CLASSICS 2019 AND ANCIENT HISTORY CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORY Contents Byzantium 3 Culture 21 Persia 5 Philosophy 22 Greece 8 Intersectionality 24 Literature 12 Law 25 Slavery 16 Archaeology 26 Screen 18 Rome 27 Letter from the team Our list is expanding! We’re developing several important series so check these out and do be in touch if you’re working in these areas and you have a project that you’d like to talk about. • Edinburgh Byzantine Studies edited by Niels Gaul, Ruth Macrides, Alexander Riehle and Yannis Stouraitis, page 3 • Edinburgh Approaches to Ancient Greek Institutional History edited by Mirko Canevaro, Edward Harris and David Lewis, page 8 • Edinburgh Studies in Later Latin Literature edited by Gavin Kelly and Aaron Pelttari, page, 13 • Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Slavery edited by Ulrike Roth, page 16 • Ancient Cultures, New Materialisms edited by Lilah Grace Canevaro and Melissa Mueller, page 21 • Intersectionality in Classical Antiquity edited by Mark Masterson, Fiona McHardy and Nancy Rabinowitz, page 24 Our new books include The Edinburgh Companion to Sidonius Apollinaris edited by Gavin Kelly and Joop Van Waarden (page 12). This is a substantial and significant piece of scholarship combining the utility of a key research tool for studying Sidonius as well as offering completely new research. And we have 2 more volumes in our beautiful Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia series (page 6). Archaeology of Empire in Achaemenid Egypt by Henry P. Colburn and Zoroastrian Scholasticism in Late Antiquity by Arash Zeini. Carol Sarah James Rebecca Carla Kirsty Macdonald Foyle Dale Mackenzie Hepburn Andrews Editorial Editorial Production Design Marketing Marketing Catalogue cover image: © Shutterstock.com 2 edinburghuniversitypress.com Edinburgh Byzantine SERIES Studies Series Editors: Niels Gaul, Ruth Macrides, Alexander Riehle and Yannis Stouraitis edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/ebs Edinburgh Byzantine Studies explores new theoretical and cross-cultural approaches to Byzantium. These innovative readings will draw on sociological methods as well as theory- driven and comparative approaches to highlight the connectivity of Byzantine Studies. The books in this series will significantly advance our understanding of this polity on the crossroads of cultures by looking at the historical, textual, linguistic, material, archaeological and visual remains of medieval Byzantium and its neighbours. New in the series Imperial Visions of Late Byzantium Manuel II Palaiologos and Rhetoric in Purple Florin Leonte, Palacký University of Olomouc, Czech Republic • Discusses the texts of the Byzantine emperor and prolific theologian and rhetorician • Explores Byzantine rhetorical innovations in the late Hb & Ebook Byzantine political and social context £85 | $130 • Provides a fresh understanding of key pieces of November 2019 Byzantine public rhetoric 320 pages 9781474441032 Social Stratification in Late Byzantium Christos Malatras, University of Cologne • Identifies the main traits of Late Byzantine society and the ideas of the Byzantines about their social system, Hb & Ebook social values and the organisation of their society £85 | $130 • Adopts modern sociological and anthropological March 2020 theories to better understand Byzantine society 352 pages • Offers a new explanation of the collapse of Byzantine 9781474460880 8 b&w illustrations, society and the state in the face of external threats 24 b&w line art Classics & Ancient History 3 BYZANTIUM Byzantine Military Tactics in Syria and Mesopotamia in the 10th Century A Comparative Study Georgios Theotokis, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul The first comprehensive history of Byzantine warfare in the tenth century This book examines the strategies and military tactics of the Byzantines and their enemies in Eastern Anatolia, Syria and in Upper Mesopotamia in the tenth century. This period of conflict is difficult to define: it was too inactive to be called a ‘war’ but too active to be called a ‘cold war’. Nevertheless, it was a ‘war’, even if it lacked the numerous pitched battles or protracted sieges that defined other periods or other operational theatres of war. This study examines the way the Byzantines innovated and adapted their strategies and tactics to those of their enemies in the East, giving a rich picture of tenth-century Byzantine warfare. Hb £80.00 | $130.00 October 2018 360 pages 9781474431033 Also available in Ebook How to Order Books Visit edinburghuniversitypress.com to buy books and ebooks. Orders are fulfilled by MDL in the UK, Europe and ROW and Oxford University Press USA in the Americas. Journals Visit euppublishing.com/customer-services for journal ordering and pricing information. All prices advertised are correct at the time of printing but are subject to change without notice. Any questions? Get in touch with us: [email protected] 4 edinburghuniversitypress.com Edinburgh Studies in SERIES Ancient Persia Series Editor: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/esap Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia is an exciting monograph series dealing with key aspects of the ancient Persian world from the Achaemenids to the Sasanians, exploring its history, reception, art, archaeology, religion, literary tradition (including oral transmissions) and philology. Books in the series provide an important synergy of the latest scholarly ideas about this formative ancient world civilization. Available in the series Classics & Ancient History 5 PERSIA Archaeology of Empire in Achaemenid Egypt Henry P. Colburn, University of Southern California A study of the material culture of Egypt during the period of Achaemenid Persian rule, c. 526-404 BCE Previous studies have characterised Achaemenid rule of Egypt either as ephemeral and weak or oppressive and harsh. These characterisations, however, are based on the perceived lack of evidence for this period, filtered through ancient and modern preconceptions about the Persians. Henry Colburn challenges these views by assembling and analyzing the archaeological remains from this period, including temples, tombs, irrigation works, statues, stelae, sealings, drinking vessels and coins. By looking at the decisions made about material culture - by Egyptians, Persians and others - it becomes possible to see both how the Persians integrated Egypt into their empire and the full range of experiences people had as a result. HB £85.00 | $130.00 November 2019 352 pages 9781474452366 65 b&w illustrations, 3 b&w tables, 2 b&w line drawings Also available in Ebook Zoroastrian Scholasticism in Late Antiquity The Pahlavi version of the Yasna Haptaŋhāiti Arash Zeini, Freie Universität Berlin Examines Zoroastrian exegesis by investigating a late antique translation of an ancient Iranian text In late antiquity, Zoroastrian exegetes set out to translate their ancient canonical texts into Middle Persian, the vernacular of their time. Although undated, these translations, commonly known as the Zand, are often associated with the Sasanian era (224–651 ce). Despite the many challenges the Zand offers to us today, it is indispensable for investigations of late antique exegesis of the Avesta, a collection of religious and ritual texts commonly regarded as the Zoroastrians’ scripture. HB £95.00 | $145.00 March 2020 344 pages 9781474442886 11 b&w illustrations, 17 b&w tables, 1 b&w line art Also available in Ebook 6 edinburghuniversitypress.com PERSIA Sasanian Persia Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia Edited by Eberhard W. Sauer, University of Edinburgh • Details Persia’s growing military and economic power in the late antique world • Covers the latest discoveries on foundations, PB, HB & Ebook £24.99 | $39.95 fortifications and irrigation systems May 2019 • Includes case studies on Sasanian frontier walls and 336 pages urban culture in the Sasanian Empire 9781474452304 84 b&w illustrations, 5 b&w tables ReOrienting the Sasanians East Iran in Late Antiquity Khodadad Rezakhani, Princeton University • Provides a narrative history of Central Asia after the Greek dynasties and before Islam • Contextualises Persian history in relation to the PB, HB & Ebook history of Central Asia £19.99 | $29.95 • Extends the concept of late antiquity further east than August 2018 is usually done 256 pages 9781474437783 30 b&w illustrations Plutarch and the Persica Eran Almagor, Independent Scholar • Builds a picture of the character and structure of the lost Persica works by Ctesias of Cnidus, Deinon of Colophon, Heracleides of Cyme • Shows how Plutarch used the Persica works in his Lives with a specific focus on Artaxerxes HB & Ebook £85 | $130 • Considers the depiction of famous figures such as July 2018 Alexander the Great and Themistocles in Plutarch’s 352 pages works 9780748645558 1 map Semiramis’ Legacy The History of Persia According to Diodorus of Sicily Jan P. Stronk, University of Amsterdam • Contains the first comprehensive account of Ancient Persian History and its context as seen by Diodorus - a well-informed Greek • Presents a complete review of the historical sources PB, HB & Ebook used by Diodorus, not merely for the Persian history £29.99 | $44.95 but for the entire Biblioteca Historica February 2018 • Offers a historic and cultural background to the 624 pages account of Diodorus 9781474432559 Classics & Ancient History 7 SERIES seriesNew Approaches title to AncientSeries Editor: Greek Institutionalwww History Series Editors: Mirko Canevaro, Edward Harris and David Lewis edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/nagih This series will showcase