A Companion to Ancient History

List of Maps

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Abbreviations, Reference Works

Abbreviations and Glossary, Ancient Authors

Timeline

1. Personal Perspectives: Josiah Ober (Stanford University), Peter Derow (Wadham College), Andrea Giardina (Istituto Italiano di Scienza Umane), Neil McLynn (Corpus Christi College), and Kathryn Welch (the University of Sydney)

Part I: Evidence:

2. Historiography: John Marincola (Florida State University)

3. Epigraphical Cultures of the Classical Mediterranean: Greek, Latin, and Beyond: Gregory Rowe (the University of Victoria)

4. Papyrology: Alan K. Bowman (Brasenose College)

5. Numismatics: A. R. Meadows (the American Numismatic Society)

6. Archaeology and Ancient History: Stephen L. Dyson (the State University of New York)

7. Oratory: Catherine Steel (the University of Glasgow)

8. Ancient History Through Ancient Literature: Tim Whitmarsh (Corpus Christi College)

Part II: Problems and Approaches:

9. Ancient History Today: J. A. North (UCL)

10. Political History: Robert Morstein-Marx (the University of California)

11. Economic and Social History: Neville Morley (the University of Bristol)

12. Ethnicity and Culture: Edward Herring (the National University of Ireland)

13. Population and Demography: Walter Scheidel (Stanford University)

14. Writing Women into History: Amy Richlin (the University of California)

15. Interpreting Myth: Carol Dougherty (Wellesley College)

16. Environmental History: Robert Sallares (University of Manchester)

Part III: People and Places:

17. The Near East: Maria Brosius (the University of Newcastle)

18. Egypt under the Pharaohs: John Ray (the University of Cambridge)

19. The Jews: Gideon Bohak (Tel Aviv University)

20. The Greeks: Thomas Harrison (the University of Liverpool)

21. Asia Minor: Peter Thonemann (Wadham College)

22. Rome: Christer Bruun (University of Toronto)

23. Italy beyond Rome: Kathryn Lomas (University College London)

24. North Africa: Josephine Crawley Quinn (Worcester College)

25. The Iberian Peninsula in the Roman Period: A. T. Fear (the University of Manchester)

26. The “Celts”: Constanze Witt (the University of Texas)

Part IV: Encountering the Divine:

27. Religion: Mark Humphries (Swansea University)

28. The Emergence of Christianity: John Curran (The Queen’s University of Belfast).

Part V: Living and Dying:

29. The Family: Mary Harlow (the University of Birmingham) and Tim Parkin (University of Manchester)

30. Food: John Wilkins (the University of Exeter)

31. Eros: Love and Sexuality: James Davidson (the University of Warwick)

32. Housing: Lisa C. Nevett (the University of Michigan)

33. Entertainment: David Potter (the University of Michigan)

34. Education: Jason König (the University of St. Andrews)

35. Medicine: Helen King (the University of Reading)

36. Death: David Noy (the Open University)

Part VI: Economy:

37. The Mediterranean and the History of Antiquity: R. Bruce Hitchner (Tufts University)

38. Ancient Economies: John Davies (Liverpool University)

39. Labor: Free and Unfree: Peter Fibiger Bang (the University of Copenhagen)

40. The Countryside: Robert Witcher (Durham University)

41. Finance and Resources: Public, Private, and Personal: Paul Millett (Cambridge University; Downing College)

42. Ancient Technology: Tracey Rihll (Swansea University)

Part VII: Politics and Power:

43. Structures: Hans Beck (McGill University)

44. Citizenship: Andrew Lintott (King’s College)

45. Law: Elizabeth A. Meyer (the University of Virginia)

46. Warfare: Louis Rawlings (Cardiff University)

Part VIII: Repercussions:

47. The Impact of Antiquity: Rosamond McKitterick (Sidney Sussex College)

48. Ancient History and National Identity: Andrew Erskine (the University of Edinburgh)

49. University’s Ancient World: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (the University of Edinburgh))

Bibliography

Index