Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Part One: Classics and the Classical World
6. A. Classics in the Twenty-First Century
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. The History of the Discipline 3
9. 2. History 9
10. 3. Archaeology 15
11. 4. Religion 21
12. 5. Economy 24
13. 6. Gender 27
14. 7. Philology and Linguistics 30
15. 8. Literature 35
16. 9. Philosophy 41
17. 10. Art History and Aesthetics 49
18. 11. Classical Legacies 57
19. B. The Regions of the Ancient World
20. Introduction 65
21. 12. The Ancient Near East 67
22. 13. Iron Age Europe 72
23. 14. Regions of Antiquity 78
24. C. Periods
25. Introduction 85
26. 15. The ‘Dark Age’ of Greece 87
27. 16. Archaic and Classical Greece 92
28. 17. The Hellenistic World 98
29. 18. The Roman Republic 102
30. 19. The Roman Empire 108
31. 20. Late Antiquity 114
32. Part Two: Material Culture
33. Introduction 121
34. 21. Landscape 123
35. 22. Marine Archaeology 135
36. 23. Sites and Features 146
37. 24. Buildings and Architecture 160
38. 25. Coinage 173
39. 26. Sculpture 183
40. 27. Painting, Stucco and Mosaic 194
41. 28. Pottery and Metalwork 206
42. 29. Gems, Jewellery and Glass 217
43. 30. Dress and Textiles 226
44. 31. Arms and Armour 231
45. 32. Papyri 238
46. 33. Manuscripts 251
47. 34. Inscriptions 262
48. Part Three: Texts and Genres
49. Introduction 275
50. 35. Greek Epic 277
51. 36. Roman Epic 282
52. 37. Greek Tragedy 288
53. 38. Roman Tragedy 295
54. 39. Greek Comedy 299
55. 40. Roman Comedy 309
56. 41. Greek Lyric Verse: Melic, Elegiac and Iambic 313
57. 42. Latin Poetry other than Epic and Drama 323
58. 43. The Novel 329
59. 44. Letters 335
60. 45. Rhetoric 339
61. 46. Literary Criticism 351
62. 47. Grammar and Linguistics 355
63. 48. Philosophy 361
64. 49. Greek Historiography 377
65. 50. Roman Historiography 384
66. 51. Geography and Ethnography 391
67. 52. Mythology 396
68. 53. Christian Literature 402
69. 54. Science and Mathematics 407
70. 55. Music 413
71. 56. Medicine 423
72. 57. Greek Legal Texts 428
73. 58. Latin Legal Texts 433
74. 59. Technical Writing 439
75. Part Four: Essential Information and Systems of Reference
76. Introduction 445
77. 60. Politics 447
78. 61. Names and Naming Systems 465
79. 62. Measures, Weights and Money 471
80. 63. Writing Systems 477
81. 64. The Ancient Calendar 485
82. 65. Metre 489
83. 66. Time-charts 495
84. 67. Maps 520
85. 68. Glossary of Ancient and Modern Terms 530
86. 69. Resources 545
87. 70. Abbreviations 559
88. Contributors 582
89. Index 588