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<p>List of Figures xi</p> <p>List of Maps xii</p> <p>Notes on Contributors xiii</p> <p>Preface xix</p> <p>Abbreviations, Reference Works xx</p> <p>Abbreviations and Glossary, Ancient Authors xxiii</p> <p>Timeline xxx</p> <p>1 Personal Perspectives 1<br /> <i>Josiah Ober, Peter Derow, Andrea Giardina, Neil McLynn, Kathryn Welch</i></p> <p><b>Part I: Evidence 11</b></p> <p>2 Historiography 13<br /> <i>John Marincola</i></p> <p>3 Epigraphical Cultures of the Classical Mediterranean: Greek, Latin, and Beyond 23<br /> <i>Gregory Rowe</i></p> <p>4 Papyrology 37<br /> <i>Alan K. Bowman</i></p> <p>5 Numismatics 48<br /> <i>A. R. Meadows</i></p> <p>6 Archaeology and Ancient History 59<br /> <i>Stephen L. Dyson</i></p> <p>7 Oratory 67<br /> <i>Catherine Steel</i></p> <p>8 Ancient History Through Ancient Literature 77<br /> <i>Tim Whitmarsh</i></p> <p><b>Part II: Problems and Approaches 87</b></p> <p>9 Ancient History Today 89<br /> <i>J. A. North</i></p> <p>10 Political History 99<br /> <i>Robert Morstein-Marx</i></p> <p>11 Economic and Social History 112<br /> <i>Neville Morley</i></p> <p>12 Ethnicity and Culture 123<br /> <i>Edward Herring</i></p> <p>13 Population and Demography 134<br /> <i>Walter Scheidel</i></p> <p>14 Writing Women into History 146<br /> <i>Amy Richlin</i></p> <p>15 Interpreting Myth 154<br /> <i>Carol Dougherty</i></p> <p>16 Environmental History 164<br /> <i>Robert Sallares</i></p> <p><b>Part III: People and Places 175</b></p> <p>17 The Near East 177<br /> <i>Maria Brosius</i></p> <p>18 Egypt under the Pharaohs 189<br /> <i>John Ray</i></p> <p>19 The Jews 201<br /> <i>Gideon Bohak</i></p> <p>20 The Greeks 213<br /> <i>Thomas Harrison</i></p> <p>21 Asia Minor 222<br /> <i>Peter Thonemann</i></p> <p>22 Rome 236<br /> <i>Christer Bruun</i></p> <p>23 Italy beyond Rome 248<br /> <i>Kathryn Lomas</i></p> <p>24 North Africa 260<br /> <i>Josephine Crawley Quinn</i></p> <p>25 The Iberian Peninsula in the Roman Period 273<br /> <i>A. T. Fear</i></p> <p>26 The “Celts” 284<br /> <i>Constanze Witt</i></p> <p><b>Part IV: Encountering the Divine 299</b></p> <p>27 Religion 301<br /> <i>Mark Humphries</i></p> <p>28 The Emergence of Christianity 312<br /> <i>John Curran</i></p> <p><b>Part V: Living and Dying 327</b></p> <p>29 The Family 329<br /> <i>Mary Harlow and Tim Parkin</i></p> <p>30 Food 342<br /> <i>John Wilkins</i></p> <p>31 Eros: Love and Sexuality 352<br /> <i>James Davidson</i></p> <p>32 Housing 368<br /> <i>Lisa C. Nevett</i></p> <p>33 Entertainment 381<br /> <i>David Potter</i></p> <p>34 Education 392<br /> <i>Jason König</i></p> <p>35 Medicine 403<br /> <i>Helen King</i></p> <p>36 Death 414<br /> <i>David Noy</i></p> <p><b>Part VI: Economy 427</b></p> <p>37 The Mediterranean and the History of Antiquity 429<br /> <i>R. Bruce Hitchner</i></p> <p>38 Ancient Economies 436<br /> <i>John Davies</i></p> <p>39 Labor: Free and Unfree 447<br /> <i>Peter Fibiger Bang</i></p> <p>40 The Countryside 462<br /> <i>Robert Witcher</i></p> <p>41 Finance and Resources: Public, Private, and Personal 474<br /> <i>Paul Millett</i></p> <p>42 Ancient Technology 486<br /> <i>Tracey Rihll</i></p> <p><b>Part VII: Politics and Power 497</b></p> <p>43 Structures 499<br /> <i>Hans Beck</i></p> <p>44 Citizenship 510<br /> <i>Andrew Lintott</i></p> <p>45 Law 520<br /> <i>Elizabeth A. Meyer</i></p> <p>46 Warfare 531<br /> <i>Louis Rawlings</i></p> <p><b>Part VIII: Repercussions 543</b></p> <p>47 The Impact of Antiquity 545<br /> <i>Rosamond McKitterick</i></p> <p>48 Ancient History and National Identity 555<br /> <i>Andrew Erskine</i></p> <p>49 Hollywood’s Ancient World 564<br /> <i>Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones</i></p> <p>Bibliography 580</p> <p>Index 654</p>

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<b>Andrew Erskine</b> is head of Classics at University of Edinburgh. He has held an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at the University of Munich. His publications include <i>A Companion to the Hellenistic World</i> (Blackwell, 2003), <i>Troy between Greece and Rome: Local Tradition and Imperial Power</i> (2001), and <i>The Hellenistic Stoa: Political Thought and Action</i> (1990).

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