Reviews
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Continuity and Rupture in Roman Mediterranean Gaul: An Archaeology of Colonial Transformations at Ancient Lattara
5–8 minutesBenjamin P. Luley, Continuity and Rupture in Roman Mediterranean Gaul: An Archaeology of Colonial Transformations at Ancient Lattara. Oxford & Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2020. 9781789255669. Reviewed by Vivian A. Laughlin, Wake Forest University, laughlv@wfu.edu. This book is a study about Ancient Lattara, an ancient Etruscan port city in southern France, south of Montpellier, that synthesizes
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The Triumph and Trade of Egyptian Objects in Rome: Collecting Art in the Ancient Mediterranean
13–20 minutesStephanie Pearson, The Triumph and Trade of Egyptian Objects in Rome: Collecting Art in the Ancient Mediterranean, Image & Context, Volume 20 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021). 9783110700893. Reviewed by Katherine A. P. Iselin, Emporia State University, iselinkatherine@gmail.com. In The Triumph and Trade of Egyptian Objects in Rome: Collecting Art in the Ancient Mediterranean, Stephanie Pearson
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The Grotesque in Roman Love Elegy
11–16 minutesPietropaolo, Mariapia, The Grotesque in Roman Love Elegy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020). 9781108488693. Reviewed by Natalie J. Swain, University of Winnipeg, nataliejswain@gmail.com. The aesthetics of love in Roman elegy is a prevalent theme throughout the surviving elegiac texts. In accounts of the amorous relationships of Roman men (and occasionally women) with the beautiful of
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Leadership and Initiative in Late Republican and Early Imperial Rome
12–18 minutesRoman M. Frolov and Christopher Burden-Strevens, eds., Leadership and Initiative in Late Republican and Early Imperial Rome, Mnemosyne Supplements 453 (Leiden: Brill, 2022). 9789004511408. Reviewed by Stephanie Murphy, University of North Texas, Stephaniemurphy3@my.unt.edu. When we study Roman politics, we often consider how the political systems should have worked (and how those same systems crumbled). In
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Greek Cities and Roman Governors: Placing Power in Imperial Asia Minor
12–18 minutesGarrett Ryan, Greek Cities and Roman Governors: Placing Power in Imperial Asia Minor (Abingdon: Routledge, 2022). 9780367756840 Reviewed by Fraser Reed, Independent Scholar, FraserReed2@gmail.com In Greek Cities and Roman Governors: Placing Power in Imperial Asia Minor, Garrett Ryan provides an innovative exploration of how the built environment of provincial cities in western Asia Minor shaped
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Hellenic Common: Greek Drama and Cultural Cosmopolitanism in the Neoliberal Era
7–10 minutesPhillip Zapkin, Hellenic Common: Greek Drama and Cultural Cosmopolitanism in the Neoliberal Era (Abingdon: Routledge, 2022). 9781003082743. Reviewed by Clare Kearns, Brown University, clare_kearns@brown.edu. African Medea; Antigone in Ferguson; Ajax in Iraq: adaptations of Greek tragedies have gone worldwide. At the same time, our world is increasingly determined by neoliberalism, a political philosophy which prioritizes
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Inszenierung von Identitäten: Unteritalische Vasenmalerei zwischen Griechen und Indigenen
10–16 minutesU. Kästner and S. Schmidt, eds., Inszenierung von Identitäten: Unteritalische Vasenmalerei zwischen Griechen und Indigenen, Beihefte zum Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Deutschland Band VIII (München: C.H. Beck, 2018). 9783769637793. Reviewed by Ricarda Meisl, New York University, rm5284@nyu.edu. The Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum hardly needs an introduction; for a century it has now been the go-to publication for
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Casting the Parthenon Sculptures from the Eighteenth Century to the Digital Age
12–18 minutesEmma M. Payne, Casting the Parthenon Sculptures from the Eighteenth Century to the Digital Age (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021). 9781350120341. Reviewed by Kaley Aguero, Villanova University, kaguero@villanova.edu. In Casting the Parthenon Sculptures from the Eighteenth Century to the Digital Age (2021), Emma M. Payne examines the history and importance of Parthenon cast collections from the
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Ciceros emanzipatorische Leserführung
17–25 minutesChristopher Diez, Ciceros emanzipatorische Leserführung: Studien zum Verhältnis von dialogisch-rhetorischer Inszenierung und skeptischer Philosophie in De natura deorum, Palingenesia 128 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2021). 9783515130264. Reviewed by Peter Osorio, University of Toronto, peter.osorio@utoronto.ca. Cicero’s De natura deorum (ND) dramatizes its author’s lifelong interest in understanding and even reforming norms of Roman life in the
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Lucretius On Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity
7–10 minutesGeorge Kazantzidis, Lucretius On Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in De Rerum Natura (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021). Reviewed by Anastasiia Starovoitova, University of Southern California, starovoi@usc.edu. In Lucretius on Disease: The Poetics of Morbidity in De Rerum Natura, George Kazantzidis takes an innovative approach to the topic of morbidity by focusing on disease as playing
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