Previous years (2016-24):
2016: 2017: 2018: 2019: 2020: 2021: 2022: 2023: 2024
Contact Dr Peter Jones on [email protected] with any queries.
Recent Additions:
Jones, P., Plebs Romana - Power, People and Politics in Ancient Rome
Hodges, R. The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Towns: A Viking Gift?
Brittain, C. and Warren, J. (edd.) Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations
Leonard, M. Revolution: Modern Uprisings in Ancient Times
Roberts, D., Leech, R. and Cubitt, R. The Romano-British Villa and Prehistoric Settlement at Low Ham, Somerset
All the books reviewed in the Reading Room during 2025 are listed here:
Amitay, O. Alexander the Great in Jerusalem: Myth and History
Andrade, N.J. Killing the Messiah: The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth
Aristophanes, son of Philip Clouds, Birds, Frogs and Me
Armstrong, J. Children of Mars: The Origins of Rome's Empire
Beretta, M. (ed.) A Cultural History of Chemistry in Antiquity
Biles, Z.P. and Olson, S. D. Aristophanes Knights
Bond, S.E. Strike: Labour, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire
Boyle, A.J. Seneca: Phoenissae (Ed., Intro., Trans. and Comm.)
Braund, S.M. Translating Virgil: A Cultural History of the Western Tradition from the Eleventh Century to the Present
Brittain, C. and Warren, J. (edd.) Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations
Brown, M. Menander and the Birth of Domestic Drama
Bubb, C. How to Eat: An Ancient Guide for Healthy Living
Carlà-Uhink F. and Faber E. (edd.) Corruption in the Graeco-Roman World: Re-Reading the Sources
Champlin, E. (ed. by Kaster, R.) Tiberius And His Age: Myth, Sex, Luxury, And Power
Cornell, T., Meunier, N. and Miano, D. (edd.) Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Rome
Cosgrave, C. Music at Social Meals in Greek and Roman Antiquity
Danon, B. Wealth, Office and Rank in Roman Italy
Drake, H.A. The Wisdom of the Ancients: Four Ideas that Changed the World
Duban, J.M. Homer’s Iliad in a Classical Translation
Dyck, A.R. Cicero: The Man and his Work
Edwards, R. Tiberius and the Charisma of Augustus: The Principate Enshrined
Fredericksen, E.P. The Environmental Poetry of Augustan Rome
Eisenfeld, H. Pindar and Greek religion: Theologies of Mortality in the Victory Odes
England, G. and Holdsworth, N. Philippus Primary Latin: A Latin Scheme For Primary Schools
Ewans, M. (ed.) A Cultural History of Comedy in Antiquity
Green, S.J. Ilias Latina: Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary
Grethlein, J. Reading the Odyssey: A Guide to Homer’s Narrative
Hall, E. (ed., trans., intro. and comm.) Aeschylus Agamemnon
Hall, E. Sophocles: A Very Short Introduction
Hobbs, A. Why Plato Matters
Hodges, R. The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Towns: A Viking Gift?
Holland, T. (translator) The Lives of the Caesars
Jones, P., Plebs Romana - Power, People and Politics in Ancient Rome
Jordan, A.M. Classical Taste in the Architectural World of Thomas Jefferson
Leonard, M. Revolution: Modern Uprisings in Ancient Times
López-Ruiz, C. Greek Mythology: From Creation to First Humans
Mackay, A. Homer Iliad I-XII and XIII-XXIV A text and translation for students
Millett, M. The Romanization of Britain
Netz, R. Why the Ancient Greeks Matter: The Problematic Miracle That Was Greece
Nichols, M.F. How to Make a Home: An Ancient Guide to Style and Comfort
Pelling, C. Plutarch Alexander
Potter, D. Master of Rome: A Life of Julius Caesar
Roberts, D., Leech, R. and Cubitt, R. The Romano-British Villa and Prehistoric Settlement at Low Ham, Somerset
Salzman, M.R. The Falls of Rome: Crises, Resilience, and Resurgence in Late Antiquity
Scheidel, W. What Is Ancient History?
Scott, M. Themistocles: The Rise and Fall of Athens’s Naval Mastermind
Scull, C., Brookes, S. and Williamson, T. Lordship and Landscape in East Anglia AD 400–800
Shipley, D. Graham J. (two volumes) Geographers of the ancient Greek world. Selected Texts in Translation.
Stothard, P. Horace: Poet on the Volcano
Tanfield, C. A Companion to the Aeneid in Translation (three vols.)
Tomlin, R.S. The Uley Tablets: Roman Curse Tablets from the Temple of Mercury at Uley
Trimble, G. Catullus: Poem 64