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18 results in LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History

The Culture of Athens
  • Volume 3, 3rd edition
  • Edited and translated by J. P. Sabben-Clare, M. S. Warman
  • Published online:
    07 September 2023
    Print publication:
    21 September 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts illustrating the social and cultural life of Classical Athens, with a brief Introduction. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from plays, speeches, histories, philosophical dialogues and scientific works as well as some key inscriptions, some of which were previously difficult for students to access.

The Athenian Empire
  • 5th edition
  • Edited and translated by Robin Osborne
  • Published online:
    07 September 2023
    Print publication:
    21 September 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts on the Athenian Empire in new English translations, with accompanying maps, tables and figures, a glossary and short contextualising introductory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts presented include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions and coin legends, some of which were previously difficult for students to access.

Tiberius to Nero
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited and translated by M. G. L. Cooley
  • Published online:
    30 August 2023
    Print publication:
    31 August 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts on the life of the Roman Empire during the period from Tiberius to Nero (AD 14–68), with an accompanying glossary, thorough notes, Imperial family trees and numerous illustrations of coins. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions and coins, many of these being otherwise difficult for students to access.

The High Tide of Empire
  • Emperors and Empire AD 14–117
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited and translated by Barbara Levick
  • Published online:
    26 August 2023
    Print publication:
    19 October 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History offers a generous selection of primary texts on the Roman Empire during the period AD 14-117, with accompanying maps and introductory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions, papyri and coin legends, many of these being otherwise difficult for students to access.

Cicero's Cilician Letters
  • 3rd edition
  • Edited and translated by Susan Treggiari
  • Published online:
    25 August 2023
    Print publication:
    21 September 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a selection of Cicero's letters from the period of his government of Cilicia in 51/50 BC, with accompanying maps, chronology and a brief Introduction. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers.

Inscriptions of the Roman Empire, AD 14–117
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited and translated by B. H. Warmington, S. J. Miller
  • Published online:
    24 August 2023
    Print publication:
    07 September 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of inscriptions from the Roman Empire during the period AD 14-117, with accompanying explanatory notes, concordances and indexes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers.

Inscriptions of Roman Britain
  • 6th edition
  • Edited and translated by C. W. Grocock
  • Published online:
    13 August 2023
    Print publication:
    28 September 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History offers a generous selection of inscriptions from Roman Britain, with an accompanying map, illustrations, glossary, concordances, indexes and introductory notes on epigraphy and ancient coinage. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers.

From the Gracchi to Sulla
  • Sources for Roman History, 133–80 BC
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited and translated by D. L. Stockton
  • Published online:
    27 July 2023
    Print publication:
    10 August 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts on Roman history during the half century from the Gracchi to Sulla (133-80 BC), with a brief Introduction. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources but also some key inscriptions, some of which were previously difficult for students to access.

Literary Sources for Roman Britain
  • 5th edition
  • Edited and translated by Yvette Rathbone, D. W. Rathbone
  • Published online:
    27 July 2023
    Print publication:
    10 August 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of literary sources for Roman Britain, with accompanying notes, a glossary and a list of emperors. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers.

The Old Oligarch
  • Pseudo-Xenophon's Constitution of the Athenians
  • 4th edition
  • Edited and translated by Robin Osborne
  • Published online:
    27 July 2023
    Print publication:
    10 August 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series features a new English translation of The Old Oligarch: Pseudo-Xenophon's Constitution of the Athenians, a key text for the study of Classical Greek history, with accompanying notes and a thorough, contextualising Introduction. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers.

The Persian Empire from Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited and translated by Maria Brosius
  • Published online:
    12 July 2023
    Print publication:
    10 August 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of texts on the Persian Empire from Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I (c.600-424 BC), with accompanying map, illustrations, glossary and introductory notes giving crucial background information. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions, many of these otherwise being difficult for students to access.

Late Republican Rome, 88–31 BC
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited and translated by Federico Santangelo
  • Published online:
    30 June 2023
    Print publication:
    20 July 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series features offers a generous selection of primary texts on Late Republican Rome (88-31 BC), with accompanying maps, a glossary and note on the sources, concordances and appendices. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources as well as some key inscriptions, some of which were previously difficult for students to access.

The Flavians
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited and translated by M. G. L. Cooley
  • Published online:
    30 June 2023
    Print publication:
    20 July 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts on the Flavians, with accompanying maps, glossary and explanatory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions, coins, inscriptions, papyri and extracts from legal texts, many of these being otherwise difficult for students to access.

Dio: the Julio-Claudians
  • Selections from Books 58-63 of the Roman History of Cassius Dio
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited and translated by Jonathan Edmondson
  • Published online:
    26 June 2023
    Print publication:
    19 October 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers generous selections from Cassius Dio's account of the Julio Claudians, with accompanying maps, appendices and a thorough, contextualising Introduction. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers.

Athenian Democracy
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited and translated by Robin Osborne
  • Published online:
    20 June 2023
    Print publication:
    06 July 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts on Athenian democracy, which flourished in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, with an accompanying glossary and introductory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources as well as some key inscriptions, some of which were previously difficult for students to access.

The Age of Augustus
  • 3rd edition
  • Edited by M. G. L. Cooley
  • With contributions by B. W. G. J. Wilson
  • Published online:
    15 June 2023
    Print publication:
    06 July 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series features primary texts on the Age of Augustus (31 BC-AD 14), with accompanying maps, illustrations, glossary and introductory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions, coin legends and extracts from legal texts, some of which were previously difficult for students to access.

Cicero's Consulship Campaign
  • A Selection of Sources Relating to Cicero's Election as Consul for 63BC, Including ‘A Short Guide to Electioneering’
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited and translated by M. G. L. Cooley
  • Published online:
    15 June 2023
    Print publication:
    06 July 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series features primary texts relating to Cicero's campaign for the consulship of 63 BC, with an accompanying glossary and timeline. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include two letters to Atticus, extracts from two speeches and Asconius' commentary on Cicero's speech as a candidate, and 'A Short Guide to Electioneering' attributed to Quintus Cicero.

Sparta
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited and translated by M. G. L. Cooley
  • Published online:
    10 June 2023
    Print publication:
    10 August 2023
  • This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts on Sparta, with accompanying maps, illustrations, glossary, chronology and explanatory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in English translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts selected include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions, many of these being otherwise difficult for students to access.