Presents a coherent model for understanding historical examples in Ancient Rome and their rhetorical, moral and historiographical functions.

Historical examples played a key role in ancient Roman culture, and Matthew B. Roller's book presents a coherent model for understanding the rhetorical, moral,

"The well-known mythographer Marina Warner has described the process of reading fairy tales and folktales as 'tasting the dragon's blood' - a magical and transf

A study of identity and social change in the Roman empire and the relationship of this knowledge to understanding of the contemporary world.

An introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods. It presents essays by an international team of sch