This volume deploys both written (epigraphic, papyrological and literary) and archaeological (pottery, metalwork) evidence to cast new light on the economic, cu

This is the first comprehensive sourcebook in English concentrating entirely on the Hellenistic age.

From Archaic Greece until the Late Roman Empire (c. 800 BCE to c. 500 CE), food was more than a physical necessity; it was a critical factor in politics, econom

This book contains articles concerning relationship between the 'imperial' culture of the Achaemenids and local traditions, including a publication of the uniqu

Focusing on the depiction of the natural world in Herodotus' Histories, this volume explores the fluid and complex network of spatial relationships that emerges