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The six 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 2023 and 2024.
- 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 2023 and 2024.
- Taylor & Francis (T&F and partner presses)All books in the field of Classical Studies (including Ancient History) published in the last 12 months.
- Bloomsbury CollectionsAll books in the field of Ancient History published in 2023 and 2024.
New Books (June 2024)
The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy
Edwards, M. J., ed. The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2021.
Epigraphische Forschungen in Termessos und Seinem Territorium (Vol. 1, 2, 4)
İplikçioğlu, Bülent, Güler Çelgin, and A. Vedat Çelgin. Epigraphische Forschungen in Termessos und seinem Territorium. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1991.
Women, Pilgrimage and Rituals of Healing in Modern and Ancient Greece
Haland, Evy Johanne. Women, Pilgrimage and Rituals of Healing in Modern and Ancient Greece: A Comparison. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023.
Polis
Ma, John. Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024.
New Books (May 2024)
Associations and Religion in Context
Styliani Skaltsa and Annelies Cazemier, eds. Associations and Religion in Context: The Hellenistic and Roman Eastern Mediterranean. Liège Centre international d’étude de la religion grecque antique: Presses universitaires de Liège, 2022.
Authority and History
Federico Santangelo, and Juliana Bastos Marques, eds. Authority and History: Ancient Models, Modern Questions. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
New Books (April 2024)
Zeitzeichen
Winter, Eva. Zeitzeichen: Zur Entwicklung und Verwendung antiker Zeitmesser. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2013.
Der Asklepios-Tempel von Messene auf der Peloponnes
Sioumpara, Elisavet P. Der Asklepios-Tempel von Messene auf der Peloponnes: Untersuchungen zur hellenistischen Tempelarchitektur. München: Hirmer Verlag, 2011.
The Persians (Ebook)
Brosius, Maria. The Persians: An Introduction. London: Routledge, 2006.
Polis und Porträt
Griesbach, Jochen, ed. Polis und Porträt: Standbilder als Medien der öffentlichen Repräsentation im hellenistischen Osten. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden, 2014.
Vincere la memoria, costruire il potere
Maranesi, Alessandro. Vincere la memoria, costruire il potere: Costantino, i retori, la lode dell’autorità e l’autorità della lode. Milano: Mimesis, 2016.
New Books (March 2024)
From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories
From Midas to Cyrus and Other Stories: Papers on Iron Age Anatolia in Honour of Geoffrey and Françoise Summers. Edited by Catherine M. Draycott, Scott Branting, Joseph W. Lehner and Yasemin Özarslan. Monograph, 57. London: British Institute at Ankara, 2023.
The Painted Tetrarchic Reliefs of Nicomedia
Şare Ağtürk, Tuna. The Painted Tetrarchic Reliefs from Nicomedia: Uncovering the Colourful Life of Diocletian’s Forgotten Capital. Turnhout: Brepols, 2021.
Hygieia
Hygieia: Health, Illness, Treatment from Homer to Galen. Edited by Nikolaos Chr. Stampolidēs, and Giōrgos Tasoulas. Athens: Museum of Cycladic Art, 2014.
New Books (January-February 2024)
Rom und die Vereinigungen im Südwestlichen Kleinasien (133 v. Chr.-284 n. Chr.)
Sommer, Stefan. Rom und die Vereinigungen im Südwestlichen Kleinasien (133 v. Chr.-284 n. Chr.). Hennef: Buchverlag M. Clauss, 2006.
Paysages d’Achaie I
Rizakēs. A.D. Paysages d’Achaie I: Le bassin du Peiros et la plaine occidentale. Paris: Centre de recherches de l’antiquité grecque et romaine, 1992.
Paysages d’Achaïe II
Rizakēs, A. D. Paysages d’Achaïe II: Dymé et son territoire: Actes du colloque international Dymaia et Bouprasia, Katô Achaïa, 6-8 octobre 1995. Paris: Centre de recherches de l’antiquité grecque et romaine, 2000.
The Reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161
McHugh, John S. The Reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. London: Pen & Sword History, 2022
Gods in the House
Dardenay, Alexandra, and Laurent Bricault, eds. Gods in the House: Anthropology of Roman Housing II. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023.
Journeys of the Mind
Brown, Peter. Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2023.
Roman London's First Voices
Tomlin, Roger. Roman London’s First Voices: Writing Tablets from the Bloomberg Excavations, 2010-14. London: MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), 2016.
L’Asie mineure après Alexandre (vers 323-vers 270 av. J.-C.)
Capdetrey, Laurent. L’Asie mineure après Alexandre (vers 323-vers 270 av. J.-C.): L’invention du monde hellénistique. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2022.
Localism in Hellenistic Greece
Ager, Sheila L., and Hans Beck, eds. Localism in Hellenistic Greece. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2024.
Narratives of Time and Gender in Antiquity
Eidinow, Esther, and Lisa Maurizio, eds. Narratives of Time and Gender in Antiquity. Abingdon: Routledge, 2020.
Assyria
Frahm, Eckart. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
How Women Became Poets
Hauser, Emily. How Women Became Poets: A Gender History of Greek Literature. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023.
TimeSpace
May, Jon, and N. J. Thrift. TimeSpace: Geographies of Temporality. London: Routledge, 2003.
New Books (November-December 2023)
The Late Roman and Early Byzantine Inscriptions of Athens and Attica
Sironen, Erkki. “The Late Roman and Early Byzantine Inscriptions of Athens and Attica: An Edition with Appendices on Scripts, Sepulchral Formulae and Occupations.” Dissertation, University of Helsinki, 1997.
Kaiser, Christ, and Canaan
Kurtz, Paul Michael. Kaiser, Christ, and Canaan: The Religion of Israel in Protestant Germany, 1871-1918. Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 122. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019.
Corpus des Inscriptions de Thasos V
Fournier, Julien. Corpus des inscriptions de Thasos V: Documents publics d'époque romaine, Ier s. av. J.-C. - IVe s. apr. J.-C. Études Thasiennes, 28. Athènes: Ecole française d'Athènes, 2023.
Centro y periferia en el mundo clásico = Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World (2 vols)
Álvarez Martínez José María, Trinidad Nogales Basarrate, and Rodà Isabel, eds. Centro y periferia en el mundo clásico : XVIII Congreso Internacional Arqueología Clásica = Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World: XVIIIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology. Mérida: Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, 2014.
Cirene e la Cirenaica nell'antichita
Luni, Mario, ed. Cirene e la Cirenaica nell'antichità. Monografie di archeologia libica, 30. Roma: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 2010.
Late Roman Italy
Wijnendaele, Jeroen, ed. Late Roman Italy: Imperium to Regnum. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2023.
Bauurkunden und Bauprogramm von Epidauros (2 vols)
Prignitz, Sebastian. Bauurkunden und Bauprogramm von Epidauros (2 vols). Vestigia : Beiträge zur alten Geschichte / Kommission für alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des deutschen archäologischen Instituts, 67, 75. München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 2014.
A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives
Matyszak, Philip, and Joanne Berry. A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives. London: Thames & Hudson, 2023.
New Books (October 2023)
The Sanctuaries of Ancient Kythnos
Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander. The Sanctuaries of Ancient Kythnos. Collection "Archéologie & Culture". Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2019.
Slavery in the Roman Empire
Barrow, R. H. Slavery in the Roman Empire. Routledge Library Editions. Slavery, 12. London: Routledge, 2022. Originally published in 1928.
The Thymele at Epidauros
Schultz, Peter, Bronwen Lara Wickkiser, George Hinge, Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos, and John Franklin. The Thymele at Epidauros: Healing, Space, and Musical Performance in Late Classical Greece. Fargo, ND: Theran Press, 2017.
New Books (September 2023)
Les cités grecques face à l'imperium Romanum
Bady, Clément, ed. Les cités grecques face à l'imperium Romanum: Résilience, participation et adhésion des communautés grecques à la construction d'un empire (IIe siècle avant-Ier siècle de notre ère). Dialogues d'histoire ancienne. Supplément, 26. Besançon: Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2023.
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.