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Classical Studies

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The Black Widows of the Eternal City

The True Story of Rome's Most Infamous Poisoners

An intriguing and well-researched account behind the dozens of female poisoners in seventeenth-century Rome

The Age of Attila

Fifth-Century Byzantium and the Barbarians

Revised Edition

A classic brought back in print with an introduction and notes by David S. Potter

Romans in a New World

Classical Models in Sixteenth-Century Spanish America

Explores the impact the discovery of the New World had upon Europeans' perceptions of their identity and place in history

Alexander the Great

The Unique History of Quintus Curtius

The history of the world's first multicultural king

People, Personal Expression, and Social Relations in Late Antiquity, Volume II

Selected Latin Texts from Gaul and Western Europe

A collection of Latin sources that shed light on the changing world of Late Antiquity throughout Western Europe

People, Personal Expression, and Social Relations in Late Antiquity, Volume I

With Translated Texts from Gaul and Western Europe

A collection of Latin sources that shed light on the changing world of Late Antiquity throughout Western Europe

Greater than Emperor

Cola di Rienzo (ca. 1313-54) and the World of Fourteenth-Century Rome

Studies the adoption of a new civic identity in fourteenth-century Rome from the perspective of a young revolutionary, Cola di Rienzo

Vandals to Visigoths

Rural Settlement Patterns in Early Medieval Spain

Sheds light on settlement patterns in early medieval Spain and demonstrates the local effect of the collapse of Roman Government

Mountain and Plain

From the Lycian Coast to the Phrygian Plateau in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Period

A lavishly illustrated study of a complex and important region

The Earth Is Our Book

Geographical Knowledge in the Latin West ca. 400-1000

A fascinating study of early geographical knowledge

Libri Annales Pontificum Maximorum

The Origins of the Annalistic Tradition

An important point of departure for studies in early Roman history.

Paradosis and Survival

Three Chapters in the History of Epicurean Philosophy

The progression of Epicurean doctrine and rhetoric

Parody in the Middle Ages

The Latin Tradition

Surveys and describes the lively tradition of medieval parody, and destroys the myth of medieval solemnity.