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Volume 102 - November 2012

The Journal of Roman Studies Volume 102 - Issue -

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The following abbreviations are used in the notes for frequently cited:

Cameron, Last Pagans = Alan Cameron, The Last Pagans of Rome (2011)

Chastagnol, Fastes = André Chastagnol, Les fastes de la préfecture de Rome au Bas-Empire (1962)

Matthews, Western Aristocracies = John Matthews, Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court (1975; rev. edn 1990)

Settipani, Continuité gentilice = Christian Settipani, Continuité gentilice et continuité familiale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale: mythe et réalité (2000)

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A. FELDHERR (ED.), THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE ROMAN HISTORIANS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xviii + 464. isbn9780521854535 (bound); 9780521670937 (paper). £69.00 (bound); £23.99 (paper).
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02 November 2012, pp. 369-370
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B. W. BREED, C. DAMON and A. ROSSI (EDS), CITIZENS OF DISCORD: ROME AND ITS CIVIL WARS. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xiv + 333, illus. isbn9780195389579. £55.00.
Ian Fielding
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02 November 2012, pp. 370-371
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S. GEIST, DER GESCHEITERTE FELDHERR (DUX FEROX): DER BESIEGTE RÖMISCHE FELDHERR ALS LITERARISCHE FIGUR BEI RÖMISCHEN NIEDERLAGEN, DARGESTELLT AN AUSGEWÄHLTEN SCHWEREN NIEDERLAGEN VON DER FRÜHEN REPUBLIK BIS ZU AUGUSTUS. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2009. Pp. 229. isbn9783631589083. £36.00
Jeremy Armstrong
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02 November 2012, p. 372
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E. SCIARRINO, CATO THE CENSOR AND THE BEGINNINGS OF LATIN PROSE: FROM POETIC TRANSLATION TO ELITE TRANSCRIPTION. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2011. Pp. xii + 239, illus. isbn97808142116566. €44.95.
Thomas Habinek
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02 November 2012, pp. 372-374
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M. AMBROSETTI, Q. CLAUDIO QUADRIGARIO ANNALI. INTRODUZIONE, EDIZIONE CRITICA E COMMENTO (Bollettino dei classici, supplemento 25). Rome: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 2009. Pp. 425. isbn9788821810145. €60.00.
John Briscoe
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02 November 2012, pp. 374-375
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I. GILDENHARD, CREATIVE ELOQUENCE. THE CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY IN CICERO'S SPEECHES. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. vii + 454. isbn9780199291557. £89.00.
Henriette van der Blom
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02 November 2012, pp. 375-376
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D. MANKIN (ED.), CICERO, DE ORATORE III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xi + 346. isbn9780521593601 (bound); 9780521596572 (paper). £60.00/US$99.00 (bound); £23.99/US$38.99 (paper).
Kathryn Tempest
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02 November 2012, pp. 376-378
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S. CULPEPPER STROUP, CATULLUS, CICERO, AND A SOCIETY OF PATRONS: THE GENERATION OF THE TEXT. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xiv + 308. isbn9780521513906. £60.00/US$99.00.
G. C. Trimble
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02 November 2012, pp. 378-379
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P. THIBODEAU, PLAYING THE FARMER: REPRESENTATIONS OF RURAL LIFE IN VERGIL'S GEORGICS. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2011. Pp. 326. isbn9780520268326. £41.95.
Leah Kronenberg
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02 November 2012, pp. 379-380
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J MILLER, APOLLO, AUGUSTUS AND THE POETS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xi + 408, 10 illus. isbn9780521516839. £65.00/US$110.00.
Peter Heslin
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S. HEYWORTH and J. MORWOOD, A COMMENTARY ON PROPERTIUS, BOOK 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xi + 377. isbn9780199571482 (bound); 9780199571499 (paper). £75.00 (bound); £29.50 (paper).
Lee Fratantuono
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02 November 2012, pp. 381-382
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R. THOMAS (ED.), HORACE. ODES. BOOK IV; AND CARMEN SAECULARE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xii + 297. isbn9780521582797 (bound); 9780521587662 (paper). £60.00/US$99.00 (bound); £23.99/US$38.99 (paper).
Victoria Moul
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02 November 2012, pp. 382-384
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A. FELDHERR, PLAYING GODS: OVID'S METAMORPHOSES AND THE POLITICS OF FICTION. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010. Pp. x + 337. isbn9780691138145. £34.95.
Laura Jansen
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02 November 2012, pp. 384-385
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M. JANAN, REFLECTIONS IN A SERPENT's EYE: THEBES IN OVID'S METAMORPHOSES. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. viii + 276. isbn9780199556922. £64.00.
Matthew Robinson
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02 November 2012, pp. 385-386
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M. ROBINSON, OVID FASTI BOOK 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xiii + 572. isbn9780199589395. £95.00.
Paul Murgatroyd
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02 November 2012, pp. 386-387
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J. INGLEHEART, A COMMENTARY ON OVID, TRISTIA, BOOK 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. 450. isbn9780199590421. £80.00.
Genevieve Liveley
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02 November 2012, pp. 387-388
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I. WILLIS, NOW AND ROME: LUCAN AND VERGIL AS THEORISTS OF POLITICS AND SPACE. London: Continuum, 2011. Pp. ix + 186. isbn9781441120519. £60.00.
Antony Augoustakis
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02 November 2012, pp. 389-390
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N. BREITENSTEIN, PETRONIUS, SATYRICA 1–15. TEXT, ÜBERSETZUNG, KOMMENTAR (Texte und Kommentare. Eine altertumswissenschaftliche Reihe 32). Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2009. Pp. xviii + 238. isbn978311022082-7. £119.95/US$168.00.
Jan Kwapisz
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02 November 2012, pp. 390-392
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C. NEWLANDS (ED.), STATIUS, SILVAE. BOOK II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. ix + 283. isbn9780521661874 (bound); 9780521666237 (paper). £55.00/US$90.00 (bound); £21.99/US$34.99 (paper).
Ruth E. Parkes
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A. AUGOUSTAKIS (ED.), BRILL'S COMPANION TO SILIUS ITALICUS. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2009. Pp. xxi + 512. isbn9789004165700. €155.00/US$225.00.
Françoise Morzadec
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02 November 2012, pp. 393-395
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A. FELDHERR (ED.), THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE ROMAN HISTORIANS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xviii + 464. isbn9780521854535 (bound); 9780521670937 (paper). £69.00 (bound); £23.99 (paper).

B. W. BREED, C. DAMON and A. ROSSI (EDS), CITIZENS OF DISCORD: ROME AND ITS CIVIL WARS. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xiv + 333, illus. isbn9780195389579. £55.00.

S. GEIST, DER GESCHEITERTE FELDHERR (DUX FEROX): DER BESIEGTE RÖMISCHE FELDHERR ALS LITERARISCHE FIGUR BEI RÖMISCHEN NIEDERLAGEN, DARGESTELLT AN AUSGEWÄHLTEN SCHWEREN NIEDERLAGEN VON DER FRÜHEN REPUBLIK BIS ZU AUGUSTUS. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2009. Pp. 229. isbn9783631589083. £36.00

E. SCIARRINO, CATO THE CENSOR AND THE BEGINNINGS OF LATIN PROSE: FROM POETIC TRANSLATION TO ELITE TRANSCRIPTION. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2011. Pp. xii + 239, illus. isbn97808142116566. €44.95.

M. AMBROSETTI, Q. CLAUDIO QUADRIGARIO ANNALI. INTRODUZIONE, EDIZIONE CRITICA E COMMENTO (Bollettino dei classici, supplemento 25). Rome: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 2009. Pp. 425. isbn9788821810145. €60.00.

I. GILDENHARD, CREATIVE ELOQUENCE. THE CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY IN CICERO'S SPEECHES. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. vii + 454. isbn9780199291557. £89.00.

D. MANKIN (ED.), CICERO, DE ORATORE III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xi + 346. isbn9780521593601 (bound); 9780521596572 (paper). £60.00/US$99.00 (bound); £23.99/US$38.99 (paper).

S. CULPEPPER STROUP, CATULLUS, CICERO, AND A SOCIETY OF PATRONS: THE GENERATION OF THE TEXT. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xiv + 308. isbn9780521513906. £60.00/US$99.00.

P. THIBODEAU, PLAYING THE FARMER: REPRESENTATIONS OF RURAL LIFE IN VERGIL'S GEORGICS. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2011. Pp. 326. isbn9780520268326. £41.95.

J MILLER, APOLLO, AUGUSTUS AND THE POETS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. xi + 408, 10 illus. isbn9780521516839. £65.00/US$110.00.

S. HEYWORTH and J. MORWOOD, A COMMENTARY ON PROPERTIUS, BOOK 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. xi + 377. isbn9780199571482 (bound); 9780199571499 (paper). £75.00 (bound); £29.50 (paper).

R. THOMAS (ED.), HORACE. ODES. BOOK IV; AND CARMEN SAECULARE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xii + 297. isbn9780521582797 (bound); 9780521587662 (paper). £60.00/US$99.00 (bound); £23.99/US$38.99 (paper).

A. FELDHERR, PLAYING GODS: OVID'S METAMORPHOSES AND THE POLITICS OF FICTION. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010. Pp. x + 337. isbn9780691138145. £34.95.

M. JANAN, REFLECTIONS IN A SERPENT's EYE: THEBES IN OVID'S METAMORPHOSES. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. viii + 276. isbn9780199556922. £64.00.

M. ROBINSON, OVID FASTI BOOK 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xiii + 572. isbn9780199589395. £95.00.

J. INGLEHEART, A COMMENTARY ON OVID, TRISTIA, BOOK 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. 450. isbn9780199590421. £80.00.

I. WILLIS, NOW AND ROME: LUCAN AND VERGIL AS THEORISTS OF POLITICS AND SPACE. London: Continuum, 2011. Pp. ix + 186. isbn9781441120519. £60.00.

N. BREITENSTEIN, PETRONIUS, SATYRICA 1–15. TEXT, ÜBERSETZUNG, KOMMENTAR (Texte und Kommentare. Eine altertumswissenschaftliche Reihe 32). Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2009. Pp. xviii + 238. isbn978311022082-7. £119.95/US$168.00.

C. NEWLANDS (ED.), STATIUS, SILVAE. BOOK II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. ix + 283. isbn9780521661874 (bound); 9780521666237 (paper). £55.00/US$90.00 (bound); £21.99/US$34.99 (paper).

A. AUGOUSTAKIS (ED.), BRILL'S COMPANION TO SILIUS ITALICUS. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2009. Pp. xxi + 512. isbn9789004165700. €155.00/US$225.00.

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