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New Ebooks on our Ebook Platforms
The five links below lead to overviews of new ebooks that enter our collection through our publisher package deals.
For individually purchased print books and ebooks from other publishers, please see below.
- Brill (Brill and partner presses)All books in the field of Ancient History published in 2022 and 2023.
- Cambridge Core (Cambridge University Press and partner presses)All books in the field of Ancient History published in the last 12 months.
- De Gruyter (De Gruyter and partner presses)All books in the field of Ancient History published in the last 12 months.
- Oxford University PressAll books in the field of Classical History published in 2022 and 2023.
- Taylor & Francis (T&F and partner presses)All books in the field of Classical Studies (including Ancient History) published in the last 12 months.
New Books (August 2023)
Les communautés du nord Égéen
Fournier, Julien, and Maria-Gabriella G. Parissaki, eds. Les communautés du nord Égéen: Au temps de l'hégémonie romaine: entre ruptures et continuités. Meletēmata, 77. Athens: Fondation nationale de la recherche scientifique, Institut de recherches historiques, 2018.
The History of the Argeads
Sabine Müller, Timothy Howe, Hugh Bowden, and Robert Rollinger, eds. The History of the Argeads: New Perspectives. Classica et orientalia,19. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2017.
Transmission and Organization of Knowledge in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Suto, Yoshiyuki, ed. Transmission and Organization of Knowledge in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Wien: Phoibos Verlag, 2021.
Religious Individualisation
Ralph Häusler and Anthony King, eds. Religious Individualisation: Archaeological, Iconographic and Epigraphic Case Studies from the Roman World. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2023.
New Books (July 2023)
Intentional History
Foxhall, Lin, Hans-Joachim Gehrke, and Nino Luraghi, eds. Intentional History: Spinning Time in Ancient Greece. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2015.
A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity (ebook)
Christesen, Paul, and Charles H Stocking. A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
Spoils in the Roman Republic
Helm, Marian, and Saskia T. Roselaar, eds. Spoils in the Roman Republic: Boon and Bane. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2023.
Passeurs de culture
Favreau-Linder, Anne-Marie, Sophie Lalanne, and Jean-Luc Vix, eds. Passeurs de culture: La transmission de la culture grecque dans le monde romain des Ier-IVe siècles après J. -C. Recherches sur les rhétoriques religieuses, 32. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2022.
New Books (June 2023)
Griechische Nekropolen
Frielinghaus, Heide, Jutta Stroszeck, and Valavanēs Panos, eds. Griechische Nekropolen: Neue Forschungen und Funde. Beiträge zur Archäologie Griechenlands, 5. Möhnesee: Bibliopolis, 2019.
The Tetrarchy As Ideology
Carlà-Uhink Filippo, and Christian Rollinger. The Tetrarchy As Ideology: Reconfigurations and Representations of an Imperial Power. Heidelberger althistorische Beiträge end epigraphische Studien, 64. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2023.
Das amalische Italien
Hecken, David. Das amalische Italien: Herrschaft, Ethnographie, Integration. Pharos, 47. Rahden/Westf.: VML, 2022.
Architektur unter den Attaliden
Laufer, Eric. Architektur unter den Attaliden: Pergamon und die Städte zwischen herrscherlichem Bauengagement und Lokaltradition. Pergamenische Forschungen, 19. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2021.
The Metopes of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassai
Higgs, Peter. The Metopes of the Temple of Apollo at Bassai: New Discoveries and Interpretations. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Supplement, 144. London: Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London Press, 2022.
New Books (May 2023)
Viking Women
Hannett, Lisa. Viking Women: Life and Lore. La Vergne: Thames & Hudson Australia, 2023.
Ancient Greek Athletics
Stocking, Charles H, and Susan A Stephens. Ancient Greek Athletics: Primary Sources in Translation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
New Books (April 2023)
The War That Made the Roman Empire
Strauss, Barry S. The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Colonial Geopolitics and Local Cultures in the Hellenistic and Roman East (3rd Century BC - 3rd Century AD)
Bru, Hadrien, Adrian George Dumitru, and Nicholas Sekunda, eds. Colonial Geopolitics and Local Cultures in the Hellenistic and Roman East (3rd Century BC - 3rd Century AD) = Géopolitique coloniale et cultures locales dans l'orient hellénistique et romain (IIIe siècle av. J.-C. - IIIe siècle ap. J.-C.). Oxford: Archaeopress, 2021.
New Books (March 2023)
Le sacré et le salut à Antioche au IVe siècle ap. J.-C.
Soler, Emmanuel. Le sacré et le salut à Antioche au IVe siècle ap. J.-C: Pratiques festives et comportements religieux dans le processus de chistianisation de la cité. Bibliothèque archéologique et historique, 176. Beyrouth: Institut français du Proche-Orient, 2006.
Wohnen in Delos
Trümper, Monika. Wohnen in Delos: Eine baugeschichtliche Untersuchung zum Wandel der Wohnkultur in hellenistischer Zeit. Internationale Archäologie, 46. Rahden/Westf.: Leidorf, 1998.
Hellenistic Civilization (ebook)
Chamoux ,François. Hellenistic Civilization. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003.
Creating a Hellenistic World (ebook)
Erskine, Andrew, and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, eds. Creating a Hellenistic World. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales, 2010.
New Books (January-February 2023)
A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman near East
Kaizer, Ted, ed. A Companion to the Hellenistic and Roman near East. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2021.
Religion and Classical Warfare
Dillon, Matthew, and Christopher Anthony Matthew, eds. Religion and Classical Warfare: The Roman Empire. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Military, 2022.
Des Grecs et des Italiens à Ephèse
Kirbihler François. Des Grecs et des Italiens à Ephèse: Histoire d'une intégration croisée: 133 a.C.- 48 p.C. Scripta Antiqua, 88. Bordeaux: Ausonius, 2016.
Ionians in the West and East
Tsetskhladze, G. R. Ionians in the West and East: Proceedings of the International Conference 'Ionians in East and West', Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya-Empuries, Empuries/l'Escala, Spain, 26-29 October 2015. Colloquia Antiqua, 27. Leuven: Peeters Publishers & Booksellers, 2022.
The Persian Empire
Kuhrt, Amélie. The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period. London: Routledge, 2010.
Theodoret of Cyrus: A Cure for Pagan Maladies
Theodoret of Cyrus: A Cure for Pagan Maladies. Translated by Thomas Halton. Ancient Christian Writers : The Works of the Fathers in Translation, 67. New York: Newman Press, 2013.
Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions: Part I, Greek, Bilingual, and Trilingual Inscriptions from Egypt. Volume 1, Alexandria and the Delta (Nos. 1-206)
Alan K Bowman, C. V Crowther, Simon Hornblower, Rachel Mairs, and Kyriakos Savvopoulos, eds. Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions: Part I, Greek, Bilingual, and Trilingual Inscriptions from Egypt: Volume 1, Alexandria and the Delta (Nos. 1-206). Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Roman Emperors
Bartolini, Mario. Roman Emperors: A Guide to the Men Who Ruled the Empire. Barnsley: Pen & Sword History, 2023.
Lykurg: Rede Gegen Leokrates
Lycurgus: Rede Gegen Leokrates. Edited and translated by Johannes Engel. Texte Zur Forschung, Bd. 93. Darmstadt: WBG, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2008.
The Greek East in the Roman Context
Salomies, Olli, ed. The Greek East in the Roman Context: Proceedings of a Colloquium Organised by the Finnish Institute at Athens; May 21 and 22, 1999. Papers and Monographs of the Finnish Institute at Athens, 7. Helsinki: Bookstore Tiedekirja, 2001.
The Romans (Second Edition)
Boatwright, Mary T., Daniel J. Gargola, Noel Lenski, and Richard J. A. Talbert. The Romans: From Village to Empire. Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.