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🎉 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟱𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀!

We are delighted to announce the release of "Tradition and Power in the Roman Empire", edited by Sven Betjes, Olivier Hekster, and Erika Manders. This volume explores how various cultural, political, social, and religious traditions interacted with and influenced the shifting power structures throughout different periods and regions of the Roman Empire.

As proceedings of the 15th Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Nijmegen, 18-20 May 2022), this work offers profound insights into how diversity and tradition contributed to the empire's cohesion and legacy.

📚 Now available in Open Access! Dive into this comprehensive exploration of Roman history today.

🔗 Read the volume here: brill.ws/IMEM50

Excited to see the collaboration between top scholars and Brill’s 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 series at this international workshop. Looking forward to the upcoming volumes! 📚

This week, Daniëlle Slootjes and Lee Brice hosted the Brill Workshop on Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean at the University of Amsterdam. Michael A. Speidel, editor of the forthcoming Pauly Supplement on Greek and Roman Military History (www.brill.com/bnps), held the keynote lecture. It has been marvellous to watch 2 Brill companions on warfare being composed and discussed and many others planned.
Today, Friday the 30th of August, at 10 am, a round table discussion will be held on the future of the study of Ancient Warfare. Please feel free to join us in Amsterdam, Bushuis, Kloveniersburgwal 48.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 28th, the Brill workshop “Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean World” kicks off with a keynote lecture by Dr. Michael Speidel (University of Zürich, Bern, and Istanbul), open to all interested.

📍 Location: OMHP C0.17, University of Amsterdam
🕒 Time: Walk-in from 15:00, Lecture starts at 15:30-17:00 (followed by drinks)

The workshop will bring together editors and contributors to Brill’s series, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘯, edited by Lee L. Brice: https://brill.com/display/serial/WAMW

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗔𝗔 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲!

Vincent Oeters, our Acquisitions Editor for Archaeology & Material Culture of Ancient Civilizations, will be attending the annual meeting of the EAA European Association of Archaeologists from August 28-31, 2024. Stop by the Brill booth to explore our latest books and resources, and discuss new projects and research in archaeology. Don’t miss this chance to connect and explore potential collaborations in the field. We look forward to meeting you!

Explore our Archaeology Program: https://www2.brill.com/AandAC

Begun in 2010 and now published in three thick tomes on a combined 2,000 pages: Karl Enenkel’s edition of Erasmus’s Apophthegmata is a true Herculean labor. This magnum opus offers a commented critical edition of books V–VIII of Erasmus’s Apophthegmata, the most successful early modern collection of memorable sayings and anecdotes. Enenkel’s erudite 200-page introduction analyses the genre of apophthegmata in antiquity as well as the genesis, composition, sources and particularities of Erasmus’s work.

https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/17203
https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/69670
https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/17204

𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹'𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲

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𝗡𝗲𝘄! 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘆𝘇𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲

👉 The Memorial and Aesthetic Rediscovery of Constantine’s Beautiful City, from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance

Paul Magdalino studies the research perspective in which the literary inhabitants of Late Antique and medieval remembered its past and conceptualised its existence as a city in a state.

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𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗠. 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀
Join Dominic Machado as he celebrates Cary M. Barber’s study "Politics in the Roman Republic: Perspectives from Niebuhr to Gelzer" (brill.ws/Barber).
Machado situates it among recent publications that illuminate the development of Republican politics studies over the centuries.
Discover more in his review article "Roman Republican Politics: Past, Present, and Futures": brill.ws/Polis_Machado (free access).

New Review!

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻?

As we do today, the Greeks and Romans struggled to communicate their pain: this required a rich and subtle vocabulary which had to be developed over time. "Pain Narratives", edited by Jacqueline Clarke, Daniel King, and Han Baltussen, traces the development of this language in literary, philosophical, and medical texts from across antiquity: poets, physicians, and philosophers contributed to an ever-growing lexicon to articulate their own and others’ feelings.

Learn more here: 👉 brill.ws/Pain

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗼𝘀

We are honored to feature Professor Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos on the Brill Blog. Explore his insights on cinematic representations of ancient Greek and Roman warfare and their impact on historical narratives. Discover more about his latest editorial work, "Brill’s Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare on Film"(brill.ws/AncientWarfare).

Read the full interview on our blog: brill.ws/BlogAWF

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗖𝗖: 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀' 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘀

A few days after the conclusion of the 15th Celtic Conference in Classics, we extend our sincere gratitude to the organizers and participants. Featured here are Michael Hanagan and David Woods, editors of 𝘈𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴: 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳, a profound examination of Ammianus’ dual roles as soldier and historian. Learn more about this significant work: http://brill.ws/HRE16.

Additionally, for scholars interested in Ammianus Marcellinus, we recommend exploring 𝘈𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, an indispensable philological and historical commentary:http://brill.ws/AMO.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀

As another conference draws to a close today, we extend our gratitude to the organizers of the 15th Celtic Conference in Classics in Cardiff and everyone who visited our booth.

Acquisitions Editor Mirjam Elbers met with Rafał Toczko, co-editor of 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 – 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. This volume explores Augustine's use of classical rhetoric in his theological works.

Discover more about the book here: https://brill.com/display/title/69130

𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟲𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲

As the 69th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale conference in Helsinki draws to a close, we extend our heartfelt thanks to the organizers and all who visited our booth. It was a pleasure connecting with you and discussing the latest in Assyriology. Pictured are our Acquisitions Editor Vincent Oeters alongside his colleague Antonia Pohl from De Gruyter at our adjoining booths.

Out now!

👉 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰, 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟬-𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟬
Advocacy, Conceptualization, Institutionalization

Merrill. D. Whitburn analyzes the advocacy, conceptualization, and institutionalization of rhetoric from 1770 to 1860. Among the forces promoting advocacy was the need for oratory calling for independence, the belief that using rhetoric was the way to succeed in biblical interpretation and preaching, and the desire for rhetoric as entertainment.

Learn more via 📚 brill.ws/Whitburn

🥳 Live from the CCC!

Celebrate with us our first joint conference attendance in Classical Studies: Meet Acquisitions Editors for Classical Studies, Carlo Vessella from De Gruyter and Mirjam Elbers from Brill, at our joint booth at the Celtic Conference in Classics, in Cardiff (UK). 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

To browse our curated titles for the CCC have a look at our landing page: ➡️ www2.brill.com/CCC2024

To learn more about the conference: ➡️ cardiffccc.wixsite.com/cardiffccc2024

𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀

Join us at the 15th Celtic Conference in Classics (CCC) from July 9-12, 2024, at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd. We are pleased to announce De Gruyter Brill's joint presence at the conference. As sponsors of the conference reception, visit our booth to meet Carlo Vessella (De Gruyter) and Mirjam Elbers (Brill).

Explore our latest releases in Classical Studies and more on our dedicated conference page. Don't miss our special Summer Sale with a 50% discount on books until August 31, 2024, available for conference attendees. More details here: https://www2.brill.com/CCC2024

𝟲𝟵𝗧𝗛 𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗘

Our Acquisitions Editor for Archaeology & Material Culture of Ancient Civilizations, Vincent Oeters, is attending the RAI - 69th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Helsinki, Finland, from July 8-12, 2024.

Visit our booth to browse our latest titles and benefit from our conference discount. Connect with our team to discuss your latest research and publishing goals.

🏖️ Whether you're planning to do your summer research in the library or out in the field (i.e. on the beach), we hope you'll spend it with a good book—one from De Gruyter Brill!

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🎭 New Review for "Ovid in China - Reception, Translation, and Comparison" 🎭

in offers a fresh look at an ancient Roman author in a Chinese context and often from a Chinese perspective. The seventeen essays in this volume, by a group of international scholars, examine Ovid’s interaction with China in a broad historical context, including a 21st-century collaborative project to translate Ovid’s poetry into Chinese with commentary, and comparative studies on such themes as conceptualization of time, consolation, laughter, filicide, and revenge.

➡️ brill.ws/OvidChina

New!

🥣 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘄𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 🥣
From Prestige Object to an Article of Mass Consumption

Pia Guldager Bilde's book, edited by Susan Rotroff, opens up a new window into the world through a close study of bowls, their places of production (both in the and the Mediterranean), iconographies and distribution. The author’s unique access to material in the Black Sea Region provides the backbone to a rare comparative approach to an important type of vessel that traditionally has been studied in local isolation.

➡️ brill.ws/Bilde

Exciting new review for "Between Miltiades and Moltke: Early German Studies in Greek Military History" by Roel Konijnendijk!

This book explores how the scope and method of the first handbooks on were shaped by their environment, it questions the ancient wisdom that practical expertise is the best guide to writing .

➡️ brill.ws/Konijnendijk

𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀!

👉 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Workshop of The International Network Impact of Empire (Nijmegen, 18-20 May 2022)

This volume, edited by Sven Betjes, Olivier Hekster, and Erika Manders, focuses on the interface between tradition and the shifting configuration of power structures in the . By examining various time periods and locales, its contributions show the Empire as a world filled with a wide variety of cultural, political, social, and religious traditions.

To the book: ➡️ brill.ws/IMEM50

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵!

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𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿? 💪

New Review for Brill’s Companion to Bodyguards in the Ancient Mediterranean! This book, edited by Mark Hebblewhite and Conor Whately, is the first scholarly volume solely dedicated to understanding of the world.
To the book: ➡️ brill.ws/Bodyguard

We are excited to announce that our Acquisitions Editor, Vincent Oeters, is currently attending the 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 (𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗖) in Paris until the 9th June. Prospective authors interested in contributing to our archaeology portfolio are encouraged to connect with Vincent during the conference. Attendees are also invited to browse through our latest titles, exploring the rich intersection of archaeology, history, and anthropology.

We are pleased to announce that Angela Hug's scholarly work, "Fertility, Ideology, and the Cultural Politics of Reproduction at Rome", has been awarded the esteemed Mark Golden Book Award by the Classical Association of Canada / Société canadienne des études classiques. This accolade recognizes Angela’s exceptional contribution to Classical Studies.

Her book offers a comprehensive examination of the significance of fecunditas (human fertility) in Roman society, analyzing its cultural impact and its role in shaping gender, social, and political dynamics from 100 BC to AD 300: http://brill.ws/IMEM45.

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Angela Hug on this distinguished achievement.

𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴: 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘏𝘶𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦-𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥.

Just published and available for trial: 'Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics Online'. This is a thoroughly revised expansion of the previously published 'Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics', now encompassing the entire history of Greek: from Proto-Greek to modern times.

The Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics Online is the culmination of many years’ efforts by over 400 scholars. It provides an authoritative and comprehensive treatment of all important aspects of the language in its 3,500-year documented history, offering a systematic overview of the language on all levels and from many different angles and theoretical traditions.

About 65% of the content is completely new, while the remaining 35% consists of revised and expanded entries from the Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics. The Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics Online launched in April 2024 with around 25% of the total content. Completion is expected in 2025. More info: http://brill.ws/gllo_

Institutional trials are available. Ask your librarian to contact: [email protected].