G. Brown (ed.) - Ovid's Fasti [2002]


Geraldine Herbert-Brown - Ovid's Fasti. Historical Readings at its Bimillennium, Oxford, 2002.

  • List of Contributors
  • List oflllustrations
  • Martial Arts. Mars Ultor in the Forum Augustum: A Verbal Monument with a Vengeance
  • The Fasti as a Source for Women's Participation in Roman Cult
  • Vaga Signa: Orion and Sirius in Ovid's Fasti
  • Varro's Three Theologies and their Influence on the Fasti
  • Ovid and the Stellar Calendar
  • Seen, not Heard: Feminea Lingua in Ovid's Fasti and the Critical Gaze
  • Representing the Great Mother to Augustus
  • imperii pignora certa: The Role of Numa in Ovid's Fasti
  • Ovid's Liberalia
  • Contesting Time and Space: Fasti 6. 637-48
  • Added Days: Calendiical Poetics and the Julio- Claudian Holidays
  • Ovid and the Stage
  • References
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index
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G. Clark - Christianity and Roman Society [2004]


Gillian Clark - Christianity and Roman Society, Cambridge, 2004.

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Christians and others
  • The blood of the martyrs
  • Body and soul
  • People of the Book
  • Triumph, disaster or adaptation?
  • Bibliographical essay
  • References
  • Index

J. Curran - Rome in the Fourth Century [2000]

John Curran - Pagan City and Christian Capital. Rome in the Fourth Century, Oxford, 2000.

  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Topography
  • Emperors, Gods, and Violence in Third-Century Rome
  • Introduction
  • Public building and the topography of Rome in the third century
  • Soldiers and civilians
  • The Christian community in Rome
  • Conclusion
  • Conservator Urbis: Maxentius in Rome
  • Introduction: Rome and the Tetrarchs
  • The usurpation of Maxentius
  • Building activity in Rome
  • Maxentius and the Christians
  • The end
  • Conclusion
  • Constantine and Rome: The Context of Innovation
  • Introduction
  • Constantine and the centre of Rome: October 312
  • Constantine and the destruction of the memory of Maxentius in the centre of Rome
  • Constantine's Christian buildings in Rome
  • Conclusion
  • The Christianization of the Topography of Rome, AD 337 - 384
  • Introduction
  • Bishop Julius and his predecessors
  • The basilica-mausoleum complex on the Via Nomentana
  • Liberius and Felix
  • Damasus and Ursinus
  • The Roman churches of Damasus
  • The epigrammata of Damasus
  • Conclusion
  • Society
  • The Legal Standing of the Ancient Cults of Rome
  • Introduction
  • Working with the Theodosian Code
  • Constantine
  • The house of Constantine
  • Julian and Jovian
  • Valentinian and the West
  • Gratian, Valentinian II, and and the West
  • Theodosius
  • Conclusion
  • Paganism, Christianity, and the Imperial Celebrations in the Circus Maximus During the Fourth Century
  • Introduction
  • The festival calendar
  • The importance of the circus games
  • The iconography of the Circus Maximus in the fourth century
  • The pompa circi and the Christian emperor
  • Conclusion
  • Jerome, Asceticism, and the Roman Aristocracy, AD 340 - 410
  • Introduction
  • The Roman aristocracy redefined
  • The context of senatorial asceticism
  • Christian asceticism: Points of conflict
  • Jerome and the 'sham' Christians of Rome
  • Melania the Younger, Pinianus and the Fall of Rome
  • Status in an ascetic context
  • Conclusion
  • Towards an Understanding of 'Christianization' in Rome
  • Illustrations
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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Yosef Garfinkel - Dancing at the Dawn of Agriculture [2003]


Yosef Garfinkel - Dancing at the Dawn of Agriculture, University of Texas Press 2003.
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • The D ance Analysis
  • Introduction
  • Structural Analysis of the Dance
  • Functional Analysis of the Dance
  • Cognitive Analysis of the Dancing Scenes
  • Conclusions
  • The Data
  • General Remarks Concerning the Data
  • Neolithic Near East
  • Halafian and Samarra Cultures
  • Neolithic and Chalcolithic Iran
  • Neolithic Southeast Europe
  • Predynastic Egypt
  • Later Examples from the Near East
  • Appendix: The Figures with “Turned-Upwards Legs”
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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H. Collitz - Traces of Indo-European Accentuation in Latin


Hermann Collitz, Traces of Indo-European Accentuation in Latin, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 28 (1897), pp. 92-110.

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C. Brownson - Reasons for Plato's Hostility to the Poets



Carleton L. Brownson - Reasons for Plato's Hostility to the Poets, Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 28 (1897), pp. 5-41.

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Clarke J. - Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans [2003]


Clarke J. - Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans. Visual Representation and Non-Elite Viewers in Italy 100 B.C.-A.D. 315, University of California Press, 2003.

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Imperial Representation of Non-elites
  • Augustus's and Trajan's Messages to Commoners
  • The All-seeing Emperor and Ordinary Viewers: Marcus Aurelius and Constantine
  • Non-elites in the Public Sphere
  • Everyman, Everywoman, and the Gods
  • Everyman and Everywoman at Work
  • Spectacle: Entertainment, Social Control, Self-advertising, and Transgression
  • Laughter and Subversion in the Tavern: Image, Text, and Context
  • Commemoration of Life in the Domain of the Dead: Non-elite Tombs and Sarcophagi
  • Non-elites in the Domestic Sphere
  • Minding Your Manners: Banquets, Behavior, and Class
  • Putting Your Best Face Forward: Self-representation at Home
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration
  • Credits
  • Index
Mai multe info despre acest volum, aici.

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P.S. Se pare ca rugamintile Analectei Classica adresate aici au ramas fara raspuns din partea asa zisei blogosfere romanesti. Cum de altfel ma asteptam.

N. Fields - Rome's Saxon Shore [2006]


N. Fields - Rome's Saxon Shore. Coastal Defences of Roman Britain AD 250-500, Osprey Publishing, 2006.

  • Introduction
  • Chronology
  • Britannia
  • Carausius
  • Barbarica conspiratio
  • Stilicho
  • Constantinus
  • Design
  • Construction methods
  • Raw Materials
  • Human resources
  • Anatomy
  • Defences
  • Brancaster-Branoduno
  • Caister-on-Sea
  • Burgh Castle-Gariannum
  • Walton Castle
  • Bradwell-Othona
  • Reculver-Regulbium
  • Richborough-Rutupiae
  • Daver-Dubris
  • Lympne-Lemanis
  • Pevensey-Anderitum
  • Portchester-Portus Adurni
  • Function
  • Notitia Dignitatum
  • Anti-pirate defence
  • Defence against Rome
  • Fortified ports
  • Occupation
  • Internal buildings
  • Garrisons
  • Extra-mural activity
  • Twilight years
  • The sites today
  • Brancaster
  • Caister-on-Sea
  • Burgh Castle
  • Walton Castle
  • Bradwell
  • Reculver
  • Richborough
  • Dover
  • Lympne
  • Pevensey
  • Porchester
  • Useful contact information
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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W. Craig - Roman Homosexuality [1999]


Roman Homosexuality: Ideologies of Masculinity in Classical Antiquity, Oxford University Press 1999.
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Homosexuality, Heterosexuality, and Bisexuality
  • Representation and Reality
  • The Question of Diachronic Change
  • Past and Present
  • The Script of Masculinity
  • Roman Traditions: Slaves, Prostitutes, and Wives
  • The Protocols of Masculine Behavior
  • Boys and Girls
  • Dirty Jokes
  • Slaves, Male and Female
  • Slaves in Plautus
  • Slaves and Luxury
  • Prostitutes, Male and Female
  • Men and Their Wives
  • Jupiter and Ganymede
  • Hadrian and Antinous
  • Greece and Rome
  • "Greek" Love: Pederasty and the Gymnasium
  • How "Greek" Was Pederasty?
  • The Appeal of Youth
  • Mature Males as Sexual Objects
  • Exoleti
  • The Example of Priapus: The Bigger the Better
  • Visual Evidence
  • The Concept of Stuprum
  • The Language of Stuprum and Pudicitia
  • Homosexual versus Heterosexual Stuprum
  • Stuprum and Reputation
  • Wartime Rape and Prostitution
  • Wives and Children
  • Stuprum and Masculinity
  • Pederasty and Adultery
  • Adultery and Pederasty in the Aeneid
  • The Law on Stuprum
  • Effeminacy and Masculinity
  • Signifiers of Effeminacy: Softness and Excessive Grooming
  • Virtus and Imperium: Masculinity and Dominion
  • Masculine Dominion over Foreigners and Women
  • Masculinity and Self-Control
  • Masculinity, Effeminacy, and Sexual Practices
  • Other Voices
  • Sexual Roles and Identities
  • Differences from Greek Traditions
  • Viri: Real Men
  • Labels and Categories for "Men"
  • Labels for the Penetrated Man: Impudicus, Pathicus, and Cinaedus
  • Stereotypes of the Cinaedus: Effeminacy and "Disease"
  • The Double StandardBoys versus Cinaedi
  • Appearances and Reputation
  • The Law
  • Alternative Strategies
  • Fellatores and Cunnilingi: The Problem of Oral Sex
  • Crossing Boundaries
  • The Cinaedus: Passive Homosexual or Gender Deviant?
  • Cinaedi Desiring Men
  • The Question of "Subculture"
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix 1 The Rhetoric of Nature and Same-Sex Practices
  • Animal Behavior
  • Contra Naturam
  • Appendix 2 Marriage between Males
  • Appendix 3 A Note on the Sources
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index of Passages Cited
  • General Index
  • Photos follow page
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