why did
they regard their literature as so important?” (Amazon.com)
Turcan, Robert. Trans. Antonia Nevill. The Cults of the Roman Empire. Oxford,
UK; Malden, Mass., USA: Blackwell, 1996. Call Number: BL805 .T8713 1996.
“This book is about the multiplicity of gods and religions that characterized the
Roman world before Constantine. It was not the noble gods such as Jove,
Apollo and Diana, who were crucial to the lives of the common people in the
empire, but gods of an altogether more earthly, earth level, whose rituals and
observances may now seem bizarre. As well as being of wide general interest,
this book will appeal to students of the Roman Empire and of the history of
religion.” (Amazon.com)

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Virgil; Translated by Robert Fagles; Introduction by Bernard Knox. The Aeneid.
New York: Viking, 2006. Call Number: PA6807.A5 F25 2006.
“Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an
incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will
take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a tragic love affair, and lure him
into the world of the dead itself--all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno,
Queen of the Gods. Ultimately, he reaches the promised land of Italy where,
after bloody battles and with high hopes, he founds what will become the
Roman empire. An unsparing portrait of a man caught between love, duty, and
fate, the Aeneid redefines passion, nobility, and courage for our times. Robert
Fagles, whose acclaimed translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were
welcomed as major publishing events, brings the Aeneid to a new generation
of readers, retaining all of the gravitas and humanity of the original Latin as
well as its powerful blend of poetry and myth. Featuring an illuminating
introduction to Virgil’s world by esteemed scholar Bernard Knox, this volume
lends a vibrant new voice to one of the seminal literary achievements of the
ancient world.” (Amazon.com)
White, Peter. Cicero in Letters: Epistolary Relations of the Late Republic. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Call Number: PA6298 .W55 2010.
“Cicero in Letters is a guide to the first extensive correspondence that survives
from the Greco-Roman world. The more than eight hundred letters of Cicero
that are its core provided literary models for subsequent letter writers from
Pliny to Petrarch to Samuel Johnson and beyond. The collection also includes
some one hundred letters by Cicero's contemporaries. The letters they
exchanged provide unique insight into the experience of the Roman political
class at the turning point between Republican and imperial rule. The first part
of this study analyzes effects of the milieu in which the letters were written. . .
The second half of the book explores the significance of leading themes in the
letters. It shows how, in a time of deepening crisis, Cicero and his
correspondents drew on their knowledge of literature, the habit of
consultation, and the rhetoric of government in an effort to improve
cooperation and to maintain the political culture which they shared. . .”
(Amazon.com)
Williams, Craig. A. Roman Homosexuality: Ideologies of Masculinity in
Classical Antiquity. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Call Number: HQ76.2.R6 W56 1999.
“Williams' book argues in detail that for the writers and readers of Roman
texts, the important distinctions were drawn not between homosexual and
heterosexual, but between free and slave, dominant and subordinate,
masculine and effeminate as conceived in specifically Roman terms. Other
important questions addressed by this book include the differences between
Roman and Greek practices and ideologies; the influence exerted by
distinctively Roman ideals of austerity; the ways in which deviations from the
norms of masculine sexual practice were negotiated both in the arena of public
discourse and in real men's lives; the relationship between the rhetoric of
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same-sex marriages were publicly accepted.” (Amazon.com)
Woolf, Greg. Rome: An Empire’s Story. Oxford, UK; New York, NY: Oxford
University Press, 2012. Call Number: JC89 .W66 2012.
“In Rome, historian Greg Woolf expertly recounts how this mammoth empire
was created, how it was sustained in crisis, and how it shaped the world of its
rulers and subjects--a story spanning a millennium and a half of history. The
personalities and events of Roman history have become part of the West's
cultural lexicon, and Woolf provides brilliant retellings of each of these, from
the war with Carthage to Octavian's victory over Cleopatra, from the height of
territorial expansion under the emperors Trajan and Hadrian to the founding of
Constantinople and the barbarian invasions which resulted in Rome's ultimate
collapse. Throughout, Woolf carefully considers the conditions that made
Rome's success possible and so durable, covering topics as diverse as ecology,
slavery, and religion. Woolf also compares Rome to other ancient empires and
to its many later imitators, bringing into vivid relief the Empire's most
distinctive and enduring features.” (Amazon.com)
Zanker, Paul and Ewald, Björn. Translated by Julia Slater. Living With Myths:
The Imagery of the Roman Sarcophagi (Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and
Representation.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Call Number: NB1810 .L58 2012.
“Roman sarcophagi have fascinated posterity since the Middle Ages, largely
because of their mythological reliefs. Living with Myths provides a
comprehensive introduction to this important genre, exploring such subjects as
the role of the mythological images in everyday life of the time, the messages
they convey about the Romans' view of themselves, and the reception of the
sarcophagi in later European art and art history. The volume is fully illustrated
with high-quality photographs, which enable readers to appreciate the artistic
quality of the reliefs and to explore for themselves the messages they convey.
Together with the text, which includes analyses of specific sarcophagi, the
pictures open up a panorama of Roman cultural history in the 2nd to the early
4th centuries CE.” (Amazon.com)

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Audio/Visual Holdings
Ackroyd, David. Roman Roads: Paths to Empire. New York: NY: A & E Home
Video: [Distributed by New Video Group], 1997. VHS.
Call Number: DG28 .R6 1997.
“Even today, some 2,000 years after they were built, the roads of the Roman
Empire remain one of the most astonishing accomplishments in the history of
mankind. . . ROMAN ROADS: PATHS TO EMPIRE journeys back to the age of
Caesar to tell the story of these remarkable highways that helped forge an
empire. Discover how they were built, and why so many have lasted to this
day. Historians detail their central role in the expansion and maintenance of
the Empire. See how they grew from a local network to a vast web stretching
across three continents and embracing 50,000 miles. And visit sites
throughout the world where these ancient arteries remain, sometimes still in
use!” (Amazon.com)
Fagan, Garret G. The History of Ancient Rome. The Teaching Company.
Springfield, VA.: The Teaching Company, c1999. CD.
Call Number: DG213 .F34 1999.
“Professor Garrett G. Fagan draws on a wealth of primary and secondary
sources, including recent historical and archaeological scholarship, to
introduce the fascinating tale of Rome's rise and decline. . . . From pre-Roman
Italy through the long centuries of Republican and then Imperial rule,
Professor Fagan interweaves narrative and analysis. Chronologically, the focus
is on the years from 200 B.C.E. to 200 A.D., when Roman power was at its
height. . . . You study women and the family, slaves, cities, religious customs,
the ubiquitous and beloved institution of public bathing, the deep cultural
impact of Hellenism, and such famous Roman amusements as chariot racing
and gladiatorial games.” (Amazon.com)
Hale, John R. Classical Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome. The
Teaching Company. Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company, c2004.
Call Number: DE60 .H3 2006. DVD.
“In the 36 lectures of Classical Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome,
archaeologist and award-winning Professor John R. Hale guides you through
this fascinating field of study and through dozens of ancient sites with the skill
of a born storyteller. Mixing the exotic adventures, unexpected insights, and
abiding mysteries of archaeology's fabled history with anecdotes of his own
extensive field experience, Dr. Hale creates a fascinating narrative that
unfolds like a series of detective stories and provides a new perspective from
which to view the world of the Greeks and Romans.” (TheGreatCourses.Com)
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Harl, Kenneth W. Rome and the Barbarians. The Teaching Company.
Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company, p2004. DVD. Call Number: DG270 .H37
2004.
“Rome and the Barbarians tells the story of the complex relationships between
each of these native peoples and their Roman conquerors as they
intermarried, exchanged ideas and mores, and, in the ensuing provincial
Roman cultures, formed the basis of Western European civilization. As you
examine the interaction between Rome and the barbarians from 300 B.C. to
A.D. 600, you learn that the definition of barbarian was, effectively, the "next
group not under Roman control." And you see how that definition was always
changing, as former barbarians became assimilated into the Roman world,
becoming provincials and, often, eventually Romanized themselves.”
(TheGreatCourses.Com)
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New Dimension Media, Inc. Roman Feats of Engineering. Chicago, IL: New
Dimension Media, c2007. DVD.
Call Number: DG68 .R66 2007.
“The marvels of ancient Rome's practical engineering, roads, arches, and
aqueducts, are presented in this program. Reenactments, diagrams, and live-
action footage examine the awe-inspiring designs that enabled Roman
emperors to magnify their political power. The prosperity of the elite classes
led its nervous emperors to create huge entertainment arenas to keep the
masses from noticing the misery around them. The result was palaces of the
spectacular, such as the Circus Maximus and the Colosseum. Trajan's markets,
the Baths of Caracalla, and the Pantheon create a lasting impression of the
technological achievements of Roman architects.” (Amazon.com)
Roman City: A Unicorn Project Presents. Based on the book City by David
Macaulay, produced and directed by Larry Klein, written and co-produced by
Mark Olshaker. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, c2006. DVD.
Call Number: TA80.R6 R65 2006.
“The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David
Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life
in Verbonia, a fictional city in Gaul. A well-planned town with all modern
conveniences, it is threatened by conflict between conquerors and conquered.
Macaulay also visits Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Nimes, Orange, and Rome,
to view actual Roman architecture and engineering greatness.” (MnPALS
Online Catalog)
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Tuck, Stephen L. Experiencing Rome: A Visual Exploration of Antiquity’s
Greatest Empire. The Teaching Company. Chantilly, VA: Teaching Company,
c2009. DVD.
Call Number: DG77 .T83 2009.
“Thirty-six lectures on the visual nature of ancient Rome and how it was able
to so successfully communicate its civic and cultural values, or project a
knowledge of Roman power, to every corner of the realm. Learn how Rome
communicated in visually symbolic ways, gain insight into how similar tools
are used today, and hone your ability to see them at work in the visual
symbols that are part of government, the military, religion, and just about
every aspect of contemporary public or private life.” (MnPALS Online
Catalogue.)
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E-Book Holdings
These titles are available in the Metropolitan State University E-Book Library. Access them Online
Through the Library Home Page, or Directly at: ( http://metrostate.eblib.com ). Metro State Users
Only. Must be on-campus or have a valid StarID through Metro State.
Arnold, Jonathan J. Theoderic and the Roman Imperial Restoration. New York:
Cambridge University Press, 2014.
“This book provides a new interpretation of the fall of the Roman Empire and
the "barbarian" kingdom known conventionally as Ostrogothic Italy. Relying
primarily on Italian textual and material evidence, and in particular the works
of Cassiodorus and Ennodius, Jonathan J. Arnold argues that contemporary
Italo-Romans viewed the Ostrogothic kingdom as the Western Roman Empire
and its "barbarian" king, Theoderic (r. 489/93-526), as its emperor.
Investigating conceptions of Romanness, Arnold explains how the Roman past,
both immediate and distant, allowed Theoderic and his Goths to find
acceptance in Italy as Romans, with roles essential to the Empire's perceived
recovery. . . ” (Amazon.com)
Baraz, Yelena. A Written Republic: Cicero’s Philosophical Politics. Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 2012.
“In the 40s BCE, during his forced retirement from politics under Caesar's
dictatorship, Cicero turned to philosophy, producing a massive and important
body of work. As he was acutely aware, this was an unusual undertaking for a
Roman statesman because Romans were often hostile to philosophy,
perceiving it as foreign and incompatible with fulfilling one's duty as a citizen.
How, then, are we to understand Cicero's decision to pursue philosophy in the
context of the political, intellectual, and cultural life of the late Roman
republic? In A Written Republic, Yelena Baraz takes up this question and makes
the case that philosophy for Cicero was not a retreat from politics but a
continuation of politics by other means . . .” (Amazon.com)
Beck, Hans. Consuls and Res Publica: Holding High Office in the Roman
Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
“The consulate was the focal point of Roman politics. Both the ruling class and
the ordinary citizens fixed their gaze on the republic's highest office - to be
sure, from different perspectives and with differing expectations. While the
former aspired to the consulate as the defining magistracy of their social
status, the latter perceived it as the embodiment of the Roman state. Holding
high office was thus not merely a political exercise. The consulate prefigured all
aspects of public life, with consuls taking care of almost every aspect of the
administration of the Roman state. This multifaceted character of the
consulate invites a holistic investigation. The scope of this book is therefore not
limited to political or constitutional questions. Instead, it investigates the
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the Roman republic.” (Amazon.com)
Boin, Douglas. Ostia in Late Antiquity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2013.
“Ostia Antica - Rome's ancient harbor. Its houses and apartments, taverns and
baths, warehouses, shops, and temples have long contributed to a picture of
daily life in Rome. Recent investigations have revealed, however, that life in
Ostia did not end with a bang but with a whimper. Only on the cusp of the
Middle Ages did the town's residents entrench themselves in a smaller
settlement outside the walls. What can this new evidence tell us about life in
the later Roman Empire, as society navigated an increasingly Christian world?
Ostia in Late Antiquity, the first academic study on Ostia to appear in English in
almost 20 years and the first to treat the Late Antique period, tackles the
dynamics of this transformative time. Drawing on new archaeological research,
including the author's own, and incorporating both material and textual
sources, it presents a social history of the town from the third through ninth
century.” (Amazon.com)
Burton, Paul J. Friendship and Empire: Roman Diplomacy and Imperialism in
the Middle Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
“In this bold new interpretation of the origins of ancient Rome's overseas
empire, Dr. Burton charts the impact of the psychology, language and gesture
associated with the ancient Roman concept of amicitia, or 'friendship'. The
book challenges the prevailing orthodox Cold War-era realist interpretation of
Roman imperialism and argues that language and ideals contributed just as
much to Roman empire-building as military muscle. Using an international
relations constructivist theoretical framework, Dr Burton replaces the modern
scholarly fiction of a Roman empire built on networks of foreign clients and
client-states with an interpretation grounded firmly in the discursive habits of
the ancient texts themselves. The results better account for the peculiar
rhythms of Rome's earliest period of overseas expansion - brief periods of
vigorous military and diplomatic activity, such as the rolling back of Seleucid
power from Asia Minor and Greece in 192-188 BC, followed by long periods of
inactivity.” (Amazon.com)
Coarelli, Filippo. Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide. Berkeley:
University of California Press, 2014.
“This superb guide at last brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most
widely published and best known scholars of Roman archeology and art, to a
wide, English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and
illustrated throughout with clear maps, drawings, and plans, Rome and
Environs: An Archaeological Guide covers all of the city's ancient sites, and,
unlike most other guides, now includes the major monuments in a large area
outside Rome proper but within easy reach, such as Ostia Antica, Palestrina,
Tivoli, and the many areas of interest along the ancient Roman roads. An
essential resource for tourists interested in a deeper understanding of Rome's
classical remains, it is also the ideal book for students and scholars
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(Amazon.com)
Conant, Jonathan. Staying Roman: Conquest and Identity in Africa and the
Mediterranean, 439-700. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
“What did it mean to be Roman once the Roman Empire had collapsed in the
West? Staying Roman examines Roman identities in the region of modern
Tunisia and Algeria between the fifth-century Vandal conquest and the
seventh-century Islamic invasions. Using historical, archaeological and
epigraphic evidence, this study argues that the fracturing of the empire's
political unity also led to a fracturing of Roman identity along political, cultural
and religious lines, as individuals who continued to feel 'Roman' but who were
no longer living under imperial rule sought to redefine what it was that
connected them to their fellow Romans elsewhere. The resulting definitions of
Romanness could overlap, but were not always mutually reinforcing.
Significantly, in late antiquity Romanness had a practical value, and could be
used in remarkably flexible ways to foster a sense of similarity or difference
over space, time and ethnicity, in a wide variety of circumstances.”
(Amazon.com)
Eshleman, Kendra. The Social World of Intellectuals in the Roman Empire:
Sophists, Philosophers, and Christians. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2012.
“This book examines the role of social networks in the formation of identity
among sophists, philosophers and Christians in the early Roman Empire.
Membership in each category was established and evaluated socially as well as
discursively. From clashes over admission to classrooms and communion to
construction of the group's history, integration into the social fabric of the
community served as both an index of identity and a medium through which
contests over status and authority were conducted. The juxtaposition of
patterns of belonging in Second Sophistic and early Christian circles reveals a
shared repertoire of technologies of self-definition, authorization and
institutionalization and shows how each group manipulated and adapted those
strategies to its own needs. This approach provides a more rounded view of the
Second Sophistic and places the early Christian formation of 'orthodoxy' in a
fresh context.” (Amazon.com)
Esmonde Cleary, A. S. (A. Simon). The Roman West, AD 200-500: An
Archaeological Study. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
“This book describes and analyses the development of the Roman West from
Gibraltar to the Rhine, using primarily the extensive body of published
archaeological evidence rather than the textual evidence underlying most other
studies. It situates this development within a longer-term process of change,
proposing the later second century rather than the 'third-century crisis' as the
major turning-point, although the latter had longer-term consequences owing
to the rise in importance of military identities. Elsewhere, more 'traditional'
forms of settlement and display were sustained, to which was added the
vocabulary of Christianity. The longer-term rhythms are also central to
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economic interaction. . .” (Amazon.com)
Flower, Harriet I. Roman Republics. Princeton, Princeton University Press,
2011.
“From the Renaissance to today, the idea that the Roman Republic lasted more
than 450 years--persisting unbroken from the late sixth century to the mid-first
century BC--has profoundly shaped how Roman history is understood, how the
ultimate failure of Roman republicanism is explained, and how republicanism
itself is defined. In Roman Republics, Harriet Flower argues for a completely
new interpretation of republican chronology. Radically challenging the
traditional picture of a single monolithic republic, she argues that there were
multiple republics, each with its own clearly distinguishable strengths and
weaknesses . . . By showing that the Romans created a series of republics, she
reveals that there was much more change--and much less continuity--over the
republican period than has previously been assumed.” (Amazon.com)
Galinsky, Karl. Augustus: Introduction to the Life of an Emperor. Cambridge:
Cambrige University Press, 2012.
“Augustus, Rome's first emperor, is one of the great figures of world history
and one of the most fascinating. In this lively and concise biography Karl
Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification. He chronicles
the mosaic of vicissitudes, challenges, setbacks and successes that shaped
Augustus' life, both public and private. How did he use his power? How did he
manage to keep re-inventing himself? What kind of man was he? A
transformative leader, Augustus engineered profound change in Rome and
throughout the Mediterranean world. No one would have expected such vast
achievements from the frail and little-known eighteen-year-old who became
Caesar's heir amid turmoil and crisis. A mere thirteen years later, after
defeating Antony and Cleopatra, he had, in his words, 'power over all things'.”
(Amazon.com)
Golden, Gregory K. Crisis Management During the Roman Republic: The Role
of Political Institutions in Emergencies. Cambridge: Cambridge University,
2013.
“Crisis Management during the Roman Republic is a comprehensive analysis
of several key incidents in the history of the Republic that can be characterized
as crises, and the institutional response mechanisms that were employed by
the governing apparatus to resolve them. Concentrating on military and other
violent threats to the stability of the governing system, this book highlights
both the strengths and weaknesses of the institutional framework that the
Romans created. Looking at key historical moments . . . Gregory K. Golden
considers how the Romans defined a crisis and what measures were taken to
combat them, including declaring a state of emergency, suspending all non-

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war-related business, and instituting an emergency military draft, as well as
resorting to rule by dictator in the early Republic.” (Amazon.com)
Grey, Cam. Constructing Communities in the Late Roman Countryside.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
“This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the 'small politics' of rural
communities in the Late Roman world. It places the diverse fates of those
communities within a generalized model for exploring rural social systems.
Fundamentally, social interactions in rural contexts in the period revolved
around the desire of individual households to insure themselves against
catastrophic subsistence failure and the need of the communities in which they
lived to manage the attendant social tensions, inequalities and conflicts. A
focus upon the politics of reputation in those communities provides a striking
contrast to the picture painted by the legislation and the writings of Rome's
literate elite: when viewed from the point of view of the peasantry, issues such
as the Christianization of the countryside, the emergence of new types of
patronage relations, and the effects of the new system of taxation upon rural
social structures take on a different aspect.” (Amazon.com)
Grig, Lucy and Kelly, Gavin (eds.) Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in
Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
“The city of Constantinople was named New Rome or Second Rome very soon
after its foundation in AD 324; over the next two hundred years it replaced the
original Rome as the greatest city of the Mediterranean. In this unified essay
collection, prominent international scholars examine the changing roles and
perceptions of Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity from a range of
different disciplines and scholarly perspectives. The seventeen chapters cover
both the comparative development and the shifting status of the two cities.
Developments in politics and urbanism are considered, along with the cities'
changing relationships with imperial power, the church, and each other, and
their evolving representations in both texts and images. These studies present
important revisionist arguments and new interpretations of significant texts
and events. This comparative perspective allows the neglected subject of the
relationship between the two Romes to come into focus while avoiding the
teleological distortions common in much past scholarship.” (Amazon.com)
Heather, Peter. The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial
Pretenders. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
“In 476 AD, the last of Rome's emperors, known as "Augustulus," was deposed
by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen. With the
imperial vestments dispatched to Constantinople, the curtain fell on the Roman
empire in Western Europe, its territories divided among successor kingdoms
constructed around barbarian military manpower. But, if the Roman Empire
was dead, Romans across much of the old empire still lived, holding on to their
lands, their values, and their institutions. The conquering barbarians,
responding to Rome's continuing psychological dominance and the practical
value of many of its institutions, were ready to reignite the imperial flame and
enjoy the benefits. As Peter Heather shows in dazzling biographical portraits,

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each of the three greatest immediate contenders for imperial power--
Theoderic, Justinian, and Charlemagne--operated with a different power base
but was astonishingly successful in his own way.” (Amazon.com)
Heubner, Sabine R. The Family In Roman Egypt. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2013.
“This study captures the dynamics of the everyday family life of the common
people in Roman Egypt, a social strata that constituted the vast majority of any
pre-modern society but rarely figures in ancient sources or in modern
scholarship. The documentary papyri and, above all, the private letters and the
census returns provide us with a wealth of information on these people not
available for any other region of the ancient Mediterranean. The book
discusses such things as family composition and household size and the
differences between urban and rural families, exploring what can be ascribed
to cultural patterns, economic considerations and/or individual preferences by
setting the family in Roman Egypt into context with other pre-modern societies
where families adopted such strategies to deal with similar exigencies of their
daily lives.” (Amazon.com)
Katsari, Constantina. The Roman Monetary System: The Eastern Provinces
from the First to the Third Century AD. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2011.
“The Roman monetary system was highly complex. It involved official Roman
coins in both silver and bronze, which some provinces produced while others
imported them from mints in Rome and elsewhere, as well as, in the East, a
range of civic coinages. This is a comprehensive study of the workings of the
system in the Eastern provinces from the Augustan period to the third century
AD, when the Roman Empire suffered a monetary and economic crisis. The
Eastern provinces exemplify the full complexity of the system, but comparisons
are made with evidence from the Western provinces as well as with
appropriate case studies from other historical times and places. The book will
be essential for all Roman historians and numismatists and of interest to a
broader range of historians of economics and finance.” (Amazon.com)

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Kelly, Christopher (ed.) Theodosius II: Rethinking the Roman Empire in Late
Antiquity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
“Theodosius II (AD 408-450) was the longest reigning Roman emperor. Ever
since Edward Gibbon, he has been dismissed as mediocre and ineffectual. Yet
Theodosius ruled an empire which retained its integrity while the West was
broken up by barbarian invasions. This book explores Theodosius' challenges
and successes. Ten essays by leading scholars of late antiquity provide
important new insights into the court at Constantinople, the literary and
cultural vitality of the reign, and the presentation of imperial piety and power.
Much attention has been directed towards the changes promoted by
Constantine at the beginning of the fourth century; much less to their
crystallisation under Theodosius II. This volume explores the working out of
new conceptions of the Roman Empire - its history, its rulers and its God. A
substantial introduction offers a new framework for thinking afresh about the
long transition from the classical world to Byzantium.” (Amazon.com)
Laes, Christian and Strubbe, Johan. Youth in the Roman Empire: The Young
and the Restless Years? Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
“Modern society has a negative view of youth as a period of storm and stress,
but at the same time cherishes the idea of eternal youth. How does this
compare with ancient Roman society? Did a phase of youth exist there with its
own characteristics? How was youth appreciated? This book studies the lives
and the image of youngsters (around 15-25 years of age) in the Latin West and
the Greek East in the Roman period. Boys and girls of all social classes come to
the fore; their lives, public and private, are sketched with the help of a range of
textual and documentary sources, while the authors also employ the results of
recent neuropsychological research. The result is a highly readable and wide-
ranging account of how the crucial transition between childhood and
adulthood operated in the Roman world.” (Amazon.com)
Laurence, Ray. The City in the Roman West, c.250 BC-c.AD 250. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2011.
“The city is widely regarded as the most characteristic expression of the social,
cultural and economic formations of the Roman Empire. This was especially
true in the Latin-speaking West, where urbanism was much less deeply
ingrained than in the Greek-speaking East but where networks of cities grew up
during the centuries following conquest and occupation. This up-to-date and
well-illustrated synthesis provides students and specialists with an overview of
the development of the city in Italy, Gaul, Britain, Germany, Spain and North
Africa, whether their interests lie in ancient history, Roman archaeology or the
wider history of urbanism. It accounts not only for the city's geographical and
temporal spread and its associated monuments (such as amphitheatres and
baths), but also for its importance to the rulers of the Empire as well as the
provincials and locals.” (Amazon.com)

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Lott, J. Bert. Death and Dynasty in Early Imperial Rome: Key Sources, with
Text, Translation, and Commentary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2012.
“The founding of the Roman principate was a time of great turmoil. During the
nascent stages of this change, there was an evolving sense of empire and
inheritance. By bringing together a set of important Latin inscriptions, including
the recently discovered documents concerning the death of Germanicus and
trial of Calpurnius Piso, this book illustrates the developing sense of dynasty
that underpinned the new monarchy of Augustus. Students can see the process
by which monarchy of Roman Empire was established by examining
contemporary official documents and also understand why some inscriptions
were established permanently. It provides a historical commentary on the
inscriptions that will be useful to students and scholars alike and supplies
important technical help in understanding the production of documents and
inscriptions. These technical explanations make it an excellent starting point for
introducing students to Roman epigraphy.” (Cambridge.org)
MacMullen, Ramsay. The Earliest Romans: A Character Sketch. UPCC Book
Collections on Project Muse. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press,
c2011.
“The ancient Romans' story down to 264 B.C. can be made credible by stripping
away their later myths and inventions to show how their national character
shaped their destiny. After many generations of scholarly study, consensus is
clear: the account in writers like Livy is not to be trusted because their aims
were different from ours in history-writing . . . If, however, all this resulting
ancient fiction and adornment are pruned away, a national character can be
seen in the remaining bits and pieces of credible information, to explain the
familiar story at least in its outlines.” (Amazon.com)
Mattern, Susan P. The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
“Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216) began his remarkable career tending
to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor. Later in life he achieved great
distinction as one of a small circle of court physicians to the family of Emperor
Marcus Aurelius, at the very heart of Roman society. Susan Mattern's The
Prince of Medicine offers the first authoritative biography in English of this
brilliant, audacious, and profoundly influential figure. Like many Greek
intellectuals living in the high Roman Empire, Galen was a prodigious
polymath, writing on subjects as varied as ethics and eczema, grammar and
gout. Indeed, he was (as he claimed) as highly regarded in his lifetime for his
philosophical works as for his medical treatises. However, it is for medicine that
he is most remembered today, and from the later Roman Empire through the
Renaissance, medical education was based largely on his works. . .”
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Mouritsen, Henrik. The Freedman in the Roman World. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2011.
“Freedmen occupied a place in Roman society between slaves on the one hand
and full citizens on the other. Playing an extremely important role in the
economic life of the Roman world, they were also a key instrument for
replenishing and even increasing the size of the citizen body; but their position
between slave and citizen was of course not unproblematic. Henrik Mouritsen
presents an original synthesis of Roman manumission, for the first time
covering both Republic and Empire in a single volume. While providing up-to-
date discussions of most significant aspects of the phenomenon, the book also
offers a new understanding of the practice itself, its role in the organisation of
slave labour and the Roman economy, as well as the deep-seated ideological
concerns to which it gave rise. It locates the freedman in a broader social and
economic context, explaining the remarkable popularity of manumission in the
Roman world.” (Amazon.com)
O’Sullivan, Timothy M. Walking in Roman Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2011.
“Walking served as an occasion for the display of power and status in ancient
Rome, where great men paraded with their entourages through city streets
and elite villa owners strolled with friends in private colonnades and gardens.
In this first book-length treatment of the culture of walking in ancient Rome,
Timothy O'Sullivan explores the careful attention which Romans paid to the
way they moved through their society. He employs a wide range of literary,
artistic, and architectural evidence to reveal the crucial role that walking
played in the performance of social status, the discourse of the body and the
representation of space. By examining how Roman authors depict walking, this
book sheds new light on the Romans themselves - not only how they perceived
themselves and their experience of the world, but also how they drew
distinctions between work and play, mind and body, and republic and empire.”
(Amazon.com)
Perry, Matthew J. Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman. New
York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
“Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman examines the distinct
problem posed by the manumission of female slaves in ancient Rome. The
sexual identities of a female slave and a female citizen were fundamentally
incompatible, as the former was principally defined by her sexual availability
and the latter by her sexual integrity. Accordingly, those evaluating the
manumission process needed to reconcile a woman's experiences as a slave
with the expectations and moral rigor required of the female citizen. The figure
of the freedwoman-fictionalized and real-provides an extraordinary lens into
the matter of how Romans understood, debated, and experienced the sheer
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impinged upon this process, and the community stakes in the institution of
manumission.” (Amazon.com)
Pina Polo, Francisco. The Consul at Rome: The Civil Functions of the Consuls in
the Roman Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
“In modern times there have been studies of the Roman Republican institutions
as a whole as well as in-depth analyses of the senate, the popular assemblies,
the tribunate of the plebs, the aedileship, the praetorship and the censorship.
However, the consulship, the highest magistracy of the Roman Republic, has
not received the same attention from scholars. The purpose of this book is to
analyse the tasks that consuls performed in the civil sphere during their term of
office between the years 367 and 50 BC, using the preserved ancient sources as
its basis. In short, it is a study of the consuls 'at work', both within and outside
the city of Rome, in such varied fields as religion, diplomacy, legislation,
jurisdiction, colonisation, elections, and day-to-day politics. Clearly and
accessibly written, it will provide an indispensable reference work for all
scholars and students of the history of the Roman Republic.” (Amazon.com)
Santangelo, Federico. Divination, Prediction, and the End of the Roman
Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
“This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the intersection between
Roman politics, culture and divination in the late Republic. It discusses how the
practice of divination changed at a time of great political and social change
and explores the evidence for a critical reflection and debate on the limits of
divination and prediction in the second and first centuries BC. Divination was a
central feature in the workings of the Roman government and this book
explores the ways in which it changed under the pressure of factors of socio-
political complexity and disruption. It discusses the ways in which the problem
of the prediction of the future is constructed in the literature of the period.
Finally, it explores the impact that the emergence of the Augustan regime had
on the place of divination in Rome and the role that divinatory themes had in
shaping the ideology of the new regime.” (Amazon.com)
Spawforth, A.J.S. Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution: Greek Culture
in the Roman World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
“This book examines the impact of the Roman cultural revolution under
Augustus on the Roman province of Greece. It argues that the transformation
of Roman Greece into a classicizing 'museum' was a specific response of the
provincial Greek elites to the cultural politics of the Roman imperial monarchy.
Against a background of Roman debates about Greek culture and Roman
decadence, Augustus promoted the ideal of a Roman debt to a 'classical'
Greece rooted in Europe and morally opposed to a stereotyped Asia. In Greece
the regime signalled its admiration for Athens, Sparta, Olympia and Plataea as
symbols of these past Greek glories. Cued by the Augustan monarchy,
provincial-Greek notables expressed their Roman orientation by competitive
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emphasising Greece's 'classical' legacy. Reprised by Hadrian, the Augustan
construction of 'classical' Greece helped to promote the archaism typifying
Greek culture under the principate.” (Amazon.com)
Traina, Guisto. 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire.
Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2011.
“This is a sweeping tour of the Mediterranean world from the Atlantic to Persia
during the last half-century of the Roman Empire. By focusing on a single year
not overshadowed by an epochal event, 428 AD provides a truly fresh look at a
civilization in the midst of enormous change--as Christianity takes hold in rural
areas across the empire, as western Roman provinces fall away from those in
the Byzantine east, and as power shifts from Rome to Constantinople. Taking
readers on a journey through the region, Giusto Traina describes the empires'
people, places, and events in all their simultaneous richness and variety. The
result is an original snapshot of a fraying Roman world on the edge of the
medieval era. The result is an original snapshot of a fraying Roman world on
the edge of the medieval era.” (Amazon.com)
Van Dam, Raymond. Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012.
“Constantine's victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge established his
rule as the first Christian emperor. This book examines the creation and
dissemination of the legends about that battle and its significance. Christian
histories, panegyrics, and an honorific arch at Rome soon commemorated his
victory, and the emperor himself contributed to the myth by describing his
vision of a cross in the sky before the battle. Through meticulous research into
the late Roman narratives and the medieval and Byzantine legends, this book
moves beyond a strictly religious perspective by emphasizing the conflicts
about the periphery of the Roman empire, the nature of emperorship, and the
role of Rome as a capital city. Throughout late antiquity and the medieval
period, memories of Constantine's victory served as a powerful paradigm for
understanding rulership in a Christian society.” (Amazon.com)
Winterling, Aloys. Caligula: A Biography. Berkeley: University of California
Press, 2011.
“The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from A.D. 37 to 41 as a tyrant who
ultimately became a monster. An exceptionally smart and cruelly witty man,
Caligula made his contemporaries worship him as a god. He drank pearls
dissolved in vinegar and ate food covered in gold leaf. He forced men and
women of high rank to have sex with him, turned part of his palace into a
brothel, and committed incest with his sisters. He wanted to make his horse a
consul. Torture and executions were the order of the day. Both modern and
ancient interpretations have concluded from this alleged evidence that Caligula
was insane. But was he? . . . In a deft account written for a general audience,
Aloys Winterling opens a new perspective on the man and his times. Basing

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Caligula on a thorough new assessment of the ancient sources, he sets the
emperor's story into the context of the political system and the changing
relations between the senate and the emperor during Caligula's time and finds
a new rationality explaining his notorious brutality.” (Amazon.com)
Woolf, Greg. Rome: An Empire’s Story. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
“The idea of empire was created in ancient Rome and even today the Roman
empire offers a powerful image for thinking about imperialism. Traces of its
monuments and literature can be found across Europe, the Near East, and
North Africa - and sometimes even further afield. This is the story of how this
mammoth empire was created, how it was sustained in crisis, and how it
shaped the world of its rulers and subjects - a story spanning a millennium and
a half. Chapters that tell the story of the unfolding of Rome's empire alternate
with discussions based on the most recent evidence into the conditions that
made the Roman imperial achievement possible and also so durable, covering
topics as diverse as ecology, slavery, and the cult paid to gods and men. . .”
(Metrostate E-Book Library Online Catalog)
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Holdings Related To Sub-topics
Roman Civilization, Page 32.
Archaic (Pre-Republican) Rome, Page 32.
The Roman Republic, Page 32.
The Early Roman Empire, Page 33.
Late Antique Roman Civilization, Page 34.
Women in Roman Civilization, Page 34.
Gender and Sexuality, Page 34.
Slaves and Freedpersons, Page 35.
Non-Elites in Roman Civilization, Page 35.
Ethnic Identities and 'Being Roman', Page 35.
Regionalism within the Empire, Page 35.
The Roman Economy, Page 36.
Roman Governmental Policy, Page 36.
The Lives of Roman Individuals, Page 36.
Roman (Pagan Religions), Page 37.
Family in the Roman World, Page 37.
Roman Urbanism, Page 37.
Roman Rural Environments, Page 37.
Archaeology of the Roman World, Page 37.
Literature, Philosophy, Intellectual Thought, Page 38.
Roman Art, Page 38.
Food in the Roman World, Page 38.

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Roman Civilization (General)
A Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome, 1. (Print.)
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies, 2.
(Print.)
The Romans: From Village to Empire, 3. (Print.)
Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, 4. (Print.)
Rome: The Biography of a City, 7. (Print.)
Rome: An Empire's Story, 16, 30. (Print and E-
Book.)
The History of Ancient Rome, 17. (Audio/Visual.)
Experiencing Rome: A Visual Exploration of
Antiquity's Greatest Empire, 19. (Audio/Visual.)
Walking in Roman Culture, 28. (E-Book.)
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World,
14. (Print.)
Archaic (Pre-Republican) Rome
The Romans: From Village to Empire, 3 (Print.)
Rome: The Biography of a City, 7 (Print.)
Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New
Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders, 11
(Print.)
The Earliest Romans: A Character Sketch, 27
(Print.)
The Roman Republic
Chronicle of the Roman Republic: The Rulers of
Ancient Rome from Romulus to Augustus, 8.
(Print.)
Cicero in Letters: Epistolary Relations of the Late
Republic, 15. (Print.)
A Written Republic: Cicero's Philosophical Politics,
20. (E-Book.)
Consuls and Res Publica: Holding High Office in
the Roman Republic, 20. (E-Book.)
Friendship and Empire: Roman Diplomacy and
Imperialism in the Middle Republic, 21. (E-Book.)
Roman Republics, 23. (E-Book.)
Crisis Management During the Roman Republic:
The Role of Political Institutions in Emergencies,
23. (E-Book.)
Divination, Prediction, and the End of the Roman
Republic, 29. (E-Book.)
The Consul at Rome: The Civil Functions of the
Consuls in the Roman Republic, 28. (E-Book.)
Clodia Metelli: The Tribune's Sister, 13. (Print.)
Hispaniae, Spain and the Development of Roman
Imperialism, 212-82 BC, 11. (Print.)

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The Early Roman Empire
The City in Roman And Byzantine Egypt, 1. (Print.)
Rome in the East: The Transformation of an
Empire, 1. (Print.)
Chronicles, Consuls, and Coins: Historiography
and History in the Later Roman Empire, 3. (Print.)
The Ancient Middle Classes: Urban Life and
Aesthetics in the Roman Empire, 100 BCE-250 CE.,
9. (Print.)
Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign-by-
Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial Rome, 12.
(Print.)
Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late
Antiquity, 24. (E-Book.)
Theodosius II: Rethinking the Roman Empire in
Late Antiquity, 25. (Print.)
Death and Dynasty in Early Imperial Rome: Key
Sources, with Text, Translation, and Commentary,
26. (Print.)
Nero Caesar Augustus: Emperor of Rome, 12.
(Print.)
Galla Placidia: The Last Empress of Rome, 13.
(Print.)
Rome and the Barbarians, 18. (Audio/Visual.)
Theoderic and the Roman Imperial Restoration,
20. (E-Book.)
The Roman West, AD 200-500: An Archaeological
Study, 22. (E-Book.)
Augustus: Introduction to the Life of an Emperor,
23. (E-Book.)
428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the
Roman Empire, 29. (Print.)
Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution:
Greek Culture in the Roman World, 29. (Print.)
Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge,
30. (Print.)
Caligula: A Biography, 30 (Print.)

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Late Antique Roman Civilization
The City in Roman and Byzantine Egypt, 1 (Print.)
Chronicles, Consuls, and Coins: Historiography
and History in the Later Roman Empire, 3 (Print.)
The Last Pagans of Rome, 4 (Print.)
Galla Placidia: The Last Empress of Rome, 13
(Print.)
Rome and the Barbarians, 18 (Audio/Visual.)
Theoderic and the Roman Imperial Restoration,
20 (E-Book.)
Ostia in Late Antiquity, 21 (E-Book.)
Staying Roman: Conquest and Identity in Africa
and the Mediterranean, 439-700, 22 (E-Book.)
The Roman West, AD 200-500: An Archaeological
Study, 22 (E-Book.)
Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late
Antiquity, 24 (E-Book.)
The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and
Imperial Pretenders, 24 (E-Book.)
Constructing Communities in the Late Roman
Countryside, 24 (E-Book.)
Theodosius II: Rethinking the Roman Empire in
Late Antiquity, 25 (E-Book.)
428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the
Roman Empire, 29 (E-Book.)
Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge,
30 (E-Book.)
Women in Roman Civilization
On the Margin: Marginalized Groups in Ancient
Rome, 2 (Print.)
Invisible Romans, 7 (Print.)
Galla Placidia: The Last Empress of Rome, 13
(Print.)
Clodia Metelli: The Tribune's Sister, 13 (Print.)
Gender, Manumission, and the Roman
Freedwoman, 13 (E-Book.)
Gender and Sexuality
Invisible Romans, 7 (Print.)
Roman Homosexuality: Ideologies of Masculinity
in Classical Antiquity, 15 (Print.)
Gender, Manumission, and the Roman
Freedwoman, 28 (E-Book.)
A Companion to Petronius, 5 (Print.)

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Slaves and Freedpersons
On the Margin: Marginalized Groups in Ancient
Rome, 2 (Print.)
Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, 4 (Print.)
Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans, 5 (Print.)
A Companion to Petronius, 5 (Print.)
Slavery and the Roman Literary Imagination, 6
(Print.)
Invisible Romans, 7 (Print.)
The Ancient Middle Classes: Urban Life and
Aesthetics in the Roman Empire, 100 BCE-250 CE,
9 (Print.)
The Freedman in the Roman World, 27 (E-Book.)
Gender, Manumission, and the Roman
Freedwoman, 27 (E-Book.)
Non-Elites in Roman Civilization
On the Margin: Marginalized Groups in Ancient
Rome, 2 (Print.)
Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans, 5 (Print.)
Invisible Romans, 7 (Print.)
The Ancient Middle Classes: Urban Life and
Aesthetics in the Roman Empire, 100 BCE-250 CE,
9 (Print.)
Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New
Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders, 11
(Print.)
Constructing Communities in the Late Roman
Countryside, 24 (E-Book.)
The Freedman in the Roman World, 27 (E-Book.)
Gender, Manumission, and the Roman
Freedwoman, 28 (E-Book.)
Ethnic Identities and ‘Being
Roman’
Rome in the East: The Transformation of an
Empire, 1 (Print.)
Theoderic and the Roman Imperial Restoration,
20 (E-Book.)
Staying Roman: Conquest and Identity in Africa
and the Mediterranean, 439-700, 22 (E-Book.)
The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and
Imperial Pretenders, 24 (E-Book.)
Regionalism within the Empire
The City in Roman and Byzantine Egypt, 1 (Print.)
The Romans in Spain, 12 (Print.)
The Roman West, AD 200-500: An Archaeological
Study, 24 (E-Book.)
Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late
Antiquity, 24 (E-Book.)
The Family in Roman Egypt, 25 (E-Book.)
The Roman Monetary System: The Eastern
Provinces from the First to the Third Century AD,
25 (E-Book.)
The City in the Roman West, c250 BC-c AD 250, 26
(E-Book.)
Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution:
Greek Culture in the Roman World, 29. (Print.)

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The Roman Economy
The Ancient Middle Classes: Urban Life and Aesthetics in
the Roman Empire, 100 BCE-250 CE, 9 (Print.)
Ostia in Late Antiquity, 21 (E-Book.)
The Roman Monetary System: The Eastern Provinces from
the First to the Third Century AD, 25 (E-Book.)
Roman Governmental Policy
The Roman Triumph, 3 (Print.)
Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the
Conflict of the Orders, 11 (Print.)
Hispaniae, Spain, and the Development of Roman
Imperialism, 11 (Print.)
A Written Republic: Cicero's Philosophical Politics, 20 (E-
Book.)
Consuls and Res Publica: Holding High Office in the
Roman Republic, 20 (E-Book.)
Friendship and Empire: Roman Diplomacy and
Imperialism in the Middle Republic, 21 (E-Book.)
Roman Republics, 23 (E-Book.)
Crisis Management During the Roman Republic: The Role
of Political Institutions in Emergencies, 23 (E-Book.)
The Consul at Rome: The Civil Functions of the Consuls in
the Roman Republic, 28 (E-Book.)
The Lives of Roman Individuals
Nero Caesar Augustus: Emperor of Rome, 12
(Print.)
Galla Placidia: The Last Empress of Rome, 13
(Print.)
Clodia Metelli: The Tribune's Sister, 13 (Print.)
Cicero in Letters: Epistolary Relations of the Late
Republic, 15 (Print.)
Theoderic and the Roman Imperial Restoration,
20 (E-Book.)
A Written Republic: Cicero's Philosophical Politics,
20 (E-Book.)
Augustus: Introduction to the Life of an Emperor,
23 (E-Book.)
Theodosius II: Rethinking the Roman Empire in
Late Antiquity, 25 (E-Book.)
The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman
Empire, 27 (E-Book.)
Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge,
30 (E-Book.)
Caligula: A Biography, 30 (E-Book.)

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Roman (Pagan) Religions
Religions of Rome: Volumes 1 & 2, 2 (Print.)
The Last Pagans of Rome, 4 (Print.)
The Religious History of the Roman Empire, 10
(Print.)
Ovid's Fasti, 10 (Print.)
An Introduction to Roman Religion, 12 (Print.)
The Cults of the Roman Empire, 14 (Print.)
The Aeneid, 15 (Print.)
Living with Myths: The Imagery of the Roman
Sarcophagi, 16 (Print.)
Divination, Prediction, and the End of the Roman
Republic, 29 (Print.)
Roman Urbanism
The City in Roman and Byzantine Egypt, 1 (Print.)
Roman Pompeii: Space and Society, 8 (Print.)
Roman City: A Unicorn Projects Presents, 18
(Audio/Visual.)
Ostia in Late Antiquity, 21 (E-Book.)
Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late
Antiquity, 24 (E-Book.)
The City in the Roman West, c.250 BC-c. AD 250,
26 (E-Book.)
Roman Rural Environments
Constructing Communities in the Late Roman
Countryside, 24 (E-Book.)
Family in the Roman World
The Roman Family, 5 (Print.)
The Ancient Middle Classes: Urban Life and
Aesthetics in the Roman Empire, 100 BCE-250 CE,
9 (Print.)
Wall Painting in the Roman House, 9 (Print.)
The Family in Roman Egypt, 25 (E-Book.)
Youth in the Roman Empire: The Young and the
Restless Years?, 26 (E-Book.)
Death and Dynasty in Early Imperial Rome: Key
Sources, With Text, Translation, and
Commentary, 26 (E-Book.)
Archaeology of the Roman World
Rome (An Oxford Archaeological Guide), 4 (Print.)
Roman Pompeii: Space and Society, 8 (Print.)
Wall Painting in the Roman House, 9 (Print.)
The Colosseum, 10 (Print.)
Living With Myths: The Imagery of the Roman
Sarcophagi, 16 (Print.)
Roman Roads: Paths to Empire, 17 (Audio/Visual.)
Classical Archaeology of Ancient Rome, 17
(Audio/Visual.)
Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide, 21
(E-Book.)
The Roman West, AD 200-500: An Archaeological
Study, 22 (E-Book.)

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Literature, Philosophy, and
Intellectual Thought
A Companion to Petronius, 5 (Print.)
Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry,
6 (Print.)
Slavery and the Roman Literary Imagination, 6
(Print.)
The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire, 7
(Print.)
The Cambridge Companion to Virgil, 8 (Print.)
Tacitus' Annals (Oxford Approaches to Classical
Literature), 9 (Print.)
Literature in the Roman World, 14 (Print.)
The Aeneid, 15 (Print.)
Cicero in Letters: Epistolary Relations of the Late
Republic, 15 (Print.)
A Written Republic: Cicero's Philosophical Politics,
20 (E-Book.)
The Social World of Intellectuals in the Roman
Empire: Sophists, Philosophers, and Christians, 22
(E-Book.)
Roman Art
Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans, 5 (Print.)
Wall Painting in the Roman House, 9 (Print.)
The Social History of Roman Art, 13 (Print.)
Living with Myths: The Imagery of the Roman
Sarcophagi, 16 (Print.)
Food in the Roman World
Around the Roman Table: Food and Feasting in
Ancient Rome, 6 (Print.)