Biographical note: R. Rashed undC. Houzel, CNRS, Paris. Until recently, only six of thirteen books comprising Diophantus' Arithmetica were known to us. Four other books in an Arabic translation have been discovered recently. We can now understand the organization of this work a…
It is well known that classical mythology outlasted the Christianization of the Roman Empire. This volume undertakes a new investigation of the complex conditions under which it continued to exist and thrive in Late Antiquity. Particular attention is devoted to the polemical and…
The Historiae, of which only fragments survive, was probably Sallust's most comprehensive work of history. Embracing the eventful period between 78-67 BC, it describes a series of political crises which ultimately lead to the fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of A…
Main description: The anonymous tale of Alexander and Semiramis harks back to a Persian-Ottoman version of Turandot material reworked according to the conventions of late Byzantine literary romance. Both versions are critically annotated in this edition, which also provides a de…
This book offers multiple perspectives on major aspects of private and public life in the world of ancient Rome and Greece. Along with studies from papyrology, a focus is placed on other material sources, especially on coins. In addition to these material sources, the book draws…
Eduard Zeller (1814-1908) was one of the most important scholars of the nineteenth century. In addition to shaping developments in theology, philosophy, classics, and religious and cultural history, he was an influential academic politician and organizer of large scientific proj…
Main description: The Hippocratic Epidemics and Galen's Commentary on them constitute milestones in the development of clinical medicine. However, they also illustrate the rich exegetical traditions that existed in the post-classical Greek world. The present volume investigates …
Biographical note: M. Baumbach, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum; N. Dümmler, Universität Zürich. Despite their rich tradition, the Carmina Anacreontea transmitted in the Palatine Anthology have received little scholarly attention. This neglect is linked to questions concerning their a…
Review text: "This volume is an important contribution to the study of the period."William Leadbetter in: Journal of Roman Studies 2006 "Man möchte diesem Buch eine zahlreiche Leserschaft wünschen, Gelehrte, Studenten, interessierte Laien: sie alle können daraus reichen Gewinn z…
Im Jahr 70 n. Chr. wurde Jerusalem bei der Niederschlagung des Jüdischen Aufstands von den Römern zerstört. Die Gründung der römischen Kolonie Aelia Capitolina an ihrer Stelle löste den Bar Kochba-Aufstand (132-136) aus, dessen Rom nur mühsam Herr werden konnte. Neben diesen Ere…
Main description: Rom erfuhr zwischen dem 3. und 5. Jh. n. Chr. einen Transformationsprozess, der die urbane, soziale und religiöse Struktur der Stadt in umfassender Weise prägte. Die Studie untersucht mit der Heiligenerinnerung ein zentrales Feld, auf dem sich dieser Strukturwa…
Working "in the shadow of Eduard Norden" in the author's own words, Nicholas Horsfall has written his own monumental commentary on Aeneid 6. This is Horsfall's fifth large-scale commentary on the Aeneid, and as his earlier commentaries on books 7, 11, 3, and 2, this is not a com…
From the early modern period, Greek historiography has been studied in the context of Cicero's notion historia magistra vitae and considered to exclude conceptions of the future as different from the present and past. Comparisons with the Roman, Judeo-Christian and modern histor…
Roman plays have been well studied individually (even including fragmentary or spurious ones more recently). However, they have not always been placed into their 'context', though plays (just like items in other literary genres) benefit from being seen in context. This edited co…
