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