Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World - Andrew Wilson, Alan Bowman

Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World - Andrew Wilson, Alan Bowman

Quantifying the Roman Economy: Methods and Problems - Alan Bowman, Andrew Wilson

The Roman Agricultural Economy: Organization, Investment, and Production - Alan Bowman, Andrew Wilson

Bathing in the Roman World - Fikret Yegul

Almost fifteen per cent of the world's population today experiences some form of mental or physical disability and society tries to accommodate the...

Classified: Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain - Christopher Moran

DescriptionIn Bathing in the Roman World, Fikret Yegul examines the social and cultural aspects of one of the key Roman institutions. Guiding the r...

Examines the often graphic depictions of violence which are characteristic of many genres of Latin literature, from Plautine comedy to the Christia...

Publisher: ABC-CLIOAuthor(s): John OhiorhenuanNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 1989Dimensions: 160 x 235 x 26Cover type: HardbackRedescopera f...

Examines the Roman games focusing on the practicalities of entertainment and architectural venues. This book offers an introduction to the main for...

Reducere. Situated in the fields of contemporary literary and cultural studies, the ten essays collected in Generations of Dissent shed light on the artistic...

Presents a survey of the perception and reality of the use of cosmetics and perfumes under the Roman Empire. This work, a companion to "Roman Cloth...

Offering a wide and expansive new treatment of the role water played in the lives of people across the Roman world, papers consider ports and their...

By their social and material context as markers of graves, dedications and public signs of honour, inscriptions offer a distinct perspective on the...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. In this book, Birol Başkan explains the variation in attitudes and approaches towards the Muslim Brotherhood across 5 Gulf States: Bahrain, Kuwait,...

Using the feminization of the Diyanet to understand the significance of a renewed presence of Islam in the Turkish public realm, this fascinating e...

This beautifully designed, full-color textbook introduces the Roman background of the New Testament by immersing students in the life and culture o...

Reducere. Abstract theology is overrated. In the contemporary West, we're desperately in need of rediscovering God through ordinary, physical things we see i...

The first book to present an analysis of images of working people in Roman society and to interpret the meaning and significance of these images. W...

DescriptionOver fifty years ago sociologist T. H. Marshall first opened the modern debate about the evolution of full citizenship in modern nation-...

The study of Roman society and social relations blossomed in the 1970s. By now, we possess a very large literature on the individuals and groups th...

Reducere. These are the people who hauled Georgia up from its poor, agrarian roots, making it among the most diversified, prosperous states in the country. T...

Reducere. A fully illustrated, comprehensive guide to the Roman World - its history, government, army, religion and everyday life. The comprehensive factfind...

Peoples of the Roman World - Mary T. Boatwright

In Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats, the most thorough treatment of the political economy of Saudi Arabia to date, Steffen Hertog uncovers an unto...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Jan (Max Planck Institute, Germany) DrahokoupilNumber of pages: 238Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 156 ...

Presents the first exploration of Christopher Marlowe's complex place in the canon both bibliographically and theatrically. The collection consider...

Description Clientelistic Warfare analyzes the relationship between Colombian paramilitaries and the State in the period 1982-2007. Despite the att...

Reducere. In the familiar tale of mass migration to France from 1880 onwards, we know very little about the hundreds of thousands of women who formed a criti...

Examines the experiences of the convict men and women transported to the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land between 1803 and 1852, challengi...

Reducere. Soon to be a Major PBS Documentary Event"An authoritative guide to the business of war. Chilling, heartbreaking, and enraging."---Arundhati RoyThe ...

In post-independence Ireland, the country house was not regarded as an integral part of the national heritage. Despite this, the relationship betwe...