'Reorganizes the field and challenges our preconceptions in both familiar areas and in
disciplines that are not usually treated in studies on the classical tradition. A must read.' …

The Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD,
which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centred on Rome …

This new edition of Rome in the East expands on the seminal work of the first edition, and
examines the lasting impact of the near Eastern influence on Rome on our understanding of …

This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity,
now covering the period 395-700 AD, provides both a detailed introduction to late antiquity …

By engaging with recent developments in the study of empires, this book examines how
inhabitants of Roman imperial Syria reinvented expressions and experiences of Greek …

In Between Empires Greg Fisher tackles the problem of pre-Islamic Arab identity by
examining the relationship between the Roman Empire and the Empire of Sasanian Iran …

It is commonly argued that the proliferation of urban writing known as linguistic landscapes
represents “a thoroughly contemporary global trend”(Coupland, 2010: 78). The purpose of …

Texts written in Latin, Greek and other languages provide ancient historians with their
primary evidence, but the role of language as a source for understanding the ancient world …

Based on recent studies in intercultural communication Kathy Ehrensperger applies the
paradigm of multilingualism, which includes the recognition of cultural distinctiveness, to the …

Religious individuality is not restricted to modernity. This book offers a new reading of the
ancient sources in order to find indications for the spectrum of religious practices and …