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Roman History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2016

Lucy Grig
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Ancient history often seems to lag behind other areas of history when it comes to adopting new methodological and theoretical approaches. This crop of books, however, does offer contributions in two notable and significant areas of current scholarship: first in the area of memory studies, and second representing what we might call the ‘cognitive turn’. In addition there is a robust defence of a structuralist-informed approach to Greco-Roman religion, as well, of course, as books representing the more traditional areas of ancient history such as epigraphy and biography.

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Greece & Rome , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , October 2016 , pp. 269 - 274
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Copyright © The Classical Association 2016 

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1 The Roman Audience. Classical Literature as Social History. By Wiseman, T. P.. Oxford, Oxford University Press 2015. Pp. xiii + 327. 27 illustrations. Hardback £65, ISBN: 978-0-19-871835-2 CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

2 Hidden Lives, Public Personae. Women and Civic Life in the Roman West. By Hemelrijk, Emily A.. New York and Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xx + 610. 23 halftones, 57 illustrations. Hardback £55, ISBN: 978-0-19-025188-8 CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

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8 Cultural Memories in the Roman Empire. Edited by Galinsky, Karl and Lapatin, Kenneth. Los Angeles, CA, Getty Publications, 2015. Pp. x + 296. 53 colour and 85 b/w illustrations. Paperback £49.50, ISBN: 978-1-60606-462-7 Google Scholar.

9 Memory in Ancient Rome and Early Christianity. Edited by Galinsky, Karl. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. x + 406. Hardback £80, ISBN: 978-0-19-874476-4 Google Scholar.

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