La beata Isabetta era una fanciulla che «per la soe excessiva bellezza de corpo, de ogni laxivia foe piena, et in ogni vanità involta» (dice un'antica cronaca) prima che la sua vita giungesse a una...

This book examines the creation of imaginary languages in history and fiction as an expression of the search for an original, primitive or universal language. Its subjects include the philosophers...

Robert Fitch argues that, within a generation, New York City has been transformed from the richest city in the world to one of the poorest in North America. The pillars of its economy-Macy's, the...

Perché riconosciamo un gatto come tale non è problema filosofico di poco conto, almeno da Platone ai giorni nostri. Perché concordiamo nell'assegnargli il nome "gatto" sarebbe già di per sé problema...

(Tull., Font., Sull., Arch. Poet., Planc. Scaur.) Edited by A. C. Clark.

Herodotus' Histories is a fascinating account of the interactions between the Greeks and their powerful Near-Eastern neighbours. In it he explores the long-term causes for the Persian invasions of...

"A vibrant account that puts flesh on the bare bones of early Roman history." ---Celia Schultz, University of Michigan   The ancient Romans' story down to 264 B.C. can be made credible by stripping...

Fergus Millar is one of the most influential contemporary historians of the ancient world. His essays and books, above all The Emperor in the Roman World and The Roman Near East, have transformed our...

Professor Shackleton Bailey is renowned for his major scholarly editions of Cicero’s letters already published by Cambridge University Press. This selection from the complete correspondence is...

(Quinct., Rosc. Com., Caec., Leg. Agr., Rab. Perduell., Flacc., Pis., Rab. Post.) Edited by A. C. Clark.

Basing her lively analysis on detailed study of literary and epigraphic material, Jane F. Gardner explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women and describes the ways in which...

The modern age is not the only one in which Romans and visitors to Rome have been fascinated with the city's striking juxtapositions of past and present. Rome's wealth of history also captured the...

Representing five major areas of Augustan scholarship--historiography, poetry, art, religion, and politics--the nineteen contributors to this volume bring us closer to a balanced, up-to-date account...

An account of a critical period of Greek history, focusing on a single career.