Despite what history has taught us about imperialism's destructive effects on colonial
societies, many classicists continue to emphasize disproportionately the civilizing and …

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 …

The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western Eurasia in the sixth century.
Only a century later, it was a fraction of its former size. Surrounded by enemies, ravaged by …

Do the Romans have anything to teach us about the way that they saw the world, and the
way they ran their empire? How did they deal with questions of frontiers and migration, so …

Warfare was the single biggest preoccupation of historians in antiquity. In recent decades
fresh textual interpretations, numerous new archaeological discoveries and a much broader …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) is a globally distributed, obligate pathogen of humans
that can be divided into seven clearly defined lineages. An emerging consensus places the …

Image and Reality of Roman Imperial Power in the Third Century AD focuses on the wide
range of available sources of Roman imperial power in the period AD 193-284, ranging from …

Warfare in Medieval Europe, now in its second edition, offers considerably more attention to
the transition from the later Roman Empire to the early Middle Ages, the composition of the …

The economic success of the Roman Empire was unparalleled in the West until the early
modern period. While favourable natural conditions, capital accumulation, technology and …

The Roman empire extended over three continents, and all its lands came to share a
common culture, bequeathing a legacy vigorous even today. A Companion to Roman …