A comprehensive study of friendship in ancient Rome attentive to gender and social status, language and the commemoration of the dead.

A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever written In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-abso

In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading among the elite in second-century Rome. The

Outside of ancient Syracuse on the island of Sicily, there lived a cruel ruler named Dionysius. He trusted no one. Nearby lived two best friends, Damon and Pyth

Comprehensive study of friendship in ancient Rome attentive to gender and social status, language and the commemoration of the dead.