A Roman miscellany; essays in honour of Anthony R. Birley on his seventieth birthday. (CD-ROM included).

9788375311464

A Roman miscellany; essays in honour of Anthony R. Birley on his seventieth birthday. (CD-ROM included)

Ed. by H.M. Schellenberg et al.

Akanthina

2009

236 pages

$90.00

Hardcover

DA145

This festschrift is in honor of noted Roman historian Anthony Birley, whose work on Roman Britain is still the standard. Friends and former students have contributed essays. The topics range across the Roman Empire from soldiers and natives in Roman Britain to Rome, Alexandria and Israel. The religions of Rome are treated, including early Christian heresies. Several Latin and Greek Roman authors are examined, including, Sallust, Plutarch and a translation of a memoir by ex agente Sulpicius Alexandrii. In a charming touch, photographs of Birley and the contributors are interspersed throughout the book. Essays are in German, French and English. Oversize 8.5 x 12 " Distributed in North America by the David Brown Book Co.

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