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>>SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
>>Three volumes M Rostovtzeff Widely regarded as a landmark study of the
>>Hellenistic period, Rostovtzeff"s "Social and Economic History" has been
>>described as having "defined the fundamental characteristics of Greek
>>society in the centuries after Alexander the Great. Drawing not just on
>>written sources, but on extensive archaeological and numismatic
>>evidence, Rostovtzeff traces the development of social and economic
>>phenomena in the light of the political, constitutional and cultural
>>developments of the era. Volumes I and II follow events from the wars of
>>succession and the formation of the leading Hellenisitic monarchies,
>>through the formation of a political balance of power and the
>>stabilisation of economic and social conditions, to the decay of the
>>monarchies. Volume II concludes with an extended discussion of the new
>>features developed during the Hellenistic period "the political and
>>cultural unity achieved throughout the region of Alexander"s conquests
>>and the relations and divisions between Greeks and native populations.
>>Volume III consists of notes on literary, epigraphical, papyrological,
>>numismatic and archaeological sources, and references to later
>>scholarship. First published: 1941HB 688pp/ 778pp/ 465pp 230 x 150mm
>>(Three volume set)
>>
>>SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
>>Two volumes M Rostovtzeff First published in 1926, and revised by PM
>>Fraser in 1957, Rostovtzeff"s flawed classic has been described as "the
>>source, the inspiration and the despair of scholars", enlarging the role
>>of archaeological evidence in the writing of ancient history. It also
>>looks to what Stirling Dow called "the seismic power of economic facts"
>>and was the first to interpret the social and economic history of
>>ancient Rome in the light of modern events. Rostovtzeff traces the
>>stages of Roman history from "feudal capitalism", through the collapse
>>of city-capitalism to the acute economic crisis of the third century
>>which brought about a rapid decline of business activity and the
>>resuscitation of primitive forms of economy. Roman civilisation and
>>culture he saw as refined by its aristocracy and finally destroyed by
>>the lower classes in their "onslaught on the city bourgeoisie". First
>>published: 1926 Michael Ivanovitch Rostovtzeff (1870-1952), leading
>>historian of the ancient world. He left Russia and worked first in
>>Oxford, then Yale from 1925. Other books include: Iranians and Greeks in
>>South Russia (1922 Oxford); A Large Estate in Egypt in the Third Century
>>BC (1922 Madison); History of the Ancient World (trans. Duff 1926-7
>>Oxford); and The Excavations of Dura-Europos (ed. Reports) 1929-52. HB
>>652pp/ 316pp 230 x 150mm (Two volume set)
>>
>>
>>CITIES OF THE EASTERN ROMAN PROVINCES AHM Jones
>>This book traces the diffusion of the Greek city as a political
>>institution throughout the lands of the Roman Empire bordering the
>>Eastern Mediterranean over a period extending from Alexander"s conquest
>>of the East to the end of the sixth century. Arranged in order of
>>annexation, the regions are dealt with individually. The study examines
>>to what extent native institutions were capable of being adapted to the
>>Greek conception of the city, the activities of Hellenistic kings in
>>founding cities and the spontaneous diffusion of Greek political
>>institutions in the Hellenisation of the East. Jones also describes the
>>restrictive effect of centralised administrative policy on some
>>dynasties and the growth of cities in their dominions, and various
>>aspects of the relations between cities and central government,
>>including the cities" role in the economic life of the empire. Other
>>topics discussed include the local responsibilities of cities, their
>>internal and political life and their economic effect on surrounding
>>countryside. First published: 1937 AHM Jones (1904-70) has been
>>described as "the greatest contributor in English to Roman Imperial
>>History since Gibbon". Professor of Ancient History, University College
>>London (1946-51); Cambridge (1951-70). Other books include Ancient
>>Economic History (1948 London); The Greek City from Alexander to
>>Justinian (1949 Oxford); The Later Roman Empire 284-602 (two volumes
>>1964 Oxford); Sparta (1967 Oxford); Augustus (1970 Oxford); The Roman
>>Economy: Studies in Ancient Economic and Administrative History (1974
>>Oxford). HB 614pp 230 x 150mm
>>
>>
>>PORPHYRIUS THE CHARIOTEER Alan Cameron
>>Porphyrius Calliopas was the greatest of all the heroes of the sixth
>>century Byzantine hippodrome, celebrated in the Anthology and in
>>monumental reliefs. Only two bases of monuments to Porphyrius survive,
>>the second found in 1963. Cameron presents the first published study of
>>this second base, explaining the inscriptions and also reassessing the
>>first base in the light of the new evidence. He infers from the
>>remaining epigrams that there were a further five monuments to
>>Porphyrius and contemporary charioteers, now lost. The book reconstructs
>>the careers of the charioteers, exploring their fame and material
>>rewards and the sudden increase in the scale of their monuments. It also
>>discusses the changing fortunes of the hippodrome under the emperors
>>Anastasius and Justinian, and the vexed issue of faction violence. First
>>published: 1973 HB 314pp 215 x 135mm
>>
>>CIRCUS FACTIONS Blues and Greens at Rome and Byzantium Alan Cameron
>>Conceived as a companion volume to Porphyrius the Charioteer, this study
>>traces the history and significance of what are generally known as
>>"Circus factions" from the principate of Augustus to the eve of the
>>Crusades, dealing mainly with the late Roman to early Byzantine periods.
>>Cameron offers a thorough-going criticism of the "traditional"
>>presupposition "that racing was a thin facade for social and religious
>>conflict. In its place, he presents what is essentially the history of
>>chariot racing, its organisation, participants and spectator supporters.
>>He shows how circus entertainments developed from privately mounted
>>games to publicly funded entertainments and studies the changing nature
>>of factions to their incorporation in the games" imperial ceremonial and
>>consequent decline. First published: 1976 HB 374pp 215 x 135mm
>>
>>
>> GALEN ON ANATOMICAL PROCEDURES Translation of the Surviving Books with
>>Introduction and Notes Charles Singer A practical rather than
>>theoretical work, describing the procedure of dissection and
>>physiological experiment, the Anatomical Procedures is, Singer believes,
>>a verbatim transcription of lectures delivered in Rome in AD 177. There
>>is no comparable work in ancient literature and none more influential in
>>the history of modern anatomy. The text was taken up by Versalius in
>>1531, but the experiments Galen records are, in the words of Singer,
>>"among those that determined a physiological standpoint which was not
>>improved upon for 1,450 years, that is until Harvey published his
>>results in 1628. This volume provides a translation of the surviving
>>Greek text (Book I to the first part of Book IX), based on the Kühn
>>edition (1821). In his introduction Singer discusses the various schools
>>of medicine in Imperial Rome, the problems of translating a work written
>>without an existing technical vocabulary, and difficulties arising from
>>Galen"s use of Rhesus monkeys. First published: 1956 Charles Singer
>>(1876-1960) Emeritus Professor University of London; Honorary Fellow of
>>Magdalene College, Oxford; Fellow of University College, London. Other
>>books: Greek Biology and Greek Medicine (1922); History of the Discovery
>>of the Circulation of the Blood (1922); Studies in History and Method of
>>Science (1917 & 1920); A Short History of Science (1941) HB 316pp 215 x
>>135mm
>>
>> GREEK AND ROMAN ARTILLERY Historical Development EW Marsden presents a
>>comprehensive account of the development and historical employment of
>>ancient artillery from its invention in 399 BC to the collapse of the
>>Roman Empire in the West (cAD 400). Among the many topics raised are the
>>influence of the introduction of artillery on warfare, the organisation
>>of artillery by states and monarchs, the obtaining of artificers and the
>>training of artillerymen by ancient governments, and the effects of
>>artillery on the design of fortifications. The work is based on the
>>Greek and Latin texts describing the construction of catapults,
>>ballistae and other machines translated in Greek and Roman Artillery:
>>Technical Treatises, also by Marsden. First published: 1969 HB 252pp 230
>>x 150mm
>>
>> GREEK AND ROMAN ARTILLERY Technical Treatises EW Marsden This book
>>contains interpretations of five principal treatises which may be
>>regarded as a unique group in the field of ancient applied mechanics.
>>The evidence they provide enables Marsden to trace in considerable
>>detail mechanical progress in the construction of Greek and Roman
>>artillery over a period of five centuries and more. The texts presented
>>here have been prepared from the texts, critical apparatuses and
>>comments of earlier scholars, while Marsden"s translations are new. Each
>>major text and translation is followed by detailed notes with diagrams.
>>The general introduction discusses dates and sources, and the manuscript
>>tradition of the Greek treatises on artillery. First published: 1971 HB
>>310pp 230 x 150mm
>>
>> 5 HISTORY OF CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP 1300-1850 Rudolf Pfeiffer Taking up
>>the story with the revival of classical studies inspired by Petrarch,
>>Professor Pfeiffer describes the achievements of the Italian humanists
>>and the independent movement in Holland that culminated in Erasmus and
>>the German scholar-reformers. He traces the development of classical
>>scholarship in the countries of Western Europe through the next 200
>>years, with particular attention to 16th century France and 18th century
>>England, and concludes with an account of the new approach made by
>>Winckelmann and his successors in Germany. First published: 1976 Rudolf
>>Pfeiffer (1889-1979) Other works: Ed. Callimachus 2 vols (1949/53);
>>History of Classical Scholarship Vol I (1968) [Sandpiper Reprint] HB
>>224pp 215 x 135mm
>>
>> ARISTOTLE ON COMING-TO-BE AND PASSING-AWAY (De Generatione et
>>Corruptione) A Revised Text, Introduction and Commentary HH Joachim The
>>foremost textual critic and interpreter of Spinoza and Aristotle of his
>>generation, Harold Joachim provides a completely revised text of De
>>Generatione et Corruptione based on a collation of six manuscripts, and
>>taking into consideration the commentary of Philoponus and the 15th
>>century Latin translation by Asulanus. Following the Physics and De
>>Caelo, Aristotle"s treatise forms a part of his natural philosophy which
>>defines a type of change, distinct from alteration, growth or
>>diminution, among "simple" natural sublunary bodies. Joachim describes
>>the work as "full of allusions to the speculations of his predecessors
>>and contemporaries and "inextricably interwoven with the theories
>>elaborated in his other works, and this philosophical richness is fully
>>explored in the Commentary. The Preface details the manuscript sources
>>and the Introduction offers a lucid account of Aristotle"s conception of
>>a "science" and the place of De Generatione et Corruptione in his
>>writings on natural philosophy. First published: 1925 HH Joachim
>>(1868-1938) Fellow and Tutor, Merton College Oxford; Wykeham Professor
>>of Logic fr. 1919. Other books: A Study of the Ethics of Spinoza (1901);
>>The Nature of Truth (1906); Artistotle"s De Lineis Insecabilibus (1908);
>>Commentary on Spinoza"s Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione (1940). HB
>>344pp 215 x 135mm
>>
>> THE WESTERN GREEKS The History of Sicily and South Italy from the
>>Foundations of Greek Colonies to 480 BC TJ Dunbabin From the first Greek
>>contacts with Etruria, Latium and Sicily in the eighth century BC to the
>>clash with the Carthaginians and the battle at Himera that marked "the
>>last stage of the growing up of the colonies in 480 BC, Dunbabin
>>provides a colonial history of "Great Greece". He describes the
>>foundation and expansion of the colonies and traces the process of
>>hellenisation in southern Italy and Sicily. Drawing in part on his own
>>researches with Paolo Orsi in Syracuse, Dunbabin combines archaeological
>>evidence and literary history to examine the colonies" relations with
>>the mother country and with the native element in the colonised lands;
>>the development within the colonies, covering agriculture, commerce,
>>communications, art and industry as well as political growth; and their
>>relations with other peoples the Phoenicians, Etruscans and
>>Carthaginians. First published: 1948 Thomas James Dunbabin (1911-55)
>>Reader in Classical Archaeology, University of Oxford, 1945; a Fellow of
>>All Souls, 1937; Assistant Director, British School of Archaeology,
>>Athens, 1939-45. HB 518pp 230 x 150mm
>>
>> THE EXTERNAL EVIDENCE FOR INTERPOLATION IN HOMER GM Bolling In the
>>quest for the original Homeric text, Bolling"s strategy is to begin with
>>the poems as they appear at the beginning of our tradition, and to
>>"remove the accretions stratum by stratum, as in the excavation of a
>>buried temple". Once the texts in Aristarchus" edition are recovered as
>>exactly as possible, with interpolations (limited to variants of a line
>>or more in length) identified and listed, the more difficult task of
>>bridging the gap between Aristarchus and Homer can be at least
>>attempted. The main part of Bolling"s work consists of this
>>reconstruction of earlier texts of both the Iliad and Odyssey by
>>identifying and eliminating interpolations and by understanding the
>>traditions of the earlier interpolators and editors and thus
>>establishing a standard for future work on the Pisistratean text. First
>>published: 1925 HB 272pp 215 x 135mm
>> 6 THOTH THE HERMES OF EGYPT Patrick Boylan According to the Osirian
>>legend, Thoth is one of the five principal deities: the friend and
>>brilliant legal adviser to Osiris" son and heir, Horus. Boylan makes a
>>thorough examination of references to Thoth in ancient Egyptian
>>literature and ritual, and in the Graeco-Roman literature of the
>>Ptolemaic period, in order to determine the more important phases of
>>Thoth"s character as conceived by the Egyptians, and to explain the
>>various activities assigned to him in the legends and in the rituals of
>>tomb and temple. The study refers particularly to the early Pyramid
>>texts and The Book of the Dead examining, among other topics, Thoth"s
>>symbol of the ibis on a perch and his functions as the founder of ritual
>>and author of the Divine Books. First published: 1922 Patrick Boylan
>>Professor of Eastern Languages, University College, Dublin (1922);
>>Professor of Scripture, St Patrick"s College, Maynooth. HB 224pp 230 x
>>150mm
>>
>>
>>FOUR MARTYRDOMS FROM THE PIERPOINT MORGAN COPTIC CODICES AEA Reymond and
>>JWB Barns The four works presented here in the original Coptic and in
>>English translation come from the collection of Coptic codices from the
>>monastery of Saint Michael. The texts purport to record the acta of
>>martyrs from the beginning of the great persecutions in the fourth
>>century. The improbable plots follow a well-worn formula: the hero
>>defies a villainous persecuting judge, is subjected to incredible
>>tortures and repeatedly recovers by supernatural means until the final
>>execution. The text on Saint Coluthus, departing dramatically from this
>>format, offers some insight into the process by which the actual words
>>and deeds of historical people were elaborated into more or less
>>stupendous stories. First published: 1973 EAE Reymond Lecturer in Coptic
>>at Manchester University. JWB Barns Queen"s Professor of Egyptology at
>>Oxford. HB 290pp 234 x 156mm
>>
>>THE BENEVENTAN SCRIPT A History of the South Italian Minuscule EA Loew A
>>classic study in regional palaeography, Loew"s essay traces the
>>development and decline of the script that originated in the Benedictine
>>scriptorium of "the mother-house of occidental monasticism, Monte
>>Cassino in the fifth century. Working almost entirely from original
>>sources, Loew studies the script, the milieu of its development, the
>>books written in it and the prominent centres and individuals engaged in
>>the copying of manuscripts over 500 years. The book includes chapters on
>>the abbreviations and punctuation marks used in the script which are
>>particularly valuable in accessing the content of manuscripts and dating
>>them; literary evidence in the form of excerpts from contemporary
>>writings; and an appendix listing over 600 Benevantan manuscripts. First
>>published: 1914 EA Loew (1879-1969) Professor in Palaeography at
>>Princeton; Lecturer and Reader in Palaeography, University of Oxford
>>1913-48. Other books: Scriptura Beneventura (two volumes) (1929);
>>Palaeographical Papers 1907-65 (1972). HB 424pp Illus 250 x 200mm
>>
>>
>>MEDIEVAL LATIN AND THE RISE OF EUROPEAN LOVE-LYRIC One-volume edition
>>Peter Dronke A poetic interpretation rather than a history of medieval
>>lyrical love-poetry, this one-volume edition illuminates certain modes
>>of thought in medieval poetry, and certain kinds of language,
>>particularly that of courtly love. Dronke investigates in Volume I the
>>beginnings of vernacular love poetry in Europe, and explores its
>>relation to the Latin poetry of the time and to the world of ideas that
>>Latin made accessible. Volume II presents the texts of a large number of
>>medieval Latin love poems, the majority of them hitherto unpublished,
>>with prose translations by Dronke. This 1968 second edition has a new
>>Preface. First published: 1968 Peter Dronke Lecturer in Medieval Latin,
>>University of Cambridge. Other works include: Poetic Individuality in
>>the Middle Ages (1970); Fabula (1974); Bernardus Silvestris Cosmographia
>>(Ed. 1978); Dante and Medieval Latin Traditions (1986); A History of
>>12th Century Western Philosophy (1988). HB 634pp 215 x 135mm
>>
>>
>>
>>LATE ANTIQUITY
>>MEDIEVAL STUDIES
>>
>>THE INTERPRETATION OF MYCENAEAN GREEK TEXTS LR Palmer Intended as an
>>introduction to the information contained in the Linear B texts from
>>Mycenaean Greek sites and addressed to the non-specialist, this book
>>provides a selection of the more interesting texts with a full
>>commentary. Palmer"s interpretation is by combinatory analysis in which
>>"the meaning of syllabically written words is circumscribed as far as
>>possible by textual analysis before the lexicon is consulted", rather
>>than the purely etymological method used by earlier scholars, including
>>Ventris. The results are summarised in Palmer"s introduction, which
>>deals with epigraphy, decipherment and the Mycenaean language together
>>with questions of geography, social structure, economy and religion. A
>>final section discusses the evidence bearing on the final catastrophe of
>>Pylos. There is a full bibliography, and Glossary of every extant Linear
>>B word. First published 1963 LR Palmer was Professor of Comparative
>>Philology in the University of Oxford, 1952-71. His other works include
>>A Mycenaean Tomb Inventory (1957); Tomb or Reception Room? (1960);
>>Mycenaean Greek Texts (1969); The Latin Language (1954); and Mycenaeans
>>and Minoans (1961) HB 502pp 215 x 135mm
>>
>> IAMBI ET ELEGI GRAECI Ante Alexandrum Cantati (One-volume edition)
>>Edited by ML West Since its first appearance in 1972, this two-volume
>>work, combined here into one volume, has been widely recognised as the
>>standard critical edition of the early Greek iambic and elegiac poets.
>>It was thoroughly revised and updated in 1982. In Volume I the Cologne
>>Epode of Archilochus is included for the first time and several
>>fragments appear in a more complete or correct form. In Volume II the
>>major additions are important fragments of Simonides" elegies, some from
>>a narrative poem on the Battle of Plataea, others from personal poems of
>>high literary interest and quality. Also new to this edition are
>>fragments of Tyrtaeus and of the comic poem Margites attributed to
>>Homer. Greek text with critical apparatus in Latin. First published
>>1971/2; Second edition 1989/92 ML West is a Fellow of All Souls College,
>>Oxford. Other works include: Hesiod Works & Days (1978); Hesiod:
>>Theogony (1966); O.C.T. Delectus ex Iambis et Elegis Graecis (1980);
>>Studies in Greek Elegy and Iambus (1974); Greek Metre (1982); Early
>>Greek Philosophy and the Orient (1971). HB 550pp 215 x 135mm
>>
>>THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PYRAMID TEXTS In One Volume RO Faulkner The ancient
>>Egyptian Pyramid Texts, dating from the later half of the third
>>millennium BC, are the oldest corpus of religious literature surviving
>>from ancient Egypt. The purpose of these "utterances" was to ensure the
>>welfare of the dead king in the hereafter, and they shed much light on
>>contemporary religious beliefs, while embedded in them are fragments of
>>temple ritual, traces of a stellar cult, and glimpses of daily life. The
>>texts are of great interest both to the student of comparative religion
>>and to the philologist, and this work offers as complete a translation
>>as possible while avoiding lengthy philological discussion or literary
>>and religious digression. It is based on the hieroglyphic texts
>>published in 1910 by Sethe in Die Altägyptishen Pyramidentexte. Lacunae
>>in Sethe"s edition have been filled with additional texts from the
>>pyramids of Pepi II, Neit and Aba, as published by Jéquier. The
>>hieroglyphic texts for these sections of the translation are reproduced
>>in the Supplement. First published 1969 RO Faulkner is a Fellow of
>>University College, University of London. His other works include The
>>Egyptian Book of the Dead; The Book of Going Forth by Day; A Concise
>>Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Griffith Institute, Oxford, 1991; Ancient
>>Egyptian Coffin Texts (three volumes). HB 418pp 245 x 180mm
>>
>>
>>THE ARAB CONQUEST OF EGYPT AND THE LAST THIRTY YEARS OF THE ROMAN
>>DOMINION Containing also The Treatise of Misr in Tabari (1913) and
>>Babylon of Egypt (1914) Alfred J Butler Butler"s classic work on the
>>Arab conquest of Egypt, first published in 1902, has retained its value
>>as a critical and imaginative account of one of the main phases of
>>Islamic expansion. It deals with the conquest both as part of the
>>general history of the reign of Heraclius and as part of the great wave
>>of Muslim conquest of the Middle East and North Africa. Although the
>>central narrative remains authoritative, a great deal of new material
>>had accumulated which would enable the reader to appreciate more fully
>>the general background, in terms of both Byzantine and Arab history. In
>>his introduction to this second edition, PM Fraser sets out the new
>>material in both fields in the form of a critical bibliography,
>>including a brief account of the relevant papyri from Egypt itself.
>>Butler"s original text remains unchanged, but two later pamphlets on
>>points of detailed interpretation have been added: The Treaty of Misr in
>>Tabari and Babylon of Egypt. First published 1978 Alfred J Butler"s
>>other works include The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt (1884,
>>reprinted 1984); Court Life in Egypt (1887); Greek Anthology, Amaranth
>>and Asphodel (trans. 1881); Islamic Pottery (1926). HB 796pp 215 x 135mm
>>
The books average US$20-28. Let me know if you're interested in any of
them. I'll quote you the price and terms. Happy reading!
Valete,
Orbianna
Iustina Luciania Orbianna
Gens Luciania
Citizen of Nova Roma
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