Indices for previous years:
2016: 2017: 2018: 2019: 2020: 2021: 2022: 2023
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All the books reviewed in the Reading Room during 2024 are listed here.
Alphabetical LIsting 2024:
Abdy, R. Legion life in the Roman army
Adolph, A. In Search of Aeneas: Classical Myth or Bronze Age Hero?
Allan, W. and Swift, L. Euripides Bacchae
de la Bédoyère, G. Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome
de Beer, S. The Renaissance Battle for Rome: Competing Claims to an Idealized Past in Humanist Latin Poetry
Blum-Sorensen, J. Epic Ambition: Hercules and the Politics of Emulation in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica
Bowden, H. Mystery Cults in the Ancient World
Boyle, A.J. (ed., intro., trans., comm.) Seneca Hercules
Buffachi, V. Why Cicero Matters
Campbell, C.M. Rival Praises: Ovid and the Metamorphosis of the Hymnic Tradition
Cartledge, P. and Atack, C. (eds.) A Cultural History of Democracy in Antiquity
Christesen, P. and Stocking, C.H. (eds.) A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity
Cline, E.H. After 1177 BC: The Survival of Civilisation
Cline, E.H. and Fawkes, G.1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed
Cole, M. and Livingston, M. The Killing Ground: A Biography of Thermopylae
Cosh, S.R. and Neal, D.S. Roman Mosaics of Britain Vol V: Discoveries and Research since 2010
Dahm, M. Finis Britanniae: A Military History of Late Roman Britain and the Saxon Conquest
DeSilva, D.A. Judea under Greek and Roman Rule
Dignas B. (ed.) A Cultural History of Memory in Antiquity
Dunn, D. The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World through the Women who Shaped It
Elliott, C. Pox Romana: the Plague that Shook the Roman World
Ewans, M. (ed.) A Cultural History of Comedy in Antiquity
Felton, D. (ed.) A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in Antiquity
Fontaine, M. How to Get Over a Breakup: An Ancient Guide to Moving On
Gabriel, Y. Greek Myths for a Post-Truth World
Gellar-Goad, T.H.M. and Polt, C.B. (eds.) Didactic Literature in the Roman World
Gibson, R. and Whitton, C. (eds.) The Cambridge Critical Guide To Latin Literature
Godwin, J. Roman Verse Satires: Spleen and Ideal
Gowers, E. Rome's Patron: The Lives And Afterlives Of Maecenas
Grillo, L. How to Make Money: An Ancient Guide to Wealth Management - Pliny & Co.
Hall, E. Facing down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks and Me
Halliwell, S. (tr., intro and notes) Aristophanes:Wasps and Other Plays: A new translation by Stephen Halliwell
Harris, W.V. Dire Remedies: A Social History of Healthcare in Classical Antiquity
Herman, A. The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics
Hornblower, S. Hannibal and Scipio: Parallel Lives
Humfress, C., Ibbetson, D., Olivelle, P. (eds.) The Cambridge Comparative History of Ancient Law
Ivanova, M. Inventing Slavonic: Cultures of Writing Between Rome and Constantinople
Jackson, R. Greek and Roman Medicine at the British Museum
Jones, R.E., Sharma, R. and Smith, N.D (eds.) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Socrates
Kaldellis, A. The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium
Kanellakis, D. (ed., intro., trans. and comm.) Mimnermus Elegies
Kerrigan, C. Living Latin
König, J. The Folds of Olympus
Lange, C.H. From Hannibal to Sulla: The Birth of Civil War in Republican Rome
Leppin, H. (tr. Kathrin Luddecke) The Early Christians: From the Beginnings to Constantine
Ma, J. Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity
Malik, S. The Nero-Antichrist: Founding and Fashioning a Paradigm
Murray, O. The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present
Nudell, J.P. Accustomed to Obedience? Classical Ionia and the Aegean World, 480–294 BCE
Pothecary, S. Strabo's Geography: A Translation for the Modern World
Roberts, J. Out of Many, One: Ancient Greek Ways of Thought and Culture
Roy, A. Empire of Images: Visualizing the Conquered in the Roman Republic
Sancinito, J. The Reputation of the Roman Merchant
Sarris, P. Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint
Schofield, M. How Plato Writes: Perspectives and Problems
Smith, J. Unfortunately, She Was a Nymphomaniac: A New History of Rome's Imperial Women
Stanley, C.D. Paul and Asklepios: The Greco-Roman Quest for Healing and the Apostolic Mission
Stowers, S. Christian Beginnings: A Study in Ancient Mediterranean Religion
Telford, L. Gods of Ancient Rome: Contracts with the Divine
Verity, A. (trans.) with Intro. and Notes by Baragwanath, E. Xenophon: Estate Management and Symposium
Waterfield, R. Aesop’s Fables: A New Translation
Webb, Simon: Exploring Roman London
Wells, J.B. HoneyVoiced: A Translation of Pindar’s Songs for Athletes
Wharton, D. (ed.) A Cultural History of Color in Antiquity
White, C. The Cambridge Anthology Of British Medieval Latin: Volume 1, 450-1066; Volume 2, 1066-1500