Tabula rasa #6 : a crime novel of the Roman Empire by Downie, Ruth, 1955-

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Settled blood : a Kate Daniels mystery by Hannah, Mari

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The archaeology of the Meroitic state : new perspectives on its social and political organisation by Edwards, David N.

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Roman architecture and its principles of construction under the Empire, with an appendix on the evolution of the dome up to the XVIIth century, by Rivoira, G. T. (Giovanni Teresio), 1849-1919

Table of Contents: “…Biographical note -- The end of the Republic and the reign of Augustus -- Tiberius -- Caligula -- Claudius -- Nero -- The Flavian emperors -- Trajan -- Hadrian -- The Antonine emperors -- Septimius Severus and Caracalla -- The Gordian emperors -- The Licinian emperors -- Aurelian -- Diocletian -- Maxentius -- Constantine -- The successors of Constantine -- Appendix: Roman dome-construction ; Dome of St. …”


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Semper fidelis : a novel of the Roman Empire by Downie, Ruth, 1955-

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Famous Romans

Table of Contents: “…Brutus and the opposition to Caesar ; Cicero ; Augustus ; Vergil ; Claudius ; Nero -- disc 4. Trajan ; Hadrian ; Epictetus ; Apuleius ; Plutarch, Suetonius & Tacitus ; Marcus Aurelius.…”


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Roman sculpture by Kleiner, Diana E. E.

Table of Contents: “…Art under Trajan and Hadrian -- Ch. VI. Antonine Art: The Beginning of Late Antiquity -- Ch. …”


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Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

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The Best plays of 1968-69

Table of Contents: “…. -- Forty carats : a comedy in two acts / by Jay Allen. -- Hadrian VII : a play in two acts / by Peter Luke. -- Celebration : a musical in two acts / book and lyrics by Tom Jones ; music by Harvey Schmidt. -- 1776 : a musical in one act / based on a conception of Sherman Edwards ; book by Peter Stone ; music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards. -- No place to be somebody : a play in three acts / by Charles Gordone. -- Adaptation/Next : a program of two one-act plays / by Elaine May and Terrence McNally.…”


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Roman art : Romulus to Constantine by Ramage, Nancy H., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…The Etruscan forerunners 1000-200 BC -- The Roman Republic 509-27 BC -- Augustus and the Imperial Idea 27 BC-AD 14 -- The Julio-Claudians AD 14-68 -- The Flavians: Savior to Despot AD 69-98 -- Trajan, Optimus Princeps AD 98-117 -- Hadrian and the classical revival AD 117-138 -- The Antonines AD 138-193 -- The Severans AD 193-235 -- The soldier emperors AD 235-284 -- The Tetrarchs AD 284-312 -- Constantine and the aftermath AD 307-337.…”


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Rise of empire by Sullivan, Michael J., 1961-

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Willful child : the search for spark by Erikson, Steven

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Prehistoric art : signs, symbols, myth, ideology

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Born fighting : how the Scots-Irish shaped America by Webb, James. 1946 February 9-

Table of Contents: “…The making of a people-- and a nation. Hadrian's Wall -- Tribalism versus feudalism : the Celtic tie of kinship -- Braveheart -- Bannockburn -- pt. 3. …”


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Newcastle & Northumbria by Stables, Daniel

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The silver wolf by Borchardt, Alice

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Empire : the novel of imperial Rome by Saylor, Steven, 1956-

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Greek apologists of the second century by Grant, Robert M. (Robert McQueen), 1917-2014

Table of Contents: “…The background of Christian apologetic -- The beginnings of Christian apologetic -- The reign of Trajan -- The reign of Hadrian -- Antoninus Pius and the Christians -- Justin's conversion and works -- Justin: church, Bible, and theology -- Justin on moral questions -- Marcus Aurelius and the Christians -- Apollinaris of Hierapolis -- Melito of Sardis -- Athenagoras of Athens -- The Gallican martyrs and Tatian -- Tatian on the Bible and theology -- Celsus against the Christians -- Theophilus of Antioch -- Theophilus and literature -- Theophilus and the Bible -- The theology of Theophilus -- Early Alexandrian Christianity -- Early use of the apologists -- The apologists in the third century and after -- The apologists in the Middle Ages and later.…”


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The road to Byzantium : luxury arts of antiquity

Table of Contents: “…The road to Byzantium / Robin Cormack -- The beauty of the human body in Ancient Greek vase-painting / Anna Petrakova -- Greco-Scythian antiques : a history of excavation in Southern Russia / Andrei Alekseyev -- Classicism in the Roman portrait : the ages of Augustus and Hadrian / Anna Trofimova -- The classical heritage in Byzantine art / Vera Zalesskaya -- Silver in changing contexts / Marlia Mundell Mango -- Classicism and Paideia in early Byzantine silver from the Hermitage / Ruth Leader-Newby --Ancient classicism in retrospect / Antony Eastmond and Peter Stewart.…”


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Ammianus and the Historia Augusta. by Syme, Ronald, 1903-1989

Table of Contents: “…The history of Ammianus -- Books XXVI-XXXI -- A problem of dating -- Egypt -- Magic and treason -- The vita Coracallae -- Rome and Persia -- Isauria -- The Usurpation of Silvanus -- The Letter of Hadrian -- The banquet of Africanus -- Cumulative evidence -- The date of the HA -- Jerome and the HA -- Ammianus, Juvenal, and the HA -- The biographer Marius Maximus -- Biography against history -- Biographers and Epitomators -- Other writings -- Other Frauds -- A paradoxical comparison -- The aristocracy in Ammianus -- The aristocracy in the HA -- Names in the HA -- The author of the HA -- His social milieu -- His achievement -- The problems.…”


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