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Emperors Don`t Die In Bed Description: Very few of the Roman emperors died a natural death. The insane Caligula was murdered after leaving the theatre; Caracalla while he was relieving himself. Caesar was stabbed twenty-three times and Otho was dragged into the Tiber with a flesh-hook. However great an emperor`s power, danger was ever present.This fresh and engaging book looks at each of the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar in 44BC to Romulus Augustulus in AD 476, illuminating not only the manner of their deaths but what their final days tell us about their lives. We also hear how the most powerful position in the history of the Western world held a permanent appeal, despite its perils, with eager candidates constantly coming forward to seize the throne. Emperors Don`t Die in Beds provides a clear history of the imperial succession as well as a compelling depiction of the intrigue and drama of Roman imperial politics.... Read More about the "Emperors Don`t Die In Bed" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Empire Of Pleasures Description: This text envelops the reader in a world devoted to the titillation and fulfilment of the senses, recapturing the Roman Empire as it was sensed and imagined by those who lived in it. Dalby presents an evocative survey of how the Romans themselves depicted and visualised their food.... Read More about the "Empire Of Pleasures" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Epigraphic Evidence Description: This text aims to provide an accessible guide to the responsible use of Greek and Latin inscriptions as sources for ancient history by presenting a series of essays focused on a few central topics. It is intended as an introduction to the types of historical information supplied by inscriptional texts and a guide to the methods by which they can profitably be exploited. Each essay attempts to outline the limitations as well as the advantages of the type of epigraphic evidence with which it is concerned. The book includes a general introduction and a guide to the arrangement of the standard corpora inscriptions (SIG, ILS), as well as individual chapters on local languages and native cultures, epitaphs, onomastics and prosopography, the family and society, civic religious life and instrumentum domesticum and the ancient economy.... Read More about the "Epigraphic Evidence" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Fairytale In The Ancient World Description: Did the familiar children`s fairytales of today exist in the ancient world? If so, what did they look like in a world whose societies were often so alien in outlook to our own? Could fairytales have existed in a world without society and balls and glass slippers, or are they an invention of storytellers not much earlier than the European Renaissance? And could they have served the same social purposes as the fairytale of today? Graham Anderson examines texts from the classical period which resemble our Cinderellas, Snow Whites, Red Riding Hoods, Bluebeards and others, and argues that many familiar fairytales were already well known in antiquity in some form, but are often now to be found in the least accessible corners of classical literature. Examples include a Jewish Egyptian Cinderella, complete with ashes, whose prince is the biblical Joseph; a Snow White whose enemy is the goddess Artemis; and a Pied Piper at Troy, with King Priam in the role of the little boy who got away.;The author puts forward unsuspected candidates as classical variants of the modern fairytale, and argues that the degree of cruelty and violence exhibited in many ancient examples mean such stories must often have been meant for adults. Fairytale in the Ancient World provides a general study of the ancient fairytale, and bridges the gap between the study of the ancient world and the wider world of oral culture, and should be of value and interest to students and scholars of classical and comparative literature.... Read More about the "Fairytale In The Ancient World" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Fifty Key Classical Authors Description: A chronological guide to influential Greek and Roman writers, this book acts as a comprehensive introduction to the literature, philosophy and history of the ancient world. Including essays on Sappho, Polybius and Lucan, as well as on major figures such as Homer, Plato, Catullus and Cicero, this book is designed for all students of classical civilization.... Read More about the "Fifty Key Classical Authors" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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From Solon To Socrates Description: The dual purpose of this book is to describe the greatest period of Greek history in all its aspects, political and military as well as economic and cultural, and to take into account the uncertainties of modern scholarship.... Read More about the "From Solon To Socrates" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Geometric Greece Description: Geometric Greece has long been the standard work on this absorbing period, which saw the evolution of the Greek city-states, the composition of the Homeric poems, the rise of the great Panhellenic sanctuaries and the first exodus of Greek colonists to southern Italy and Sicily.Professor Coldstream has now fully updated his comprehensive survey with a substantial new chapter on the abundant discoveries and developments made since the book`s first publication.The text is presented in three main sections: the passing of the dark ages, c. 900-770 BC; the Greek renaissance, c. 770-700 BC, covered region by region, and the final part on life in eighth century Greece. Its geographical coverage in the Mediterranean ranges from Syria to Sicily, and the detailed archaeological evidence is amplified by reference to literary sources.Highly illustrated, including images of several finds never previously published, this is the essential handbook for anyone studying early Greek antiquity.... Read More about the "Geometric Greece" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Greece In The Making 1200-479 BC. Description: The archaic Greek world was the world in which Homer`s Iliad and Odyssey were composed, in which the Doric and Ionic orders of architecture were invented, in which athletic competition first became a cultural event and in which democracy was invented. Archaic Greece is also a period of prehistory. No Greek writer ever attempted to describe or analyze the events of his own lifetime or of the immediate past until Herodotos and Thucydides. Our knowledge of Greece before 479 BC is dependent on the stories which the later Greeks told about their past and the indirect testimony of the material and poetic monuments of the archaic age. This book shows how we can write the history of this period, and the insights which can be gained by doing so for our understanding of later periods of history. It goes beyond tradition and exploits the literature, art, and archaeology of the period. With illustrations, this book aims to make information readily accessible and to put the reader in touch with the latest scholarship on the subject.... Read More about the "Greece In The Making 1200-479 BC." on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Greek Fiction Description: Greek fiction has been attracting greater attention as a result of new approaches associated with gender studies, narrative theory and the social analysis of ancient literature. Recent work on the novel, or romance has concentrated on the so-called canon of Greek fiction: Xenophon of Ephesus, Heliodorus, Longus, Chariton and Achilles Tatius. Much attention has been focused on the definition of the genre and its possible origins. This volume aims to widen the terms of the definition of the genre while providing a synoptic treatment of the most important works of Greek fiction. Greeks began writing prose fiction in the fourth century BC and the tradition continued for a millennium and a half. Fiction was used not only for entertaining romances but also as a framework for Christian and Jewish religious literature and for historical novels.... Read More about the "Greek Fiction" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Greek History Description: Robin Osborne`s energetic and lively guidebook is the ideal introduction to the study of ancient Greece, from the end of the Bronze Age (c.1200BC) to the Roman conquest in the second century BC. Covering all the most important topics in the study of the Greek past, it also explores the different approaches to Greek history - such as cultural, political, demographic and economic - that students will encounter. Professor Osborne sheds light on the full possibilities - and problems - of working with the surviving evidence, by giving examples from archaeological and art historical sources as well as written texts. The book also includes a clear and helpful guide to further reading, an excellent starting point for those who want to take their studies further.... Read More about the "Greek History" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Hoplites Description: There are many books on ancient Greek warfare which focus on tactical or strategic problems. This text, however, concentrates on the experiences of the soldiers who did the fighting, not on their generals, nor on logistics, tactics, or strategy, which were, after all, deliberately secondary considerations.;In Part 1, The Men and Their Equipment, three essays discuss the problems of wearing bronze arms and armour in battle conditions; asking, why was the spear alone the favoured weapon of attack? How were armoured corpses identified, stripped and returned? How did the infantry maintain the great weight of the three-foot hoplite shield?;Part 2, The Environment of Battle, addresses the actual mechanics of phalanx advance and retreat, the atmospherics and role of battle music, and the place and activity of the hoplite general.;The final part, Hoplite Tradition and Practice, covers fortification in Greek battle and the peculiar absence of artillery siege-craft. The dedication of spoils - and the effect of such trophies on the soldiers themselves - is treated in detail, as is animal sacrifice in the graphic context of the battlefield.... Read More about the "Hoplites" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Latin For The Illiterati Description: Latin forms an integral part of our daily lives and its use is foundational to the major branches of knowledge, from law and medicine to literature and commerce. To deal adequately with its ubiquitous presence, it is necessary to have access to helpful reference tools. This guide has been devised to remedy the challenges faced by the modern reader whose educational experience is not firmly grounded in the so-called Classical tradition. It is a comprehensive compendium of nearly 6000 words, phrases and standard abbreviations taken from the world of art, music, law, philosophy, theology, medicine and the theatre.... Read More about the "Latin For The Illiterati" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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