Month: January 2017

Books Received December 2016

Wills in the Roman Empire: A Documentary Approach. Journal of Juristic Papyrology. Supplement, 23

Maria Nowak  / Journal of Juristic Papyrology, 2015

Reviewed by Elizabeth Buchanan, 

Parmenide tràdito, Parmenide tradìto: nel Commentario di Simplico alla Fisica di Aristotele. Saggio introduttivo, Raccolta dei testi in greco, Traduzione e Commentario. Symbolon, 42

Ivan Adriano Licciardi  / Academia Verlag, 2016

Reviewed by Luca Gili, 

Our Divine Double

Charles M. Stang  / Harvard University Press, 2016

Reviewed by Gregory Shaw, 

From ‘Passio Perpetuae’ to ‘Acta Perpetuae’: Recontextualizing a Martyr Story in the Literature of the Early Church, Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, 127

Petr Kitzler  / De Gruyter, 2015

Reviewed by Jane McLarty, 

Koina und Concilia: Genese, Organisation und sozioökonomische Funktion der Provinziallandtage im römischen Reich. Heidelberger Althistorische Beiträge und epigraphische Studien, 57

Babett Edelmann-Singer  / Franz Steiner Verlag, 2015

Reviewed by Ching-Yuan Wu, 

Ancient Greek Verb-Initial Compounds: Their Diachronic Development within the Greek Compound System

Olga Tribulato  / De Gruyter, 2015

Reviewed by Ben Cartlidge, 

La transmigration des âmes en Grèce et en Inde anciennes. Institut des sciences et des techniques de l’Antiquité (ISTA)​

Guillaume Ducoeur, Claire Muckensturm-Poulle  / Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté​, 2016

Reviewed by Pablo de Paz Amerigo, 

A Companion to Roman Art. Blackwell companions to the ancient world

Barbara E. Borg  / Wiley Blackwell, 2015

Reviewed by Alice Landskron, 

The Greek Gods in Modern Scholarship. Interpretation and Belief in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Germany and Britain. Oxford classical monographs

Michael D. Konaris  / Oxford University Press, 2016

Reviewed by Simon Trépanier, 

Namatianus’ Going Home: De reditu suo. Translated and with an Introductory Essay. Routledge Later Latin poetry

Martha Malamud  / Routledge, 2016

Reviewed by Scott Bruce, 

Inspice diligenter codices: philologische Studien zu Augustins Umgang mit Bibelhandschriften und -übersetzungen. Millennium-Studien / Millennium studies, 49​

Rebekka S. Schirner  / De Gruyter, 2015

Reviewed by Elisa Dal Chiele, 

Osten und Westen 400-600 n. Chr.: Kommunikation, Kooperation und Konflikt. Roma æterna: Beiträge zu Spätantike und Frühmittelalter, 4

Carola Föller, Fabian Schulz  / Franz Steiner Verlag, 2016

Reviewed by Mary Alberi, 

Looking at Bacchae

David Stuttard  / Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

Reviewed by Courtney J. P. Friesen, 

Tertullianus Afer: Tertullien et la littérature chrétienne d’Afrique (IIe-VIe siècles). Instrumenta patristica et mediaevalia, 70

Jérôme Lagouanère, Sabine Fialon  / Brepols Publishers, 2015

Reviewed by Tobias Georges, 

Eumelo: un poeta per Corinto con ulteriori divagazioni epiche. Problemi e ricerche di storia antica, 31

Andrea Debiasi  / "L’Erma" di Bretschneider, 2015

Reviewed by Mauro Giuffrè, 

Citizenship and Empire in Europe 200-1900: The Antonine Constitution after 1800 Years. Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge, 54

Clifford Ando  / Franz Steiner Verlag, 2016

Reviewed by Antonio Gonzales, 

The Treasures of Alexander the Great: How One Man’s Wealth Shaped the World. Onassis series in Hellenic culture

Frank L. Holt  / Oxford University Press, 2016

Reviewed by William D. Barry, 

Crucifixion in the Mediterranean World. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 327

John Granger Cook  / Mohr Siebeck, 2015

Reviewed by James H. Dee, 

Latin of New Spain

Rose Williams  / Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2015

Reviewed by Andrew Laird,