Between Macedonia and Rome: Political Landscapes and Social Change in Hellenistic Greece
A fresh look at the Peloponnese in the early hellenistic period is particularly worthwhile. Though it was now only a small corner of a Greek world that stretched as far as the Punjab, many of its cities enjoyed international prestige because of their distinguished past.
Alaric: King of the Visigoths and Tool of the Romans
Through Alaric we can understand the vulnerable state of the Roman Empire and the disassociation of its separated halves. Alaric exposes the weak structure of the Empire through the years 395 to 410 by his lootings, foedus with Stilicho, and his campaign to invade Italy, the heart of the Western Empire.
Studies in the Representation of Dwarfs in Hellenistic and Roman Art
As individuals who fell outside the prevailing norms of society, dwarfs were often regarded as prodigies in antiquity: living amulets as well as instruments of private and public entertainment.
The Greek Achievement: The Birth of Classicism
This article is based on a lecture delivered at the The Greeks Institute, a series of lectures presented to secondary school teachers in the Bridgeport Public Schools during the spring of 1989. Co-sponsored by the Connecticut Humanities Council, Sacred Heart University, and the Bridgeport Public Schools, the purpose of the institute has been to provide teachers with an interdisciplinary exploration of classical Greece for the purposes of professional enrichment and curriculum development.
Trophies and Tombstones: Commemorating the Roman Soldier
How were the corpses disposed of and to what extent were these men commemorated and remembered? The intention of this paper is to unite the diverse relevant evidence for the first time and to argue that, although displays of public loss and mourning were often muted, the sacrifices of some soldiers did receive public acknowledgement.
The death of Alexander the Great
Alexander, King of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian empire, died in Babylon at sunset on the 10th of June, 323 BC. He was not yet 33 years old, had been king for 12 years and 8 months and had shown himself to be fully deserving of the title.
New and Old-School Poets at the End of the Republic
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The Ancient Library of Alexandria: A Model for Classical Scholarship in the Age of Million Book Libraries
Like a karstic river, the library of Alexandria resurfaces time after time4, and not only in
How Excessive Government Killed Ancient Rome
Beginning with the third century B.C. Roman economic policy started to contrast more and more sharply with that in the Hellenistic world, especially Egypt.
The Composition of the Peloponnesian Elites in the Roman period and the Evolution of their Resistance and Approach to the Roman Rulers
Polybios was the first of a series of cultured Greeks attached to Romans and the first known member of a Peloponnesian elite to have developed such a close connection to the Romans.