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A Map of the Body, a Map of the Mind: Visualising Geographical Knowledge in the Roman World
Iain Ferris, A Map of the Body, a Map of the Mind: Visualising Geographical Knowledge in the Roman World (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2024). 9781803277813. Reviewed by Edward Tang, Stanford University, edtanglh@stanford.edu. The relationship between geography, the expression of power, and identity-making has long been recognized in Roman studies.1 The focus is usually on the literary imagination…
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Tatiana Bur, Maria Gerolemou, and Isabel A. Ruffell, eds., Technological Animation in Classical Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024). 9780192857552. Reviewed by Matthew Walmsley, The University of Queensland, uqmwalms@uq.edu.au. With the rising interest in the relationship between humans and machines, Technological Animation in Classical Antiquity, edited by Tatiana Bur, Maria Gerolemou, and Isabel A. Ruffell,…
Keep readingKeeping to the Point in Athenian Forensic Oratory: Law, Character and Rhetoric
Edward M. Harris and Alberto Esu, eds., Keeping to the Point in Athenian Forensic Oratory: Law, Character and Rhetoric (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2025). 9781399523899. Reviewed by Sidney Kochman, Independent Scholar, sidneykochman@gmail.com This edited volume is one of the newest additions to Edinburgh University Press’s series New Approaches to Ancient Greek Institutional History. With this…
Keep readingReading the Letter to Titus in Light of Crete: Dynamics of Early Christian Identity Co
Michael S. Robertson, Reading the Letter to Titus in Light of Crete: Dynamics of Early Christian Identity Construction, Critical Approaches to Early Christianity 3 (Leiden: Brill, 2024). 9789004685710. Reviewed by John D. Doss, Asbury Theological Seminary, Asbury University, John.doss@asburyseminary.edu. As the title suggests, Michael Scott Robertson provides an important contribution to New Testament (hereafter NT)…
Keep readingPhilip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: Politics, History, & Fiction
Emma Nicholson, Philip V of Macedon in Polybius’ Histories: Politics, History, & Fiction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023). 9780192866769. Reviewed by Aaron L. Beek, Case Western Reserve University and North-West University,aaronlbeek@gmail.com. This work is a detailed examination of the Polybian view of Philip V of Macedon. One might readily ask whether this is a work…
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