Reviews
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2012.06.14: Andreas Mehl, Roman Historiography: an Introduction to its Basic Aspects and Development (translated by Hans-Friedrich Mueller; first published 2001). Blackwell introductions to the classical world. 2012.06.13: Josine Schrickx, Lateinische Modalpartikeln: Nempe, Quippe, Scilicet, Videlicet und Nimirum. Amsterdam studies in classical philology, 19. 2012.06.12: André Laronde, Pierre Toubert, Jean Leclant, Histoire et archéologie méditerranéennes sous…
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posted with permission: Aude Doody, Pliny’s Encyclopedia. The Reception of the Natural History. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. 194. Hardcover, £58.00/$99.00. ISBN 978-0-521-49103-7. Reviewed by Kenneth Kitchell, University of Massachusetts Amherst To read this book is to be exposed to scholarly questions few of us consider. Most would agree with the…
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2012.05.50: Emanuela Zanda, Fighting Hydra-like Luxury: Sumptuary Regulation in the Roman Republic. 2012.05.49: Frank Scheppers, The Colon Hypothesis: Word Order, Discourse Segmentation and Discourse Coherence in Ancient Greek 2012.05.48: Benjamin Acosta-Hughes, Luigi Lehnus, Susan Stephens, Brill’s Companion to Callimachus. Brill’s companions in classical studies. 2012.05.47: Christine Hamdoune, Vie, mort et poésie dans l’Afrique romaine: d’après…
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posted with permission: Raymond Van Dam, Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge. New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xiii + 296. $90.00/£55.00. ISBN 978-1-107-09643-1. Reviewed by Brian Croke, Macquarie University/University of Sydney At the Milvian bridge outside the walls of Rome on 28 October 312 Constantine and Maxentius, brothers-in-law and both sons…
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2012.05.42: P. L. Chambers, The Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder: an Advanced Reader and Grammar Review. 2012.05.41: Björn C. Ewald, Carlos F. Noreňa, The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual. Yale Classical Studies 35. 2012.05.40: Kenneth G. Holum, Hayim Lapin, Shaping the Middle East: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in an Age of Transition,…
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