Journal of Roman Studies, 101, 2011

Articles

Andrew Burnett, The Augustan Revolution Seen from the Mints of the Provinces, pp 1–30

Jarrett T. Welsh, Accius, Porcius Licinus, and the Beginning of Latin Literature, pp 31–50

Peter Heslin, Metapoetic Pseudonyms in Horace, Propertius and Ovid, pp 51–72

Edward Champlin, Tiberius and the Heavenly Twins, pp 73–99

Rebecca Langlands, Roman Exempla and Situation Ethics: Valerius Maximus and Cicero de Officiis, pp 100–122

Matthew C. Nicholls, Galen and Libraries in the Peri Alupias, pp 123–142

Serafina Cuomo, A Roman Engineer's Tales, pp 143–165

Lieve Van Hoof and Peter Van Nuffelen, Monarchy and Mass Communication: Antioch a.d. 362/3 Revisited, pp 166–184

Peter Thonemann, Amphilochius of Iconium and Lycaonian Asceticism, pp 185–205

Review Articles

Sander M. Goldberg, Roman Comedy Gets Back to Basics, pp 206–221

Phiroze Vasunia, The Comparative Study of Empires, pp 222–237

Reviews

I. History

C. J. SMITH, THE ROMAN CLAN: THE GENS FROM ANCIENT IDEOLOGY TO MODERN ANTHROPOLOGY. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xiv + 393, illus. isbn 9780521856928. £66.00. Myles McDonnell, pp 238–239

S. T. ROSELAAR, PUBLIC LAND IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC. A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF AGER PUBLICUS IN ITALY, 369–89 BC. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. x + 360, illus. isbn 9780199577231. £75.00. Alessandro Launaro, pp 240–241

K.-J. HÖLKESKAMP (ED.), EINE POLITISCHE KULTUR (IN) DER KRISE? DIE ‘LETZTE’ GENERATION DER RÖMISCHEN REPUBLIK. Munich: Oldenbourg, 2009. Pp. xii + 222. isbn 9783486590531. £49.80. Robin Seager, pp 241–242

I. SAMOTTA, DAS VORBILD DER VERGANGENHEIT. GESCHICHTSBILD UND REFORMVORSCHLÄGE BEI CICERO UND SALLUST (Historia Einzelschriften 204). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2009. Pp. 506. isbn 9783515091671. €78.00. Henriette van der Blom, pp 242–243

C. LANGE, RES PUBLICA CONSTITUTA: ACTIUM, APOLLO, AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE TRIUMVIRAL ASSIGNMENT. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2009. Pp. xii + 230. isbn 9789004175013. €93.00/US$138.00. Josiah Osgood, pp 243–244

A. COOLEY, RES GESTAE DIVI AUGUSTI, TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND COMMENTARY. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xviii + 317, illus. isbn 9780521841528 (bound); 9780521601283 (paper). £45.00 (bound); £16.99 (paper). Greg Rowe, pp 245–246

C. SMITH and A. POWELL (EDS), THE LOST MEMOIRS OF AUGUSTUS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROMAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales, 2009. Pp. xii + 227. isbn 9781905125258. £50.00. Emily Gowers, pp 246–247

J. FOURNIER, ENTRE TUTELLE ROMAINE ET AUTONOMIE CIVIQUE: L'ADMINISTRATION JUDICIAIRE DANS LES PROVINCES HELLÉNOPHONES DE L'EMPIRE ROMAIN, 129 AV. J.-C–235 AP. J.-C. (Bibliothèque des Écoles Françaises d'Athènes et de Rome 341). Athènes: Ecole Française d'Athènes, 2010. Pp. 693. isbn 9782869582125. €70.00. Georgy Kantor, pp 248–249

J. MADSEN, EAGER TO BE ROMAN: GREEK RESPONSE TO ROMAN RULE IN PONTUS AND BITHYNIA. London: Duckworth, 2009. Pp. ix + 166, illus. isbn 9780715637531. £50.00. Melissa Rothfus, pp 249–250

H. M. COTTON, R. G. HOYLAND, J. J. PRICE and D. J. WASSERSTEIN (EDS), FROM HELLENISM TO ISLAM: CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC CHANGE IN THE ROMAN NEAR EAST. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xxx + 481, 7 figs. isbn 9780521875813. £65.00/US$125.00. Peter M. Edwell, pp 250–251

E. LO CASCIO, CRESCITA E DECLINO: STUDI DI STORIA DELL'ECONOMIA ROMANA. Rome: ‘L'Erma’ di Bretschneider, 2009. Pp. vi + 386. isbn 9788882655624. €120.00. Claire Holleran, pp 251–253

R. HAENSCH (ED.), SELBSTDARSTELLUNG UND KOMMUNIKATION. DIE VERÖFFENTLICHUNG STAATLICHER URKUNDEN AUF STEIN UND BRONZE IN DER RÖMISCHEN WELT (Vestigia 61). Munich: C.H. Beck, 2009. Pp. vi + 472, illus. isbn 9783406582875. €78.00. Alison Cooley, pp 253–254

A. COŞKUN (ED.), FREUNDSCHAFT UND GEFOLGSCHAFT IN DEN AUSWÄRTIGEN BEZIEHUNGEN DER RÖMER (2.JAHRHUNDERT V.CHR.–1.JAHRHUNDERT N.CHR.). Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2008. Pp. 261, 4 maps. isbn 9783631584248. £27.30/€45.50. John Nicols, pp 254–255

S. BELL and I. L. HANSEN (EDS), ROLE MODELS IN THE ROMAN WORLD: IDENTITY AND ASSIMILATION (Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome Supp. 7). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2008. Pp. x + 316, illus. isbn 9780472115891. US$85.00. Cynthia Damon, pp 255–257

M. LIPKA, ROMAN GODS: A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 167). Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2009. Pp. 219, illus. isbn 9789004175037. €89.00/US$132.00. Jason Davies, pp 257–258

J. RÜPKE and J. SCHEID (EDS), BESTATTUNGSRITUALE UND TOTENKULT IN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISERZEIT = RITES FUNÉRAIRES ET CULTE DES MORTS AUX TEMPS IMPERIALS (Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 27). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2010. Pp. 298. isbn 9783515091909. €58.00. John Pearce, pp 258–259

S. MITCHELL and P. VAN NUFFELEN (EDS), ONE GOD: PAGAN MONOTHEISM IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. ix + 239. isbn 9780521194167. £55.00/US$95.00. Crystal Addey, pp 259–260

J. P. TONER, POPULAR CULTURE IN ANCIENT ROME. Cambridge: Polity, 2009. Pp. 253, illus. isbn 9780745643090 (bound); 9780745643106 (paper). £55.00 (bound); £17.99 (paper). Lucy Grig, pp 261–261

P. PORMANN (ED.), RUFUS OF EPHESUS: ON MELANCHOLY (SAPERE: Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam Religionemque Pertinentia = Schriften der späteren Antike zu ethischen und religiösen Fragen 12). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008. Pp. xv + 331, 7 illus. isbn 3161497600/9783161497605 (bound); 3161497597/9783161497599 (paper). €59.00 (bound); €29.00 (paper). David Konstan, pp 261–263

M. BEER, TASTE OR TABOO: DIETARY CHOICES IN ANTIQUITY. Devon: Prospect Books, 2010. Pp. 152. isbn 9781903018637. £12.00. John F. Donahue, pp 263–264

D. AUGENTI, MOMENTI E IMMAGINI DELLA DONNA ROMANA. Rome: Quasar, 2007. Pp. 245, 93 illus. isbn 9788871403576. €42.00. Glenys Davies, pp 264–265

J. ROTH, ROMAN WARFARE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xvii + 310. isbn 9780521830287 (bound); 9780521537261 (paper). £45.00/US$80.00 (bound); £13.99/US$19.99 (paper). Karen Pickford, pp 265–266

P. DUBOIS, SLAVERY: ANTIQUITY AND ITS LEGACY. London: I.B. Tauris, 2010. Pp. xi + 154. isbn 9781845119263 (bound); 9781845119270 (paper). £19.50 (bound); £9.99 (paper). Laura Proffitt, pp 266–267

H. LINDSAY, ADOPTION IN THE ROMAN WORLD. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xiii + 242. isbn 9780521760508. £55.00/US$95.00. April Pudsey, pp 267–268

C. BANNON, GARDENS AND NEIGHBORS: PRIVATE WATER RIGHTS IN ROMAN ITALY. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2009. Pp. 320. isbn 9780472033539. US$85.00. Leanne Bablitz, pp 268–269

M. BRADLEY, COLOUR AND MEANING IN ANCIENT ROME. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xiii + 267, illus. isbn 9780521110426. £55.00. Anna McCullough, pp 269–271

II. Language, Literature and Reception

A. SHARROCK, READING ROMAN COMEDY: POETICS AND PLAYFULNESS IN PLAUTUS AND TERENCE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xi + 321. isbn 9780521761819. £55.00/US$99.00. Dorota Dutsch, pp 271–272

A. DYCK, CICERO. PRO SEXTO ROSCIO. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xv + 242. isbn 9780521882248 (bound); 9780521708869 (paper). £45.00/US$78.00 (bound); £17.99/US$31.99 (paper). Gesine Manuwald, pp 272–273

H. VAN DER BLOM, CICERO'S ROLE MODELS: THE POLITICAL STRATEGY OF A NEWCOMER. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xii + 388. isbn 9780199582938. £80.00. Elaine Fantham, pp 273–275

U. STECK, DER ZEUGENBEWEIS IN DEN GERICHTSREDEN CICEROS (Europäische Hochschulschriften 2.2.4839). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009. Pp. xii + 260. isbn 9783631572542. £38.30. Andrew Lintott, pp 275–275

P. HARDIE, LUCRETIAN RECEPTIONS: HISTORY, THE SUBLIME, KNOWLEDGE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. ix + 306. isbn 9780521760416. £55.00/US$90.00. Andreas T. Zanker, pp 275–277

D. LEVENE, LIVY ON THE HANNIBALIC WAR. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xi + 453. isbn 9780198152958. £85.00. Ayelet Haimson Lushkov, pp 277–278

V. PANOUSSI, GREEK TRAGEDY IN VERGIL'S AENEID: RITUAL, EMPIRE AND INTERTEXT. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xiii + 257. isbn 9780521895224. £45.00/US$80.00. Emily Pillinger, pp 279–280

T. BURKARD, M. SCHAUER and C. WIENER (EDS), VESTIGIA VERGILIANA. VERGIL-REZEPTION IN DER NEUZEIT (Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft, Beihefte n.f. 3). Berlin/New York: De Gruyter, 2010. Pp. x + 473. isbn 9783110247206. €109.95. L. B. T. Houghton, pp 280–281

L. HOUGHTON and M. WYKE, PERCEPTIONS OF HORACE: A ROMAN POET AND HIS READERS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xii + 366. isbn 9780521765084. £60.00/US$99.00. Michèle Lowrie, pp 281–282

K. S. MYERS (ED.), OVID, METAMORPHOSES XIV. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. ix + 237. isbn 9780521810258 (bound); 9780521007931 (paper). £50.00/US$85.00 (bound); £18.99/US$32.99 (paper). Garth Tissol, pp 282–283

B. PAVLOCK, THE IMAGE OF THE POET IN OVID'S METAMORPHOSES. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 2009. Pp. 198. isbn 9780299231408. US$55.00. Laura Jansen, pp 284–285

A. DOODY, PLINY'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA: THE RECEPTION OF THE NATURAL HISTORY. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. viii + 194. isbn 9780521491037. £55.00/US$95.00. Mary Beagon, pp 285–286

S. BARTSCH and D. WRAY (EDS), SENECA AND THE SELF. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. ix + 304, illus. isbn 9780521888387. £55.00/US$99.00. Harry Hine, pp 286–287

J. KER, THE DEATHS OF SENECA. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. xv + 411, illus. isbn 9780195387032. £45.00. Jula Wildberger, pp 288–290

G. STALEY, SENECA AND THE IDEA OF TRAGEDY. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xiii + 185, illus. isbn 9780195387438. £45.00.Christopher Star, pp 290–291

P. ROCHE, LUCAN: DE BELLO CIVILI BOOK 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. xi + 418. isbn 9780199556991. £65.00. Tim Stover, pp 292–292

P. MURGATROYD (ED.), A COMMENTARY ON BOOK 4 OF VALERIUS FLACCUS' ARGONAUTICA (Mnemosyne Supplementum 311). Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2009. Pp. x + 366. isbn 9789004175617. €130.00/US$185.00. Emma Buckley, pp 293–293

A. AUGOUSTAKIS, MOTHERHOOD AND THE OTHER: FASHIONING FEMALE POWER IN FLAVIAN EPIC. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xii + 314, illus. isbn 9780199584413. £60.00. Neil Bernstein, pp 293–295

A. J. WOODMAN (ED.), THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO TACITUS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xvi + 366. isbn 9780521874601 (bound); 9780521697484 (paper). £60.00 (bound); £18.99 (paper). Dylan Sailor, pp 295–296

D. SAILOR, WRITING AND EMPIRE IN TACITUS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. xi + 359. isbn 9780521897471. £55.00/US$99.00. Myles Lavan, pp 296–297

J. HINDERMANN, DER ELEGISCHE ESEL: APULEIUS' METAMORPHOSEN UND OVIDS ARS AMATORIA (Studien zur Klassischen Philologie 162). Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang, 2009. Pp. 229. isbn 9783631592304. £38.50. Stefan Tilg, pp 297–298

E. DICKEY and A. CHAHOUD (EDS), COLLOQUIAL AND LITERARY LATIN. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xviii + 515. isbn 9780521513951. £65.00/US$110.00. Gerd Haverling, pp 299–300

J. SCHWINDT (ED.), LA REPRÉSENTATION DU TEMPS DANS LA POÉSIE AUGUSTÉENNE/ZUR POETIK DER ZEIT IN AUGUSTEISCHER DICHTUNG. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2005. Pp. x + 230. isbn 3825351432. €53.00. Denis Feeney, pp 300–301

D. ROHMANN, GEWALT UND POLITISCHER WANDEL IM 1. JAHRHUNDERT N. CHR. Munich: Herbert Utz Verlag, 2006. Pp. iv + 252. isbn 9783831606085. €48.00. Martin Stöckinger, pp 302–302

W. DOMINIK, J. GARTHWAITE and P. ROCHE (EDS), WRITING POLITICS IN IMPERIAL ROME. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2009. Pp. xii + 539. isbn 9789004156715. €176.00/US$249.00. Francesca Martelli, pp 302–304

C. S. KRAUS, J. MARINCOLA and C. PELLING (EDS), ANCIENT HISTORIOGRAPHY AND ITS CONTEXTS: STUDIES IN HONOUR OF A. J. WOODMAN. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xiii + 449. isbn 019955868x/9780199558681. £80.00. James McNamara, pp 304–305

J. SACHS, ROMANTIC ANTIQUITY: ROME IN THE BRITISH IMAGINATION, 1789–1832. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. x + 304, illus. isbn 9780195376128. £55.00. Matthew Hiscock, pp 305–306

M. MALAMUD, ANCIENT ROME AND MODERN AMERICA. Oxford/Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Pp. xi + 296, illus. isbn 9781405139335. £55.00. Joy Connolly, pp 307–308

D. BUTTERFIELD and C. STRAY (EDS), A. E. HOUSMAN, CLASSICAL SCHOLAR. London: Duckworth, 2009. Pp. x + 288, illus. isbn 9780715638088. £50.00. Lorna Hardwick, pp 308–309

III. Art and Archaeology

M. SQUIRE, IMAGE AND TEXT IN GRAECO-ROMAN ANTIQUITY. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xxvi + 516, 16 pls, illus. isbn 9780521756013. £75.00/US$120.00. Zahra Newby, pp 309–311

N. KAMPEN, FAMILY FICTIONS IN ROMAN ART. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xvii + 208, 26 pls, 46 figs. isbn 9780521584470. £45.00. Lucy Audley-Miller, pp 311–312

F. SINN (ED.), VATIKANISCHE MUSEEN, MUSEO GREGORIANO PROFANO EX LATERANENSE: KATALOG DER SKULPTUREN, BAND III. RELIEFGESCHMÜCKTE GATTUNGEN RÖMISCHER LEBENSKULTUR; GRIECHISCHE ORIGINALSKULPTUR; MONUMENTE ORIENTALISCHER KULTE (Monumenta Artis Romanae 33). Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2006. Pp. 334, 112 pls. isbn 9783895003936. €159.00. Michael Squire, pp 312–313

R. HACHLILI, ANCIENT MOSAIC PAVEMENTS: THEMES, ISSUES AND TRENDS. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2008. Pp. xxviii + 320, illus. isbn 9789004167544. €312.00/US$437.00. Ellen Swift, pp 313–314

R. MAMBELLA, ANTINOO. “UN DIO MALINCONICO” NELLA STORIA E NELL'ARTE. Rome: Editore Colombo, 2008. Pp. 374, illus. isbn 9788862630122. €60.00. Michael Squire, pp 314–315

F. MARCATTILI, CIRCO MASSIMO. ARCHITETTURE, FUNZIONI, CULTI, IDEOLOGIA. Rome: ‘L'Erma’ di Bretschneider, 2009. Pp. 304, illus. isbn 9788882654627. €200.00. Penelope J. Goodman, pp 315–316

H. PATTERSON and F. COARELLI (EDS), MERCATOR PLACIDISSIMUS. THE TIBER VALLEY IN ANTIQUITY. NEW RESEARCH IN THE UPPER AND MIDDLE RIVER VALLEY. ROME, 27–28 FEBRUARY 2004. Rome: Quasar, 2008. Pp. 952, illus. isbn 9788871403687. €90.00. Roman Roth, pp 317–318

A. TUCK, THE NECROPOLIS OF POGGIO CIVITATE (MURLO): BURIALS FROM POGGIO AGUZZO (Archaeologica 153; Poggio Civitate Archaeological Excavations 3). Rome: Giorgio Bretschneider, 2009. Pp. ix + 146, 33 pls, 16 figs. isbn 9788876892172. €180.00/US$279.00. Charlotte Potts, pp 318–319

A. GRANDAZZI, ALBA LONGA. HISTOIRE D'UNE LÉGENDE. RECHERCHES SUR L'ARCHÉOLOGIE, LA RELIGION, LES TRADITIONS DE L'ANCIEN LATIUM. Rome: École Française de Rome, 2008. 2 vols: pp. 988, 28 illus. isbn 9782728304127. €124.00. Christa Frateantonio, pp 320–321

E.-M. LACKNER, REPUBLIKANISCHE FORA. Munich: Biering & Brinkmann, 2008. Pp. 397, illus. isbn 9783930609550. €148.00. Patricia Baker, pp 321–322

A. CORALINI, CULTURA ABITATIVA NELLA CISAPLINA ROMANA. 1. FORUM POPILI (Flos Italiae. Documenti della Cisalpina Romana 9). Florence: All'Insegna del Giglio, 2010. Pp. 344, 297 pls, illus, CD-Rom. isbn 9788878144149. €32.00. Neil Christie, pp 322–323

D. J. BREEZE, J. COLLINGWOOD BRUCE'S HANDBOOK TO THE ROMAN WALL: FOURTEENTH EDITION. Newcastle upon Tyne: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2006. Pp. 512, illus. isbn 0901083651. £18.00. Richard Hingley, pp 323–324

R. SPAIN, POWER AND PERFORMANCE OF ROMAN WATER-MILLS: HYDRO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF VERTICAL-WHEELED WATER-MILLS (BAR International series 1786). Oxford: John and Erica Hedges Ltd, 2008. Pp. xiv + 107, illus. isbn 9781407302171. £38.00. Lynne C. Lancaster, pp 324–325

IV. Late Antiquity

J. MATTHEWS, ROMAN PERSPECTIVES: STUDIES IN THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE FIRST TO FIFTH CENTURIES. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales, 2010. Pp. xvi + 406. isbn 9781905125395. £50.00. Michael Whitby, pp 325–326

K. HAEGEMANS, IMPERIAL AUTHORITY AND DISSENT. THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN AD 235–238 (Studia Hellenistica 47). Leuven/Paris/Walpole MA: Peeters, 2010. Pp. lxiii + 276. isbn 9789042921511. €70.00. John F. Drinkwater, pp 327–328

S. RAMBALDI, L'EDILIZIA PUBBLICA NELL'IMPERO ROMANO ALL'EPOCA DELL'ANARCHIA MILITARE (235–284 D.C.) (Studi e Scavi, nuova serie 22). Bologna: Ante Quem, 2009. Pp. 361, 83 pls, illus. isbn 9788878490420. €25.00. Neil Christie, pp 328–328

P. KOLBET, AUGUSTINE AND THE CURE OF SOULS: REVISING A CLASSICAL IDEAL (Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity 17). Notre Dame, IND: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010. Pp. xviii + 342. isbn 9780268033217. £39.95/US$45.00. Christopher Gill, pp 329–330

A. CAIN, THE LETTERS OF JEROME: ASCETICISM, BIBLICAL EXEGESIS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHRISTIAN AUTHORITY IN LATE ANTIQUITY. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. xiv + 286. isbn 9780199563555. £61.00. J. H. D. Scourfield, pp 330–331

L. S. COBB, DYING TO BE MEN: GENDER AND LANGUAGE IN EARLY CHRISTIAN MARTYR TEXTS. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. Pp. xiii + 208. isbn 9780231144988. £34.50. Teresa Morgan, pp 331–332

A.-C. JACOBSEN, J. ULRICH and D. BRAKKE (EDS), CRITIQUE AND APOLOGETICS: JEWS, CHRISTIANS AND PAGANS IN ANTIQUITY (Early Christianity in the context of antiquity 4). Frankfurt am Main/Oxford: Peter Lang, 2009. Pp. 327. isbn 3631580118/9783631580110. £41.90. Isabella Sandwell, pp 332–334

E. J. WATTS, RIOT IN ALEXANDRIA: TRADITION AND GROUP DYNAMICS IN LATE ANTIQUE PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES (The Transformation of the Christian Heritage 46). Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, 2010. Pp. xv + 290, illus. isbn 9780520262072. £37.95. Nic Baker-Brian, pp 334–335

J. MARENBON (ED.), THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO BOETHIUS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009. Pp. xv + 356. isbn 9780521872669 (bound); 9780521694254 (paper). £50.00/US$90.00 (bound); £18.99/US$32.99 (paper). David McOmish, pp 335–337

M. ROBERTS, THE HUMBLEST SPARROW: THE POETRY OF VENANTIUS FORTUNATUS. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2009. Pp. xii + 364. isbn 9780472116836. £76.50/US$85.00. Stephen d'Evelyn, pp 337–338

J. H. A. LOKIN, R. MEIJERING, B. H. STOLTE and N. VAN DER WAL (EDS), THEOPHILI ANTECESSORIS PARAPHRASIS INSTITUTIONUM. Groningen: Chimaira, 2010. Pp. liv + 1048. isbn 9789076892191. €295.00. J. H. A. LOKIN, ANALECTA GRONINGANA AD IUS GRAECO-ROMANUM PERTINENTIA. Groningen: Chimaira, 2010. Pp. xiii + 294, illus. isbn 9789076892207. €110.00. Simon Corcoran, pp 338–340

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