July 13, 2012
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posted with permission: M. Rahim Shayegan, Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xxx + 539. 9 b/w figs.; 7 maps; 15 tables. Hardcover, £65.00/$110.00. ISBN 978-0-521-76641-8. Reviewed by Jan P. Stronk, Universiteit van Amsterdam In this book, aimed at a specialized…
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Found another one from Hurriyet lurking in the depths of my mailbox (it’s a few weeks old): During the excavations carried out in the ancient city of Laodicea in the Aegean province of Denizli, a temple dedicated to the weaver goddess Athena from the second century A.D. was found in the largest divine area. The…
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Posted with permission: Michael Pitassi, Roman Warships. Rochester, New York: Boydell Press, 2011. Pp. xii + 191. Hardcover, $90.00. ISBN 978-1-84383-610-0. Reviewed by Georgia L. Irby, The College of William and Mary Like Michael Pitassi’s first book on Roman maritime culture (The Navies of Rome, Rochester, 2009), Roman Warships offers more for the general reader…
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I probably should have bundled these together … this one (again from the ROM) featuring Paul Denis looks mostly at Etruscan mirrors (which I don’t recall ever seeing on display … hmmm):
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Another interesting one from the ROM with Trinity Jackman:
rogue classicism 