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TRAC 2012 Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Frankfurt 2012 Stefan Krmnicek (Editor) et al. Papers include: Marks of Imitation or Signs of Originality? An Approach to Structural Supports in Roman Marble Statuary; Equites and Senators as Agents of Change: Urban Culture and Elite Self-Representation in Thamugadi and Lepcis Magna (Second–third Centuries A.D.); Sacra Volsiniensia. Civic Religion in Volsinii after the Roman Conquest (Annalisa Calapà); The Internal Frontier: An African Model for Culture Change in South Central Italy (Fourth-third Centuries B.C.); Street Activity, Dwellings and Wall Inscriptions in Ancient Pompeii: A Holistic Study of Neighbourhood Relations; Understanding Neighbourhood Relations Through Shared Structures: Reappraising the Value of Insula-Based Studies; Secondary Doors in Entranceways at Pompeii: Reconsidering Access and the ‘View from the Street’ and more. 9781782971979, £35.00, April 2013 PB, 220p, <strong>Oxbow</strong> <strong>Books</strong> Classical World – Ancient Rome 26 Hadrian Arts, Politics and Economy Thorsten Opper (Editor) This book presents the proceedings of the 2009 conference relating to the 2008 exhibition at the British Museum entitled “Hadrian: Empire and Conflict” and complements and expands upon the exhibition catalogue. It covers such subjects as architecture, sculpture, archaeology, economics, numismatics and philhellenism and ranges over the Roman Empire from Britain and Spain in the West to Turkey and Georgia in the East. The original contributions by international scholars present the latest state of research and the first publication of some new material. Thorsten Opper is a curator of Greek and Roman sculpture at the British Museum. He organised the internationally acclaimed 2008 exhibition “Hadrian: Empire and Conflict” and authored the accompanying catalogue (British Museum Press 2008). He currently directs a fieldwork project at Hadrian’s Villa, near Rome. 9780861591756, £40.00, May 2013, PB, 260p, 200 illus, 100 col plates, maps and tables British Museum Research Publication 175, British Museum Press Magnus Pius Sextus Pompeius and the Transformation of the Roman Republic Kathryn Welch (Author) Tacitus suggested that resistance to the onset of the Roman Principate was negligible, that the aristocracy of Rome ‘rushed head-long into slavery’. He and a long tradition of scholarship, ancient and modern, have maintained this position mostly by savagely compressing the history of the period between 42 and 27BC and especially by characterising Sextus Pompeius, the younger son of Pompey the Great, as an adventurer with no legitimate cause. Welch attempts to reverse this tradition through a study of the opposition to Julius Caesar and his political heirs from 49 to 27BC. Sextus Pompeius provides the key; his use of the navy offers the evidence; his supporters, especially L. Scribonius Libo, provide the link backwards to Cn. Pompeius Magnus and forward to the future Princeps. By paying full attention to the sea throughout the period, Welch reintegrates the history of Sextus Pompeius into the better-known narrative of the opposition to Caesar and Caesarism. 9789491431074, £42, August 2012 9781905125449, £50.00, Available Now HB, 475p, Groningen Archaeological Studies 19, Barkhuis HB, 350p, b/w illus, Classical Press of Wales
Veii. The Historical Topography of the Ancient City A Restudy of John Ward-Perkins’s Survey Roberta Cascina (Editor); Helga Di Giuseppe (Editor); Helen Patterson (Editor) During the nineteenth century, antiquarians such as William Gell and George Dennis visited the ancient city of Veii, some 15 km north of Rome, and noted the rapid destruction of its archaeology. The city continued under to be under threat, and in the 1950s was the subject of ground-breaking survey and excavation by John Ward-Perkins. However, the results of his fieldwork were never published fully. Knowledge and understanding of material culture (especially pottery, votive objects and architectural terracottas) has increased dramatically over the past fifty years, so allowing the authors to reveal the full potential of the data. This publication reaffirms many of Ward-Perkins’s original insights, and contextualizes his research within the new discoveries of the past fifty years; whilst an important contribution to our knowledge, it is also a spur to further work. 9780904152630, £85.00, February 2013, HB, 432p, 142 illus, 2 colour plates Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome 19, British School at Rome Vesuvian Sigillata at Pompeii Jaye McKenzie-Clark (Author) The destruction of Pompeii in AD79 provides a unique opportunity to explore the use of everyday items. It allows us to identify the source and variety of products available within the city, and enables us to track changes in the consumption of goods over time. In this volume, Jaye McKenzie-Clark presents the far-reaching results of her examination of the red slip tableware within three regions of the city. It pinpoints the initial supply and use of Vesuvian Sigillata, and investigates factors that may have led to the popularity of this style of pottery. The investigation maps the on-going manufacture of these ceramics and identifies changes in production and consumption up to the time of the eruption. Examination of the distribution within contexts of different social use also reveals distinct patterns of consumer demands and consumption within Pompeian society. Such research helps us to explore and understand the use of goods within the city of Pompeii and throughout the Roman world. Classical World – Ancient Rome 9780904152623, £19.95, February 2013, PB, 162p, 32 illus, 4 colour plates Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome 20, British School at Rome Rome, Portus and the Mediterranean Simon Keay (Editor) One of the greatest consequences of Rome’s expansion across the Mediterranean world in the course of the Republic and the earliest years of the Empire was an exponential growth in the population and extent of the city itself. The emperors of the first three centuries ad faced major strategic challenges in ensuring a regular annual supply of food to the city, as well as other goods. This volume brings together various contributions, to assess how far Portus, as the maritime port of Imperial Rome from the mid-first century ad, was the principal conduit for supplying Rome and the extent to which the commercial links that fed Portus were part of a single overarching network or a series of interlinked networks that extended across the Mediterranean. The volume begins with a detailed reconsideration of Portus and its relationship to Ostia and Rome, continuing with studies that deal with a range of broader issues concerning the relationship of Mediterranean ports to Rome, Portus and Ostia before returning to more general considerations of connectivity, networks, coastal geo-archaeology and computational methods. 9780904152654, £90.00, February 2013, HB, 454p, 158 illus, 14 colour plates, Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome 21, British School at Rome 27
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