Studies in Ancient Greek and Roman Society

A collection of innovative essays on major topics in ancient Greece and Rome, first published in 2004.

Robin Osborne (Edited by)

9780521837699, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 15 July 2004

402 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.787 kg

This 2004 collection of papers includes some of the most innovative history written about Greece and Rome. The volume offers a convenient and enthralling guide to important issues and topics in Greek and Roman history, maps the changing interests of ancient historians and raises stimulating questions about historical method. The contributors to the volume represent many of the most exciting and influential ancient historians who have been active in the last quarter century. An introduction by the editor, which places the papers in the wider context of changing interests in Greek and Roman history, sets the scene for papers on Greek warfare, the regulation and representation of women and the nature and study of homosexual relationships in Athens, the relationship between Rome and its empire, whether Rome was democratic, the ideology of Augustan Rome, games and gaming at Rome, the lives of slaves, the ancient interpretation of dreams, the nature of religious pilgrimage, early Christian martyr stories, and bandits in the Roman empire.

Introduction Robin Osborne
1. Early Greek warfare as symbolic expression W. R. Connor
2. Law, the democratic citizen and the representation of women in classical Athens Robin Osborne
3. Law, society and homosexuality in classical Athens David Cohen
4. Translating Greek homosexuality: reticence and the truth of sex James Davidson
5. The Mediterranean and the Roman revolution: politics, war and the economy Fergus Millar
6. Democratic politics in Republican Rome John North
7. The golden age and sin in Augustan ideology Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
8. Literate games: Roman urban society and the game of alea Nicholas Purcell
9. Novel evidence for Roman slavery Keith Hopkins
10. The future of dreams: from Freud to Artemidorus S. R. F. Price
11. Pausanias: a Greek pilgrim in the Roman world Jas Elsner
12. The passion of Perpetua Brent D. Shaw
13. Bandits in the Roman empire Brent D. Shaw.

Subject Areas: Archaeology by period / region [HDD], Social & cultural history [HBTB], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], European history [HBJD]