Viggen Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Here is a list of some interesting new books that are available from january on (a bit later then usual but if you read here, you might understand ) The Romans For Dummies The Later Roman Empire Roman Woodworking History of the Roman Republic Roman Satire Prostitution, Sexuality, and the Law in Ancient Rome Treasures from Tuscany: The Etruscan Legacy Eating and Drinking in Roman Britain Neaera: Writing a Prostitutes Life Hadrian's Wall We also updated the best selling list for December 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Has anybody noticed a lot of recent books dealing with prostitution in Ancient Rome? I wonder what the sudden interest is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 This is a product of the current trend in anglo-saxon academic circles to do gender studies, something which was first noticed in the USA but is now coming in many other areas of the world, including the french speaking academic circles. Something else I did notice was the growing number of studies about the late roman empire, both in French and English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Strange! The Later Roman Empire by Averil Cameron has been published in Britain since the early nineties, I brought a copy a year or two ago. Is this its first publishing in the USA or is it a re-print? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I have a copy of Cameron's book. Has to be a re-print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar CXXXVII Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 I have a copy of Cameron's book. Has to be a re-print. 250 pages ? A.H.M. Jones "The Later Roman Empire" had some 800 . I am not saying that Cameron's book does not have quality but quantity is very important when dealing with hundreds of years . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 I just said I had a copy of Cameron's book. I mentioned nothing about the quality. But since you mentioned it, I didn't think much of Cameron's book, which is why I didn't bother reviewing it for the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted January 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 well if you had reviewed it then we would all know now It doesnt say a reviewed book has to be grand and splendour, imo there is nothing wrong with telling that one didnt like a book, if reasonable explained why... and yes, i mention on those list also reprints, or paperback editions if available for a particular month... cheers viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Cameron starts the book with Diocletian in AD 284 and ends it with the sack of Rome in AD 410. She has written another book called 'The Mediterranean World in late Antiquity' which covers the period from AD 395-600. That is about 250 pages long, and it deals a lot with Byzantium rather than Ravenna or Rome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 well if you had reviewed it then we would all know now It doesnt say a reviewed book has to be grand and splendour, imo there is nothing wrong with telling that one didnt like a book, if reasonable explained why... I tend to review books I really like (to recommend them to people) or really despise (to warn people away). Books that are just kind of mediocre but not truly offensive I seldom take the time to review. *shrugs* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 If you're looking for a book that covers the same time period in a slightly more accessible fashion, you might care for Stephen Mitchell, A History of the Later Roman Empire (2007). The Harvard series (of which the Cameron volume is a part) is of uneven quality. For example, the Oswyn Murray volume, Early Greece, is superb; Crawford's Roman Republic is dreadful. Caveat emptor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar CXXXVII Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 If you're looking for a book that covers the same time period in a slightly more accessible fashion, you might care for Stephen Mitchell, A History of the Later Roman Empire (2007). The Harvard series (of which the Cameron volume is a part) is of uneven quality. For example, the Oswyn Murray volume, Early Greece, is superb; Crawford's Roman Republic is dreadful. Caveat emptor! Does Mitchell's Book have new information about the period since the publication of J. B. Bury's "History of the Later Roman Empire" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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