Evidence of the medical practice of ancient Egypt has come down to us not only in pictorial art but also in papyrus scrolls, in funerary inscriptions, and in the mummified bodies of ancient Egyptians themselves. Bruno Halioua and Bernard Ziskind provide a comprehensive account of pharaonic medicine that is illuminated by what modern science has discovered about the lives (and deaths) of people from all walks of life.

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Diana E. E. Kleiner

In this beautifully illustrated book, we experience the synthesis of Cleopatra's and Rome's defining moments through survivng works of art and other remnants of what was once an opulent material culture. This culture best chronicles Cleopatra's legend and suggests her subtle but indelible mark on the art of imperial Rome at the critical moment of its inception.

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Edward Champlin

The Roman empreror Nero is remembered by history as the vain and immoral monster who fiddled while Rome burned. He murdered his youngest brother and rival to the throne, probably at his mother's promptiing. He then murdered his mother, with whom he may have slept. He ordered the spectacular punishment of Christians for the burning of Rome, many of whom were burned as human torches to light up his gardens at night. Edward Champlin reinterprets nero's enormities on their own terms, as the self-conscious performances of an imperial actor with a formidable grasp of Roman history and mythology and a canny sense of his audience.

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William V. Harris

"This book by a leading ancient historian is bound to become a standard reference point for anyone interested in the history of emotions in antiquity. It draws together a range of texts from Homer to Post-Constantinian Christianity, showing how they approach the common problem of anger control and how the 'solution' changes over time. There is no book on this central issue in ancient culture that matches Restraining Rage's breadth and scope."
‹Mary Beard, University of Cambridge

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Andrea Sterk

Although an ascetic ideal of leadership had both classical and biblical roots, it found particularly fertile soil in the monastic fervor of the fourth through sixth centuries. Church officials were increasingly recruited from monastic communities, and the monk-bishop became the dominant model of ecclesiastical leadership in the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium. Focusing on four foundational figures‹Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus, and John Chrysostom‹Andrea Sterk explores the social, political, intellectual, and theological grounding for this development.

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Rowena Loverance

"This little book presents a history of the Byzanitine Empire from 330 C.E. to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It is lavishly illustrated with photographs of churches and sites, but above all objects‹icons, ivories, silver, jewelry, tapestries, pottery‹primarily from the fine collection housed by the British Museum. It is thus also a visual history of Byzantine culture and as such a striking display of artistic interaction between Persia, Byzantium, and the West during the Byzantine era."
‹Religous Studies Review

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Michele Renee Salzman

"This fascinating and important book...discusses the social origins and career paths of the aristocratic men‹and the family involvements of the women‹who converted to Christianity, and concludes by exploring 'the emperor's influence on aristocratic conversion' and 'the aristocrats' influence on Christianity'."
‹Robert M. Grant, Christian Century

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Bart D. Ehrman Editor

The writings of the Apostolic Fathers give a rich and diverse picture of Christian life and thought in the period immediately after New Testament times. Some of them were accorded almost Scriptural authority in the early Church. This new Loeb edition of these essential texts reflects current idiom and the latest scholarship.

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Jacques Brunschwig, E. R. Geoffrey Editors

The philosophers, historians, and scientists of ancient Greece inaugurated and nourished the tradition of Western thought. This volume, drawn from the reference work Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge, gives fresh insight into the originality of major figures and the legacy of important currents of thought.

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